'Salford Lads Club is in my blood - I've travelled 200 miles to help save it'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSalford Lads Club is in his blood. His great grandfather was one of the founders who stumped up £10,000 - the equivalent of £1.5m today - for it to open in 1903.
And now Robin Wight is honouring his family's legacy by joining the fight to keep it in business. The much needed community facility is in urgent need of £250,000 before the end of November to survive. Salford Lads Club is on the brink of closure - it needs our help Robin travelled 200 miles from his home in Exmoor, Somerset, to visit Salford Lads Club in Coronation Street, Ordsall, after the Manchester Evening News broke the story of its financial crisis.
His great grandfather James Grimble Groves and great uncle William Grimble Groves, who were partners in the Groves Whitnall Brewery in nearby Regent Road, founded the club over 120 years ago.
The brewery was a major employer in the area, employing around 2,000 people. Robin, an energetic 80-year-old who sports a purple shiny raincoat and matching hat, said: "I am a Mancunian in my gene pool.
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