{"id":15770265,"date":"2025-04-01T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/node615.namehero.net\/~wodehous\/?p=15770265"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:53:34","slug":"convention-new-york-ny-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/convention-new-york-ny-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"1991: New York, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New York, New York: October 11\u201313, 1991<br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speakers: Lee Davis, Charles Gould, David Jasen, Jan Kaufman, Elliott Milstein, Toni Rudersdorf, Peter Schwed, Margaret Slythe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The death of TWS\u2019s founder, Bill Blood, on October 7, 1991, cast a shadow over our sixth convention,\u00a0 held just a few days later. Nevertheless, the Big Apple convocation cemented the move to hotels as the preferred venue for our gatherings. It was the first to introduce extracurricular activities, in this case a bus pilgrimage to Remsenburg and, with the kind permission of its current owner at the time, a tour of the Wodehouses\u2019 former home. It was also the first to have an original skit as part of the program\u2014two, in fact, both written by Norman Murphy, with one performed during the Saturday talks, the other produced impetuously at the banquet. The weekend was marked by excellent talks and much jollity that included singalong sessions. Not long after this binge, new <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chapters<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started to spring up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>See the full report of this convention in\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PL_v10_nr4.pdf\">Plum Lines<\/a><i>, Volume 12, No. 4 (Winter 1991; p.12)<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"6a1c9d78ba5c7\" class=\"gg_gallery_wrap gg_true_gallery gg_masonry_gallery gid_15770267 gg_hidden_ol gg_ol_bottom_mode gg_main_ol_show_on_h \" data-col-num=\"4\" data-gid=\"15770267\" data-nores-txt=\"No images found\">              <div class=\"gg_loader\">            <div class=\"ggl_1\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_2\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_3\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_4\"><\/div>        <\/div>  <div class=\"gg_container\"><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-1.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"1991 New York City\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"0\" data-gid=\"15770267\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><div class=\"gg_img_wrap_inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/390x0_90_1_c_FFFFFF_57740c1fd84ce669f78d64091ae51e6f.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" class=\"gg_photo gg_main_thumb\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-1.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-2.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"1991 New York City\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"1\" data-gid=\"15770267\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><div class=\"gg_img_wrap_inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/390x0_90_1_c_FFFFFF_4072e0b1c714effff7652c2b58655fbd.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" class=\"gg_photo gg_main_thumb\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-2.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-3.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"1991 New York City\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"2\" data-gid=\"15770267\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><div class=\"gg_img_wrap_inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/390x0_90_1_c_FFFFFF_9e63fea7a197781cd1b96c883b70786a.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" class=\"gg_photo gg_main_thumb\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-3.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-4.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"1991 New York City\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"3\" data-gid=\"15770267\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><div class=\"gg_img_wrap_inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/390x0_90_1_c_FFFFFF_219da485d7397d29577f130e815365da.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" class=\"gg_photo gg_main_thumb\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1991-New-York-City-4.jpg\" alt=\"1991 New York City\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">     (function() {         \"use strict\"; 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