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Hello all! During 2009 I am aiming to raise as much money as I can for five charities. Items I have auctioned off so far include signed CD's (Deep Purple's Don Airey & comedian Jimmy Cricket); DVD's (Nicholas Parsons and Red Dwarf's Robert Llewellyn); signed books from Denis Smith (ex-Stoke City player), Christopher Fowler & Paul Doherty; photos from Doro Pesch & Derren Brown.

Happy to plug others fundraising chraity auctions on my blog and Facebook group as well.

Have a fair few requests outstanding and will keep trying throughout 2009

Any tips welcome please!

There are two themes as well for most of the auction items…first up it is thirty years since the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and to celebrate this I am trying to get as many signed goodies for charity auction from bands from that era like Demon, Saxon, Tygers Of Pan Tang and many more!

(I did plan to get signed football items for auction but all football clubs approached bar two said no as they only donate to local fundraising which is fair enough, hence the change).

Secondly, twenty five years ago back in 1984 I became a front of house volunteer at the Theatre Royal, Hanley (which has now sadly closed), staying until 1990 when I left Stoke. I saw many great shows there, met some lovely fellow volunteers and members of the audience. I hope to get signed items from past performers at the theatre.

These EBay charity auctions will raise funds for the Parkinsons Disease Society, the RNIB, the Donna Louise Trust, the White Lodge Centre and the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT). You can view and bid the latest items here…

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/jr-68_W ... omZQQ_mdoZ

Total raised so far via EBay auctions…£184.30
Parkinsons Disease Society = £39.61
The White Lodge Centre = £32.00
IDDT = £41.91
RNIB = £28.35
Donna Louise Trust = £42.43

Update...

Total raised so far via EBay auctions…£451.08

Parkinsons Disease Society = £106.73
The White Lodge Centre = £80.29
IDDT = £74.38
RNIB = £93.65
Donna Louise Trust = £96.03

Signed items kindly donated and now all sold
***Musicians & Bands ***
* Keyboards wizard Clive Nolan (Arena/Pendragon/Shadowland/Caamora) kindly donated six signed CD’s

* Rock photographer Noel Buckley donated two signed photos of Warrior Soul’s Kory Clarke and Sabbat’s Martin Wlykeir

* Two signed promo copies of the excellent ‘The Old Road’ album by Martin Orford (IQ/Pallas)

* Signed CD from Don Airey of Deep Purple

* Signed CD from Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow/Malmsteen/Mother’s Army/Sunstorm)

* Signed CD/DVD of the Alarm’s 2008 Gathering kindly donated by Mike Peters

* Four signed posters (including three Magnum album covers) by the artist Rodney Matthews

***New Wave of British Heavy Metal***

* Signed CD from NWOBHM band Saracen

* Signed photo of former Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr

* Signed drumsticks, photos and CD’s from GRIMMSTINE, the new band featuring STEVE STINE and STEVE GRIMMETT (GRIM REAPER/ONSALUGHT/LIONSHEART) www.myspace.com/grimmstine

*** Authors ***

* Signed copy of ‘Tie Me To The Mast’ by David Johnson, a ‘must read’ for any Stoke City supporter and football fans in general as it covers Stoke’s promotion season 2007/08 and what is like to support a club that brings joy and frustration in equal measure!

* Signed book from the author of urban unease Christopher Fowler

* Stoke City defensive legend Dennis Smith who has kindly donated a signed copy of his book ‘Just One Of Seven’ (published by Know The Score Books)

* Two signed books from crime writer Paul Doherty

* Crime author Stuart MacBride has also kindly donated a signed book

***Past perfomers at the Theatre Royal, Hanley***

* Signed CD from comedian Jimmy Cricket who appeared at the Theatre Royal, Hanley

* Jeffrey Longmore, the original Frank ‘N’ Furter in the KMT/Theatre Royal Hanley production of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ has kindly donated two signed programmes and a signed A5 poster

* Signed colour photo of the legendary Bruce Forsyth (he appeared at Theatre Royal, Hanley in a one man show back in the mid-80’s)

*** TV & film stars***

* Robert Llewellyn (Kryten in Red Dwarf plus author, TV presenter & comedian) has donated two signed DVD’s and signed colour Krtyen photos

* Signed photograph of illusionist Derren Brown

* Adrian Chiles (Match Of The Day 2/The One Show) kindly donated a sigend copy of his excellent football book ‘We Don’t Know What We’re Doing’

* Signed DVD from Nicholas Parsons of the show he presented ‘Sale Of The Century’

* Signed colour photo from Danny John Jules aka the Cat in ‘Red Dwarf’ plus childrens’ TV shows ‘MI High’ and ‘The Storymakers’

* Signed Dr Who postcard from the current Doctor David Tennant

* Signed photo of actor Michael Sheen (Damned United/Frsot-Nixon)

Is that Clive Burr autograph still open?