Pauline’s in danger of exploding again. Stand back, everyone. Maintain a safe distance.
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Just had a look at the fundraising page and am rather intrigued by the donation of £5K from ‘The People of Forest Hill’.
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Yes, odd. When you fill these things out you don’t quite know how they will appear on the page - there was an explanation to go with, but it didn’t materialise. Essentially though, I estimate the library has been donated around £5k worth of books, effectively we could open a shop tomorrow and have more than enough books to stock it. It should say that rather than looking like a cash payment. Ho hum.
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Rachael it’s the value of the books & records that have already been donated from peeps in FH including @HornimanMuseum 
Actually it isn’t. Those have yet to be added. Update to follow at the weekend when finalised.
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Even better then 
Thanks for the explanation, I didn’t think it would turn out to be something shady, but it certainly looks odd!
I got that Spacehive included in kind contributions. But that does hugely skew the amount raised towards in kind contributions. In kind is often the easiest to get. So how much cash do you need to make this work? Happy to push this out of course onto other social media.
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The balance you see is what needs to be generated in cash (currently almost £8k) We hope that support will come from one of the funding bodies, possibly two, but unless the cash is fully funded then the whole project is dead in the water.
We know we have the books, the people to help decorate, some furniture, some vinyl and people to contribute content when we’re up and running, what we need now is the cash to turn a long disused building into something viable. As you can see from the images, there is much to be done to the structure, even before we’ve fitted book cases, signage etc.
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and for a moment there I thought you were super cool 
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I was briefly vaguely-cool around 1993, but only for a couple of weeks. Of course these days I’m neither cool nor hot, I am super-tepid.
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Thank you to everyone who has already donated.
Sorry I haven’t been around to respond, I’ve been up to my elbows in squid for @FowlMouths.
Really appreciate all the support, retweets, shares offers of books and pledges.
I shan’t be sharing any dodgy 80’s pics. I was 1.
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I think I was cool for a similar length of time at the sam time. We must have coincided.
Youre still too cool for skool Tom.
I think @TomAngel kids are much cooler than him, sorry Tom!
I love the amazing dinosaurs facts Herbie tells me about, & Barnaby is just too cute 
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Hi there, what a great idea. I have some AV equipment, speakers, cables etc that you may be able to use. How do I get in contact with you? R
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Hi Paul, that’s a kind offer. I have enabled private messaging for you, so click on @leafandgroove, then click “Message”
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Thanks
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I’ve just donated and I’ve shared on Twitter… hopefully all the funding will come through! Good luck guys.
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