CD-ROM

The Robertson’s Golly Guide [2nd Edition] on CD-ROM by Colin Dodds.

Available December 2006 continuing throughout 2008

Four years of further research have added hundreds of items to the listings. There are now over 4200 colour illustrations. Many sections have been expanded to make this the most comprehensive guide yet for anything to do with the Robertson’s Golly. All the badges are covered in great detail, including new badges and new back stamp pictures. China, figurines, toys, tokens, prototypes and other promotional products are all covered in depth. The very rare prototypes that sometimes come up on ebay are also included, so you’ll know when they are genuine. It also incorporates Checklist 5 with fully detailed tables. As before, this software is sold with a single user licence and will run on any modern PC with Windows.

Application Details

• An application form is available for you to print and fill in for ease.
• Please payment as cheque or postal order made payable to C.J. Dodds.
• Overseas purchasers should contact Colin for current airmail rates.
• Application address:–

• Robertson's Golly Badge Checklist ** 6th Edition ** by Colin Dodds.
  
  New for Spring 2008
  
  This new version of the Checklist lists all the Golly badges, buttons, balloons and pendants from the early days until the final farewell badges, with over 600 b&w illustrations. It is completely updated and revised, and has been produced for those collectors who like to have a printed record of their collection they can use at home and take to collector's fairs. There are 87 A4 pages and a new full colour retro design cover. Many of illustrations have been redrawn in greater accuracy and detail and there are more close-up diagrams of differences, including modern back stamps. The popular tables to record your own collection and wants are given for each era. There is now greater guidance on rarity and more information on the badges themselves. The section on fakes gives guidance to avoid costly mistakes and the rare prototypes are illustrated for the first time in the Checklist. The Badge Checklist contains all the latest 'CD' golly numbers, widely used by many eBay sellers. This is the most comprehensive Robertson's badge book ever published and is the result of over 20 years research by the author. Why pay for old copies over 10 years out of date on eBay when you can have the latest up to date information?
  
  During recent years the research on Golly collectibles has turned up more information and the data on other collectibles will no longer fit in one volume. The badge information is now more detailed and fills all the pages. Details of other Robertson's collectables are now exclusively listed with the all colour Robertson's Golly Guide on CD.
  
  Application Details as per the The Robertson's Golly Guide on CD-ROM above.
  
  
  
• The Folly of the Golly by Jerry Loader
  
  Launched October 2005.

  Jerry Loader needs no introduction to most. In 2000 he exhibited a part of his comprehensive Robertson's Golly memorabilia collection at Paisley Museum, issued a Robertson's approved Golly badge to commemorate the event, is found at Quorn Swapmeet each year (almost) without fail and of course, has the largest collection of Golly memorabilia known. Many of us have known that he has aimed to bring out a book with the most comprehensive, accurate, concise account of the badges and history that he possibly can. I have read and reviewed it. Application details are also included.

Clubs

The clubs listed below will provide more brooch information and a source of second hand sales. If you do subscribe to any of them, please mention that you got the address from my web site

• Badge Collectors Circle (BCC)
  
  The club produces a bi-monthly newsletter, The Badger. Although it is aimed generally at all kinds of badge collectors, there are many Golly sales within the newsletter.
  They also hold regular swapmeets where you can go along in person and trade badges with other collectors. A large one is held in Quorn in October and a smaller one in Stoke around May. For anybody who has never been to a Quorn meet, I have documented my brief thoughts on Quorn Swapmeet. The dates for the next Quorn and Stoke swapmeets are published on the What's On section.
  As at December 2004 the cost of one year's membership is £15.
  
  I am a member of the BCC.
  
  

  Web Site:	BCC Online
  Mailing List:	Badgers (Yahoo! group aimed at members of the BCC).
  Email:	Frank Setchfield
  	57 Middleton Place
  	Loughborough
  	Leicestershire
  	LE11 2BY
  	ENGLAND

• The Yahoo! Golly Badge Club II (GollyBCII)
  
  This is an on-line club, with free membership. More details are available.
  
  I am a member of the Golly Badge Club.

• Postal Badge Auctions
  
  Richard English runs a postal badge auction every two months. For an annual subscription you can sell or buy badges using his comprehensive listings. Each auction has well over 1000 lots for sale. Amongst many other categories, this includes bowling, Golly and Butlins badges. Categories can be easily distinguished. Members of the auctions also receive a realisation list, so that the winning bid price for each badge can be studied. The winning bidder has his bid reduced to the penultimate bid plus £1. The bidding and payment details should be studied carefully upon joining.

  Richard has run the auction since December 1999. Prior to this the badge auctions were run by Barry Croucher for the prior 13 years and prior to that by Joyce Mellor

  	Richard English
  	11 Pollards Hill South
  	Norbury
  	London
  	SW16 4LW
  Telephone	020 8764 3095

• Just Golly!
  
  Dave and Sheila Mallin, former members of the original Just Golly! club started by Annette Morrris, relaunched the club in 2003. The club was always more of a general Golly club which should appeal greatly to collectors not just interested in the brooches. In September 2005 they were able to report that the club was going to strength to strength and as it entered its third year the new club badge was selling well.
  
  UK Subscription fees per annum as at October 2003 were £18 for 4 issues (1st of December, March, June and September).
  For overseas membership (Southern Ireland & Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) rates can be obtained by contacting Sheila and Dave directly.
  
  

  Email:	Dave and Sheila Mallin
  	60 Arundel Road
  	Littlehampton
  	West Sussex
  	BN17 7DF
  	ENGLAND

  
  

• International Golly Collectors Club
  
  This U.S. based club, was formed in 1995 and publishes four newsletters a year. The club is geared towards general Golly collectors and attracts worldwide membership.
  Each year the club holds a GollyFest event in the United States or Canada. They have a dedicated GollyFest web site with details about the event and subscription details for joining the club.
  I am not a member of the International Golly Collectors Club.

Disbanded Clubs

• Robertson's Golly Club
  
  The original Robertson's Golly Club ceased in 1987.
  In 1998 Robertson's started issuing customer numbers. This was used by Robertson's to track Golly collectors on a database. In June 2000 they started issuing membership cards to encourage customers to quote their customer numbers when ordering. Indeed, the 2000 Silver Millennium brooches were only available to customers who were able to quote their number. The 5000 Golden Farewell brooches to commemorate Golly's retirement in 2001 were offered to long term collectors, who were identified using the information from this database.

• Golly Collectors Club
  
  In December 2003 Vanessa Littleboy had to put the Golly Collectors Club on hold due to other personal commtiments. She hopes that she will be able to revive the club in the future when time permits.

• New Golly Collector's Club

  After 13 years of running the club, Keith Wilkinson stopped producing the newsletters in 2004. The club was responsible for producing one of the most collectable badges from the 1990's (picured right).

Other Resources

• Richard Burton

  Richard Burton has raised over £40,000 for Leukaemia Research after losing his 14 year old granddaughter, Sara, to the disease back in 1996. The profits made on the sale of his Rupert and other badges go to this charity.

• Robert Opie Packaging Museum

  The related sites section has details

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Golly Corner: Golly Books & Clubs / Email: Liz Prigg / revised September 2005

Photographs & Text Copyright Liz Prigg © 1998–2008