Convention archive

This is our latest project, which will eventually tell the entire story of our Annual General Meeting, and the card fair that slowly grew to accompany it.

We freely admit these are but bare bones, but they are at a point where we would really appreciate your help to start adding in material and memories. So if you know, or read any information that is not here, whether that is in vintage magazines, online, or anywhere else, please let us know – and if you have any archive material that you would be willing to scan for us. Many thanks in advance.

And let us all create an archive for future cartophilists to both enjoy, and be amazed at…

2014
Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April - SOUTHPORT
Ah, the Promenade, just off the town centre and only a short walk from the rail station. Being a popular holiday resort, there was a good choice of accommodation available.
2013
Friday 26th and Saturday 27th April - WOKING
Our 75th Annual General Meeting !
2012
Friday 27th and Saturday 28th of April - LINCOLN
This year we were hosted by the Lincolnshire Branch, and despite the worst the weather could throw at us, it was a very successful event with all dealers and collectors reporting good sales and goo
2011
Friday 29th and Saturday 30th of April - STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
2010
Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th April - SOUTHPORT
 As promised in 2008, we were beside the seaside, in Southport, hosted by Yorkshire Branch.
2009
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April - WALTON-ON-THAMES
Another new venue and indeed new county. On our Commemorative Card, specially printed for that event, it even said it “...is expected to be one of the biggest ever...”
2008
Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April - NORWICH
Our 70th Annual General Meeting ! 
2007
Friday 27th and Saturday 28th April - WORCESTER
Our first trip to Worcester was a well attended event, with lots of happy visitors and dealers.
2006
Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April - NOTTINGHAM
We were much pleased to be revisiting the Harvey Hadden Centre in Bilborough, but could not quite believe our last visit had been in 1998 as part of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the
2005
Friday 29th and Saturday 30th April - SCARBOROUGH
This year the event started earlier than normal, as the card collecting magazine “Card Times” had sponsored a golf tournament.