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# [[Mal Ashworth]] (A) | # [[Mal Ashworth]] (A) | ||
# [[Joe Ayres]] | # [[Joe Ayres]] | ||
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# [[Ron Bennett]] (A) | # [[Ron Bennett]] (A) | ||
# [[Eric Bentcliffe]] (A) | # [[Eric Bentcliffe]] (A) | ||
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# [[Harry Clements]] (AN) | # [[Harry Clements]] (AN) | ||
# [[Vince Clarke]] (A) | # [[Vince Clarke]] (A) | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Gerry Clarke]] |
# [[Dave Cohen]] (A) | # [[Dave Cohen]] (A) | ||
# [[Tony Cooper]] (A) | # [[Tony Cooper]] (A) | ||
| − | # | + | # ''J. Coozens'' |
# [[Denny Cowen]] (A) | # [[Denny Cowen]] (A) | ||
# Kathryn M. Cowen * | # Kathryn M. Cowen * | ||
| − | # | + | # ''Alfred Dean'' |
# [[Charles Duncombe]] | # [[Charles Duncombe]] | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[Peter Emery]] |
# [[Cyril Evans]] (AN) | # [[Cyril Evans]] (AN) | ||
# [[Frances Evans]] (A) | # [[Frances Evans]] (A) | ||
| − | # [[R. P. Everett]] (A) | + | # [[Pat Everest]]<ref>The membership list includes 'R. P. Everett' and there was a known attendee called 'Pat Everest'. Both were from [[Leicester, UK|Leicester]] so the assumption is that the former is a typo for the latter.</ref> (A) |
# [[John Russell Fearn]] | # [[John Russell Fearn]] | ||
# [[Reg Fieldhouse]] | # [[Reg Fieldhouse]] | ||
# [[Pete Fox]] | # [[Pete Fox]] | ||
| − | # [[ | + | # [[George Gibson]] |
# [[Tony Glynn]] | # [[Tony Glynn]] | ||
# [[Joy Goodwin]] (A) | # [[Joy Goodwin]] (A) | ||
Latest revision as of 03:27, 2 November 2024
Eastercon 6, Cytricon, was a convention held in Kettering (and so nicknamed) over Easter, April 9-10, 1955. There was no GoH. The committee was Bill Panter (chair), Denny Cowen (secretary), Joe Ayres (treasurer), and Al Lee (publicity). Registration was 2/6d with an additional 6d for the daily sessions on Saturday and Sunday. 'Wives' were offered a reduced rate of 4d. Rooms were 20/6d per day.
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!)
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.
The Liverpool Group presented their tapera The March of Slime and the convention saw several fans wearing 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 Vin¢ Clarke.
Attendees[edit]
In the table below names marked (A) are known attendees, names marked (AN) are known attendees who are not on the membership list, and names marked (N) are members who are known to have not been present. The remainder may have attended. In many cases that's the limit of our knowledge about them and where this is the case there won't be a page for them until and unless we find out some more. Names to which this applies are in italics. Additionally names marked * are family members of attendees who likely weren't fans per se.
This is work in progress. Names are being checked to see if they're here under variants.
- Don Allen (A)
- John Ashcroft (A)
- Mal Ashworth (A)
- Joe Ayres
- M. Beardsley
- Ron Bennett (A)
- Eric Bentcliffe (A)
- Irene Boothroyd (A)
- Syd Bounds (A)
- H. Brock
- John Brunner (A)
- Daphne Buckmaster (A)
- Ron Buckmaster (A)
- Ken Bulmer (A)
- Pam Bulmer (AN)
- Brian Burgess (A)
- Alan Burns (A)
- Joan Burns *
- Bert Campbell (AN)
- J. W. Campbell
- Peter Campbell
- Ted Carnell
- Joan Carr
- Jim Cawthorn
- Meredith Chatterton (A)
- Harry Clements (AN)
- Vin¢ Clarke (A)
- Gerry Clarke
- Dave Cohen (A)
- Tony Cooper (A)
- J. Coozens
- Denny Cowen (A)
- Kathryn M. Cowen *
- Alfred Dean
- Charles Duncombe
- Peter Emery
- Cyril Evans (AN)
- Frances Evans (A)
- Pat Everest[1] (A)
- John Russell Fearn
- Reg Fieldhouse
- Pete Fox
- George Gibson
- Tony Glynn
- Joy Goodwin (A)
- John B. Hall (A)
- Peter Hamilton (A)
- Paul Hammett (A)
- Chuck Harris (A)
- Bill Harrison (A)
- B. Hill
- Arthur F. Hillman
- E. R. James
- Jan Jansen
- Terry Jeeves (A)
- Eric Jones (AN)
- Tony Klein (AN)
- Al Lee
- Brian Lewis
- Ethel Lindsay (A)
- Nigel Lindsay
- George Lye
- Don MacKay
- Lil MacKay
- Renee MacKay
- Connie Mackenzie
- Stuart Mackenzie
- Michael Mansfield (A)
- Shirley Marriott (A)
- Jim Marshall
- Jim McArthur
- Ken McIntyre
- Archie Mercer (A)
- Frank Milnes (A)
- Jim Mooney
- Peter Moor
- Dan Morgan
- Orville W. Mosher
- Eric Needham (A)
- Dave Newman (A)
- Stan Nuttall (A)
- Sheila O'Donnell (A)
- Nic Oosterbaan (AN)
- R. Ogier
- John Owen (A)
- David Page (AN)
- Bill Panter
- Derek Pickles
- Brian Poole
- Ken Potter (A)
- Dorothy Ratigan (AN)
- Jim Ratigan (AN)
- Peter Reaney (A)
- Peter Rigby
- John Roles (A)
- Pete Royle (AN)
- Sandy Sanderson (A)
- Ina Shorrock (A)
- Norman Shorrock (A)
- Frank Simpson (A)
- Ken Skelton
- Ken Slater (A)
- Ken Smith[2]
- Margo Statten[3]
- Pete Taylor (A)
- Mike Tealby
- Arthur Thomson (AN)
- Tony Thorne
- E. C. Tubb (A)
- Con Turner
- Harry Turner
- Brian Varley (A)
- Mike Wallace (A)
- Norman Wansborough (A)
- Norman Weedall (A)
- Cyril Whitaker
- Betty White
- Eddie White (AN)
- Tom White
- Taffy Williams
- Madeleine Willis (A)
- Walt Willis (A)
- Jack Wilson
- Geoff Wingrove
- Dave Wood (AN)
- Cathie Youden (A)
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- ↑ The membership list includes 'R. P. Everett' and there was a known attendee called 'Pat Everest'. Both were from Leicester so the assumption is that the former is a typo for the latter.
- ↑ This could be K. E. Smith. He was from Liverpool and Ken Smith is from Manchester and they're relatively close. However, Smith is a very common name.
- ↑ The assumption here is that this is a joke allusion to Vargo Statten. Archie Mercer also quotes 'Margo' in Archive #13 (Autumn 1957), presumably in a similar vein.
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