I watched the Brits last night shouting: Who? Who? at the screen. So yep. Probably missed the memo. At the least didn’t see it posted at the cafe.
Guyliner.
HI there - I’ve donated some money for it. I love the idea.
I’m a local writer - who’s debut novel The Life Assistance Agency has been chosen as part of WHSmith’s 2017 Fresh Talent - so I’m always happy to find local shop aiming at that well-read market.
The very best of luck. And I have a few books I’ll put aside to donate.
Tom Hocknell
My Idle Blogs of an Idle Fellow is here - https://tomhocknell.wordpress.com
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I’m loving the sound of this. I’ve only just joined the forum, and recently moved into Forest Hill from Derby. I’d be up for volunteering some time if I’m ever free and you need something doing.
If I’d only known about this a few months back, I would have had a ton of books to donate post move! I may still have some to hand over, although I’ve already downsized the collection quite extensively
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Shared! Great idea.
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Massive thanks to everyone that’s backed this, it’s now gone past the 12k mark 
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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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