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.

SEPTEMBER MEETING

After a lovely summer break, it is finally back to business for the Stormy Petrels.

There will be a report on the conference which took place in Minneapolis and a report on the dinner with our fellow member from England.

The adventure for discussion will be “The Beryl Coronet”
“Holmes…there is a madman coming along. It seems rather sad that his relatives should allow him to come out alone.”
Why was this “madman” coming to see Holmes? Where does the coronet fit in?
Much discussion will follow at 7:00 pm at Hampton Place on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd.

See you there!

August 24, 2013 0

Sherlock Holmes in Victoria

Petrels, and other Sherlockians, who are travelling to the Island to experience the Victoria Fringe Festival, may be interested to hear that they can catch a Sherlock Holmes play there.

Christopher Bange has written and will be performing as the great detective in “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hansom Cab Killer” (a comedy)

Tickets, at $11 each, can be purchased online from the Fringe Festival, in person, or by phone – 250-590-6291.
The dates are: Aug. 27, 29, 30, 31 and Sept. 1.

August 24, 2013 0

AWESOME AUGUST

1. August 17th: The Stormy Petrels of BC will once again be wielding their mallets as they enjoy a game of croquet. We will meet at Haywood Park in North Vancouver (Marine Drive & McKay) at 2:00 pm. We will then walk to “Toad Hall” for more fun and food.
2. August 2oth: The Petrels will have the opportunity to meet our member from England. Joe will be visiting the Vancouver area and we will meet up for dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory in New Westminster (next to skytrain station) at 7:00 pm. Please contact me in order to make reservations.

August 2, 2013 0

CLASSIC MOVIE NIGHT THANKS

Our annual Sherlockian Classic Movie Night proved to be a great success. Many thanks to Brian for arranging the wonderful venue at The Tapestry and for organizing (and providing) the delicious food.
Thank you to Len for his introduction of the movies.
	The theatre was open to residents of The Tapestry who all seemed to thoroughly enjoy the evening.