A Scion Society of The Baker Street Irregulars
Numismatists Do Not Fear Change
“… becomes the badge of a society.” – The Adventure of The Five Orange Pips (FIVE) Editor’s Note: This post has been a “work in progress” for nearly a year as we tried to gather information about the various medals of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Just a few hours after this was posted, we have… Continue Reading
“The Capital and Counties Bank, Oxford Street branch, are my agents.” – The Adventure of The Priory School (PRIO) London in 1894, when Sherlock Holmes returned from his incognito foreign journeying, was enjoying the Golden Age of British Imperial investment and expansion, bringing an enormous accretion of wealth to the Capital City of the Empire.… Continue Reading
“It was not till after dinner …” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) As a companion to Colin Prestige’s report on the 1961 Garrideb Gathering of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London that we posted recently, we are happy to add this menu card and program from that dinner. Continue Reading
“Will you be at home this evening?” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Proceedings of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London THE GARRIDEB GATHERING “The only one in the world” KILLER Evans would surely have been envious. At 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 1961, the stentorian voice of the head-waiter announced: “Mr.… Continue Reading
“You may possibly have read my little monograph …” – The Hound of The Baskervilles (HOUN) In the Sherlock Holmes Society of London’s District Messenger #87 (June 29, 1989) was this announcement: Over the weekend we were also introduced to our member James Cuthbertson’s delightful little book A STUDY IN BANKING: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE… Continue Reading
“… I should have had a medal the size of a soup plate.” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) LONDON (AP) October 16, 2002 – It may seem elementary now, but when Sherlock Holmes used his knowledge of chemistry to crack cases, he broke important ground in crime detection. On Wednesday, the Royal Society… Continue Reading
“Since I ran down that coiner by the zinc and copper filings in the seam of his cuff …” – The Adventures of Shoscombe Old Place (SHOS) This report first appeared in the October 1931 issue of The Numismatist Sherlock Holmes used to make a minute examination of dust, hairs, tobacco ash, etc., and Dr. Edmond Locard,… Continue Reading
“… my agent there has sent me this advertisement from a local paper.” – The Adventure of The Three Garridebs (3GAR) Several months back, we published a post about the Pobjoy Mint’s 1994 press release announcing the Return of Sherlock Holmes series of coins for Gibraltar. Recently, we came across the above Pobjoy Mint advertisement from… Continue Reading
“… Peterson, who, as you know, is a very honest fellow …” – The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle (BLUE) A lot of Sherlockians have a warm place in their hearts for The Blue Carbuncle. It’s the only Canonical adventure that takes place at Christmas time, and in telling the story, Dr. Watson creates a charming… Continue Reading
“I have, as you know, devoted some attention to this, and written a little monograph …” – The Boscombe Valley Mystery (BOSC) The Fourth Garrideb is pleased to announce the publication of its first monograph. Intended to be an annual publication featuring posts on this website from the previous year, the series will be called Glittering… Continue Reading