“The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like smoke from a burning house.”
The Stormy Petrels will meet at our own Reichenbach Falls aka Shannon Falls on Saturday, June 26th at 10:00 a.m.
Our annual memorial wreath-tossing will take place at this time, to commemorate the memory of …”the best and wisest man I had ever known” followed by a picnic lunch.
According to “Teller of Tales” by Daniel Stashower, 20,000 people canceled their subscriptions to The Strand Magazine after reading, in horror, that Sherlock Holmes has met his end. “Members of the Royal family were said to have been distraught.”
After completing “The Final Problem” Conan Doyle entered a two-word phrase into his diary: “…… ……” The fist person to give me the correct answer when we meet at the Falls on June 26th will receive a prize.
For more info and directions, please contact your 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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