Bryan Welham

(1940 – )

Bryan Welham was a fan from Clacton in Essex, UK active in the late 1950s. Alongside Barry Hall he was one of the leading lights of the Clacton SF Group of 1957–8. He attended Cytricon IV and Brumcon.

Welham was an sf reader from about the age of 12 and was at school in sixth form in 1957 with Hall. That summer they conceived the idea of producing a fanzine. Welham was already in touch Keith Wright of Arcturus and in response to a query about getting a duplicator Peter Rigby offered to sell him one while John Ashcroft provided paper.

The first issue of Perihelion was initially produced in a room above a fish shop owned by Welham's father, appearing a month or two later than its October 1957 cover date. While half the print run went via the usual fannish channels, the remainder was distributed via the school. The original duplicator provided by Rigby, an Emphas, had provided unreliable so Welham and Hall had negotiated the use of the school's machine.

This brought the group to the attention of the local press and an article about the group appeared in the East Essex Gazette, December 13, 1957.

Welham was a correspondent to prozines such as New Worlds and Nebula. He and Hall also attended a meeting at The Globe.

The final issue of Perihelion appeared in October 1958 and Welham was already showing signs of a certain jadedness with both sf and fandom. He started work for De Havillands, also in October 1958, and aside from attending Brumcon at Easter 1959 disappeared from fandom.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Perihelion [1957-58] (with Barry Hall)

Links

• 'Above the Fish Shop' by Ian Millsted, Relapse #19 (Spring 2011) at efanzines.com.

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