The Sherlock Holmes Society at 70

"In glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases" [SPEC]  One of the most well-known societies in the Sherlockian / Holmesian world is The Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Originally founded in 1934, the society lost steam for a few years and was permanently re-incorporated in 1951.   Nicholas Utechin, BSI ("The Ancient British Barrow") joins I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to discuss the society's remarkable history, including its founding, exciting events and expeditions, and its commitment to remaining a membership-based organization. You won't want to miss Nick's announcement of something very special coming up for members on May 15. The Canonical Couplet quiz winner this time will win a copy of This August and Scholarly Body: The Society at 70.  Answers are due by May 14, 2021 at 11:59 a.m. Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below. Please do consider becoming a Patron of the Arts. Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services.      Sponsors Wessex Press is the premier publisher of books about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, including some parodies of their own: The True Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Terence Faherty.   MX Publishing supports reading and planting trees with its novel Books to Books program. Find out how you can help children's literacy and the environment at the same time.   Would you care to advertise with us? You can find more information here. Let's chat!   Links   This episode: ihose.co/ihose215 The Sherlock Holmes Society of London The Society at 70! This August and Scholary Body Previous episodes mentioned: Episode 156: The Complete Paget Portfolio Episode 124: Remembering Richard Lancelyn Green   Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at ihose.co/flipsherlock as well as through our accounts on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.       Please subscribe on the podcast provider of your choosing: Listen to I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).   Transcript We are so grateful for your support! We recently crossed the threshold on Patreon and have enough support for transcripts. Please keep it up.   --