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The Official Elvis Presley Fan Club of Great Britain | Newsletter No. 1 (August 1957)

 

By Harry Carrigan
 
 

August 1957 - The envelope that contained the very first issue (Harry Carrigan)Welcome to the first installment of our series on the newsletters and journals that were published in the earliest days of the OEPFC of Great Britain and the Commonwealth!
 
In this article you’ll find the first newsletter that was ever published, in August of 1957, consisting of 8 pages. The first month’s membership bonus was a photo from Loving You, also present in this article.
 
To the right we see the envelope that contained the very first issue of the newsletter.
 
The OEPFC NEWSLETTERS / JOURNALS currently on ECHOES:
THE OEPFC – A BRIEF HISTORY (1957 – 1962)
NEWSLETTER August 1957
NEWSLETTER September 1957
JOURNAL October 1957 SOON!

 
 


 
 

EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 01 EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 02

 

EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 03 EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 04

 

EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 05 EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 06

 

EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 07 EPFC August 1957 (Harry Carrigan) page 08

 
 


 
 

Here we have the front and back of the bonus photo that came with the first newsletter.
This nice Loving You promotional item measures 3″ x 4″.
 
Bonus photo (3x4 inch) 1 Bonus photo (3x4 inch) 2

 
 


 
 

THANKS AND CREDITS:
 
All items displayed in this article are from the private collection of HARRY CARRIGAN.
 
My sincere thanks and utmost appreciation for sharing his collection and knowledge with the visitors of Echoes goes out to Harry!

 
 


 
 

6 Comments Post a comment
  1. Alan White #

    Fantastic work Harry, great info and photos.

    July 20, 2015
  2. Judith #

    Thanks for sharing. I had a great time reading all about El :)

    July 31, 2015
  3. Anthony Dobb #

    Wonderful!

    September 22, 2017
  4. Annette #

    I want to have contact to Elvis fans!!

    February 28, 2018
  5. billy barr #

    elvis sold 300000 lp 1973

    October 24, 2018
  6. Andy #

    I love Elvis.

    March 15, 2021

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