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Museum open this Thursday 29th June

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
in General Charlton
We've got a special delivery and some tidying up to do so the Charlton Athletic Museum will be open to visitors this Thursday (29th June) 11 to 2. Free Entry as always but donations welcome. Entrance to the left of the big badge behind the north stand.

@chathmuseum on twitter for regular news and history.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,599
    Love those Swords... Where are they from?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Love those Swords... Where are they from?

    The Museum!

    : - )


    The red one was liberated from the old main gates. They actually screwed on to the top of the gates and there is a thread inside. Original patina. Quite a few found their way into private hands : - )


    The brass one we don't know. It was on display in one of the lounges before it came to us. It looks very similar but not identical and so maybe was on display elsewhere at the club before 1985. It was already on the base when we acquired it.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,054
    I'd imagine that the one on the left was designed for indoor use. I don't think anyone would want to put a fine brass like that outside. I suspect that base isn't original though as it isn't central to the sword.

    Arthur Negus
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Which reminds me.

    We also have @Stig's new timelines up on the wall

  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,358
    If any other days pop up would like to come and have a look around, I'll keep em peeled.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Busy day at the museum meeting @Big in Brasov and getting some really good items from him including the Valley Action Group flyer and a ticket from the 1969 FA Cup tie at Arsenal.

    Also a museum archivist doing his masters in museum heritage interview us on independent museums and fan contributions.

    We had a letter asking us if some London Combination games in 1944 actually took place or were cancelled. (we don't know but we'll look it up) and we got a lot of videos. We had some unlabelled blank videos from @northstandsteve which we hoped were rare Charlton footage but turned out to be episodes of Who wants to be a millionaire and Casualty. Could have been worse and been porn ; - ) The Charlton videos are now with the club who are digitising them for there archive.

    Thanks again for everyone's support.

    We got a lot of other new items some of which I'll post up here

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
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    A familiar site now in the museum
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    And @stig 's new timelines are up.

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  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,606
    Love that Slater had Powell as his manager almost the whole time, thats what you get with quality and stability :wink:

    It's almost funny looking at the manager section under Duchatelet
  • Big in Brasov
    Big in Brasov Posts: 743
    First visit to the museum today, and what a great way to spend an hour or three..

    Have to say a big thanks to all those who freely give their time and energy in order to provide and maintain such a fantastic facility, as well as those who've donated a great range of memorabilia for us all to enjoy.


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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,267
    Big in Brasov said:

    First visit to the museum today, and what a great way to spend an hour or three..

    Have to say a big thanks to all those who freely give their time and energy in order to provide and maintain such a fantastic facility, as well as those who've donated a great range of memorabilia for us all to enjoy.

    Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

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