West Country Science Fiction Group
The West Country Science Fiction Group was founded in Autumn 1952 by George Whiting of Stroud in Gloucestershire, UK. It attracted members from Cheltenham and Gloucester including Eric Jones. The group published seven issues of a newsletter, Progress, between September 1952 and March 1953.
Whiting moved to Greece in early 1954 and handed the club over to Jones and the remaining members. Jones had concluded it was a doomed venture but decided to have another try and that led to the formation of the Cheltenham Group.
In 1958 Doc Weir saw an address for the group in an old issue of Authentic Science Fiction. He wrote to them and while the address was out of date and the group had long since ceased the letter reached Jones who in turn introduced Weir to the Cheltenham Group.
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| Club | 1952—1954 |
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