Category: Events
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Baking, fit for a Queen.
The Wai Yiu Chinese Women’s Society from Manchester were in the club this week, creating a traditional English high tea in our Edwardian surroundings. The group did some baking in the kitchen, then served up a wonderful display of sandwiches, Victoria Sponge Cakes and English tea. The whole event was documented and will be part…
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Belly Dancing in the dark
Billed as an evening stroll with hot soup, visitors got quite a few Surprises when they joined in a procession organised by ORDSOCS and Friends of St. Ignatius. The idea was to use music, dance and drama to link two remarkable Edwardian buildings in one Salford street. While the future of Salford Lads’ Club is…
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Science comes to Salford Lads’ Club
Yesterday we hosted an amazing science event as part of the month long Manchester Science Festival. A team from Salford University set up experiments and workshops in the gym, kitchen, boxing gym and billiards room. In the concert hall Dr Steve Rossington treated a delighted audience to the wonders of chemistry, creating explosions, bangs and…
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Boxing film highlights aim to end racism in a generation
Riffat Ahmed’s film CLENCH premiered last week. The film is about a mixed race Asian teenage girl who takes part in a boxing course run by a black boxing coach. The film explores the girls own experience of racism and also her own preconceptions of other people and places. Adam Crosby one of the boxers…
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Jade’s Master Class with DIVERSITY
15 year old Jade Crowther travelled to the Pineapple Dance studios in London last weekend to take part in “ Street Dance for Change” learning dance moves alongside members of the street dance group Diversity. Jade has taken part in dance projects at the club for the past 4 years with Kidzwidreamz, and Company Fierce.…
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Kids cook for Co-op
The kidzwidreamz cooking team led by chef Ray Jones prepare to put on a big spread for the annual general meeting of the new barracks tenants co-operative. The kidzwidreamz group have a wealth of experience having catered for Prince Charles and the BBC Philharmonic in the past, so tonight’s group of 80 local people should…
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Ryan Adams calls in at the club today
Ryan Adams took a break from his UK tour and stood on the famous spot, 25 years after Stephen Wrights Iconic photo of The Smiths. It turns out that Ryan, accompanied by Jesse Malin, is a fan, and both were in awe of the musical and sporting heritage of the area.
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Viva Morrissey & fans raise over £550 for SLC
Moz tribute band Viva Morrissey held a benefit gig for the club last Saturday afternoon at Gulliver’s Bar in Manchester and raised over £550. Fans had travelled to Manchester from different parts of the UK for a smiths inspired weekend, attending the monthly Smiths Night at the Star and Garter. On Saturday we had lots…
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“From One Extreme to Another”
Last night the club hosted 2 plays about hard-hitting issues for local communities. The event which was organised by Ordsall Community Arts brought in an audience of over 40 local people to the senior games room. ‘Weekend Away’ was devised and written by 8 young people from Ordsall aged between 12 and 18, and inspired…