Fran Martin

Author: Fran Martin

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.

January 8, 2019 Fran Martin Monthly Meeting

Welcome 2019!

The Stormy Petrels began the New Year with their annual Sherlock Holmes Birthday Brunch. Nineteen Petrels and guests enjoyed food and fellowship at The White Spot Restaurant on West Georgia Street on January 5th. Three current members of the Petrel Exec: Orilea (one of my V.P's) Fran (President) and Elsa (Retiring Treasurer) The Stormy Petrels … Continue reading Welcome 2019!

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 Fran Martin Events

Birthday Brunch

The Stormy Petrels will be celebrating the 165th Birthday of our beloved consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, on January 5, 2019. Food and fellowship is on the agenda at The White Spot Restaurant located at 1616 West Georgia Street, Vancouver (11:30 am) - the Fireplace Room. Please RSVP to Fran as soon as possible at: franziskah@shaw.ca … Continue reading Birthday Brunch

November 22, 2018December 20, 2018 Fran Martin Monthly Meeting

December 4th Meeting

The story for discussion will be "The Mazarin Stone" published in the Strand Magazine and in Hearst's International for October 1921. Narrated in the third person, this adaptation is based on a one-act play, "The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes", written by ACD. The stage is set! We see scientific charts on the … Continue reading December 4th Meeting

October 23, 2018 Fran Martin Monthly Meeting

November 6, 2018 Meeting

"The Blanched Soldier", the second tale of the Casebook, was published in Liberty Magazine (NY) in October 1926 and in The Strand Magazine in November 1926. It's one of the two cases which Sherlock Holmes, himself, had penned. Where was Dr. Watson? Holmes mentioned him throughout the story. Do you get the impression that Holmes missed him? … Continue reading November 6, 2018 Meeting