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[[Eastercon]] 3, '''London SF Con''', was held at the Royal Hotel in [[London]] over Whitsun, May 31–June 1, 1952. There was no [[GoH]]. The committee was [[E. J. Carnell]], [[Charles Duncombe]], [[Frank Arnold]], and [[Jim Ratigan]]. Membership fees were 2/6d to the 'convention society' plus 5/- per day. Teenagers were half-price.
 
[[Eastercon]] 3, '''London SF Con''', was held at the Royal Hotel in [[London]] over Whitsun, May 31–June 1, 1952. There was no [[GoH]]. The committee was [[E. J. Carnell]], [[Charles Duncombe]], [[Frank Arnold]], and [[Jim Ratigan]]. Membership fees were 2/6d to the 'convention society' plus 5/- per day. Teenagers were half-price.
  
 
The convention [[programme book]] is misleading as it suggests the venue was [[London_Circle#Meeting_Places|The White Horse Tavern]] but this only hosted a preliminary session on Friday 30 May where out-of-town fans included [[James White]], [[Walt Willis]], [[Fred Robinson]], [[Alan Hunter]] and [[Dave Cohen]].
 
The convention [[programme book]] is misleading as it suggests the venue was [[London_Circle#Meeting_Places|The White Horse Tavern]] but this only hosted a preliminary session on Friday 30 May where out-of-town fans included [[James White]], [[Walt Willis]], [[Fred Robinson]], [[Alan Hunter]] and [[Dave Cohen]].
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== Attendees==
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The 1952 Eastercon was the first UK convention to have a published membership list. This shows 197 members of the 'convention society'. It seems plausible that there were about 200 people present and maybe even more. [[Pete Campbell]], writing in ''[[Operation Fantast]]'' #13–14 (Winter 1952) said that the voting for the 1953 site was 'Manchester 26 and London circa 170' and if that's correct total attendance must surely have been much more than 200.
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There are nearly 90 known attendees, people who are named in one of the convention reports, who appear in photos, and/or whose names appear on a signed copy of the programme book. A few of these people don't appear on the membership list. Over 10% of the membership is female.
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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 such as [[Arthur C. Clarke]] who was abroad and [[Lee Hoffman]] because frankly if she'd been there somebody would have mentioned it. 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 we find out some more. Additionally names marked * are family members of attendees who likely weren't fans per se.
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'''This is a work in progress. Unlinked names are being checked to see if they're here under variants or if they need pages.'''
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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# [[Ben Abas]] (AN)
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# R. C. Abel
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# [[Frank Arnold]] (A)
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# Mrs. L. Arnold *
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# [[Norman Ashfield]] (A)
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# [[B. A. Baker]]
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# C. Bell
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# [[Eric Bentcliffe]] (A)
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# [[A. H. Berrick]]
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# [[B. Berry]] (A)
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# [[G. Bills]]
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# [[John Birchby]] (A)
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# [[K. Bleach]]
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# [[Leonard Borston]]
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# [[Syd Bounds]] (A)
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# [[H. M. Boxer]]
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# [[D. Bradbury]]
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# [[M. Braddell]]
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# [[Fred Brown]] (A)
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# [[John Brunner]] (A)
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# [[Daphne Buckmaster]] (A)
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# [[Ron Buckmaster]] (A)
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# [[Pamela Bulmer|Pamela Buckmaster]] (AN)
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# [[R. Budge]]
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# [[Ken Bulmer]] (A)
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# [[Jim Burch]] (A)
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# [[Brian Burgess]] (A)
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# [[C. Burke]]
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# [[D. Burke]]
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# [[Freda Busfield]] (AN)
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# [[J. Cameron]]
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# [[Bert Campbell]] (A)
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# Eileen Campbell (A)*
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# [[Peter Campbell]] (A)
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# [[Ted Carnell]] (A)
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# [[N. H. Cartridge]]
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# [[Miss J. Cartwright]]
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# [[L. Challenger]]
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# [[G. Ken Chapman]] (A)
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# [[P. Chappell]]
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# [[George Charters]] (A)
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# [[C. Cheshire]]
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# [[Arthur C. Clarke]] (N)
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# [[Fred Clarke]] (AN)
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# Mrs Clarke (AN)*
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# [[Vince Clarke]] (A)
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# [[L. Cleicher]]
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# [[J. Cobb]]
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# [[Dave Cohen]] (A)
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# [[Robert Conquest]]
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# [[P. Cook]]
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# [[Frank Cooper]]
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# [[Tony Cooper]] (A)
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# [[Miss Craggs]]
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# [[P. W. Cutler]]
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# [[Mrs. P. Cutler]]
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# [[W. O. Daniels]]
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# [[Ron Deacon]] (A)
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# [[H. Donne]]
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# [[Donald J. Doughty]] (A)
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# [[Philip Duerr]] (A)
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# [[Charles Duncombe]] (A)
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# Mrs R. Duncombe *
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# [[Matt Elder]]
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# [[B. Ellis.]]
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# [[George Ellis]] (AN)
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# [[Paul Enever]] (A)
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# [[Jeff Espley]] (AN)
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# [[I. O. Evans]]
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# [[R. A. Fairthorne]] (A)
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# [[M. K. Fallon]]
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# [[Frank Fears]] (AN)
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# [[C. A. Fielder]]
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# [[Les Flood]] (A)
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# [[A. Francis]]
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# [[Dave Gardner]] (A)
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# [[Kerry Gaulder]] (A)
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# [[Denis Gifford]] (A)
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# [[H. Gomberg]]
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# [[B. Gregory]]
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# [[T. H. Griffiths]]
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# [[John Gutteridge]] (A)
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# [[C. Hall]]
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# [[John Beynon Harris]]
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# [[Peter Hawkins]] (AN)
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# [[G. Hay]]
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# [[J. S. Hays]]
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# [[Mrs J. S. Hays]]
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# [[Arthur Hillman]] (A)
