The Stormy Petrels will, once again, meet in person for their May meeting.
The story for discussion will be “The Adventure of the Dancing Men“, first published in the Strand Magazine (UK) and Collier’s (US) for Dec. 1903.
Arthur Conan Doyle ranked this adventure as number 3 on his top 12 favourites list, and referred to it as “a strong, bloody story”
A story including loyalty, secrets, trust, passion, cryptic clues, a triangle, a stalker, and eventually a murder!
Where do you believe ACD’s inspiration for this particular cipher originated?
What indication do we have that Dr. Watson was a little careless with his pension?
BONUS QUESTIONS:
- Sherlock Holmes wrote a monograph upon the subject of ciphers in which he analyzed how many different ciphers?
- Can you decipher the code at the end of this message?
All these questions, and more will be answered at the May meeting.
When: Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Hampton Place lounge, The Chatham (UBC – near Wesbrook Mall/West 16th Ave)
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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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