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Handcuffs produced by Sherlock Holmes
27/05/11 16:02 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
“Why don’t you introduce this pattern at Scotland Yard?” he continued, taking a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawer. “See how beautifully the spring works. They fasten in an instant.” (Sherlock Holmes)
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Scotland Yard
11/08/09 14:09 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, London
06/08/09 15:20 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, London
30/07/09 17:43 Filed in: Locations
Monograph - Tattoo marks
26/08/08 15:10 Filed in: Additional Information
I have made a small study of tattoo marks and have even contributed to the literature of the subject. (Sherlock Holmes)
221b Baker Street, London
13/07/08 15:58 Filed in: Locations
Home of Sherlock Holmes and at times Dr John Watson.
They (the rooms) consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
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They (the rooms) consisted of a couple of comfortable bedrooms and a single large airy sitting-room, cheerfully furnished, and illuminated by two broad windows.
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- Wikipedia
- Victorian London Map (1)
- Victorian London Map (2)
- Layout of 221b Baker Street
Translations and Pea Jackets
07/07/08 17:17 Filed in: Additional Information
“‘L’homme c’est rien — l’oeuvre c’est tout,’ as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand.”
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Sherlock Holmes - Deductions
07/07/08 17:14 Filed in: Deductions
“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.” Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Characters Illustrations
07/07/08 17:10 Filed in: Character Illustrations
Relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes - Sayings
07/07/08 17:06 Filed in: Sayings
“For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.” Read More...
Derbies/Darbies
07/07/08 16:56 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
Encyclopaedia Britannica
07/07/08 16:53 Filed in: Artifacts and Curiosities
To copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica was the task set for Jabez Wilson by the Redheaded League.
Notice card
07/07/08 16:45 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
IS
DISSOLVED.
October 9, 1890.
The card which Jabez Wilson found pinned to the door of the offices in Pope’s Court.
IS
DISSOLVED.
October 9, 1890.
The card which Jabez Wilson found pinned to the door of the offices in Pope’s Court.
Morning Chronicle
07/07/08 16:41 Filed in: Letters, telegrams, notices etc.
The advertisement which first drew the attention of Jabez Wilson to the Redheaded League. Read More...
Sign of Four
07/07/08 15:20 Filed in: Canon Cross References
The Sign of Four. Regarding the Sholto murder and the Agra Treasure and another novel in the Canon.
Case of Identity
07/07/08 15:17 Filed in: Canon Cross References
A Case of Mary Sutherland. Another case in the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Strand
07/07/08 15:06 Filed in: Locations
The Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length has been longer than this.
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Scotland Yard, London
07/07/08 15:01 Filed in: Locations
Scotland Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London. Founded on 29th September 1829, on a street off Whitehall, near to the Houses of Parliament, London.
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Bank of France
07/07/08 14:56 Filed in: Locations
The Banque de France is the central bank of France. The City and Surburban Bank borrowed gold Napoleons from this Bank to bolster their reserves.
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Eton
07/07/08 14:33 Filed in: Locations
The King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, Read More...
House in Kensington
07/07/08 14:30 Filed in: Locations
Dr Watson lived in Kensington at this time and walked through Hyde Park, to Oxford Street and then on to Baker Street to meet Sherlock Holmes.
City and Surburban Bank
07/07/08 14:26 Filed in: Locations
Coburg Branch of the City and Surburban Bank Read More...
St. James' Hall
07/07/08 14:22 Filed in: Locations
Saxe-Coburg Square
07/07/08 14:18 Filed in: Locations
Fictional address of Mr Jabez Wilson and his pawn shop. Read More...
St. Paul's
07/07/08 14:11 Filed in: Locations
King Edward Street
07/07/08 14:07 Filed in: Locations
17 King Edward Street, near St. Paul’s. Address Mr William Morris (aka Duncan Ross) supposedly moved to, but which was actually a manufactory of artificial knee-caps. There is an actual King Edward Strreet, near St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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Pope's Court
07/07/08 14:00 Filed in: Locations
7 Pope’s Court, Fleet Street, London where the offices of the ‘League’ were situated. It would seem there is a ‘Pope’s Court in London, but not in the Fleet Street area. Fleet Street is a street in London, named after the River Fleet.
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Girl of fourteen
07/07/08 13:52 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A girl of fourteen who did a bit of simple cooking and kept Mr Jabez Wilson’s premises clean. The only other occupant of his property apart from John Clay and himself.
Landlord
07/07/08 13:51 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Landland of the building where the ‘League’ had its offices. He was an accountant living on the ground floor.
Ezekiah Hopkins
07/07/08 13:39 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Ezekiah Hopkins a fictional character and benefactor of redheaded men. Read More...
Sarasate
07/07/08 13:38 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (March 10, 1844 – September 20, 1908, was a Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period.
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Mr Merryweather
07/07/08 13:37 Filed in: Incidental Characters
A bank director of the City and Surburban Bank. A long, thin, sad-faced man, with a very shiny hat and oppressively respectable frock-coat.
Duncan Ross
07/07/08 13:30 Filed in: Incidental Characters
Accomplice of John Clay (aka William Morris and Archie) who professed himself to be a pensioner upon the fund of the Redheaded League.
Vincent Spaulding
07/07/08 13:24 Filed in: Main Characters
Vincent Spaulding (aka John Clay) employee of Mr Jabez Wilson who was prepared to work for half wages. He pointed out the advertisement from the ‘Redhaded League’ to Mr Wilson.
John Clay
07/07/08 13:23 Filed in: Main Characters
John Clay, (aka Vincent Spaulding)the murderer, thief, smasher, and forger. Read More...
Jabez Wilson
07/07/08 13:21 Filed in: Main Characters
Our visitor bore every mark of being an average commonplace British tradesman, obese, pompous, and slow. Read More...
Sherlock Holmes
30/06/08 14:14 Filed in: Main Characters
“Well, I have a trade of my own. I suppose I am the only one in the world. I’m a consulting detective, if you can understand what that is. Here in London we have lots of government detectives and lots of private ones. When these fellows are at fault, they come to me, and I manage to put them on the right scent." (Sherlock Holmes) (Study in Scarlet)
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