22, WISTERIA LODGE SPRINGFIELD CHELMSFORD ESSEX. CM1 5FT The District Messenger (0245) 468422
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SOCIETY OF LONDON no. 63 5th October 1987
Just out: DIAGNOSIS & DETECTION: THE MEDICAL ICONOGRAPHY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Pasquale Accardo (Dent, £l4.95).
Holmes Winery (PO Box 59, Mt Pleasant 5235, South Australia) offers Sherlock Holmes Port & Dr Watson Claret at the following prices: 1 bottle of each, Aust $35 or US$25; 1 bottle of each + 2 glasses in wooden gift pack, Aust$45 or $32. The glasses are gold-rimmed & bear a Sherlock Holmes emblem. All prices include postage worldwide. The Sherlock Holmes Society of Australia (Box 13 PO, Stir- ling, South Australia 5152), 10 years old this year, solicits subscriptions (US$12 p.a.) for its quarterly newsletter, NEWS FROM THE DIGGINGS, and offers sets of 8 fine used Australian stamps with canonical connections & a brief commentary on each (US$15, inc. air mail postage).
Michael & Mary Ernest (No. 9 Gifts & Games, 9 Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LT) offer a very handsome Sherlock Holmes chess set made by M. Petrushkin. Pieces are made of stone & resin. White: King, Sherlock Holmes; Queen, Mrs Hudson; Bishop, Dr Watson; Knight, G. Lestrade; Rook, Wiggins; Pawns, Policemen. Red (brown): King, Prof. Moriarty; Queen, Irene Adler; Bishop, Col. Moran; Knight, Dr Roylott; Rook, Hound of the Baskervilles; Pawns, Villains. Holmes is 5 ½" high. I can't reproduce photos here, but they show the pieces to be very handsome. The set is £60.75 plus postage. The recommended board is £26.55 plus postage.
Bill Michell reminds me that Chris Martin's adaptation of STUD is currently running at the New Victoria Theatre, Etruria Road, Basford, Newcastle-under- Lyme, Staffs. ST5 0JG (box office 0782 615962). October dates are 5th - 9th and 26th - 31st.
Cleveland Public Library (325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44ll4-1271, USA) presents SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE CLEVELAND CONNECTION, a centenary celebration of A STUDY IN SCARLET, with Mrs Hudson's Lodgers, a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars, on Saturday 7th November. A plaque will be presented to the Police Museum commemorating the help given in the case by the Cleveland Police Chief. Films and lectures will follow, and a dinner will conclude the day, at Kiefer's restaurant. Places are limited. Reservations are $18.87 from Ernest Simak, 8960 N. Shiloh, Chesterland, Ohio 44026. Cheques payable to Mrs Hudson's Lodgers.
Another Sherlockian dealer with a very full catalogue available is THE SILVER DOOR (PO Box 3208, Redondo Beach, California 90277, USA). Karen La Porte, the proprietor, deals in mystery & crime generally, but specialised in Sherlockiana.
You may care to consider subscribing to CANADIAN HOLMES, the magazine of the Bootmakers of Toronto, edited by Chris Redmond. Subs are available for the equivalent of US$12 p.a. from The Business Manager, 125 Lincoln Road (The Victorian), Apt. 1101, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2N9, Canada. It's a well-produced quarterly, with stimulating articles and -er - interesting verse, most with a distinctive Canadian aspect.
From Peter Blau: Carroll & Graf have published SKULLDUGGERY by Peter Marks, a novel about the Piltdown hoax, with appearances by ACD. The Grosvenor Hotel, Orlando, Florida, will reopen after refurbishment with Sherlockian bars and restaurant & a Sherlockian museum. A new round-robin pastiche by the Pleasant Places of Florida, MYSTERY OF THE PALE-ONTOLOGIST OF MELTDOWN, costs $2.50 from Baker Street Designs (1397 22nd Street North, St Petersburg, Florida 33713, USA).