Category: History
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Theatre workshop brings history to life
Theatre came to the club today as part of the Ideas 4 Ordsall project. A drama workshop took place in the concert hall with students from Oasis Media Academy, followed by a promenade performance of the story of the Ordsall Barracks, devised by Rosemary Swift. Box of Tricks Theatre Company brought the production to life…
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Albert McPherson ”A real role model for young lads”
Senior volunteer workers at the club are remembering former member and professional footballer Albert McPherson who died this week aged 87. Albert lived in West Dixon Street and attended St Barts School, initially working as a block printer at local firm Worrall’s. He was a member of the club from 1942 to 1954, before signing for…
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The Salford Lads’ Club camp of 1914
A group of Salford Lads on the promenade at Douglas, Isle of Man in 1914, three months before the outbreak of WW1. As the club set off for the annual camp on Saturday 25th May it’s a poignant reminder of the clubs history, the 1914 camp to Milntown being the last large scale expedition by…
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Restoration and Ukuleles for Heritage Open Days
Our Heritage Weekend provided two attractions, the first chance to see the restored main gym and opportunity to hear a six piece Ukulele band live in the concert hall. The gym restoration project which was funded by the Booths Charities has given the club an amazingly light space that matches the concert hall, restored in…
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The next generation of footballers
A group of young footballers, along with their proud parents and family, came into the club for the first time this week for an end of season presentation. Ordsall Juniors Under 10s managed by Paul Houghton have completed their very first season in the City of Salford Soccer League. We hope they will be back…
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Salford Lads’ Club’s 102nd Annual Camp
A party of young people and volunteers club set off from the club this morning for the 102nd annual camp. As usual a group are already in Wales setting up the campsite. This is the 80th year the club have camped in Aberystwyth, the first camp taking place in 1933. The archive picture shows the…
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Salford Sirens a match for the lads
Salford University cheerleading squad, the Salford Sirens were in the gym recently, rehearsing for the national finals at Loughborough where they came 2nd with their cheer routine. The team practise every week at Salford University and also run community classes sponsored by the Manchester United Foundation and Salford City Council. Looking through the club archives…
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Extraordinary Heritage
We are opens as part of the annual “Heritage Weekend Open Days” on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th September from 12 -4pm On display will be our new permanent display of 100 pictures of the club’s annual camping holidays which started in 1904. The weekend will also include a concert by a quartet from 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…