Reminder: The next regular meeting of The Stormy Petrels of BC will take place on April 6, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
The story for discussion will be The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”
Holmes: “What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in the grave by stakes driven through their hearts?”
The story was first published in January 1924 in the Strand Magazine an in NY’s Hearst Magazine. Written during ACD’s years as an advocate of spiritualism.
Why did Holmes refer to “this Agency”?
Holmes: “Was there not a Queen in English history who sucked a wound to draw poison from it?”
What did Matilda Briggs have to do with the Giant Rat of Sumatra?
Find out the answers to these questions and more at the next meeting.
For more information, please contact The Consulting Detective
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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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