The museum, located in the former home team dressing room, in the East Stand, showcases memorabilia, photographs, programmes, shirts and unique artefacts from across the decades
Leyton Orient FC has opened a new museum space that pays homage to the Brisbane Road club’s history.
The museum, located in the former home team dressing room, in the East Stand, showcases memorabilia, photographs, programmes, shirts and unique artefacts from across the decades, “providing supporters with the opportunity to explore and celebrate the club’s remarkable past”.
The former home team dressing room has recently undergone a restoration project, stripping the walls of their 1970s style panelling to take the interior back to its original appearance, when the stand was erected at Brisbane Road in 1956.
The Leyton Orient Museum can be accessed under the ‘Only One Orient’ sign in Brisbane Road, through the set of red wooden double doors.
The museum coincides with Orient’s 90-year anniversary of being based in Brisbane Road, a feat the club will celebrate with Leyton Orient Memories, a programme of special events, each focusing on a different chapter of the club’s history.
Themed evenings will “celebrate memorable seasons, iconic matches and players, historic achievements and defining moments that have helped shape Leyton Orient”, the club has said.
Orient supporters will also have the chance to hear first-hand stories from former players, managers and special guests, while enjoying exclusive displays, and question-and-answer sessions.
The first such event was held on Wednesday, 22nd July, and saw club historian Davis Watson speak with support from Leyton Orient Trust CEO, Neil Taylor.
Also in attendance was the son of legendary manager Jimmy Bloomfield who coached the team in two separate stints in the 1960s and 1970s.
Leyton Orient Trust CEO, Neil Taylor, said: “We are thrilled to be working with Davis Watson – club historian – on bringing the East Stand home team changing room back to life and filled with Orient memorabilia – kindly donated by Orient fans.
“Given the age of the changing room and the hundreds of Orient players that used it – it is fitting that we celebrate the achievements of the 1956 winning team in the very room where they would have celebrated.
“As the club charity, it is important that the club’s history is remembered and shared with new generations, so that they appreciate what previous fans, players, managers and owners have built and something that we can all be proud of.”
The club has also urged fans to share their own memories, photographs and treasured items to the museum.
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