Chesham museum

LAST night, Thursday, I was invited to a meeting to discuss Chesham Museum's plans to move to the former Chapter One book shop site in Chesham.
I was really pleased to see that so many people attended, the organiser even had to bring in more chairs to accommodate everyone. However we were all given a glass of wine, so maybe that's what encouraged people to attend!
For those who don't know, Chesham Museum is currently situated in a small stable behind the Gamekeepers Lodge pub in Bellingdon Road. This is generously given to the museum by the landlord.
Ideally though the museum should be in the centre of town and in a bigger premises as currently only a fraction of exhibits are able to go on show.
So when Chapter One came up for rent museum staff felt it would be the perfect venue, and I have to agree.
Now though the difficult bit. About £13,000 needs to be raised to cover rental of the premises and costs etc in the first year, and they need a good idea as to whether this is possible within the next three months.
The purpose of the meeting was to try and find people with various skills who can set up a group to raise the finds, fill out the forms for grants etc and generally rally people to make sure this dream becomes a reality.
I have pledged that the paper will help where possible and we will obviously keep readers informed of what is happening and the various fundraiser that are being organised.
If you can help pop into the museum or visit the museum's website at www.cheshammuseum.org.uk