Hi everyone - I’m pleased to be able to offer the fourth in our historic Millwall series of lapel pin badges. Once again we’re commemorating another great Lions side – the Third Division (S) championship team of 1937-38.

The badge is pictured below. Another championship badge, so it’s again a silver depiction of a Lion at rest on a plinth showing the main title ‘Millwall’, with the simple word ‘Champions’ above and the years 1937 and 1938 below. Both separated by our usual ‘nolu’ tag.

I know that I’m biased, but I think this pin, like our Lions head 1927-28 badge, is actually quite beautiful. I hope that as many Millwall badge collectors as possible agree, as once again we will be devoting the proceeds of the sale to the Help for Heroes charity.

There are three ways to get your copy of the 1937-38 badge:

(1) Cash - I'll be selling the badges at most of the forthcoming home games at the usual NOLU spot by the Zampa Road gate. If you’d like to pay cash and collect from me personally, email me at noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk and I'll reserve a badge for you in advance.

(2) By Pay Pal – please forward £5 per badge to noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk - also please remember to include a postal address and to say if it’s the 1910, 1927-28 or 1937-38 badge that you want..

(3) By cheque – made payable to Nick Hart c/o NOLU, PO Box 62554, London E6 9GH – again please remember to include your address and to tell me which badge that you want.

All orders will be mailed next day. Any queries please either email me at noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk or post on this thread and I’ll answer as soon as possible.

The previous badges still for sale in the historic series can be viewed at the NOLU blog: http://noluthemag.blogspot.com/ - please note that we have just a few 1910 badges left now.

Thanks for everyone’s support as always.


Nick

1927-28 Third Division (S) Championship commemorative badge - £5

Following on from our Dockers and 1910 Cold Blow Lane commemorative badges, I’m pleased to be able announce that the third in the series is now available in honour of the great Millwall championship side of 1927-28 (picture below). This badge is slightly unconventional in that I’ve gone for a silver metal finish – the gold-ish look is due to the photo being taken under electric lights. I’m trying to be a bit art deco as well with this one. See what you think – comments welcome (good or bad).

Once again we’re asking for £5 for these badges and - as always with NOLU - this is being done entirely for charity (after production and postage costs).

The beneficiary charity this time will be ‘Combat Stress’ which is the leading charity specialising in the care of British Veterans who have been profoundly traumatised by harrowing experiences during their service career. Many Veterans leave the Armed Forces with highly debilitating conditions such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety disorders. Their problems can remain masked for years, and they and their families may be struggling to deal with matters at home. Ongoing operations across the Middle East are stretching the resources available and already the charity has seen over 300 referrals from Iraq and Afghanistan. I hope that the sale of these badges will link in with the club’s ‘Help for Heroes’ support at the home game on November 21st 2009.

I will post the final charity donation when achieved on the Millwall message boards.

There are three ways to get your copy of the 1927-28 badge:

(1) Cash - I'll be selling the badges at most of the forthcoming home games at the usual NOLU spot by Zampa Road gate. If you’ll be at the game and would like to collect from me personally, email me at noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk and I'll reserve a badge for you to pick up on the day.

(2) By Pay Pal – please forward £5 per badge to noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk - please remember to include a postal address.

(3) By cheque – made payable to Nick Hart c/o NOLU, PO Box 62554, London E6 9GH – please remember to include your address and to tell me if it’s the 1910 or the 1927-28 badge that you want. (Or both of course)

All orders will be mailed next day. Any queries please either email me at noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk or post on this thread and I’ll answer as soon as possible.

Cheers all


Nick

Badge update and NOLU *108 donation

The Cold Blow Lane 1910 badges have sold very well indeed and based on the payments so far we’ve generated a donation of about £250 to the NSPCC and Cancer Research charities via the Deloitte Just Giving page.

I am however a greedy man when it comes to our charity donations and would like to stick another £400 or so on to that donation and push close to the £700 mark. So I’ve obtained a further batch to sell at the Leeds game on October 24th. Come and find me at the Zampa Road gate as per usual if you’d like to buy one cash or don’t want to get involved in internet or bank payments etc.

Incidentally the next badge in the series will commemorate our all conquering 1927-28 Third Division South side. I hope it will prove as popular as our previous efforts.

The most recent NOLU *108 generated a donation of £178 to the Alzheimer’s Society (Just Giving receipt below) as well our continued sponsorship of the Youth team reports in the matchday programme. Including our backing of Ashley Grimes’ away kit, so far NOLU has put about £750 into Millwall FC with the prospect of that continuing on into the future. Every little helps when you’re £5 million (or whatever it is) in the red…

More news on the next NOLU *109 and the next badge in due course.

Nick

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Thank you for supporting the Alzheimer's Society. Your generous gift really is appreciated and will go towards helping those people affected by dementia.

