Tempting prospect researchers with free books in Bristol!
Howard Lake | 2 March 2009 | Blogs
Did you see the recent reports in the press about the landlords of the premises of Bristol’s BookBarn opening its doors to all comers to come and help themselves to books? The lease had expired, and the company was unable to remove all the books. Needless to say, I pottered along there, and staggered back home with a pile of books – something for all the family.
One of the books that I collected was the 1971 edition of “Harrow School Register”. I had forgotten about school year books as a prospect research resource, and it will be interesting to see how useful this proves to be. It appears to list home addresses, and could prove handy for local/regional research on new prospects.
Of course, my son insisted on a mad dash after school, so that he could look for himself, just as they were trying to usher everyone out of the building.
Finbar Cullen
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.