VICTORIANA

On Saturday 4th May 2013

An evening’s entertainment of songs, instrumental solos, recitations and a Music Hall songs sing-a-long. Featuring   :- Sarah Garrett (soprano) / Elliot Pritchard ( flute/saxophone) Joan Upton-Holder (piano) and Trevor Trevor (recitations).

Also a Raffle / Quiz, with prizes.

7-30 pm at The Old School, Guilsfield. Refreshments available.Tickets ( or at the door on the evening ) £5

All proceeds to the first ever Welsh translation of a Sherlock Holmes adventure. Prizes provided by :- Sainsbury’s /Tesco/Deerstalkers/

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On Saturday 3rd November 2012 at  the Old School, Guilsfield, Deerstalker Ian C Corke gave a talk entitled:-

Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to the Present Day

Proceeds were in aid of: St. Aelhaiarn’s Church, Guilsfield and The Deerstalkers.

Synopsis:-

A PowerPoint presentation by Ian C Corke looked at the forensic techniques which were available to the police from about 1850 to the present day.

It was an ideal opportunity for those who wanted to get an insight into the scientific methods used by the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service), Home Office and Security Services to solve crime.

The sophisticated techniques which allow the police to build a case from minute traces of material found at the scene of a crime was examined.

Some well-known cases were discussed including those of:-

• Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando.
• Solicitor Sally Clark who was wrongly accused of killing her children.
• Stefan Kiszko whose imprisonment for 16 years before his convictions was overturned represented perhaps the greatest miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
• Dr Frank Skuse whose “incompetence” led to the convictions of several defendants being overturned.

The evening concluded with a quiz about Sherlock Holmes, but members of the Deerstalkers were not be allowed to take part.

Questions had multi-choice answers so it was possible to win even if you knew very little about the great detective.

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The Great Hiatus this year was a visit to Ruyton-XI-Towns on Thursday 2nd August.

There was special guest appearance of Irene Adler (Sarah Garrett) who performed an aria from her extensive repertoire. ***********************************************

The Game’s Afoot !  – Saturday 14th February 2009 7.30 pm took place in the School Room at the Welshpool Methodist Church, Welshpool.  A

An evening of Holmes related topics, including;  Mrs. Hudson’s Life by Joan Upton-Holder; Victorian Songs sung by Christopher Moore-Bridger; Policing in Holmes’ day by Maurice Eaton; The Second Afghan War by Peters Duckers, and an introduction by Dennis J. Duggan and Roy Upton-Holder.

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The Great Hiatus – 2010 was on Friday 23rd July.  The visit was to Pistyll Rhaeadr, the highest waterfall in Wales which is called the Welsh Reichenbach Falls by Holmesian aficionados. Lunch was taken in the cafe which is open everyday of the year.

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Mrs. Hudson’s Dinner Party on Saturday 2nd October 2004

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THE DEERSTALKERS OF WELSHPOOL CELEBRATE THE GREAT DETECTIVE’S 152ND BIRTHDAY

Sherlock Holmes’ 152nd birthday party  –  Friday 6th January 2006 at Baskerville

Deerstalkers day trip to London, Friday 22nd July  2005

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Photographs by Deerstalker Dennis J. Duggan.