Category: Events
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International Youth Day at the club
Yesterday we welcomed 150 young people from youth groups across Salford. The event was devised by young people themselves with a fairground and circus theme. A really positive event bringing young people together. Lots more about the event on @wuu2salford and #salfordyouthday
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Girls Club ready for the Mad Hatters Parade
The girls club have been working with Ordsall Community Arts for the past 3 weeks creating some weird and wonderful hats. The group have designed and then made the hats from cardboard and fabric. They will be on show during the Salford Mad Hatters Parade which takes place at Victoria Park Swinton on June 8th.
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“Mad For it” BBC Radio Manchester live broadcast from the club
On Thursday 16th May we hosted a BBC Radio Manchester live broadcast last week attended by over 100 people. Former Salford Lad Mike Sweeney and Jack Ranson presented the programme, “ Mad For It” which was part of Mental health awareness week. Andys Man Club and Mind were represented and the 3 hour programme linked…
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Mozarmy and Happy Mondays
Yesterday we had the annual Mozarmy visit by Manchester Music Tours. The weekend event attracts visitors from all over the world and this weekend was no exception with fans from New York, Los Angeles Mexico, Germany, France, Spain as well many from the UK. We also had a small display of Happy Mondays original album…
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Visit by Eccles Boxing Club
We had a visit by a group of junior boxers from Eccles Boxing Club tonight to do some sparring with our junior boxers. Its great to make a link with another Boxing Club and we’d like to build on this in the future.
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The Netball Party
This week the concert hall has been transformed for the recreation of “ The Netball Party” an annual event that took place between 1919 and 1939. By the 1930s netball was the most popular indoor sport at the club with more than 200 boys playing each week. We would like to thank Salford University for…
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Visitors from Ardoyne Youth Club, Belfast
Tonight we welcomed a group from Ardoyne Youth Club, Belfast. The group of 15 young people and youth leaders are visiting a number of youth projects in the North West. The group had a tour of the club and then joined our lads in boxing, pool and 5 a side football.
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An interesting talk at a Lads Club
John Thomson, Pete from Cold Feet, and Chris Gascoyne, Pete from Coronation Street were on the concert hall stage last night telling some fascinating stories, with some of the audience taking photos on their phones. Looking back in our archives to 1904 the “interesting talk” was given by Baden Powell at the official opening of…
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Cold Feet meets the ‘Street – An Evening with John Thomson & Chris Gascoyne
We have another of our special fundraising evenings in the concert hall on Saturday February 23rd with actors John Thomson & Chris Gascoyne. Tickets are £12 each online or £15 on the door. Doors and bars will be open from 7pm. The event will start at 8pm. tickets from https://evntm.uk/coldfeetmeetsthestreet
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Bands FC and Vinyl record fair a big hit with visitors
On Sunday we held our first vinyl record fair in the main gym while upstairs in the concert hall Bands FC put on their quirky exhibtion, if bands were football teams…. Our good friend Tim Burgess was here and Tim and Dutch Uncles did a stint of Djing from the concert hall stage. Thanks to…