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Charlton Life Museum Cabinet Appeal - Can you help?

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
in General Charlton
Thanks to @AFKABartram and the rest of the CL team for letting the museum do this.

As we slowly but steadily upgrade the museum one of the things we've badly needed were proper museum quality cabinets that locked and had internal lighting and adjustable shelving.

These don't come cheap but two Charlton fans (both lifers as it happens but I'll let them ID themselves, if they want to) stepped forward to sponsor a cabinet and have a name plaque remembering their families in the cabinets.

It would be great to have a similar Charlton Life cabinet in the museum.  @charltonnick sourced some great cabinets which with delivery and VAT the cabinets cost just under £1,000.

Charlton Life already raised £550 for the museum via the trip to the Somme so another £450 would pay for a Charlton Life cabinet to house valuable Charlton objects.

£1,450 would be enough for two.

So if you can help, that would be fantastic

You can make any size donation into our bank account via

NatWest
Charlton Athletic Museum
Sort Code 60 16 03
Acct no 7377 2593

or via PayPal to

CAFCHistorian@gmail.com

If neither works for you please inbox us

If there are any individuals, companies or supporters' groups reading this who'd like to get involved and have their own sponsored cabinet then we're all ears.



This is what the two new cabinets already purchased look like empty and in use.  You can see in the second photo what a step up they are from the much smaller, and non-lockable, display shelves (left of photo) we've been using.

Thanks in advance, everyone.





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  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    A lot going on at the moment - Lyle's cancer fund, Valley Centenary etc etc - but it's important, no, essential, that the Museum does itself justice, not to mention providing secure displays for this precious material, so I'm in for the CL cabinet for a bulls-eye. See you on Saturday Nick.

  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Think I have just made a payment via paypal, let me know if you don't receive it, not very good at this. As GHF says, an expensive time at the moment, but every little helps.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Thanks guys
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    @HantsAddick

    Your donation came through.

    Under £400 now to hit the target for one cabinet.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Another donation via Paypal brings the fund up to £680.

    £320 away from the first Charlton Life cabinet.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Thanks CB

    £310 to go
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,923
    Donated. Good luck.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    robinofottershaw said:
    Donated. Good luck.
    Thanks, very generous.

    Thanks also to NP who also donated overnight.

    Another £70 donated overnight so £240 away from the first cabinet.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Lifers never fail to surprise and delight.

    Just had a £1,000 donation from one lifer for the second cabinet.

    Wow

    Just wow.

    £240 to get that Charlton Life cabinet.
  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463
    Wow, £1000 that's quality whoever did that!! Hats off to you.

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  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,923
    Henry Irving said:
    robinofottershaw said:
    Donated. Good luck.
    Thanks, very generous.

    Thanks also to NP who also donated overnight.

    Another £70 donated overnight so £240 away from the first cabinet.
    Henry - don't want to divert your thread, but do the museum take donations of programmes? I presume you have quite a back catalogue but don't know if extras provide a potential source of extra revenue?I am getting ready for a house move and when clearing out the loft yesterday I found I still had a stash of 200 odd programmes from the 10 seasons 1997/98 - 2006/07, so certainly not ancient history. Mainly home programmes but a few aways and a couple of old editions of VOTV.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    robinofottershaw said:
    Henry Irving said:
    robinofottershaw said:
    Donated. Good luck.
    Thanks, very generous.

    Thanks also to NP who also donated overnight.

    Another £70 donated overnight so £240 away from the first cabinet.
    Henry - don't want to divert your thread, but do the museum take donations of programmes? I presume you have quite a back catalogue but don't know if extras provide a potential source of extra revenue?I am getting ready for a house move and when clearing out the loft yesterday I found I still had a stash of 200 odd programmes from the 10 seasons 1997/98 - 2006/07, so certainly not ancient history. Mainly home programmes but a few aways and a couple of old editions of VOTV.
    We do but we already have those more modern home programmes and they have no re-sale value.

    Very early VOTV (1 - 10) have some value.

    The aways could be of interest as would any minor cups/friendlies.

    We just don't have the storage for the programmes we have now and haven't yet sorted through but thanks.
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,923
    Henry Irving said:
    robinofottershaw said:
    Henry Irving said:
    robinofottershaw said:
    Donated. Good luck.
    Thanks, very generous.

    Thanks also to NP who also donated overnight.

    Another £70 donated overnight so £240 away from the first cabinet.
    Henry - don't want to divert your thread, but do the museum take donations of programmes? I presume you have quite a back catalogue but don't know if extras provide a potential source of extra revenue?I am getting ready for a house move and when clearing out the loft yesterday I found I still had a stash of 200 odd programmes from the 10 seasons 1997/98 - 2006/07, so certainly not ancient history. Mainly home programmes but a few aways and a couple of old editions of VOTV.
    We do but we already have those more modern home programmes and they have no re-sale value.

    Very early VOTV (1 - 10) have some value.

    The aways could be of interest as would any minor cups/friendlies.

    We just don't have the storage for the programmes we have now and haven't yet sorted through but thanks.
    Understand. When I get a chance I will Inbox you and CharltonNick with a list of the away programmes, just in case they are of any interest.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    lovely, thanks.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Will check the bank account overnight to see if there have been anymore donations.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,826
    Henry Irving said:
    Lifers never fail to surprise and delight.

    Just had a £1,000 donation from one lifer for the second cabinet.

    Wow

    Just wow.

    £240 to get that Charlton Life cabinet.
    I knew @elfsborgaddick would come good
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,121
    clb74 said:
    Henry Irving said:
    Lifers never fail to surprise and delight.

    Just had a £1,000 donation from one lifer for the second cabinet.

    Wow

    Just wow.

    £240 to get that Charlton Life cabinet.
    I knew @elfsborgaddick would come good
    Generous is my middle name.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Looking forward to seeing your donation @ElfsborgAddick
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,826
    Henry Irving said:
    Looking forward to seeing your donation @ElfsborgAddick
    Halleys comet is due in2061
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,121
    Henry Irving said:
    Looking forward to seeing your donation @ElfsborgAddick
    @clb74 give the man a blue one tomorrow.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Another £50 overnight, for which many thanks, so just £190 to go.


  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,604
    Small donation, but lots of little will get you there. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Thanks,

    No donation too small, it all helps.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    edited October 2019
    Was about to say thanks to more yet very generous donations, including one from a certain Eltham drinking establishment we have another £60 so only £120 to go.

    But scrub that.  One very kind lifer just sent £200 (plus gift aid as we're a registered charity) via their CFA account so you've done it.

    CL cabinet paid for

    @AFKABartram and @LoOkOuT What do you want to plaque to say?

    Thanks from all trustees and volunteers.




  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    I can donate £20.00

    Can I give it on payday next Friday.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Should it be called Cabinety McCabinetface?
  • cafc375
    cafc375 Posts: 350
    CAFC museum cabinet more secure than Boris Johnson's, well done all. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,847
    Henry Irving said:
    Was about to say thanks to more yet very generous donations, including one from a certain Eltham drinking establishment we have another £60 so only £120 to go.

    But scrub that.  One very kind lifer just sent £200 (plus gift aid as we're a registered charity) via their CFA account so you've done it.

    CL cabinet paid for

    @AFKABartram and @LoOkOuT What do you want to plaque to say?

    Thanks from all trustees and volunteers.




    “Back to Ignore Mode”

    Been snowed under this week, brilliant effort from those who have generously donated
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Plaque ordered.
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,923
    Henry,
    Congrats on securing the funding for the cabinets. Did you see that I Inboxed you and CharltonNick with a list of those away programmes I had in case of any use to the museum?

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