Anyone who knows about The Smiths is probably aware of Salford Lads Club from their album 'The Queen Is Dead' which featured a photograph of the band outside the club.
After the album release fans flocked to the club to pay homage to the iconic Manchester band to which the club released a statement stating:
"inclusion of the photograph may generally cause any person reading the [album] or listening to the record to attribute the material to the club, its committee or its members ... we would cite for example the reference in the song Vicar in a Tutu to the singer being engaged in stealing lead from a church roof, or indeed the very title to the album itself and the tenor of the title song."
After checking out the Salford Lads Club website I came across 'The Smiths Room'
"The ground floor room off the main gym room was originally a fives (squash) court. This was altered in1920 to create a changing room for gymnastics and football. By the 1970s the room was used for weightlifting and body building. It stopped being used by 1984 but retained all the pictures and equipment, some dating back to the 1950s and 1960s.
In 2003 a live BBC 6 Music programme was held at the club to mark 25 years since the release of The Smiths “Hand in Glove” A group of fans were invited to the event. Leslie Holmes outlined his idea for the weightlifting room where fans could leave pictures or messages to mark their visit.
In 2004 as part of the clubs HLF “From Baden Powell To Morrissey” project Leslie Holmes created the smiths room and included the first pictures and post it notes from fans. The room was officially opened by Smiths fan Hugh Clarke in June 2004"
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