There are 11 messages totalling 267 lines in this issue. 
 
Topics of the day: 
 
  1. Alan Olding (6) 
  2. From Brackenstall beeswing to Petri wine (2) 
  3. More Sidney Paget drawings, address change 
  4. The Delaware Valley of Fear 
  5. Sherlock Holmes DVD's on sale 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 19:02:00 +1000 
From:    Bill Barnes 
Subject: Alan Olding 
 
Hiya Hounds, 
 
It is with a heavy heart that I take up my keyboard to let you all know 
that "Holy Peters", he whose "particular 
specialty [was] the beguiling of lonely ladies" is no more. 
 
Alan passed over the Reichenbach in the early hours of 6th May.  I spoke to 
his wife Olive this evening (7th May) and she was in good spirits but 
expecting the shock to hit her soon.  She has family close by to look after 
her. 
 
Please raise a glass and toast the memory of one of the "elder statesmen" 
of the Sherlockian movement in Australia. 
 
Langdale Pike 
("his human reference book on all matters of social scandal") 
  
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 07:43:32 -0400 
From:    Ann Lewis 
Subject: Re: Alan Olding 
 
Bill Barnes wrote: 
> Hiya Hounds, 
> 
> It is with a heavy heart that I take up my keyboard to let you all know 
> that "Holy Peters", he whose "particular 
> specialty [was] the beguiling of lonely ladies" is no more. 
How very sad. I shall miss his intelligent and insightful posts. Requiesce in pace. 
 
--Vatican Cameo 
 
 
Ann Margaret Lewis 
The Star Wars New Essential Guide to Alien Species-out now! 
http://annmargaretlewis.blogspot.com 
http://www.annmargaretlewis.com 
http://www.myspace.com/annmargaretlewis 
 
"When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven't got any."  
- G.K. Cheserton, Illustrated London News, 11-7-08 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 14:05:19 +0000 
From:    Ben Williams 
Subject: From Brackenstall beeswing to Petri wine 
 
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an old-time radio show which aired in the USA from October 2, 1939 to July 7, 1947. 
Originally, the show starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Together, they starred in 220 episodes which aired weekly on Mondays from 8:30 to 9:00pm. Bromo Quinine sponsored some of the earlier programs on the NBC Blue Network and for a period Parker Pen was the sponsor. The show first aired on the Blue Network but later moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System. It was thought that only about 50 episodes were still in existence, but today well over 150 have been found. 
Basil Rathbone's last episode as the famous detective was "The Singular Affair of the Baconian Cipher." He was eager to separate himself from the cast type of Holmes, and even though the show's sponsor Petri Wine offered him generous pay to continue, he decided to move on. Once he did, the sponsor did as well, and Tom Conway took the starring role, though Nigel Bruce got top billing and was always announced first. The new sponsor was Kreml Hair Tonic for Men, and the new series only lasted 39 episodes. 
With Rathbone and Bruce, the show exhibited an interesting introduction. The sponsor's spokesman would show up weekly at Dr. Watson's house (then retired and living in California), and share a story about Sherlock Holmes and his adventures over a glass of Petri wine. This offered them the chance to sometimes bring in other characters to contribute to the story, and also gave Watson a chance to summarize or add additional tidbits at the end. Another interesting thing about this radio shows introductions was Watson's anecdotes and comments about his dogs usually referred to as the "Puppies".  --  From Wikipedia. 
 
bw 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 16:02:01 +0100 
From:    Andrew Clark 
Subject: Re: Alan Olding 
 
I am deeply saddened to hear this news. Alan was a scholar and a gentleman 
and will be much missed. Heaven is the richer today.  
 
The Neighbourly Scotch Fir 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 08:18:48 -0700 
From:    Randall Stock 
Subject: More Sidney Paget drawings, address change 
 
I've updated the list of original Sidney Paget art with ownership 
confirmations on quite a few entries, some corrections and new details, 
better images for his Red Triangle drawings (thanks Christopher Roden!), and 
several new drawings and paintings including Paget's portrait of Conan Doyle 
(now at The Sherlock Holmes Museum of Lucens, Switzerland). 
 
It also has one more Holmes drawing (for the Priory School), so the census 
(still preliminary) now includes 30 Holmes drawings.  It's available at: 
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/shbest/ref/sidney-paget-original-art.htm 
 
If anyone knows about other original Paget art and/or can put me in touch 
with owners, please send me email off-list.  As always I will keep owners 
and source's identity private upon request. 
 
