1954 Supermancon, Manchester
Photos from the collection of Joy Sanderson,
preserved by Moshe Feder
All captions are transcribed verbatim from the album |
| Click on each picture for a larger image |
Inside the album cover is the inscription:
"To JOAN W. CARR with love, H.P. Sanderson. |
The first page in the album. |
Some things never change:
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The 1954 Convention, the first to take place (in this country) outside London, was held at the Grosvenor Hotel, Deansgate, Manchester over Whit weekend.
In the beginning was the gathering of the fans.
Here we have WALT WILLIS talking to DAVE COHEN and some characters unknown to me, whilst CHUCK HARRIS monopolises MADELEINE WILLIS, and BRIAN VARLEY counts the lolly! |
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Here we have MADELEINE WILLIS and CHUCK HARRIS being amused by JAMES WHITE.
In the background is BRIAN LEWIS. |
TERRY JEEVES and FRANCES GLYNN |
This character travelled 3,000 miles to attend the Convention.
Name?
H.P. "SANDY" SANDERSON.
Behind is part of the Con Committee: HARRY TURNER, FRANK SIMPSON, PETER HAMILTON and ETHEL LINDSAY |
TED CARNELL, ??, DAVE COHEN, TED TUBB, ??
at the bar (natch) |
Other people present included (from left to right)
ALF HIND, MIKE ROSENBLUM, JACK DARLINGTON, FRANCES GLYNN and FRANK SIMPSON.
JIM RATTIGAN can be seen by the curtains just behind Jack. |
1954 saw the beginning of 'FEMIZINE' and all the femmefans really got together at their own stall. Here we have ETHEL LINDSAY and FRANCES GLYNN trying to palm off a copy on MARGARET FINCH and ALISTAIR PATTERSON. The young fan on the left already has his copy. |
| Again at the femme-fans stand we have |
| SHIRLEY MARRIOT |
ETHEL LINDSAY |
| FRANCES GLYNN |
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FRANCES EVANS |
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Australian femme-fan MARGARET FINCH at the TRIODE stand |
Two more fans.
DAVE NEWMAN and JOY GOODWIN |
PETE TAYLOR, JACK SMILLIE, BRIAN LEWIS with the deadliest weapon at the Con |
GEORGE CHARTERS, JOHN BRUNNER wearing BURGESS' mask. When BURGESS took it off, women exclaimed and strong men took to drink. Not that they needed an excuse! |
The Convention was archaic in so far as it had a programme, to begin with.
FRANK SIMPSON lecturing |
Semi-programme-type stuff. TED TUBB as auctioneer, HARRY TURNER on the left. (Smoking? might be CHUCK HARRIS) |
Part of the London Circle. RON BUCKMASTER,
SHIRLEY MARRIOT, DAVE NEWMAN,
DAPHNE BUCKMASTER and JOHN BRUNNER |
More semi-programme-type stuff. This time it's FRANK SIMPSON.
ETHEL LINDSAY on the left. VINCENT CLARKE left corner.
Long-haired character in the front row is NORMAN G. WANSBOROUGH. |
Supermancon Programme Book
Greg Pickergill Collection
Scan by Peter Weston |
Supermancon Ad in Nebula Issue 4 - Autumn 1953
From Jim Linwood's Nebula Website |
