Dudley Davies - A Charlton reserve. Your donations bring more history home
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So generous were fans that we had £255 extra after all the late donations.
So we splashed out Harry Rednapp style on a set of letters and documents from a 1940s player called Dudley Davies.
We have a letter with travel arrangements for the 1949 tour of Turkey, a letter asking him to report for training as well as a copy of a letter he sent to the club asking, having signed as an amateur and played four reserve games, if he would be offered a pro- deal.
He was and we have one of his contracts. We have his contract (£8 in winter, £7 in summer).
The whole set cost £100 so I hope all of you who contributed think it was money well spent.
Ian Wallis @killerjerrylee met him when he was in his 70s at the first back to the valley dinner and he was emensely proud to have played for Charlton, even though he never made the first team.
He died last year aged 90 RIP
This is the only photo of him I could find (in Orient colours)
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As his player card shows (we already had this card along with 100s similar in the museum collection) he signed from Lancing FC as an amateur just a few weeks after we had won the FA Cup in 1947.
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He got his pro - contract as you can see
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He lived at various "digs" in the area as the back of his player card shows
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But he then shared a house in Welling with Jock Campbell and Gordon Hurst
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Great memorabilia ...where did you find it?0
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Good stuff indeed - is it known who is the signatory "Bob" ? Note from the letterhead that the station is referred to as Charlton Junction - it lost the suffix some time in 1956/57 when the station was completely rebuilt, the previous buildings having been demolished years earlier by a V2.
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A dealer had it all and offered it to us. It's hard to say what it is worth but we could have let it gone to auction and paid less, paid more or missed out completely.stonemuse said:Great memorabilia ...where did you find it?
I assume that as he died last year it was part of his estate and was sold by his family/heirs.
That he kept it all these years tell us what it meant to him.
I wondered who Bob was. An assistant to Seed perhaps.GlassHalfFull said:
Good stuff indeed - is it known who is the signatory "Bob" ? Note from the letterhead that the station is referred to as Charlton Junction - it lost the suffix some time in 1956/57 when the station was completely rebuilt, the previous buildings having been demolished years earlier by a V2.
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Pure guess - perhaps the club secretary? Do we know who was the secretary in 1947? The list of directors includes 'R. Law' - Bob perhaps?GlassHalfFull said:
Good stuff indeed - is it known who is the signatory "Bob" ? Note from the letterhead that the station is referred to as Charlton Junction - it lost the suffix some time in 1956/57 when the station was completely rebuilt, the previous buildings having been demolished years earlier by a V2.0 -
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Fantastic.AsianZidane said:Dudley Davies At The Valley
Where did that pic come from @asianzidane?
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Superb.0
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This is what differentiates us - great work from everyone involvedSix-a-bag-of-nuts said:Lovely
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I shouldn't say it, but the glorious history of the club? We do give a damn.2
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Jimmy Seed was Secretary/Manager but I assume by 1947 he had other people helping him.bobmunro said:
Pure guess - perhaps the club secretary? Do we know who was the secretary in 1947? The list of directors includes 'R. Law' - Bob perhaps?GlassHalfFull said:
Good stuff indeed - is it known who is the signatory "Bob" ? Note from the letterhead that the station is referred to as Charlton Junction - it lost the suffix some time in 1956/57 when the station was completely rebuilt, the previous buildings having been demolished years earlier by a V2.0 -
Dudley Davies was part of the 1949 tour of Turkey when we played and beat Fernabache, Besiktas and Galatasary.
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He did, finally, get his club badge too
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Sure use it if you wish, Think it was in an Valley ReviewHenry Irving said:
Fantastic.AsianZidane said:Dudley Davies At The Valley
Where did that pic come from @asianzidane?
And can I nick it?1