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# [[Lee Hoffman]]  (N)
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# [[F. D. Horton]]
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# [[Alan Hunter]] (A)
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# Joyce Hunter (A)*
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# [[D. J. Ibberson]]
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# [[Dorothy Jacobs]] (A)
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# [[P. Jacobs]]
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# [[E. R. James]]
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# [[Terry Jeeves]] (A)
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# [[Bill Jesson]] (AN)
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# [[Leslie J. Johnson]] (A)
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# [[Kenneth Johnson]]
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# [[W. Johnson]]
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# [[K. Johnstone]] (A)
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# [[C. F. W. Jones]]
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# [[Dick Jones]] (AN)
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# [[Eric Jones]] (A)
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# [[M. Kelly]]
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# [[G. Kelson]]
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# [[Len Kippin]]
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# [[A. Klein]]
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# [[J. C. Knights]]
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# [[J. Knoles]]
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# [[Mrs. J. Knoles]]
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# [[Miss Kosen]]
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# [[E. Koyinsky]]
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# [[A. K. Lang]]
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# [[Max Leviten]] (A)
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# [[J. Lewis]]
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# [[J. Long]] (A)
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# [[Audrey Lovett]] (A)
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# [[Mrs M. D. Lowe]]
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# [[A. MacDowell]]
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# [[T. Manchee]]
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# [[J. Martin]]
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# [[S. V. May]]
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# [[Mrs Mayoll]]
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# [[W. Mayoll,]]
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# [[Dave McIlwain]] (A)
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# [[Ken McIntyre]]
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# [[R. G. Medhurst]] (A)
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# A. Mercer<ref>This probably isn't [[Archie Mercer]] as this A. Mercer lived in [[London]].</ref>
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# A. Miles<ref>It's possible that this is [[Alan H. Miles]]. This A. Miles had an address in Gloucestershire whereas Alan H. Miles lived in [[Bristol, UK]] in 1955, not all that far away.</ref>
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# [[Frank Milnes]] (A)
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# [[Jim Mooney]] (A)
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# [[Lew Mordecai]]
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# [[Dan Morgan]] (A)
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# [[M. H. Morris]]
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# [[Miss Mowbray]]
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# [[John Newman]]
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# [[P. Ogden]]
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# [[L. Onslow]]
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# [[Sigvard Ostlund]] (A)
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# [[Mary Patchett]] (A)
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# [[G. Peacock]]
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# [[P. Pengelly]]
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# [[Miss Perry]]
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# [[John Phillifent]]
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# [[Peter Phillips]] (AN)
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# [[Derek Pickles]] (A)
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# Marjorie Pickles (A)*
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# [[Mavis Pickles]] (AN)
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# [[M. Picklesheimer]]
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# [[Owen Plumridge]]
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# [[Ken Potter]] (A)
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# [[W. E. Price]]
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# [[F. Price]]
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# [[Jim Ratigan]] (A)
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# [[F. N. Reckless]]
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# [[T. Reeves]]
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# [[Peter J. Ridley]] (A)
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# [[J. L. Rimmer]]
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# [[Fred Robinson]] (A)
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# [[John Roles]] (A)
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# [[J. Michael Rosenblum]] (A)
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# Mrs. Rosenblum *
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# [[S. Russell]]
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# [[R. Rutter]]
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# [[Sandy Sanderson]]
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# [[Laurence Sandfield]]
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# [[T. Scott]]
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# [[F. Seales]]
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# [[W. Shaw]]
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# [[J. Shaw.]]
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# [[Ina Shorrock]] (A)
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# [[Norman Shorrock]] (A)
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# [[A. Shreeve]]
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# [[D. S. Shure]]
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# [[Ken Slater]]
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# [[F. R. Smith]]<ref>Not [[Fred Smith]] as this F. Smith lived in Surrey.</ref>
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# [[A. M. Sowerby]]
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# [[A. E. Taylor]]
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# [[P. G. Taylor]]
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# [[Bill Temple]] (A)
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# [[S. S. Thomas]] (A)
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# [[Tony Thorne]] (A)
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# [[Ted Tubb]]
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# [[J. Unsworth]]
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# [[P. Veness]]
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# [[Richard J. Vowles]] (A)
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# [[Miss A. Walker]]
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# [[Miss W. Walker]]
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# [[C. Wallace]]
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# [[Norman Wansborough]] (A)
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# [[Norman Weedall]] (A)
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# [[D. Whippell]]
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# C. Whitaker<ref>This could be [[Cyril Whitaker]] but it's several years before his other fanac.</ref>
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# [[James White]] (A)
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# [[S. White]]
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# [[Betty White]] (AN)
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# [[Tom White]] (AN)
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# [[H. D. Wicks]]
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# [[A. E. "Taffy" Williams]] (A)
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# [[Eric Williams]] (A)
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# [[Walt Willis]] (A)
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# [[F. Wilson]]
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# [[J. Wilson]]
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# [[Mike Wilson]]
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# [[R. Wilstead]]
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# [[Dave Wood]] (A)
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# [[R. L. Worrall]]
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# [[I. Wright]]
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# [[S. Wright]]
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</div>
  
