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'''Nor'west Science Fantasy Club''' was a [[UK]] [[club]] based in [[Manchester]] and abbreviated as  '''NSFC'''.  
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The '''Nor'west Science Fantasy Club''' ('''NSFC''') was a [[UK]] [[club]] based in [[Manchester]] from 1951 to 1954.  
  
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[[Eric Bentcliffe]] was seeking like-minded individuals and contacted [[Dave Cohen]] via [[Operation Fantast]]. Cohen was already in touch with [[Frank Richards]] and [[Taffy Williams|A. E. “Taffy” Williams]] and the four met up in January 1951. Cohen suggested the Waterloo Hotel in Cheetham Hill as an ongoing meeting place and a newspaper advertisement drew in more people, leading to the birth of the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club.
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[[Eric Bentcliffe]] was seeking like-minded individuals and contacted [[Dave Cohen]] via [[Operation Fantast]]. Cohen was already in touch with [[Frank Richards]] and [[Taffy Williams|A. E. 'Taffy' Williams]] and the four met up in January 1951. Cohen suggested the Waterloo Hotel in Cheetham Hill as an ongoing meeting place and a newspaper advertisement drew in more people, leading to the birth of the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club.
  
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Members attended the [[Mancon 1|Mancon]] in 1952 and sponsored [[Supermancon]] in 1954. Club membership peaked at 60 or so, including [[Brian Varley]] and [[Sandy Sanderson]], both in the army and stationed in the area. [[Frances Evans]] was an early recruit, the first and for most of its history only female member. However, Sanderson claimed that the active membership in 1952 was only about six people (''Femizine'' #9, May 1956).  
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Members attended the [[Mancon 1|Mancon]] in 1952 and sponsored [[Supermancon]] in 1954. [[Frances Evans]] was an early recruit, the first and for most of its history only active female member. Despite a roster of about 100 people, about half of whom were in what might be termed the north west area, [[Sandy Sanderson]] claimed that the active membership in 1952 was only about six people (''Femizine'' #9, May 1956).  
  
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The NSFC [[clubzine]] was ''[[Space Times]]'' edited by Bentcliffe with for some issues [[Eric Jones]], and Bentcliffe produced ''[[Checklist of British SF And Fantasy Magazines]]'' for the club in spring 1952.  
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The NSFC [[clubzine]] was ''[[Space Times]]'' edited by Bentcliffe with for some issues [[Eric Jones]], and Bentcliffe produced ''[[Checklist of British SF And Fantasy Magazines]]'' for the club in spring 1952.  
  
 
[[John Russell Fearn]] was the group's patron<ref>''Space Times'' #18 (December 1953).</ref>.
 
[[John Russell Fearn]] was the group's patron<ref>''Space Times'' #18 (December 1953).</ref>.
  
 
The club disintegrated in early 1954 before the [[Supermancon]].  
 
The club disintegrated in early 1954 before the [[Supermancon]].  
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Members described it in ''[[TNFF]]'' Vol. 10, #4 ([https://fanac.org/fanzines/TNFF/TNFF-1004.pdf August 1951, p. 25]).
 
  
 
===Members===
 
===Members===
  
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'''This list is a work in progress'''
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The total membership of the NSFC was about 100 of whom about half were outside the area that might be described as the north west. A partial list of members was included in ''Space Times'' #1 but as of 2024 a copy of that hasn't been traced and it may be lost to the ages. The list was continued in #2, and new members were announced in subsequent issues. The number following the name in the list below is the issue of ''Space Times'' in which the membership was confirmed. Known founder or otherwise early members are marked (1?) as it's assumed they were noted in the likely lost first issue.
  
