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'''T.C.B.S.''' | The '''Tea Club, Barrovian Society''', also known as the '''T.C.B.S.''', was an organization that met regularly at Barrow Stones 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> | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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> | 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== | == 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]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:41, 17 February 2023
The Tea Club, Barrovian Society, also known as the T.C.B.S., was an organization that met regularly at Barrow Stones 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
- Christopher Wiseman
- Geoffrey Bache Smith
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Robert Gilson
- Ralph "the Baby" Payton
- Sidney Barrowclough
- Thomas "Tea Cake" Barnsley
- Vincent Trought
- Wilfrid "Whiffy" Payton
Portrayal in adaptations
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 5, (dated 12 August 1916)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 350, (dated 24 May 1973)
- ↑ John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War, passim.