Torquay Happy Fan and Lampshade Makers' Society
The Torquay Happy Fan and Lampshade Makers' Society was reportedly the only sf club in Torquay, a seaside town in Devon in the south-west of England. It likely consisted only of Nigel Lindsay and nobody else and so shouldn't be treated too seriously.
Now & Then #4 (June 1955), 'the proceedings of the Romiley Fan Veterans & Scottish Dancing Society', reported that in the aftermath of its first AGM::
... wild and persistent rumours are flying round the village. One of these is that there is a move to merge all the active fan groups into a national amalgamation to be known as the Romiley, Torbay[1], & London Scottish Dancing, Lampshade Makers, Happy Fan Veterans & Promiscuous Snogging Society, with HQ at Belfast.
It seems that such a grand national amalgamation never happened and Lindsay presumably continued to happily fan and make lampshades in splendid west country isolation.
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- ↑ Likely a typo. Torbay is about five miles from Torquay.
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