Many thanks to Sarah Parker for our first donation to the golly sanctuary. This was her story:

"...please find enclosed a badge that has a special memory from my childhood. My Granma used to keep this golly badge pinned up on her notice board in the kitchen. She saved up for it when she was a child and used to wear it on her uniform at school. When she got married she pinned it up in her kitchen and it stayed there for the next 30 years. Every now and then I'd ask her if I could play with it and she would unpin it and pass it to me. I was always dropping it on the stone floor which is why it is scratched and chipped, but it reminds me of wonderful memories growing up and 'going round to granma's! 

When my Granma has died I was asked what items I would like, this was the only thing I chose and it has been in my kitchen drawer ever since. Its not a very suitable place to keep him, and when I came across your Golly Badge Sanctuary I knew my granma would approve so please find him enclosed... I hope you treasure him as much as we did.

Yours sincerely

Sarah P..."

Thanks Sarah, this is a lovely story and I can guarantee that this item will have a wonderful home in our Golly Badge Sanctuary. Hopefully there will be a few more friends to join him shortly.