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The Dracula Society Timeline
A record of the major Society events since our foundation
Regular Society events such as main meetings, library evenings, and Dinners, are only included if they are of particular significance
2023
The Society 50th Anniversary Year
Whitby (13th) weekend
Romania (11th) trip
Derby (2nd) weekend (50th Anniversary Convention)
2022
Slovakia (5th) Trip
Marking the centenary of 1922's Nosferatu, featuring scenes shot at Orava Castle.
Highgate Cemetery visit (5th)
2021
Bath (2nd) weekend
Frankenstein in Bath
Investigating the city's connections with Mary Shelley.
Hampstead Heath (6th) day out
Our activities this year were severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
Derby (1st) weekend
Dracula in Derby
Investigating the city's theatrical Dracula connections.
Our activities this year were severely curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Day out to the Essex towns of Manningtree and Mistley
Following their Matthew Hopkins "Witchfinder General" connections
Germany trip to Hamburg and Berlin
Following the locations and history of Murnau's Nosferatu
2018
The Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery day out
Cruden Bay (2nd) weekend
2017
Whitby (12th) weekend
London "City Penny Dreadful" walk
Prague (2nd) Czech Republic trip
The second Bernard Davies Award (David J. Skal)
2016
Bournemouth (5th) day out
Geneva trip (The Villa Diodati bicentenary celebration)
2015
Whitstable day out
Romania (10th) trip
2014
Dublin (3rd) weekend (J. Sheridan Le Fanu bicentenary)
Kensal Green Cemetery visit
2013
The Society 40th Anniversary Year
Whitby (11th) weekend (40th Anniversary Convention)
London Jack the Ripper walk
Romania (9th) and Bulgaria (Varna) trip
2012
Suffolk weekend
Stoker centenary event (20th April)
The first Bernard Davies Award (Elizabeth Miller)
2011
Strawberry Hill House (2nd) visit
Slovakia (4th) trip
2010
Lancaster Pendle Witches (6th) weekend
Victoria and Albert Museum visit
2009
Whitby (10th) weekend
London Gothic walk
Romania (8th) trip
2008
Lincoln Byron weekend
2007
Rye (3rd) weekend
Sunday lunch at Le Gothique restaurant
Dublin (2nd) weekend
2006
Paris weekend
Bath (1st) weekend
2005
Egypt trip
Bournemouth (4th) day out
Whitby (9th) weekend (25th anniversary of our Stoker seat)
2004
Exeter and Taunton weekend
West Wycombe Hell-Fire Caves visit
Edinburgh weekend
2003
The Society 30th Anniversary Year
Rochester weekend (30th Anniversary Convention)
London Bram Stoker walk
Romania (7th) trip
2002
York Weekend
Dublin (1st) weekend
2001
Rye (2nd) day out
Slovakia (3rd) and Hungary and Poland trip
2000
Whitby (8th) weekend
Lancaster Pendle Witches (5th) weekend
Cruden Bay (1st) weekend
1999
Bat walk evening Wimbledon Common
Prague (1st) and Slovakia (2nd) trip
1998
Lancaster Pendle Witches (4th) weekend
1997
The Dracula Centenary Year
Whitby (7th) weekend
Purfleet day out
Society Dracula reading at the Theatre Museum
Romania (6th) trip
1996
Lancaster Pendle Witches (3rd) weekend
1995
West Norwood Cemetery visit
1994
Bournemouth (3rd) day out
1993
The Society 20th Anniversary Year
Whitby (6th) weekend
1992
Rye (1st) day out
1991
Cambridge weekend
1990
1989
1988
Demeter Day (2nd)
Whitby (5th) weekend
1987
The first Children of the Night Award (Terry Pratchett)
Hampstead Heath walk (5th) and Highgate Cemetery visit (4th)
1986
Bournemouth (2nd) day out
1985
London East End and Piccadilly walk (4th)
1984
Demeter Day (1st)
Whitby (4th) weekend
1983
The Society 10th Anniversary Year
10th Anniversary Dinner (Tara Hotel)
Romania (5th) trip
Hampstead Heath walk (4th) and Highgate Cemetery visit (3rd)
London East End and Piccadilly walk (3rd)
1982
Strawberry Hill House (1st) visit
1981
Bournemouth (1st) day out
1980
Lancaster Pendle Witches (2nd) weekend
The Palladium Cellars visit
Whitby (3rd) weekend (Stoker Seat Dedication)
1979
Romania (4th) trip
Love at First Bite (1979) film screening (George Hamilton in attendance)
London East End and Piccadilly walk (2nd)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) film screening
1978
Lancaster Pendle Witches (1st) weekend
Whitby (2nd) weekend
Dracula at the Shaftesbury Theatre (Terence Stamp)
The Passion of Dracula at Queen's Theatre (George Chakiris)
1977
Czechoslovakia (1st) trip
Hampstead Heath walk (3rd) and Highgate Cemetery visit (2nd)
Whitby (1st) weekend
1976
Romania (3rd) trip
This was a trip mainly of Society members, led by our then Chairman Bruce Wightman, but not actually organised by the Society
"London Safari" weekend
East End/Piccadilly (1st) walk on the Saturday
Hampstead Heath walk (2nd) and Highgate Cemetery visit (1st) on the Sunday
The first Hamilton Deane Award (Denholm Elliott)
1975
The first Bram Stoker Birthday Dinner (8th November)
Romania (2nd) trip
Hampstead Heath walk (1st) (Highgate Cemetery not yet open)
Transylvanian Night (at the Romanian National Tourist Office)
Dracula (1958) film screening (This event included the presentation to the Society by Michael Carreras of our Hammer Films' cloak)
Dracula at Wimbledon Theatre (Peter Wyngarde)
1974
The first Society Dinner (Friday 13th December at Purfleet)
The first Society Award ("most promising actor" Murray Brown)
Romania (1st) trip
The Golem (1920) film screening
The Dracula Business (BBC documentary with Dan Farson)
Inaugural Meeting (17th April at The Arts Theatre Club)
1973
Society founded (23rd October)
1973 - 2023