Darroll Pardoe

(1943 -- January 28, 2021)

W. Darroll Pardoe was a UK fan who was a member of the Young Science Fiction Reading Group, the BSFA, the Stourbridge Circle, and of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group. He was active primarily in the 60s and 70s. He died of Covid-19. He was married to fellow fan Rosemary Pardoe.

He took over the editorship of the fanzine Checkpoint from #47, April 1974, changing the format to a single sheet of offset-printed quarto, folded to give 4pp. He also published some issues of Les Spinge, one issue of Dark Horizons and one of Vector.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Arthur Rose Weir -- Memorial Anthology
• Checkpoint (some issues)
• Dark Horizons (one issue)
• Just Another Dream Going By
• Les Spinge (some issues)
• Meet on the Ledge
• Pablo (for OMPA)
• Pig on the Wall
• Pigs Can Fly
• Stulticiae Laus.
• Vector (one issue)

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Person

1943—2021

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