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The '''Kettering Astronautics Society''' was founded by [[Denny Cowen]] and [[Bill Panter]] in 1952. | The '''Kettering Astronautics Society''' was founded by [[Denny Cowen]] and [[Bill Panter]] in 1952. | ||
| − | + | There is a degree of assumption about this group. The ''[[Operation Fantast Handbook]]'' for 1953 lists the '''Kettering and District STF Club''' with Cowen's contact details. The ''[[Vargo-statten-magazine|Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine]]'' v1#3 (April 1954) mentions the '''Kettering (Northants) SF Society''', again with Cowen as a contact and saying that group met on alternate Monday evenings at The Vine, Rockingham Road, Kettering. Members had a library and were thinking of issuing a magazine. The''[[Vargo-statten-magazine|The British Space Fiction Magazine]]'' v2#2 (July 1955) published a profile piece on Cowen in which he he said of the Kettering group that it was funded in 1952 and: | |
... flopped in the first year; but 1953 saw it become a solid fixture in Kettering for all science-fiction readers. In fact it was at about this time that a reporter from a local newspaper called and gave us a write-up of our aims. | ... flopped in the first year; but 1953 saw it become a solid fixture in Kettering for all science-fiction readers. In fact it was at about this time that a reporter from a local newspaper called and gave us a write-up of our aims. | ||
| − | That same profile piece said the group was now known as the Kettering Astronautics Society, the group that is by implication the organisers of [[Cytricon]] in 1955. | + | That same profile piece said the group was now known as the Kettering Astronautics Society, the group that is by implication the organisers of [[Cytricon]] in 1955. The assumption is that it's all the same group. |
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| + | None of the Kettering fans attended any of the Cytricons after the first so again there's an assumption that the group ceased to exist around 1955-6. | ||
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| + | ===Members=== | ||
| + | * [[Denny Cowen]] | ||
| + | * [[Bill Panter]] | ||
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| + | The following are not know to have been members but it seems likely that they were as they were Kettering fans of the mid-1950s: | ||
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| + | * [[Joe Ayres]] | ||
| + | * [[Pete Fox]] | ||
| + | * [[Reg Fieldhouse]] | ||
| + | * [[Al Lee]] | ||
{{club| start=1952 | end= | locale=Kettering,UK}} | {{club| start=1952 | end= | locale=Kettering,UK}} | ||
[[Category:UK]] | [[Category:UK]] | ||
Revision as of 06:11, 22 January 2024
The Kettering Astronautics Society was founded by Denny Cowen and Bill Panter in 1952.
There is a degree of assumption about this group. The Operation Fantast Handbook for 1953 lists the Kettering and District STF Club with Cowen's contact details. The Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine v1#3 (April 1954) mentions the Kettering (Northants) SF Society, again with Cowen as a contact and saying that group met on alternate Monday evenings at The Vine, Rockingham Road, Kettering. Members had a library and were thinking of issuing a magazine. TheThe British Space Fiction Magazine v2#2 (July 1955) published a profile piece on Cowen in which he he said of the Kettering group that it was funded in 1952 and:
... flopped in the first year; but 1953 saw it become a solid fixture in Kettering for all science-fiction readers. In fact it was at about this time that a reporter from a local newspaper called and gave us a write-up of our aims.
That same profile piece said the group was now known as the Kettering Astronautics Society, the group that is by implication the organisers of Cytricon in 1955. The assumption is that it's all the same group.
None of the Kettering fans attended any of the Cytricons after the first so again there's an assumption that the group ceased to exist around 1955-6.
Members[edit]
The following are not know to have been members but it seems likely that they were as they were Kettering fans of the mid-1950s:
| Club | 1952— |
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