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The NSFC achieved a worldwide membership of 60 or more. A list of members was included in ''Space Times'' #1 with several more in #2, and new members added in subsequent issues.
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Local members
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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# [[Eric Bentcliffe]] (1?)
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# [[Phil Best]] (2)
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# [[Jack Bowman]] (9)
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# [[Ron Burrows]] (2)
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# [[Dave Cohen]] (1?)
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# [[Edith Crowther]] (2)
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# [[Ken Crowther]] (2)
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# [[Ray Daniels]] (6)
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# [[George Ellis]] (1?)
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# [[Cyril Evans]] (1?)
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# [[Frances Evans]] (1?)
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# [[John Russell Fearn]] (patron)
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# [[Tony Glynn]] (18)
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# [[Donald B. Gooch]] (9)
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# [[Johnny Gott]] (10)
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# [[J. Greenberg]] (9)
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# [[Bill Hague]] (2)
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# [[Frank Hayes (UK)]] (6)
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# [[Alf Hind]] (17)
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# [[Tommy Hindley]] (11)
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# [[Eric Hubeand]] (7)
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# [[Wilf Jennings]] (2)
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# [[Bill Jesson]] (2)
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# [[Sid Klepper]] (1?)
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# [[Bernard Lee]] (2)
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# [[Pat Lee]] (2)
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# [[Geoff Lewis]] (2)
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# [[Frank Leyland]] (2)
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# [[S. Marshall]] (5)
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# [[Donald McCormick]] (2)
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# [[Mr McDermott]] (7)
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# [[D. Peter Ogden]] (2)
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# [[H. B. Pedavitz]] (2)
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# [[Terry Peers]] (18)
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# [[Frank Richards]] (1?)
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# [[George Richards]] (7)
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# [[D. Rosenberg]] (9)
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# [[Sandy Sanderson]] (4)
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# [[Charles Saunders]] (6)
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# [[Phil Schless]] (2)
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# [[Robin Silburn]] (2)
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# [[Frank Simpson]] (1?)
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# [[K. E. Smith]]
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# [[Paul Sowerby]] (2)
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# [[Brian Varley]] (4)
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# [[Jim Walker]] (18)
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# [[Clifford Whalley]] (18)
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# [[Taffy Williams|A. E. 'Taffy' Williams]] (1?)
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# [[John Wright]] (7)
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# [[Margaret Wroe]] (7)
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# [[Ken Woodward]] (2)
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</div>
  
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Names marked * lived outside – sometimes considerably outside – the north-west area.
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The following were members of the NSFC but lived outside the area that might be termed the north-west, often significantly so. Up to ''Space Times'' #10 they were still described as 'members' but the #11 included 'new members & subscribers to ''ST''' and by #18 they are only 'subscribers' and as such they are not shown here. Membership of the NSFC was 7/6 including a subscription to ''Space Times'' while a subscription only was 6/-.
  
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Names marked * lived outside the UK:
 
