Matt Elder

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Matt A. Elder was a fan from Glasgow, Scotland, active in the 1950s. He was the founder and secretary of the New Lands SF Club.

In a profile in Contact 8 (February 1957) Ethel Lindsay described him as ‘The first Scottish fan’ although that is incorrect. (The honour likely goes to Marion Eadie or Osmond Robb.)

Elder had been a member of the British Teenage Fantasy and Science Fiction Society conceived by Ken Potter and Dave Wood and first promoted by Ken Slater through Operation Fantast in the aftermath of the 1951 Necon.

In the June 1952 issue of Science Fantasy News, he announced the formation of The New Lands SF Club. Meetings were initially held in his home in the south Glasgow suburb of Newlands. Lindsay said that, ‘Apart from reading and collecting sf Matt is interested in writing stories and poems. He helped with the production of the one and only fanzine produced in Scotland: Haemogoblin.’

Lindsay added that ‘At one time he was quite active but has fallen off sadly of late’.

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