“Rubbish, Watson, rubbush! What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in their grave by stakes driven through their hearts?”
The adventure for discussion at the next meeting of the Stormy Petrels of BC will be “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”
The meeting will take place chez Wood at 7:00 pm on April 6, 2010.
“This Agency stands flatfooted upon the ground….No ghosts need apply.”
If you are interested in joining the Petrels as they sink their teeth into this knotty probelm, please contact the ‘Consulting Detective’ for more details at: stormypetrels@gmail.com
Our 22nd annual dinner proved to be a great success. Many thanks to all who provided food, and many thanks to Elsa and Audrey for all their organizing. Thank you to the Woods for hosting this event. A wonderful time was had by all!
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Fran Martin became a member of The Bootmakers of Toronto in 1987 and The Stormy Petrels of B.C. in 1988.
She has attended several Sherlockian conferences including: In 1992 "Aspects of Holmes" in Bradford, England (hosted by The Northern Musgraves); In 2006 "ACD at 35" in Toronto (hosted by The Bootmakers of Toronto); 2013 "Sherlock Holmes Through Time & and Place" in Minneapolis (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); 2014 "Gillette to Brett IV" in Bloomington (hosted by Wessex Press); 2015 SherlockCon in Seattle; 2015 "A Scintillation of Scions VIII" in Baltimore (hosted by Watson's Tin Box); 2016 "The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes" (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); in 2018 in Dayton, Ohio for the "Holmes, Doyle & Friends" conference (hosted by the Agra Treasurers).
Fran has held several positions with The Stormy Petrels of B.C. including secretary, vice-president, special events coordinator and is currently president and editor of the "Petrel Flyer".
She was honoured with being awarded the title of "Master Bootmaker" in 2014. She was very pleased to present a paper to a meeting of Sir Hugo's Companions in Chicago in 2017.
Fran has contributed articles to Canadian Holmes magazine, the Watsonian and Chris Redmond's "About Sixty" and "Sherlock Holmes is Like...". In May, 2018 she attended the 78th annual Speckled Band of Boston dinner. She was very honoured to have been one of the first women invited.
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