Nostalgia from Back In The Day
For those that are unaware it was Jeanne Saword & Dug Surtees that started The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club of Great Britain & The Commonwealth Starting back in 1958 Issuing Journals & Bulletins through to January 1962, at which point Jeanne got married & Dug went back home to Australia (enter Albert Hand who started the Elvis Express & Elvis Monthly)
Quite cheap looking by today’s standard of Computers & Colour Printing, but a great deal of fun to look back at where it all started.
These were days of just enjoying Elvis, before the behind the scenes Political Back Stabbing of Modern Day Fanzines.
What we have here is part of a collection I bought almost 30 years ago in my Elvis Shop, the lady who was the Member of this Club was Irene Read, who after browsing through the latest Issue put it back in the envelope it arrived in & filed it away!! Amazing that someone should do that, some of the Mags were obviously folded by Jeanne & Dug to fit in the envelopes. Which I am showing where applicable. These have only been touched a few times in over 50 years.
The Dates I have given are what is shown on the Original Dispatch envelope. (I’m getting old, I remember those UK Stamps like it was yesterday!!)
. There is a whole load of stuff like this that could be listed if any interest is shown, but we’ll see.
Happing Hunting & Good Luck.
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