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CharltonAthMuseumCharltonAthMuseum
in General Charlton
And how should museum's display controversial artefacts and images?

It's an ongoing debate as we saw with the Colston statue in Bristol.

At the museum we feel we need to reflect all of the history of the club "warts and all".

This item was recently on display in the boardroom. Now we have it.

The question is where in the museum should we display it? The ladies or the gents?

Discuss.


Comments

  • Valley AntValley Ant
    On the "Exit" door
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    edited August 2023
    You can’t ignore history, even if you don’t like it, why he had a picture in the boardroom at all, says it all really, certainly an evocative picture.

    Just out of interest, have the new owners put their picture(s) up yet, is it a directors tradition? 
  • Bexleyheath_AddickBexleyheath_Addick
    Burn it
  • Brownie12Brownie12
    Just have a wall of shame.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    Brownie12 said:
    Just have a wall of shame.
    and locate & call it the Centrally Under North Terrace Wall
  • Kap10Kap10
    No Matt Southall picture? Surely an omission error
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  • bobmunrobobmunro
    Kap10 said:
    No Matt Southall picture? Surely an omission error
    What about the dentist?
  • RedChaserRedChaser
    edited August 2023
    bobmunro said:
    Kap10 said:
    No Matt Southall picture? Surely an omission error
    What about the dentist?
    Good point Bob, I think his portrait should be displayed at two thirty every day for 20 minutes and then extracted to the waiting room 😉.
  • Siv_in_NorfolkSiv_in_Norfolk
    Making_all_the_noise said:
    From day 1 it was clear he had a ridiculous ego and it wouldn’t end well but I just can’t hate the guy. He genuinely saved us from a nightmare situation, kept the club afloat out of his own pocket. Ok we didn’t move forward but at least there’s still a club to support. I’ve no problem with him being part of the club’s history even if now happy to see him gone. 

    If there ever were a wall of shame he definitely wouldn’t deserve to be anywhere near portraits of Southall and Roland. 
    Thanks for crystallising my thoughts on the matter
  • WheresmeticketWheresmeticket
    edited August 2023
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    And how should museum's display controversial artefacts and images?

    It's an ongoing debate as we saw with the Colston statue in Bristol.

    At the museum we feel we need to reflect all of the history of the club "warts and all".

    This item was recently on display in the boardroom. Now we have it.

    The question is where in the museum should we display it? The ladies or the gents?

    Discuss.


    As long as you don't put up a statue you should be fine.  Otherwise expect to be fishing it out of the Thames shortly.

    Seriously though I think warts and all is good - there is complexity in most situations, TS had both good and bad points and it will be an interesting time to look back on.  Also, he wasn't responsible for mass murder or the enslavement of populations so probably an explanatory paragraph would do.

    Together with one of those buttons you can press which plays "Addicks to victory" when pressed.
  • WheresmeticketWheresmeticket
    Funny, never noticed before how small and close together his eyes are.
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Funny, never noticed before how small and close together his eyes are.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe5dWZ6eVH8
  • valleynick66valleynick66
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    And how should museum's display controversial artefacts and images?

    It's an ongoing debate as we saw with the Colston statue in Bristol.

    At the museum we feel we need to reflect all of the history of the club "warts and all".

    This item was recently on display in the boardroom. Now we have it.

    The question is where in the museum should we display it? The ladies or the gents?

    Discuss.


    That’s not your problem.  You need to plan ahead for how you will accommodate the current raft of investors in due course 😆
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    It's an exhibit concerning our history, like any other, so deserves to be preserved. Not one that anyone would particularly want to see of course...
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  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    edited August 2023
    I’m loving the idea, of a two for one 1 at the museum.

    Ie, ‘the picture on the wall, with a dirty great button underneath it, which when pushed blasts out a rendition of ‘We need a battle cry’ it would like being sent to room 101!
  • AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    It's a way of charging a fortune for tomatoes.
  • AddicksAddictAddicksAddict
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    And how should museum's display controversial artefacts and images?

    It's an ongoing debate as we saw with the Colston statue in Bristol.

    At the museum we feel we need to reflect all of the history of the club "warts and all".

    This item was recently on display in the boardroom. Now we have it.

    The question is where in the museum should we display it? The ladies or the gents?

    Discuss.


    I think it's a bit of a stretch to compare a man who's ego ultimately existed his talent to Colston who helped to inflict misery, pain, torture, and death on people purely because of the colour of their skin.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    No one compared TS with Colston.


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