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
 
<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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# [[Peter Baillie]]*
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# [[Peter Adamson]] (12)
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# [[Eric Bentcliffe]]  
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# [[Frank Arnold]] (18)
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# [[Phil Best]]
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# [[Peter Baillie]] (5)
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# [[Ron Burrows]]
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# [[Sgt Barstow]] (6)
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# [[Dave Cohen]]
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# [[Fay Bright]] (11)
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# [[Tony Cooper]]*
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# [[Ted Carnell]] (11)
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# [[Edith Crowther]]
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# [[Joan W. Carr]]<ref>A hoax fan.</ref> (17)
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# [[Ken Crowther]]
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# [[Tony Cooper]] (2)
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# [[Frank Dodd]]
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# [[Lyell Crane]]* (7)
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# [[Cyril Evans]]
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# [[Frank Dodd]]* (3)
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# [[Frances Evans]]
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# [[Eva Firestone]]* (2)
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# [[John Russell Fearn]] (patron)
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# [[Jesse Floyd]]* (11)
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# [[Eva Firestone]]*
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# [[Wally Gillings]] (18)
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# [[Bill Hague]]
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# [[Joy Goodwin]] (17)
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# [[James Harper]]*
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# [[Peter Hamilton]] (11)
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# [[C. H. Hasted]]*
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# [[James Harper]] (4)
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# [[Wilf Jennings]]
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# [[Chuck Harris]] (18)
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# [[Bill Jesson]]
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# [[C. H. Hasted]] (5)
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# [[Eric Jones]]
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# [[Eric Jones]] (1?)
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# [[John Koestner]]*
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# [[John E. Koestner]]* (2)
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# [[Bernard Lee]]
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# [[Brian Lewis]] (7)
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# [[Pat Lee]]
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# [[Ethel Lindsay]] (12)
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# [[Geoff Lewis]]
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# [[Stuart Mackenzie]] (11)
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# [[Frank Leyland]]
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# [[Alan Mackie]] (12)
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# [[S. Marshall]]
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# [[Bea Mahaffey]] (11)
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# [[Donald McCormick]]
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# [[Bill Morse]] (11)
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# [[D. Peter Ogden]]
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# [[Orville W. Mosher]]* (7)
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# [[H. B. Pedavitz]]
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# [[Ray E. Pate]]* (5)
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# [[Ray E. Pate]]*
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# [[Tom Piper]]* (9)
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# [[Frank Richards]]
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# [[Dorothy Ratigan]] (11)
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# [[Mike Rosenblum]]*
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# [[Fred Robinson]] (7)
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# [[Sandy Sanderson]]
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# [[Mike Rosenblum]] (5)
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# [[Robin Silburn]]
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# [[Dag Siggerud]]* (2)
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# [[Dag Siggerud]]*
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# [[Ken Slater]] (5)
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# [[Frank Simpson]]
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# [[Dale R. Smith]]* (1?)
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# [[Ken Slater]]*
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# [[D. R. Smith]] (2)
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# [[Phil Sless]]
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# [[G. R. N. Smith]] (17)
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# [[D. R. Smith]]*
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# [[Elmer D. Standish]]* (9)
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# [[K. E. Smith]]
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# [[Bob Swartz]]* (2)
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# [[Paul Sowerby]]
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# [[Mike Tealby]] (11)
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# [[Bob Swartz]]
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# [[Bill Thailing]]* (11)
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# [[Tony Thorne]]*
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# [[Tony Thorne]] (4)
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# [[Brian Varley]]
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# [[Thomas N. Watt]]* (7)
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# [[Taffy Williams|A. E. 'Taffy' Williams]]
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# [[Walter A. Willis]] (3)
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# [[Walter A. Willis]]*
 
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# [[Ken Woodward]]
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
  

Latest revision as of 15:49, 29 December 2024

The Nor'west Science Fantasy Club (NSFC) was a UK club based in Manchester from 1951 to 1954.

Eric Bentcliffe was seeking like-minded individuals and contacted Dave Cohen via Operation Fantast. Cohen was already in touch with Frank Richards and A. E. 'Taffy' Williams and the four met up in January 1951. Cohen suggested the Waterloo Hotel in Cheetham Hill as an ongoing meeting place and a newspaper advertisement drew in more people, leading to the birth of the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club.

Members attended the Mancon in 1952 and sponsored Supermancon in 1954. Frances Evans was an early recruit, the first and for most of its history only active female member. Despite a roster of about 100 people, about half of whom were in what might be termed the north west area, Sandy Sanderson claimed that the active membership in 1952 was only about six people (Femizine #9, May 1956).

The NSFC clubzine was Space Times edited by Bentcliffe with for some issues Eric Jones, and Bentcliffe produced Checklist of British SF And Fantasy Magazines for the club in spring 1952.

John Russell Fearn was the group's patron[1].

The club disintegrated in early 1954 before the Supermancon.

Members[edit]

The total membership of the NSFC was about 100 of whom about half were outside the area that might be described as the north west. A partial list of members was included in Space Times #1 but as of 2024 a copy of that hasn't been traced and it may be lost to the ages. The list was continued in #2, and new members were announced in subsequent issues. The number following the name in the list below is the issue of Space Times in which the membership was confirmed. Known founder or otherwise early members are marked (1?) as it's assumed they were noted in the likely lost first issue.

