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== The convention ==

The [[programme]] mostly consisted of films, albeit these were absent on Friday due to the delayed arrival of the [[Delta SF Film Group]] who were bringing the projection equipment and had trouble finding the venue. Early arrivals were treated to the soundtrack (recorded from the TV) of ''King Kong''. Only about a dozen people turned up.

Stokes said that several promised full-length features never appeared and Saturday's screening were of short extracts from silent movies. There was also an auction conducted by [[Ramsey Campbell]] and a film quiz won by either Campbell (''Skyrack'') or [[David Fletcher]] (''Gothique''). In the evening there was a 'Monster Ball' where only four people came in costume because, according to Stokes, 'there was nowhere to change'. Hammer Films had offered a prize of a visit to their Bray Studios which was won by Fletcher. The ball was followed by the only full-length film, ''Return of the Ape Man'' (1944).

On the Sunday the Delta SF Film Group showed some of their amateur horror movies with commentary from Campbell. Stokes thought some of these better than the earlier professional films. The last film was ''[[King Kong]]''<ref>Stokes actually wrote ''King Pong''.</ref>, a substitute for ''Son of Kong'' and perhaps only in extract given Stokes's earlier comment about ''Return of the Ape Man''. It was in any event silent although attendees had had the opportunity to hear the soundtrack on Friday.

Stokes summarised:

 On the whole it was quite a good convention for somebody who'd never been to one before but to someone who had been to similar functions the lack of organisation was very noticeable.

''Skyrack'' #93 (November 1966) said that the organiser Parfitt:

 attempted to shoulder the convention single handed and ultimately was left with the responsibility for dinners which were ordered but neither eaten nor paid for, and for the actions of certain people who simply did not pay for their attendance.