February 2022 Meeting

The Stormy Petrels of BC will be meeting on February 1st to discuss their first adventure of the year.

“The Gloria Scott” was first published in April, 1893 both in the Strand Magazine (in the UK) and in Harper’s Weekly (US)

Since this adventure took place before Watson’s time, it is narrated by Holmes himself. It gives us a glimpse as to how Holmes began his career in detecting. (Thank you, Trevor Sr.!)

This meeting will be Zoom only. “Priory Schoolmaster” Sheldon will be e-mailing the link.

Good news! Rich Krisciunas will deliver a power point presentation on “The Transportation Act of 1717.”

When: Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 at 7:00 pm (Pacific Time)

If you would like more information, please contact Fran at: franziskah@shaw.ca

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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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