Local members

  1. Eric Bentcliffe (1?)
  2. Phil Best (2)
  3. Jack Bowman (9)
  4. Ron Burrows (2)
  5. Dave Cohen (1?)
  6. Edith Crowther (2)
  7. Ken Crowther (2)
  8. Ray Daniels (6)
  9. George Ellis (1?)
  10. Cyril Evans (1?)
  11. Frances Evans (1?)
  12. John Russell Fearn (patron)
  13. Tony Glynn (18)
  14. Donald B. Gooch (9)
  15. Johnny Gott (10)
  16. J. Greenberg (9)
  17. Bill Hague (2)
  18. Frank Hayes (6)
  19. Alf Hind (17)
  20. Tommy Hindley (11)
  21. Eric Hubeand (7)
  22. Wilf Jennings (2)
  23. Bill Jesson (2)
  24. Sid Klepper (1?)
  25. Bernard Lee (2)
  26. Pat Lee (2)
  27. Geoff Lewis (2)
  28. Frank Leyland (2)
  29. S. Marshall (5)
  30. Donald McCormick (2)
  31. Mr McDermott (7)
  32. D. Peter Ogden (2)
  33. H. B. Pedavitz (2)
  34. Terry Peers (18)
  35. Frank Richards (1?)
  36. George Richards (7)
  37. D. Rosenberg (9)
  38. Sandy Sanderson (4)
  39. Charles Saunders (6)
  40. Phil Schless (2)
  41. Robin Silburn (2)
  42. Frank Simpson (1?)
  43. K. E. Smith
  44. Paul Sowerby (2)
  45. Brian Varley (4)
  46. Jim Walker (18)
  47. Clifford Whalley (18)
  48. A. E. 'Taffy' Williams (1?)
  49. John Wright (7)
  50. Margaret Wroe (7)
  51. Ken Woodward (2)

The following were members of the NSFC but lived outside the area that might be termed the north-west, often significantly so. Up to Space Times #10 they were still described as 'members' but the #11 included 'new members & subscribers to ST' and by #18 they are only 'subscribers' and as such they are not shown here. Membership of the NSFC was 7/6 including a subscription to Space Times while a subscription only was 6/-.

Names marked * lived outside the UK:

  1. Peter Adamson (12)
  2. Frank Arnold (18)
  3. Peter Baillie (5)
  4. Sgt Barstow (6)
  5. Fay Bright (11)
  6. Ted Carnell (11)
  7. Joan W. Carr[2] (17)
  8. Tony Cooper (2)
  9. Lyell Crane* (7)
  10. Frank Dodd* (3)
  11. Eva Firestone* (2)
  12. Jesse Floyd* (11)
  13. Wally Gillings (18)
  14. Joy Goodwin (17)
  15. Peter Hamilton (11)
  16. James Harper (4)
  17. Chuck Harris (18)
  18. C. H. Hasted (5)
  19. Eric Jones (1?)
  20. John E. Koestner* (2)
  21. Brian Lewis (7)
  22. Ethel Lindsay (12)
  23. Stuart Mackenzie (11)
  24. Alan Mackie (12)
  25. Bea Mahaffey (11)
  26. Bill Morse (11)
  27. Orville W. Mosher* (7)
  28. Ray E. Pate* (5)
  29. Tom Piper* (9)
  30. Dorothy Ratigan (11)
  31. Fred Robinson (7)
  32. Mike Rosenblum (5)
  33. Dag Siggerud* (2)
  34. Ken Slater (5)
  35. Dale R. Smith* (1?)
  36. D. R. Smith (2)
  37. G. R. N. Smith (17)
  38. Elmer D. Standish* (9)
  39. Bob Swartz* (2)
  40. Mike Tealby (11)
  41. Bill Thailing* (11)
  42. Tony Thorne (4)
  43. Thomas N. Watt* (7)
  44. Walter A. Willis (3)

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  1. ↑ Space Times #18 (December 1953).
  2. ↑ A hoax fan.
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