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'''Cyril Whitaker''', sometimes referred to as '''Cyril Whittaker''' was a [[UK]] [[fan]] from Lincoln in the mid-1950s and 1960s.  
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'''Cyril Whitaker''', sometimes referred to as '''Cyril Whittaker''', was a [[UK]] [[fan]] from Spalding in the mid-1950s and 1960s.  
  
He is listed in [[Ron Bennett]]'s ''[[Directory of Science Fiction Fandom]]'' for 1956 and appears on the membership list for [[Loncon I]].
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He is listed in [[Ron Bennett]]'s ''[[Directory of Science Fiction Fandom]]'' for 1956 and he attended the [[Eastercon-1957|1957 Eastercon]] and appears on the membership list for [[Loncon I]] later that year. He was also a member of the [[Brumcon]] in 1959.
 
 
He attended the [[Eastercon-1957|1957 Eastercon]] with his wife, Jill<ref>see [https://fiawol.org.uk/FanStuff/THEN%20Archive/1957con/57con01.htm Rob Hansen's Cytricon III page] which has a possible photo of both</ref>. It's unclear if she was a fan too.
 
  
 
''[[Vector]]'' #42 notes that he contacted [[Doreen Parker]] in September 1966 about a [[Lincoln Astronomical Society]] event, suggesting he may have been a member of both that organisation and the [[BSFA]].
 
''[[Vector]]'' #42 notes that he contacted [[Doreen Parker]] in September 1966 about a [[Lincoln Astronomical Society]] event, suggesting he may have been a member of both that organisation and the [[BSFA]].

Latest revision as of 10:57, 9 May 2024

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Cyril Whitaker, sometimes referred to as Cyril Whittaker, was a UK fan from Spalding in the mid-1950s and 1960s.

He is listed in Ron Bennett's Directory of Science Fiction Fandom for 1956 and he attended the 1957 Eastercon and appears on the membership list for Loncon I later that year. He was also a member of the Brumcon in 1959.

Vector #42 notes that he contacted Doreen Parker in September 1966 about a Lincoln Astronomical Society event, suggesting he may have been a member of both that organisation and the BSFA.


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