A mostly mysterious Fortean.
Henry Kendall B. Stanton was born in 1924. I think. I do not know what the B stood for. He was born in England. I do not know who his parents were or if he had siblings. I do not know where he went to school, or the environment in which he grew up. He married Jacqueline Widgery in Exeter (Devon) England. I do not know when. They had at least one child—I think—a daughter named Yolanda. As far as I know, Stanton did not serve in World War II, though he would have been of age. I do not know why he missed out.
Stanton had a number of avocations I have found—but I do not know what he did to keep the family in noodles and socks. He had an interest in fantastic literature, reading, at least, “The Fantasy Review,” one of the post-War science fiction ‘zines, as English fandom was trying to re-establish itself on a firm footing. No later than 1950, he belonged to the British Interplanetary Society, whose membership overlapped with fandom, but was more focused, early on, in getting rockets into the air and, later, in supporting rocket and space research—that is to say, nuts and bolts science as opposed to fantastic science. (Arthur Clarke, among others, was both a science fictionist and a rocketeer.) He seems to have had an interest in the Masons, though I do not know if he belonged to a Lodge himself. He also collected coins from public houses, which his daughter would write about many years later.
Henry Kendall B. Stanton was born in 1924. I think. I do not know what the B stood for. He was born in England. I do not know who his parents were or if he had siblings. I do not know where he went to school, or the environment in which he grew up. He married Jacqueline Widgery in Exeter (Devon) England. I do not know when. They had at least one child—I think—a daughter named Yolanda. As far as I know, Stanton did not serve in World War II, though he would have been of age. I do not know why he missed out.
Stanton had a number of avocations I have found—but I do not know what he did to keep the family in noodles and socks. He had an interest in fantastic literature, reading, at least, “The Fantasy Review,” one of the post-War science fiction ‘zines, as English fandom was trying to re-establish itself on a firm footing. No later than 1950, he belonged to the British Interplanetary Society, whose membership overlapped with fandom, but was more focused, early on, in getting rockets into the air and, later, in supporting rocket and space research—that is to say, nuts and bolts science as opposed to fantastic science. (Arthur Clarke, among others, was both a science fictionist and a rocketeer.) He seems to have had an interest in the Masons, though I do not know if he belonged to a Lodge himself. He also collected coins from public houses, which his daughter would write about many years later.