Category: Events
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Salford Lads’ Club open for Moz weekend 27- 29 July
The club will be open for 3 days to welcome Morrissey and Smith fans during Morrissey’s’ homecoming gig at the Manchester Arena. We will be open from 12- 4pm on Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th July. Please come along to see the Smiths Room, and our new display of 100 pictures of the…
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SLC photographs and digital stories now online
Our 100 camping pictures and 16 short digital films which were created as part of our Heritage Lottery Fund project are now on the website. You can find them via: – The digital story tales are on our new Youtube channel – All 100 photos are on our Flickr page – We’ve combined the two…
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100 photographs of Salford Lads Club Camps on display
We are open this weekend to show a new permanent display of 100 framed pictures of the annual Salford Lads’ Club camps from 1904 – 2011.This is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project to celebrate the clubs camping history. Also a collection of short digital films produced as the result of a year-long collaboration…
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John Cooper Clarke celebrated at Salford Lads’ Club
Last night on BBC4 a programme about Salford “Punk Poet” John Cooper Clarke Featured film shot outside the club and in the billiards room, with contributions from Jarvis Cocker, Billy Bragg, Vinny Reilly and Don Letts.
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Polling Day with the BBC Philharmonic
The club is used as a polling station during elections and today the city voted for its first elected Mayor .To celebrate the occasion we invited the BBC Philharmonic to perform in the concert hall as part of their community tour. The nine musicians performed music by Handel, Corelli, Mozart and Rossini.
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Final “Willows” boxing event raises funds for SLC
Last month saw the final charity boxing event at the famous Willows Variety Centre in Salford.The event organised by ex professional boxers Russ Arrowsmith and Dave Connell raised nearly £15,000 for charities including Salford Lads Club and the Salford Reds Foundation. Pictures show Andy Garrett and Andy Williams with guest of honour, Shameless superstar “Micky”…
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Stephen Wright photo shoot to find the new smiths fans.
On Saturday 3rd March, iconic Smiths photographer Stephen Wright will be here for a special photo shoot for Smiths and Morrissey fans. The new pictures will be going towards an exhibition at the Holden Gallery in Manchester, alongside Stephens original smiths pictures from 1985 So if you have the confidence and the style, Morrissey-esque quiffs,…
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Girls Pool Winners
The finals of the Greater Manchester Boys & Girls Clubs under 12 and under 14 girls pool competitions took place at the club tonight. Three girls qualified for the regional finals in Preston. Zoe Higham (3rd from L) West End Boys Club won the under 14 final with Cody Meadows (C) Screamin Wheels Club runner…
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Christmas Treats at Salford Lads’ Club
Last Wednesday we had the annual Christmas party at the club. Special events included an assault course in the concert hall set up by volunteers Niall and Ryan, a quiz about the 100 SLC camps, pool competitions and lots of prizes. On Christmas day a group of local neighbours from the New Barracks Co-operative organised…
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BBC Football Focus live from the gym
Today we had a fantastic event in the club, BBC Sport’s Football Focus programme was broadcast in front of a live audience from the gym. The programme was presented by Dan Walker, with the panel of Lee Dixon, Mark Lawrenson, Robbie Savage and special guest Michael Vaughan. The audience were football fans who had travelled…