Category: Smiths
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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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New T shirt from Topman
We have a new T shirt available, courtesy of Topman, who have helped our fundraising campaign by designing and printing it for us. We are also grateful to 3 smiths fans from Leicestershire who called by last week and agreed to model the new shirt. Its in black with a picture of the famous sign…
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Strictly table tennis?
A picture from the newly restored senior games room at the club. The sport usually taking place here is table tennis, but this week Liverpool based Smiths tribute band,The Smiths Indeed launched their 25th anniversary “Meat is Murder” tour “ The event was filmed for the BBC North West Tonight programme.
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Fans ebay auction for Salford Lads’ Club
Smiths fans have put 4 items on ebay to raise funds for the club. There are 2 framed original Smiths photos by Stephen Wright and a couple of weird and wonderful Morrissey figures – one knitted and one modelled in clay. Please follow the link to view auction items and make a bid to support the club. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/glayven
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Pink quiff and umbrellas for Morrissey’s birthday
Morrissey’s birthday events at Salford Lads’ Club got under way at 7am this morning with BBC Radio Manchester live outside the front door. It’s continued all day with fans from Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, USA ,Canada, Ireland and all parts of the UK. The weather was wet, wet, wet with the odd spot of sun,…
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Morrissey Donates To Our Appeal
Morrissey’s donation to our £1,000,000 fundraising appeal made the front page headline of the Manchester Evening News today. Please follow the link below to see the whole story http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1029969_morrissey_gives_lads_20k
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Bigmouth Bikes Again
Fans are coming from the USA, Italy, Ireland and all parts of the UK to take part in a 16 mile sponsored ride around the Smiths landmarks ending up back at Salford Lads Club. Registration is from 10am – bike ride starts from the front entrance at 11am Tribute band The Smyths, and the Levenshulme…
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Bigmouth Bikes Again
Smiths fans are organising a sponsored bike ride around Salford and Manchester to raise funds for the club whilst recreating the video for the song Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before. But will Morrissey be available reprise his role 20 years on?
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The Smiths is Dead: Iconic Images from the ‘Dirty Old Town’
The exhibition ‘Dirty Old Town’ is set in the Billiards Room and celebrates the significance of the area’s red brick streets. Artist Leslie Holmes has collected together a unique collection of archive photographs and pictures by local residents. A place that inspired ‘Coronation Street’ ‘A taste of Honey’ ‘East is East’ and ‘Dirty Old Town’.…
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BBC News, Salford Lads’ Club in The National Gallery
On the BBC news website yesterday was an item about Stephen Wright’s iconic photograph of The Smiths.It has been selected to be part of the collection in the National Portrait Gallery in London. More details on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4241096.stm To see pictures of The Smiths by Stephen Wright go to: www.smithsphotos.com