Token Corresponding Society

Token Congress in the Autumn each year is a major event and allows members to meet, discuss their interests and buy, sell or swap tokens. The programme comprises a series of Lectures and talks during the day and other activities in the evening when the bar is never far away ! Talks vary from five to fortyfive minutes depending on the requirements of the subject. The shorter slots allow members to raise quick queries or to give reports and update members regarding previous topics.

Congress is open to anybody interested in tokens, there is no formal membership. Also there is no formal committee to run the Congress, but the organisers act as Treasurer and Secretary. The previous year's Congress organisers pass on the bank account to the incoming organisers so that Congress continuity is maintained.

Programme
The details vary slightly from year to year, but the overall format of Congress is:-

Friday	After Lunch	Registration
		Trip or visit to Museum or place of Local Interest
	Evening	- Dinner
		Members' Auction

Saturday	Morning	Formal Welcome and Announcements
		First Session of Talks and Lectures
		- Break for Coffee or Tea
		Second Session of Lectures
	Afternoon	- Lunch
		Third Session of Lectures
		- Break for Coffee or Tea
		Fourth Session of Lectures
	Evening	- Congress Dinner
		Bourse

Sunday	Morning	First Session
		- Break for Coffee or Tea
		Final Session of Lectures
		Announcements and Formal Farewell
		- Lunch, for those who wish to stay

History of Former Congresses

#	Year	Town	Venue	Organiser Members
1	1982	Crewe	Crewe Arms Hotel	Brian Edge	36
2	1983	Birmingham	Lambert Court Hotel	John Cumbers	53
3	1984	Darlington	Blackwell Grange Moat House	Jeff Gardiner	59
4	1985	Manchester	University, Holly Royde	Bill Kennett	52
5	1986	London	Polytechnic, Central London	Tony Gilbert	70
6	1987	Cardiff	Cardiff Post House	Noel Cox	68
7	1988	Leeds	Polytechnic, Beckett Park	Peter Moffatt	60
8	1989	Manchester	University, Holly Royde	Bob Lyall	56
9	1990	Leicester	University, Beaumont Hill	Roy Rains	62
10	1991	South Woodford	Queen Mary & Westfield College	Stuart Adams	67
11	1992	Winchester	King Alfred's College	Ralph Hayes	73
12	1993	Glasgow	University, Queen Margaret Hall	Tom Morrell	67
13	1994	Exeter	University, St Luke's College	Michael Crew	55
14	1995	Birmingham	Forte Crest Hotel	Andrew Wager/ John Cumbers	71
15	1996	Northampton	Swallow Hotel	Gary Oddie/ Peter Waddell	85
16	1997	Nottingham	Forte Posthouse	Alan Judd	76
17	1998	Hemel Hempstead	The Watermill Hotel	David Griffiths	68
18	1999	Carlisle	College of Art & Design	Charles Farthing	73
19	2000	Cardiff	Fairwater Centre UWIC	Alan Cox	68
20	2001	Great Yarmouth	Burlington, Palm Court Hotels	Bill Kennett	82
21	2002	Cheltenham	The Carlton Hotel	Barry Greenaway	99
22	2003	Eastbourne	The Langham Hotel	Alan Henderson/ Duncan Pennock	98
23	2004	Huddersfield	Cedar Court Hotel	Mike Roberts	92
24	2005	Northampton	The Hilton Hotel	Gary Oddie/ Peter Waddell	92
25	2006	St. Helens	The Hilton Hotel	Andrew Andison/ Bob Lyall	90
26	2007	Swindon	Madison Hotel	Stuart Adams/ Tony Gilbert/ Philip Mernick.	104
27	2008	Warwick 10th-12th October	Hilton Hotel	David Griffiths Peter Preston-Morley David Young.

	Special Ale provided for the 2006 Congress

Last Update 17-2-2008 count

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