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m (This I believe was a typo. Barrow Stores was the place in Birmingham where the T.C.B.S. met, not Barrow Stones. Though the idea of meeting among misty standing stones in a barrow is a romantic and appealing one!)
 
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'''T.C.B.S.''' is an acronym for '''Tea Club, Barrovian Society'''. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his friends at [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]] met regularly at the Barrow Stores, which is where T.C.B.S. got their name. The friends continued to stay in contact with each other's literary work until [[1916]].
The '''Tea Club, Barrovian Society''', also known as the '''T.C.B.S.''', was an organization that met regularly at Barrow Stores at [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]]. The core members were considered to be the "big four" of Tolkien, [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]], [[Christopher Wiseman]], and [[Robert Gilson]].<ref>{{L|5}}</ref>


==Members==
The friends continued to stay in contact with each other's literary work until [[1916]]. [[Sidney Barrowclough]] and the Payton brothers, [[Ralph Payton|Ralph]] and [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid]], were younger than Tolkien and continued it for some time after they left.
* [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|Thomas "Tea Cake" Barnsley]]  
 
* [[Sidney Barrowclough]]
Almost all of them died in [[World War I]]. Of Tolkien's close personal friends, only [[Christopher Wiseman]] survived the war,<ref>{{L|350}}</ref> a fact which greatly affected him.<ref>[[John Garth]], ''[[Tolkien and the Great War]]'', passim.</ref>
 
== Members ==
* [[Christopher Wiseman]]
* [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]]
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [[Robert Gilson]]
* [[Robert Gilson]]
* [[Ralph Payton|Ralph "the Baby" Payton]]
* [[Ralph Payton|Ralph "the Baby" Payton]]
* [[Sidney Barrowclough]]
* [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|Thomas "Tea Cake" Barnsley]]
* [[Vincent Trought]]
* [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid "Whiffy" Payton]]
* [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid "Whiffy" Payton]]
* [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]]
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [[Vincent Trought]]
* [[Christopher Wiseman]]


== Portrayal in adaptations ==
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{{References}}


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Latest revision as of 07:49, 24 July 2023

The Tea Club, Barrovian Society, also known as the T.C.B.S., was an organization that met regularly at Barrow Stores at King Edward's School in Birmingham. The core members were considered to be the "big four" of Tolkien, Geoffrey Bache Smith, Christopher Wiseman, and Robert Gilson.[1]

The friends continued to stay in contact with each other's literary work until 1916. Sidney Barrowclough and the Payton brothers, Ralph and Wilfrid, were younger than Tolkien and continued it for some time after they left.

Almost all of them died in World War I. Of Tolkien's close personal friends, only Christopher Wiseman survived the war,[2] a fact which greatly affected him.[3]

Members[edit | edit source]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

The T.C.B.S. in adaptations
The T.C.B.S. in Tolkien  

References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 5, (dated 12 August 1916)
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 350, (dated 24 May 1973)
  3. ↑ John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, passim.
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