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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 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>


==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]] (?-1917) was not within the inner circle of T.C.B.S. but was a good friend of Tolkien and was also a member of the Debating Society. In July of [[1917]] he was killed in the [[World War I|war]].
 
* [[Robert Gilson]]
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]]
* [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]]
* [[Christopher Wiseman]]
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]
* [[Robert Gilson]]
* [[Ralph Payton|Ralph "the Baby" Payton]]
* [[Sidney Barrowclough]]
* [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|Thomas "Tea Cake" Barnsley]]
* [[Vincent Trought]]
* [[Wilfrid Payton|Wilfrid "Whiffy" Payton]]
== Portrayal in adaptations ==
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{{References}}


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[[Category:British organizations]]
[[Category:Organizations (real-world)]]

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

Portrayal in adaptations

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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