Loncon (Eastercon)

(For other Loncons, see Loncon (Disambiguation).)

Eastercon 2, Loncon, was held in London over Easter 1949 under the auspices of the Science Fantasy Society. The GoH was Bill Temple. The committee was Walter Gillings and others.

The convention was first announced in the first 'minor' issue of Science Fantasy News, published on February 20, 1949, slightly under two months before the convention. Memberships were 2/6 to join the Loncon Society and an attending supplement of 5/- including buffet. Attending members paid 7/6 (seven shillings and six pence), equivalent to about £11 in 2024. Fantasy Times v4 #4 says that UK fandom was 'Taking a leaf from United States fandom's book' in soliciting memberships of the convention society.

There was no Eastercon in 1950, and Festivention isn't strictly an Eastercon, so the sequence continues in 1952 with the London SF Con

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Whitcon	Eastercon	London SF Con
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