On my recent excursion to visit the Sherlock Holmes Exhibition in London, I also had the opportunity to meet up with two of my favourite Sherlockians, Roger Johnson and Jean Upton.
We met for a delicious lunch at The Sherlock Holmes Pub on Northumberland Street. After a tradition “toad in the hole” and a pint of ale, We retreated to the re-constructed sitting room of 221b. Roger is the keeper of the key and caretaker of the room and he and Jean update it when necessary.
Many items on display in the dining room are from the Sherlock Holmes Exhibit which took place in London in 1951.
Catching up with Roger and Jean is always a treat.
I was able to walk through “221b” on Northumberland Street and examine many of the items in the room first-hand. I could have spent hours there. Sitting in Holmes’s comfortable chair beside the fireplace, pulling a book off the shelf and summoning Mrs. Hudson for a cup of tea.
Many thanks to Roger and Jean for a lovely and memorable afternoon in London!
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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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