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The
Sydney Passengers is a group of enthusiasts brought together by a
common ideal
- to share in the enjoyment of the life and times of Sherlock Holmes,
the world's
first and foremost consulting detective, and his friend and chronicler,
Dr John Watson, made famous in the
splendid tales
published under the auspices of Dr Watson's colleague, Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle,
himself an author of no small repute.
Latest News
New Web Address
The website address for The Sydney Passengers is changing to www.sherlock-holmes.au.
Please update your bookmarks/favourites with the new address.
Latest Awards
Congratulatons to Passenger Robert Sharfman, Log contributor Liese Sherwood Fabre and Daniel Friedman (presenter at our online meeting in May 2022) who were all invested into The Baker Street Irregulars this January in New York.
Also
congratulations to Passenger Brian Pugh who was honoured with a
Lifetime Service aware from The ACD Society at their annual awards
ceremony.
Beeton's Sighting
Passenger Dan Howard was in Oxford in September and went to an exhibition at the Weston Library (part of the Bodleian) to see an exhibition entitled Gifts and Books that featured a number of famous old manuscripts and publications. “You can imagine my delight”, reports Dan, “to find on display an original Beeton’s Christmas Annual featuring the first Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet! As this was my first ever sighting of this literary treasure, I asked my wife to take a photo” (see right). So near and yet - separated by the glass display cabinet - so far away!”
2022 Montpellier Award
The Carole Dukes Montpellier Award is open to all articles submitted by Passengers to the Passengers' Log over the course of the previous year and is aimed at encouraging research amongst members that enriches our knowledge and understanding of the Canon. It is named in memory of the late Passenger Carole Dukes, who was an untiring researcher, and ambraces the name of the town in Southern France where Sherlock Holmes spent time carrying out research into coal-tar derivatives (referenced in 'The Adventure of the Empty House').
There were three nomnations for the 2022 Award:
The editorial team would like to extend its thanks to all the Passengers who cast their vote, particularly those who did so for the first time, and hope they continue their participation in future years. The Award is important to our members in giving them a chance to provide feedback on the type of material they would like to see in the jounal.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 Montpellier Award is Doug Elliott for his article 'Another Look At Thor Bridge'
. The results were conclusive, with Doug's article coming out ahead by
a wide margin. Congratulations to Doug, and also the other nominees.
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