Third British Convention

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The UK's Third Convention, also known then simply as London Convention, was held on Sunday 21 May 1939 in the Ancient Order of Druids' Memorial Hall on Lamb's Conduit Street, London, where its predecessor was held in April 1938. It was sponsored by the Science Fiction Association; its Liverpool branch expressed interest in hosting one in 1940.

Much is known thanks to Rob Hansen:

A small trivia point is that the members included Ted Carnell, Arthur C. Clarke and Wally Gillings, all of whom had been present at the 1937 and 1938 conventions. None attended the next British convention, the Midvention in 1943, meaning they were the last people who could at one point claim to have attended every UK convention.

See Early Conventions.


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