 
At the convention proper representatives of local groups reported on fanac in their regions. [[Arthur C. Clarke]] did not attend the convention but sent a recorded message from America which was played twice. [[Robert Conquest]] was also listed as a member but it's unclear if he attended. The winners of the [[International Fantasy Awards]] were announced on Sunday, ''Fancies And Goodnights'' by John Collier and ''The Exploration of Space'' by Arthur C Clarke.
 
At the convention proper representatives of local groups reported on fanac in their regions. [[Arthur C. Clarke]] did not attend the convention but sent a recorded message from America which was played twice. [[Robert Conquest]] was also listed as a member but it's unclear if he attended. The winners of the [[International Fantasy Awards]] were announced on Sunday, ''Fancies And Goodnights'' by John Collier and ''The Exploration of Space'' by Arthur C Clarke.
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* [https://fiawol.org.uk/FanStuff/THEN%20Archive/1952con/Lonc01.htm Rob Hansen's page on the convention]
 
* [https://fiawol.org.uk/FanStuff/THEN%20Archive/1952con/Lonc01.htm Rob Hansen's page on the convention]
  
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{{convention | series=Eastercon | year=1952 | before=Loncon (Eastercon) | after=Coroncon}}
 
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Revision as of 07:30, 24 September 2024

(For other Loncons, see Loncon (Disambiguation).)

Eastercon 3, London SF Con, was held at the Royal Hotel in London over Whitsun, May 31–June 1, 1952. There was no GoH. The committee was E. J. Carnell, Charles Duncombe, Frank Arnold, and Jim Ratigan. Membership fees were 2/6d to the 'convention society' plus 5/- per day. Teenagers were half-price.

The convention programme book is misleading as it suggests the venue was The White Horse Tavern but this only hosted a preliminary session on Friday 30 May where out-of-town fans included James White, Walt Willis, Fred Robinson, Alan Hunter and Dave Cohen.

