Joyce Fairbairn

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Joyce Fairbairn (later Joyce Youd) was a UK fan originally from Sheffield and later London active in the 1930s and 1940s. She attended Norcon II in 1944 and was a member of the British Fantasy Society.

She was involved in the British Astronomy Association in the 1930s and is pictured at a gathering dated only 'pre-war' with Marion Eadie. She met J. Michael Rosenblum and R. G. Medhurst in early 1942 when according to Rosenblum she 'reveal[ed the] existence of hitherto unknown science-fiction club at her firm.' Unfortunately for future fanhistorians, he didn't identify the firm. Futurian War Digest #28 reported that 'Rumour has it that Arthur Williams has been secretly married for the last six months to Joyce Fairbairn' but it seems to only have been a rumour.

She attended the first day of Norcon II in 1944 and later moved from Sheffield to London where in August she attended the first known post-war fan meeting in August, a gathering of 'near-conference proportions' according to Rob Hansen in Then. She joined the British Fantasy Society (albeit with a c/o address in Sheffield again) at the end of 1945.

In October 1945 Harry Turner wrote in a letter to Vin¢ Clarke that Benson Herbert wanted Fairbairn to edit a magazine to be called New Frontiers. Turner also said that she had met Sam Youd and 'the pair fell straightaway; rumour has it that they are going to be married when they can'. The first issue of Fantasy Review in 1947 confirmed her as 'editorially associated' with New Frontiers, a magazine launched by Utopian Publications. Similarly associated was Sam Youd and they married that year. They divorced in 1978.

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