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Iconic picture of The Smiths brings windfall for Lads Club - Manchester Evening News
The generosity of the photographer who took the famous picture of the group outside Salford Lads Club has brought a windfall for the club
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Smiths fans rush to buy limited edition Salford Lads Club T-shirt - NME
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Smiths fans from around the world are rushing to get their hands on a limited edition Salford Lads Club T-shirt which has gone on sale to support local young people.
The T-shirt features a famous photo of The Smiths outside the club in Ordsall, similar to the one pictured on the band's 1986 album 'The Queen is Dead'. Photographer Stephen Wright has licensed the picture for the club's T-shirts until November 2015, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Money from the shirts, which cost £15 each, will be used to enable six young people from the club to go to America as part of an exchange programme linked to the Salford Sioux Project.
Amber Sanchez, a volunteer at the club said: "We have sold 60 in two days since the MEN story was published. We are running out of size medium and will have to order some more. We have orders from California, Brooklyn, New York, New Jersey, Arkansas, and Illinois.
"Fans from France, Ireland, and Lanarkshire have also ordered them. We also sold a couple to some fans from Japan who called in person."
Stephen Wright also writes:
I think its just brilliant news for the club– they think they’ve sold about 400 so far. I'm very proud of this and my association with the Club over the last few years who have always shown me wonderful hospitality when I've revisited to do photo shoots of Smiths fans to raise money for various charities.
29 years ago when I went there with the Smiths the club was shut as it was daytime. It was a further 19 years before I got to go inside the club and I have always been intrigued by it's history and admired its purpose.
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excellent news david and thanks for bringing it here as i think we could use some good news. sounds like the photog is a worth while guy so all cheers for him.