For more information on all our events both in the UK and abroad please visit www.alzheimers.org.uk/events


Here's your receipt:
Donation reference : D17892054
Charity name : Alzheimer's Society
Charity registration number : 296645
Donation amount : GBP178.0000
Gift Aid plus supplement : 50.2051

Cold Blow Lane 1910

NOLU historic badge series: Cold Blow Lane 1910

The 'Cold Blow Lane 1910' design is inspired by the front page of the matchday programme printed for the very first game at The Den between Millwall and Brighton & Hove Albion in 1910. The badge is 25mm from the top of the footballer figure's head to the base of the plinth and once again uses a 'butterfly' clasp on the rear. The main wording says simply 'Millwall' with the words 'Cold Blow Lane' above and '1910' below. To the bottom right is the regular NOLU label. The kit is close the authentic colours of the day - dark blue shirts, white shorts and black stockings.

This is the second in our MFC 125 / 100 anniversary series and follows on from the limited edition Dockers badge which is now completely sold out. This is a very nice and may I say - discreet - badge and one which I'm very proud to be able to produce in NOLU's name.

Once again we are asking for £5 for these badges and - as always with NOLU - this is being done entirely for charity (after production and postage costs). The beneficiary charities this time being the NSPCC and Cancer Research to be donated via the Deloitte page on Just Giving - http://original.justgiving.com/etape2009 - I hope that you will agree that these are worthy causes. I will post the final charity donation when achieved on the Millwall message boards.

There are two ways to get your copy of the 1910 badge:

* By Pay Pal – please forward £5 per badge to noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk - please remember to include a postal address.

* By cheque – made payable to Nick Hart c/o NOLU, PO Box 62554, London E6 9GH remember to include your address as above.

All postal orders will be mailed next day (and will properly taped and bubble wrapped this time ... ahem). Any queries, please either email or post on this thread and I’ll answer as soon as possible.

NOLU *107 charity update

NOLU readers will be pleased to know that edition 107 generated a donation of £200 for the Gurkha Welfare Trust at http://www.justgiving.com/gwt (receipt below)

Additionally this season the magazine is sponsoring the Millwall youth coverage in the matchday programme - edition 107 generated £200 toward that effort.

Finally the last 'Help for Heroes' Docker badges were sold prior to the Carlisle game, also generating an extra £50 to add to the previous £360 already paid via Just Giving. Total for the Dockers badges was £410.

The next edition of NOLU will be on sale September 19th and will benefit the Alzheimers Society.

Can I also personally thank everyone who supports NOLU or our badge series. It really is appreciated by everyone involved in the writing, production and selling of the magazine.

Cheers

Nick


GURKHA WELFARE TRUST

Donation reference : D17043692
Charity name : Gurkha Welfare Trust
Charity registration number : 1103669
Donation amount : GBP200.0000
Gift Aid plus supplement : 56.4103

HELP FOR HEROES

Donation reference : D17043714
Charity name : Help for Heroes
Charity registration number : 1120920
Donation amount : GBP50.0000
Gift Aid plus supplement : 14.1026

Millwall History Badges - The Dockers 1885 - 1910

Next year sees two historic anniversaries for Millwall FC – 125 years since the club’s foundation on the Isle of Dogs in 1885 - and 100 years since the move south of the River Thames to Cold Blow Lane in 1910.

To celebrate our club’s story, NOLU will be producing a series of limited edition lapel badges over the year ahead designed to illustrate the key moments and events of the last 125 seasons. As always the profits from these badges will be donated to a named charity.

The first in our Historic Millwall series is shown below. ‘The Dockers’ is a design that commemorates the first phase of the club’s existence in East London. It uses a central motif used in an old team photo seen in James Murray’s ‘Lions of the South’. It features the word Millwall across the top, then Rovers and Athletic down the sides - with our proud roots on the Isle of Dogs named across the bottom. On the central white field are our former nickname ‘The Dockers’ and the dates 1885-1910. We will only make 100 of this design – first come, first served.

The beneficiary charity for this first in the series will be the Help For Heroes campaign at http://www.justgiving.com/helpforheroes/- Given the news right now, I can’t think of a more deserving charity to support. In order to generate a strong donation, we are going to ask £5 for this limited edition badge – I hope everyone will support us in this effort.

There are two ways to place your order:

* By Pay Pal – please forward £5 per badge to noluthemag@hotmail.co.uk - please remember to include a postal address.

* By cheque – made payable to Nick Hart c/o NOLU, PO Box 62554, London E6 9GH remember to include your address as above.

If I have any left over by the opening games of the season, then I’ll bring them along to sell with our first issue. However if the last badge we did is anything to go by, these will shift very fast.

Thanks in advance for everyone’s support as ever.


Nick