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[[Eastercon]] 6, '''Cytricon''', was held in '''Kettering''' (and so [[nicknamed]]) over Easter, April 9-10, 1955.  There was no [[GoH]]. The committee was [[Bill Panter]], [[Denny Cowen]], [[Joe Ayres]], [[Al Lee]], and [[Stuart Mackenzie]].  
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'''Cytricon''' was the name given to five [[conventions]] in [[Kettering]], [[UK]]. The first four were [[Eastercon]]s in the 1950s. The traditional fan view has been that the name was derived from an earlier Roman settlement – see, for instance, the [[Fancyclopedia 2]] text below – and that may be what fans believed at at the time. However, it now seems more likely that it comes from a later Anglo-Saxon settlement variously spelled Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan. This in turn implies that the name should more properly be pronounced with a hard C, ''Kitricon'', rather than the soft C, ''Sitricon'', that's invariably used.
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While this was the ''second'' Easter Eastercon, it was the first one to be called Eastercon. (The [[1944 Eastercon]] which was held on Easter wasn't an Eastercon and doesn't count!)
 
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The [[Cytricon Combozine]] was produced for the convention. It lists 113 members and includes special issues of  ''[[Alpha]]'', ''[[Brennschluss]]'', ''[[Fission]]'', ''[[Femizine]]'', ''[[Hyphen]]'' and ''[[Satellite]]'' as well as trail for the forthcoming ''Nadir'' which seemingly never happened.
 
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The [[Liverpool Group]] presented their [[tapera]] ''[[The March of Slime]]'' and the convention saw several fans wearing [[Propeller-beanie|propeller beanies]] and, according to [[Rob Hansen]], 'the first real appearance of costuming at a British convention'. The convention gave awards to [[Ted Tubb]] as author of the year and ''[[Eye]]'' as best fanzine, the latter accepted by [[Vince Clarke]].
 
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There were three other early Cytricons: [[Cytricon II]], [[Cytricon III]], and  [[Cytricon IV]] as well as a small (non-Eastercon) [[Cytricon V]] in 2008. The latter's programme book talks about the series.
 
  
 
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Any of the conventions at Kettering, [[England]]: 1955, '56, '58. From Cytri, the Roman name for the place.  
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Any of the [[conventions]] at [[Kettering]], [[England]]: 1955, '56, '58. From Cytri, the Roman name for the place.  
 
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[[Cytricon I]] ||April 9–10, 1955 || No [[gohs]]. Also [[Eastercon]] 6.
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[[Cytricon II]]||March 31–April 1, 1956 ||No [[gohs]]. Also [[Eastercon]] 7.
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[[Cytricon III]]|| April 19-21, 1957||No gohs. Also Eastercon 8.  
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[[Cytricon IV]]|| April 4–7, 1958 ||No gohs. Also Eastercon 9.  
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[[Cytricon V]] || October 3–5, 2008 || [[Ina Shorrock]] and [[Peter Mabey]]
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 11 March 2024

Cytricon was the name given to five conventions in Kettering, UK. The first four were Eastercons in the 1950s. The traditional fan view has been that the name was derived from an earlier Roman settlement – see, for instance, the Fancyclopedia 2 text below – and that may be what fans believed at at the time. However, it now seems more likely that it comes from a later Anglo-Saxon settlement variously spelled Cytringan, Kyteringas and Keteiringan. This in turn implies that the name should more properly be pronounced with a hard C, Kitricon, rather than the soft C, Sitricon, that's invariably used.

From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
Any of the conventions at Kettering, England: 1955, '56, '58. From Cytri, the Roman name for the place.
Con Dates Gohs, Notes
Cytricon I April 9–10, 1955 No gohs. Also Eastercon 6.
Cytricon II March 31–April 1, 1956 No gohs. Also Eastercon 7.
Cytricon III April 19-21, 1957 No gohs. Also Eastercon 8.
Cytricon IV April 4–7, 1958 No gohs. Also Eastercon 9.
Cytricon V October 3–5, 2008 Ina Shorrock and Peter Mabey


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