JUNE 7th Meeting 2016

Sherlock Holmes strode into the room “…a huge barbed-headed spear tucked like an umbrella under his arm.”

Why?

What as Watson’s reaction?

Let us travel to Woodman’s Lee to investigate the murder of Captain Peter Carey who was found in his ship-like cabin …”pinned like a beetle on a card.”

A harpoon, a tobacco pouch and a notebook with the initials C.P.R.

Join the Stormy Petrels as we discuss “The Adventure of Black Peter”

This adventure is reprinted in the book “Dangerous Work” ACD’s Diary of his adventures on a whaler in the Arctic.

What is the connection between Peter Carey and stormy petrels?

Bonus question:

Who was referred to as a “ribston pippin of a man? What is a ribston pippin?

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 7th at 7:00 pm at our usual Hampton Place.

If you would like more information, please contact Fran.

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February 2016 Meeting

“At first sight it would appear to be some childish prank. It consists of a number of absurd little figures dancing across the paper upon which they are drawn.”

“The Dancing Men” was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1903.

Arthur Conan Doyle, who referred to this story as a “strong bloody story” listed it at number 3 on his top 12 list.

The meeting will take place, as usual, on the first Tuesday of the Month – Feb. 2nd

We will meet at Hampton Place at 7:00 pm

Fran will have the “Toast Sign-Up Sheet” for the dinner on March 12th. Please consider giving a short toast. We have The Queen and Holmes taken care of.

If you have any questions, or need more info, please contact Fran at the Stormy Petrel g-mail address.

Question: With whom did Watson play billiards?

Bonus: Can you decipher the sign below?

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The Petrel Tree

18 Stormy Petrels braved the dark and rainy night to attend the December meeting to discuss “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder”

Sarah made thumbprint cookies in honour of the story:

Our Petrel Tree made an appearance, and Andy was able to name almost all the stories that are represented by the Sherlockian ornaments.

Among some of the ornaments are:

a bicycle, orange pips, goose, speckled band, cockroach, carbuncle, magnifying glass, pipe, pince-nez, Persian slipper, portraits of Beecher and Gen. Gordon (on framed, one unframed), bust of Holmes (with bullet hole through head), giant rat (of Sumatra), a violin, an engineer’s thumb, Dr. Watson’s medical bag, Jabez’s Japanese coin…..

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December 2015 Meeting

Holmes and Watson are back in the rooms at Baker Street chatting at the breakfast table.

They are interrupted by the furious ringing of the bell, a tremendous thumping upon the door followed by a pounding up the stairs and the bursting into the room of “…a wild-eyed and frantic young man, pale, disheveled, and palpitating…”

Who was this man who described himself as “unfortunate”

Our story for discussion is “The Adventure of the Norwood Builder” published in The Strand Magazine in November 1903 and in Collier’s in October 1903.