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  • Photollery
    Photollery Posts: 119
    Thank you. That’s great, I’ll visit for the first time with my son. I have no idea why I haven’t been yet, although we travel over from Essex. Looking forward to it.
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    Photollery said:
    Thank you. That’s great, I’ll visit for the first time with my son. I have no idea why I haven’t been yet, although we travel over from Essex. Looking forward to it.
    Open every Friday 11.00-14.30.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Two photos of the Charlton squad traveling to New York on the Empress of Australia 1937, Jimmy Seed said most of them were seasick.

    The first photo is a postcard of the squad on the Valley Pitch with a life belt from the ship.

    All from the personal collection of Sid Cann
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    New donation: Note book from the Charlton Athletic Suppoters' Development Association, an early 1960s fundraising group that paid for Charlton's first floodlights. Sort of an early Valley Gold.

    At least one well known surname, Treadgold, on that list of winners.

    We have no idea why the matchbox covers but there are pages & pages of them and like stamps they were collected by some in that era.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Presentation board from Wembley signed by players and coachesimage


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Huge thanks to @Solidgone for donating the shirt he won in @medders raffle



  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,093
    Henry Irving said:
    New donation: Note book from the Charlton Athletic Suppoters' Development Association, an early 1960s fundraising group that paid for Charlton's first floodlights. Sort of an early Valley Gold.

    At least one well known surname, Treadgold, on that list of winners.

    We have no idea why the matchbox covers but there are pages & pages of them and like stamps they were collected by some in that era.


    I noticed what I assume is a typo, the 4th address down states Upper Norwood bandit country, but has been given an SE9 post code?

    (Just googled it, Upper Norwood is se19) 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    DA9 said:
    Henry Irving said:
    New donation: Note book from the Charlton Athletic Suppoters' Development Association, an early 1960s fundraising group that paid for Charlton's first floodlights. Sort of an early Valley Gold.

    At least one well known surname, Treadgold, on that list of winners.

    We have no idea why the matchbox covers but there are pages & pages of them and like stamps they were collected by some in that era.


    I noticed what I assume is a typo, the 4th address down states Upper Norwood bandit country, but has been given an SE9 post code?

    (Just googled it, Upper Norwood is se19) 
    The back story is that a women moved into a house near Sparrows Lane 30 odd years ago and found this in the basement.

    The previous owner of the house was moving to Australia.

    The women decided to keep it but is now moving herself so asked someone to bring it in to the museum.

    There were some raffle tickets in the book.  Some of the match box top designs are wonderful but can't realistically be removed without damaging the CASDA pages, which is the bit that is of interest to us.

    The programme production is going back in house next season and the museum have been asked to carry on contributing a couple of pages so we'll be writing about a different object or collection every week.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Good few donations recently


    Away travellers of a certain age will instantly recognise these Lewis Coaches booking slips from 1958 to Ipswich and, we think, 1966 to Norwich. Part of a big recent donation from the Town family.



  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Some items from a different donation from a member of staff who looked after the dressing rooms in the 90s



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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    back to the Town family donation. Some very rare 50/60s items and some toilet paper
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290

  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,822
    Get yourself one of the old floodlights in the coming weeks? 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Rothko said:
    Get yourself one of the old floodlights in the coming weeks? 
    already asked for one and was told we can have 50!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    More formal times: 1950s Supporters' Club newsletters showing dance photos plus a menu with ticket for an early 60s dinner & dance signed by Eddie Firmani.

    Didn't even get a Player of the Year dinner last season.

    Part of the recent Town family donation to the museum.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,822
    Henry Irving said:
    Rothko said:
    Get yourself one of the old floodlights in the coming weeks? 
    already asked for one and was told we can have 50!
    has the work started, and interested to know why these events happened in Lewisham and not more locally
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Not started as far as I know.

    Will check Friday.

    The 50s dances, at least some, as described in the Red Robin mags were in Greenwich Town Hall.

    No idea why Chiesmans was chosen, perhaps just a good localish venue.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,731
    edited September 3
     Chiesmans - bought my first camera there ! Great Museum items .
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,058
    I remember Chiesmans.
    God I'm old 😞
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,978
    edited September 3
    We should bring back formal wear for supporters club events. Maybe the club shop can sell replica suits.

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  • BobK
    BobK Posts: 88
    If I remember rightly Colin Cowdrey was married to a Chiesman and Derek Ufton played cricket with Colin (so the club might have got a discount)
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,429
    Colin Cowdrey was married to Stuart Chiesman’s daughter Penny. 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,627
    There was a Chiesmans department store in Gravesend back in the day - had a restaurant on top floor, with view over the Thames - great store - I recall our next door neighbour (when I was a lad) worked for them - if I recall correct, they were bought by House of Fraser 
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 618
    Henry Irving said:
    Rothko said:
    Get yourself one of the old floodlights in the coming weeks? 
    already asked for one and was told we can have 50!
    better get some new sunglasses ordered.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Another recent donation.

    Steve @Suthers Sutherland donated three decades of scrapbooks complied by his father Fred


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Very hard to find 50s reserves programmes 

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Some non-Charlton programmes

    The pirate Sunderland v Spurs programme is probably the rarest and so most valuable.

    The Managers XI included, according to the programme, three former Addicks; Bartram, Welsh and Stock. The showbiz team lists Sean Connery.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290

    Privileged to have been able to contribute to young Ethan's fund by purchasing this special #cafc shirt, worn v Watford, for the museum.


    Gofundme details below if you are able to help
       https://gofundme.com/f/ethan-erioluwa-adeoduwale
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,731
    edited September 6
    That's lovely @Henry Irving and I saw it with my own eyes yesterday too. I only came down a few months ago, but on yesterdays visit I was so impressed that since then there has been a refresh of new items/displays, so it is always worth a regular revisit I say. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,290
    Part of a donation of items from Wyn Grant.

    Match issued and signed Keith Jones shirt

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