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The Midvention was originally slated for Birmingham and Hughes along with fellow local fan [[Arthur Busby]] was charged with finding a location. Many years later, [[Harry Turner]] reported Busby's contemporary reaction: | The Midvention was originally slated for Birmingham and Hughes along with fellow local fan [[Arthur Busby]] was charged with finding a location. Many years later, [[Harry Turner]] reported Busby's contemporary reaction: | ||
| − | All we've gotta do is find a hall to hold fifty fans for three nights, and accommodation for visitors! With this bloody war on it's practically impossible to find any halls available locally. | + | All we've gotta do is find a hall to hold fifty fans for three nights, and accommodation for visitors! With this bloody [[Second World War|war]]on it's practically impossible to find any halls available locally. |
The task proved insurmountable – although the ambition was also excessive as the eventual attendance was only about 14 – and the [[convention]] was relocated to [[Leicester, UK|Leicester]] at the last minute, 'Despite considerable efforts under difficult conditions on the part of Arthur Busby and Tom Hughes - for which we would like to thank them both sincerely' in the words of convention director [[R. Rowland Johnson]]. | The task proved insurmountable – although the ambition was also excessive as the eventual attendance was only about 14 – and the [[convention]] was relocated to [[Leicester, UK|Leicester]] at the last minute, 'Despite considerable efforts under difficult conditions on the part of Arthur Busby and Tom Hughes - for which we would like to thank them both sincerely' in the words of convention director [[R. Rowland Johnson]]. | ||
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Tom Hughes was a UK fan from Birmingham active in the 1940s. He was on the committee of Midvention in 1943 and a member of the British Fantasy Society.
The Midvention was originally slated for Birmingham and Hughes along with fellow local fan Arthur Busby was charged with finding a location. Many years later, Harry Turner reported Busby's contemporary reaction:
All we've gotta do is find a hall to hold fifty fans for three nights, and accommodation for visitors! With this bloody waron it's practically impossible to find any halls available locally.
The task proved insurmountable – although the ambition was also excessive as the eventual attendance was only about 14 – and the convention was relocated to Leicester at the last minute, 'Despite considerable efforts under difficult conditions on the part of Arthur Busby and Tom Hughes - for which we would like to thank them both sincerely' in the words of convention director R. Rowland Johnson.
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