Lincoln Astronomical Society
The Lincoln Astronomical Society is a UK group based in Lincoln. It was formed in 1959 after an earlier incarnation as the Lincoln Interplanetary Society, and is still extant. As the name suggests, it is concerned with astronomy rather than science fiction but early members of the group had some involvement with fandom. Their Pennell-Hammerton Observatory is named for Peter Hammerton, their founder and president. David Hardy was also a president in the 1960s.
The first fans Jim Linwood met were members of the group. In a letter in Prolapse #10 he describes attending a meeting in Archie Mercer's caravan also attended by Hammerton. He says that the Society was the inspiration for Mercer's fannish roman à clef Meadows of Fantasy.
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An article in Vector #42 (January 1967) implies the following may also have been members:
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