MARVELOUS MARCH – Mark your calendars!

March 6:  The Stormy Petrels will gather at Hampton Place (UBC) for their next regular meeting at 7:00.  We will be discussing the second half of “The Sign of the Four”

March 17:  The Stormy Petrels will celebrate the “Master’s Dinner” at the Bessborough Armories. 6:00 (for 7:00) Victorian dress is encouraged.  Please notify Fran as soon as possible if you would like to offer a toast.  Please remit payment ($45 each) to Elsa as soon as possible.  Please make cheques  payable to The Stormy Petrels of BC.

March 24:  Thanks to Mr. Swanick (special collections) at SFU Library, there will be a reception in honour of the opening of the new Arthur Conan Doyle/Sherlock Holmes collection.  2:00 – 4:00 in the WAC Bennett Library (7th floor) All Stormy Petrels and guests are invited.  I am pleased to announce that this event will be covered by Vancouver’s top blogger, social media expert and author  Miss604 (Rebecca Bollwitt).

To reserve your seat, please call 778-782-6704 or e-mail library@sfu.ca prior to March 16th

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Fran.

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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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