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EXCLUSIVE
Salford Lads Club Tour 2025
(plus Middlewood Locks and Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal)

10.30am Saturday 1 February, 10.30 Saturday 14 June


£15 and 25% goes to the club

This is the finest example of its type and date in the country. Indeed it is the only surviving Lads Club anywhere. When Birmingham had Peaky Blinders, Manchester and Salford had Scuttlers, gangs of lads and lassies each with their own street uniforms and a willingness to battle for their tribe. Lads Clubs were an attempt to solve the problem of these violent youths through recreation and sport.

This building has it all, the gymnasium, the viewing gallery, the grand entrance hall and staircase and lovely art nouveau details. The people stories are thrilling with thousands of young people passing through the club on their way to adulthood. These include the tragic figure of Manchester United’s Eddie Colman who died in the Munich air disaster. Then there are those two lynchpins of The Hollies, Graham Nash and Allan Clarke, who achieved international fame.

Salford Lads Club was, itself, made world famous as the centre-fold of The Smiths album, The Queen is Dead. There is now a special Smiths room covered in photos and post-it notes from fans who have come from every corner of the globe to celebrate their beloved band.
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After the visit, the tour will then walk the short distance to attractive Middlewood Locks and take a look at part of the renovated Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. En route we'll pass my the New Barracks Estate, which sits on the site of the former regional infantry barracks, and was Salford's first municipal housing scheme with many original features. For those who wish I’ll be staying for pint in the excellent bar from Salford’s very own Seven Brothers brewery. The finish point is over the just over the River Irwell from Spinningfields or Castlefield. 

Meet at Salford Lads Club (St Ignatius Walk, Salford, M5 3RX) at 10.20am. 

Tickets

£15 adults 
Under 10s free.

Please pay on Paypal below or Eventbrite. If you wish to pay by bank transfer please contact me on [email protected]
 
Duration: most tours last between ninety minutes and two hours
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The Paypal receipt is your ticket. If you ordered from Eventbrite you will be sent an electronic ticket. Please check the email, from which you ordered your tickets, 24 hours before each tour, in case circumstances have arisen which affect the tour, especially if the tour includes access to a space not owned by Jonathan Schofield Tours. If there is no change to the plans, you will not be sent an email. And as usual, if you don't have an informative and entertaining tour please ask for a refund. A minimum of 6 people is required for the tours to go ahead.

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