Cataloguing and recording items for the Trust archives is usually fairly routine.

Other items take a little more time to research and record. Two recent examples are shown below.

I’m sure you will agree these autograph sets are a fantastic addition to the collection.

1937 letter head sheet

First is a neatly presented scrapbook, in a photograph album, including Norwich City cuttings covering a period from 1936 to 1937.

The first inside page is a Norwich City letter head sheet of paper dated Season 1937 with autographs in ink of the following players/staff: Harry Dukes, Ernest Coleman, James Mackrell, Robert T. Young, Jack Vinall, John Church, Ted Bates, Owen Madden, Jackie O’Reilly, Sam Bowen, Joe Hannah, Joeseph Clare, Robert Morris, Leonard Reilly, Les Maskell, Tommy Knox, Fred Hall, George Woodford, Billy Warnes, Len Flack, Herbert Goffey, Doug Lochhead, Francis Cassidy, Jack Scott, George Edwards, Alfred Worton, Bernard Robinson, Ben Burley, Harry Proctor, John Friar, Frank Manders and one unidentified other (possibly Tommy Halliday).

32 in all.

Keelan – The story of a Goalkeeper

Then we have an autographed copy of softback book titled ‘Keelan’ – The story of a Goalkeeper. By Philip Webster. 71 pages: Published by George Nobbs Publishing, 1979.

The book is signed on the inside by Kevin Keelan, Duncan Forbes, Mark Nightingale, Kevin Bond, Martin Peters, Billy Steele, Peter Mendham, Tony Powell, Roger Hansbury, Doug Evans, Justin Fashanu, Clive Baker, Phil Hoadley, Alan Taylor, Phil Lyhthgoe, Steve Goble, Keith Robson, Roger Brown, David Jones, Dave Bennett, Graham Paddon, Mick McGuire, Kevin Reeves, Greg Downs and John Ryan.

25 in all.