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− | '''Nuneaton''' is a town in the English county of Warwickshire to the east of [[Birmingham]]. In [[fannish]] terms it's significant for its role in the early days of [[UK]] [[fandom]] as the home of the 22nd (and third British) chapter of the [[Science Fiction League]]. Founded in 1935, its members included [[Maurice K. Hanson]], [[Dennis Jacques]], [[Maurice T. Crowley]], [[J. E. Barnes]] and [[P. W. Buckerfield]] and, slightly later, [[D. R. Smith]]. Their [[clubzine]] was ''[[Novae Terrae]]'', the first British [[fanzine]]. They also published the ''[[Bulletin of the Nuneaton Science Fiction League]]''.
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− | When the [[Science Fiction Association]] (SFA) was formed in 1937, the Nuneaton group became its second branch. Additional members included [[J. B. Jepson]] and [[J. Lightbrown]]. Miss [[D. E. Essam]] attended a meeting in March 1937 and had she joined she'd have been the SFA's first female member.
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− | The Nuneaton group broke up in August 1937 leaving Smith as the only remaining fan in the town.
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