Attendees[edit]

The 1952 Eastercon was the first UK convention to have a published membership list. This shows 197 members of the 'convention society'. It seems plausible that there were about 200 people present and maybe even more. Pete Campbell, writing in Operation Fantast #13–14 (Winter 1952) said that the voting for the 1953 site was 'Manchester 26 and London circa 170' and if that's correct total attendance must surely have been much more than 200.

There are nearly 90 known attendees, people who are named in one of the convention reports, who appear in photos, and/or whose names appear on a signed copy of the programme book. A few of these people don't appear on the membership list. Over 10% of the membership is female.

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 such as Arthur C. Clarke who was abroad and Lee Hoffman because frankly if she'd been there somebody would have mentioned it. 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 we find out some more. Additionally names marked * are family members of attendees who likely weren't fans per se.

This is a work in progress. Unlinked names are being checked to see if they're here under variants or if they need pages.

  1. Ben Abas (AN)
  2. R. C. Abel
  3. Frank Arnold (A)
  4. Mrs. L. Arnold *
  5. Norman Ashfield (A)
  6. B. A. Baker
  7. C. Bell
  8. Eric Bentcliffe (A)
  9. A. H. Berrick
  10. B. Berry (A)
  11. G. Bills
  12. John Birchby (A)
  13. K. Bleach
  14. Leonard Borston
  15. Syd Bounds (A)
  16. H. M. Boxer
  17. D. Bradbury
  18. M. Braddell
  19. Fred Brown (A)
  20. John Brunner (A)
  21. Daphne Buckmaster (A)
  22. Ron Buckmaster (A)
  23. Pamela Buckmaster (AN)
  24. R. Budge
  25. Ken Bulmer (A)
  26. Jim Burch (A)
  27. Brian Burgess (A)
  28. C. Burke
  29. D. Burke
  30. Freda Busfield (AN)
  31. J. Cameron
  32. Bert Campbell (A)
  33. Eileen Campbell (A)*
  34. Peter Campbell (A)
  35. Ted Carnell (A)
  36. N. H. Cartridge
  37. Miss J. Cartwright
  38. L. Challenger
  39. G. Ken Chapman (A)
  40. P. Chappell
  41. George Charters (A)
  42. C. Cheshire
  43. Arthur C. Clarke (N)
  44. Fred Clarke (AN)
  45. Mrs Clarke (AN)*
  46. Vin¢ Clarke (A)
  47. L. Cleicher
  48. J. Cobb
  49. Dave Cohen (A)
  50. Robert Conquest
  51. P. Cook
  52. Frank Cooper
  53. Tony Cooper (A)
  54. Miss Craggs
  55. P. W. Cutler
  56. Mrs. P. Cutler
  57. W. O. Daniels
  58. Ron Deacon (A)
  59. H. Donne
  60. Donald J. Doughty (A)
  61. Philip Duerr (A)
  62. Charles Duncombe (A)
  63. Mrs R. Duncombe *
  64. Matt Elder
  65. B. Ellis.
  66. George Ellis (AN)
  67. Paul Enever (A)
  68. Jeff Espley (AN)
  69. I. O. Evans
  70. R. A. Fairthorne (A)
  71. M. K. Fallon
  72. Frank Fears (AN)
  73. C. A. Fielder
  74. Les Flood (A)
  75. A. Francis
  76. Dave Gardner (A)
  77. Kerry Gaulder (A)
  78. Denis Gifford (A)
  79. H. Gomberg
  80. B. Gregory
  81. T. H. Griffiths
  82. John Gutteridge (A)
  83. C. Hall
  84. John Beynon Harris
  85. Peter Hawkins (AN)
  86. G. Hay
  87. J. S. Hays
  88. Mrs J. S. Hays
  89. Arthur Hillman (A)
  90. Lee Hoffman (N)
  91. F. D. Horton
  92. Alan Hunter (A)
  93. Joyce Hunter (A)*
  94. D. J. Ibberson
  95. Dorothy Jacobs (A)
  96. P. Jacobs
  97. E. R. James
  98. Terry Jeeves (A)
  99. Bill Jesson (AN)
  100. Leslie J. Johnson (A)
  101. Kenneth Johnson
  102. W. Johnson
  103. K. Johnstone (A)
  104. C. F. W. Jones
  105. Dick Jones (AN)
  106. Eric Jones (A)
  107. M. Kelly
  108. G. Kelson
  109. Len Kippin
  110. A. Klein
  111. J. C. Knights