For those wanting to contact me, I'm now using a Gmail address (but the 
website is still at the old location). 
 
Randall Stock  (new address) 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 11:23:48 -0500 
From:    Don Dillistone 
Subject: Re: Alan Olding 
 
I was sorry to hear the sad news about Alan. He was on the List when I   
joined and I soon learned to appreciate his  friendly, congenial   
presence. Our List has suffered a deep loss. 
 
The Hon. Ronald Adair - I locked the door lest the ladies should  
surprise me. 
AKA Don Dillistone M.Bt. 
Winnipeg 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 12:31:28 -0400 
From:    James Marshall 
Subject: Re: From Brackenstall beeswing to Petri wine 
 
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ben Williams wrote: 
> The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an old-time radio show which aired in the USA from October 2, 1939 to July 7, 1947. 
>  Originally, the show starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. . . . 
 
I'm a fan of old time radio (OTR) shows, and thought I'd mention that 
you can find places selling MP3 CDs of shows like this.  My favorite 
place to get OTR shows is OTRCat.com, and this is where I got the 
Sherlock Holmes episodes I have.  The page for their Sherlock Holmes 
disks is http://www.otrcat.com/sherlock-holmes-p-1825.html if you're 
interested.  They're $5 per CD and the series has 3 CDs for $15 total 
merchandise cost; shipping on 3 CDs would be $4.75.  I hope this 
information is helpful to some of you. 
 
--  
James Marshall 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 15:40:27 -0400 
From:    Sandy Kozinn 
Subject: Re: Alan Olding 
 
The world has last a great Sherlockian and a great guy. 
 
Esmerelda 
 
At 05:02 AM 5/7/2008, you wrote: 
>Hiya Hounds, 
> 
>It is with a heavy heart that I take up my keyboard to let you all know 
>that "Holy Peters", he whose "particular 
>specialty [was] the beguiling of lonely ladies" is no more. 
> 
>Alan passed over the Reichenbach in the early hours of 6th May.  I spoke to 
>his wife Olive this evening (7th May) and she was in good spirits but 
>expecting the shock to hit her soon.  She has family close by to look after 
>her. 
> 
>Please raise a glass and toast the memory of one of the "elder statesmen" 
>of the Sherlockian movement in Australia. 
> 
>Langdale Pike 
>("his human reference book on all matters of social scandal") 
> 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 20:23:11 +0000 
From:    Ben Williams 
Subject: Re: Alan Olding 
 
 -------------- Original message ---------------------- 
From: Don Dillistone 
> I was sorry to hear the sad news about Alan. He was on the List when I   
> joined and I soon learned to appreciate his  friendly, congenial   
> presence. Our List has suffered a deep loss. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
          Wasn't it Alan Olding who, every June 6, gave the Hounds his marvelous paean 
to those intrepid souls who stormed the beaches of Normandy in 1944? 
 
bw 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 18:04:32 EDT 
From:    Joseph Dierkes 
Subject: Re: The Delaware Valley of Fear 
 
  
  
In a message dated 5/6/2008 7:50:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,   writes: 
 
Hiya  Hounds, 
 
Can someone please supply contact details (name, postal and/or  email 
addresses) for "The Delaware Valley of Fear" society. 
 
I've  been given a name in conjunction with this society, James P. 
Suszynski, but  not sure if he is one of the organisers or just a member. 
 
Thanks for  any assistance (off-list of course). 
 
Langdale Pike 
("his human  reference book on all matters of social scandal") 
 
 
 
That particular scion society is out of business. 
  
I tried contacting Jim Suszynski several years back, but got no  repsonse. 
  
Yours  faithfully, 
STANLEY HOPKINS 
 
 
_http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/StanleyHopkinsMain.html_  
(http://www.sherlockpeoria.net/StanleyHopkinsMain.html)  
 
 
 
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Date:    Wed, 7 May 2008 20:16:10 -0500 
From:    Robert Lauderdale 
Subject: Sherlock Holmes DVD's on sale 
 
Several of the jeremy Brett DVD's at half-price. 
 
http://www.prettygoodgoods.org/category/show/266 
 
Simpson 
"Ah, here is Simpson to report." 
 
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