“…it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautiful woman, tall, graceful and queenly, who presented herself at Baker Street…”
On March 1st, the Stormy Petrels will meet to discuss “The Solitary Cyclist”
A dastardly plot is definitely afoot, with the lovely music teacher, one of four Violets in the canon, at the centre.
Holmes and Watson to the rescue!
Holmes: “The next few minutes were delicious. It was a straight left against a slogging ruffian. I emerged as you see me. Mr. Woodley went home in a cart.”
Find out what happened to our heroine and the bazaar bag of characters surrounding her. What role does a defrocked clergyman play?
Who do you think is referred to as the title character? Violet or the mysterious bearded cyclist following her?
Prize draw question: What was Violet’s father’s occupation? (bring your answer to the meeting)
Meeting as usual at Hampton Place (UBC)
Tuesday, March 1st at 7:00 pm
Please note that treasurer Elsa will be collecting the payments for our “Master’s Dinner” which takes place March 12th.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact Fran at stormypetrels@gmail.com
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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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