  112. J. Knoles
  113. Mrs. J. Knoles
  114. Miss Kosen
  115. E. Koyinsky
  116. A. K. Lang
  117. Max Leviten (A)
  118. J. Lewis
  119. J. Long (A)
  120. Audrey Lovett (A)
  121. Mrs M. D. Lowe
  122. A. MacDowell
  123. T. Manchee
  124. J. Martin
  125. S. V. May
  126. Mrs Mayoll
  127. W. Mayoll,
  128. Dave McIlwain (A)
  129. Ken McIntyre
  130. R. G. Medhurst (A)
  131. A. Mercer[1]
  132. A. Miles[2]
  133. Frank Milnes (A)
  134. Jim Mooney (A)
  135. Lew Mordecai
  136. Dan Morgan (A)
  137. M. H. Morris
  138. Miss Mowbray
  139. John Newman
  140. P. Ogden
  141. L. Onslow
  142. Sigvard Östlund (A)
  143. Mary Patchett (A)
  144. G. Peacock
  145. P. Pengelly
  146. Miss Perry
  147. John Phillifent
  148. Peter Phillips (AN)
  149. Derek Pickles (A)
  150. Marjorie Pickles (A)*
  151. Mavis Pickles (AN)
  152. M. Picklesheimer
  153. Owen Plumridge
  154. Ken Potter (A)
  155. W. E. Price
  156. F. Price
  157. Jim Ratigan (A)
  158. F. N. Reckless
  159. T. Reeves
  160. Peter J. Ridley (A)
  161. J. L. Rimmer
  162. Fred Robinson (A)
  163. John Roles (A)
  164. J. Michael Rosenblum (A)
  165. Mrs. Rosenblum *
  166. S. Russell
  167. R. Rutter
  168. Sandy Sanderson
  169. Laurence Sandfield
  170. T. Scott
  171. F. Seales
  172. W. Shaw
  173. J. Shaw.
  174. Ina Shorrock (A)
  175. Norman Shorrock (A)
  176. A. Shreeve
  177. D. S. Shure
  178. Ken Slater
  179. F. R. Smith[3]
  180. A. M. Sowerby
  181. A. E. Taylor
  182. P. G. Taylor
  183. Bill Temple (A)
  184. S. S. Thomas (A)
  185. Tony Thorne (A)
  186. Ted Tubb
  187. J. Unsworth
  188. P. Veness
  189. Richard J. Vowles (A)
  190. Miss A. Walker
  191. Miss W. Walker
  192. C. Wallace
  193. Norman Wansborough (A)
  194. Norman Weedall (A)
  195. D. Whippell
  196. C. Whitaker[4]
  197. James White (A)
  198. S. White
  199. Betty White (AN)
  200. Tom White (AN)
  201. H. D. Wicks
  202. A. E. "Taffy" Williams (A)
  203. Eric Williams (A)
  204. Walt Willis (A)
  205. F. Wilson
  206. J. Wilson
  207. Mike Wilson
  208. R. Wilstead
  209. Dave Wood (A)
  210. R. L. Worrall
  211. I. Wright
  212. S. Wright

At the convention proper representatives of local groups reported on fanac in their regions. Arthur C. Clarke did not attend the convention but sent a recorded message from America which was played twice. Robert Conquest was also listed as a member but it's unclear if he attended. The winners of the International Fantasy Awards were announced on Sunday, Fancies And Goodnights by John Collier and The Exploration of Space by Arthur C Clarke.

There was a contested bid for 1953. Cohen and Eric Bentcliffe championed Manchester while White and Willis advanced a not-terribly-serious proposal for 'Gay Paree in '53'. There were reservations about London as a venue during Coronation year but London won easily anyway. The Manchester bid would return the following year.

As Festivention the year before wasn't strictly an Eastercon, and there wasn't one in 1950, the preceding event is Loncon in 1949.

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  1. ↑ This probably isn't Archie Mercer as this A. Mercer lived in London.
  2. ↑ It's possible that this is Alan H. Miles. This A. Miles had an address in Gloucestershire whereas Alan H. Miles lived in Bristol, UK in 1955, not all that far away.
  3. ↑ Not Fred Smith as this F. Smith lived in Surrey.
  4. ↑ This could be Cyril Whitaker but it's several years before his other fanac.
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