2009 Annual Conference

The Cleveland team: l to r, Mark Dawidziak, Beth Bliss, Kathy Broz, Charla Coatoam, Paul Siedel

Chairman of the Dickens Fellowship Council, Michael Rogers, with Susan Ham (left) and Frankie Sahni, both from Bristol

Two Presidents of the Dickens Fellowship:
Professor Leonee Ormonde (2007-2009)
Professor Grahame Smith (2009-2011)

Joint Hon Gen Secretary, Lee Ault, with Alderman David Wootton, Sheriff of the City of London and Chair of the Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum

Angela Smith, Professor Malcolm Andrews (Editor of The Dickensian) and Professor Leonee Ormonde

Lee Ault thanks the Cleveland organisers for a fantastic conference.

Ed Moritz (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Henrietta Johnson (Toronto) and Jacqueline Hunault (Boulogne) study Dickensian items at the Kelvin Smith Library

Outside the dorm at Case Western Reserve University: l to r: Joe Duffy, Mary Jane Mallonee, Clara Duffy, Barbara Zimmerman (all Philadelphia), Carol Walsh (Chicago), Beth Bliss (Cleveland). Joan Dicks (Joint Hon Gen Secretary, Central), Jim Walsh (Chicago)

Kathy Broz, founder of the Cleveland Fellowship, with colleagues at the Cleveland Public Library

Next year’s hosts: Maggie and Keith de Vos (Eastbourne)

A musical feast at the Banquet: l. to r. Gwen Adams, Noel Bliss, Beth Bliss, Corrie Anne Riberdy, Lee Ault

Local talent: Mark Dawidziak (alias Mark Twain) with Roger Jerome (Cleveland)

Whose Shoe? - A Puzzle for Sam Weller

An attentive audience at the Annual General Meeting

The French connection!