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'''Lilian MacKay''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] from [[Liverpool]] in the mid-1950s. She was a member of the [[Liverpool Group]] and appeared in '[[Last and First Fen]]', their third '[[tapera]]' that debuted at [[Cytricon II]] in 1956.
 
'''Lilian MacKay''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] from [[Liverpool]] in the mid-1950s. She was a member of the [[Liverpool Group]] and appeared in '[[Last and First Fen]]', their third '[[tapera]]' that debuted at [[Cytricon II]] in 1956.
  
She was the sister of [[Don MacKay]] and her sister-in-law was [[Renee MacKay]].
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She was the sister of [[Don MacKay]] and her sister-in-law was [[Renee MacKay]]. In his report on [[Cytricon II]] in ''[[Ploy]]'' #6, Archie Mercer wrote:
  
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The room seemed full of MacKays. It seems that about half the Liverpool group are called MacKay, and most of these are of the female persuasion. I only wish fandom had more families like them.
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She married [[Gerry Clarke]] in 1957 and the implication of an article in ''[[Waldo]]'' #1 (April 1959) on the Liverpool group is that they dropped out of fandom thereafter.
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 1 November 2024

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Lilian MacKay was a UK fan from Liverpool in the mid-1950s. She was a member of the Liverpool Group and appeared in 'Last and First Fen', their third 'tapera' that debuted at Cytricon II in 1956.

She was the sister of Don MacKay and her sister-in-law was Renee MacKay. In his report on Cytricon II in Ploy #6, Archie Mercer wrote:

The room seemed full of MacKays. It seems that about half the Liverpool group are called MacKay, and most of these are of the female persuasion. I only wish fandom had more families like them.

She married Gerry Clarke in 1957 and the implication of an article in Waldo #1 (April 1959) on the Liverpool group is that they dropped out of fandom thereafter.


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