Dear Holmesians, Why does the Canon appeal so much to people even after 115 years of its creation? Why do people take the Canon so seriously? Why are groups...
I shall be visiting Crowborough in the next week or so, where Conan Doyle spent many years and is now buried there (I think he was first buried in England's...
Tim
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Sep 3, 2006 7:40 pm
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Dear Sherlockians, On behalf of the old members of this (international) Sherlock Holmes Society of India, I extend a hearty welcome to all the newly-registered...
Hi Folks, I have recently joined this group.. Hope to have a lot of fun.. -- "In God I trust; all others must pay cash" CHEERZZ !!! Zeeshan. [Non-text portions...
High from Norwich UK Just join the group a big sherlock holmes fan hope to have some fun. David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Sep 8, 2006 6:42 am
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Does the Society have its own website yet? [Tim Symonds] Tim...
Tim
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Sep 8, 2006 10:05 am
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Hi All,I second the suggestion of id cards.regardsswati [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear David, We are happy to accept you amongst our Society. We are the leading Society devoted to Indian Sherlockians. Others are also most welcome. The only...
Dear Pinaki, You have given us a wonderful suggestion . We should discuss this idea more elaborately before we arrive at any decision. As regards the increase...
Dear Sherlockians, I wish to convey my thanks to Sumal and Swati for agreeing to some of the proposals floated in and by my earlier mail. I am, particularly,...
Hi All,The idea of i d cards for all of us is really great.Infact all that Pinaki has penned down as the details to be mentioned on the card are quite...
Hi Zeeshan, Welcome to the Group. You will definitely have lots of fun here if you are a fan of the Great Detective. Tell us more about yourself and how you...
Hi Sridhar, I am a network engineer by profession.I have been a fan of Mr Holmes ever since my school days, nothing else fascinated me more than this...
Dear Holmesians, I think there can be no single answer to my question. It seems that the fame of Sherlock Holmes ensures that he will exist in many forms ...
Dear Sumal and the rest of the gang, I regret not being able to come forth with my thoughts sooner. I feel the whole question of why Holmes has an everlasting...
Does a game of cricket come into the canon anywhere? Surely with Holmes' background he must have been made to play cricket and my guess is he would have been...
Tim
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Sep 12, 2006 11:00 am
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Don't remember about cricket, but soccer sure does...or is it football?! Sridhar Tim <tim.symonds@...> wrote: Does a game of cricket come into the...
Hello, rubgy football, certainly ("The Missing Three Quarter"). Track and field ("The Three Students"), boxing ("The Solitary Cyclist"), martial arts ("The ...
Dear Jeff and Holmesians, I remember that Dr Watson was mentioning about hitting Phelps over the shins with a wicket. The exact lines are as follows, "During...
Dear Holmesians, I think our Society is on a growth path and we are seeing an influx of members quite dramatically. I think this has been largely due to the...
Dear Holmesians and new members, I warmly welcome you to this society, the only society devoted to promoting Sherlockiana among Indians. Please introduce...
Dear Holmesians , I would like to give you some food for thought. Let us begin a discussion on his drug habit. In A Study in Scarlet, the first work featuring...
Dear Tim and Holmesians, Sir Doyle was certainly a tricky bowler. He bowled Dr WG Grace. Mihir had also posted a poem written by Sir Doyle about that over. ...
Dear Sumal, Street drugs are indeed a bane to the users and their families. I don't know much about the scenario in India itself, but in my work as a medical...
Hello, A further note regarding cricket: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote two short stories about Holmes and Watson that are not included in most editions. They ...
Dear Sherlockians, It is really heartening to see all those new members joining the Sherlock Holmes Society of India (International)! Sumal has already...
Dear Jeff, I never knew that . That is the joy of being a part of this wonderful society , one is constantly exposed to new facts about the canon. Sumalsn...
