The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn

is a scion society of the

BAKER STREET IRREGULARS

and is a literary society dedicated to the study of

SHERLOCK HOLMES,

as well as, literature, personalities, and other things Victorian

If you are interested in the records of the activities of Mr Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson,

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or Victoria’s England, this group is for you!

You needn't have read all (or any) of the stories of The Canon (or Sacred Writings) we will do it together.

All you need provide is interest (and modest dues.)

 We meet at and enjoy:                    The Mother-in-Law House Rathskeller

                                                     500 South Main Street

                                                     In Historic Saint Charles

We meet each month.

With the acception of May and December, our meetings are on the Fourth Friday of the Month

(the date may not necessarily be the last Friday or Saturday in the month)

(Days/dates or location could change, please call if no newsletter is received)

  See "Meeting Times and Dates" above for complete schedule!

Our meetings consist of a Sherlock Holmes story, presented in some particular order and read by members before the meeting; a planned presentation with discussion of the story (on anything Sherlockian, Holmesian, or Victorian anyone wishes to contend or debate).  2007 we have started watching the "Rathbone/Bruce" movies as something different. We should be starting the Canon again soon.  There is ample time for libations.

Why is there so much interest in things Victorian and in Sherlock Holmes in particular?  Why are the activities of Mr Sherlock Holmes one of the three most read, written about, and filmed pieces of literature in the world?

Come to our discussion group and help us explore the answers.

"The Game is afoot!"

For information, contact one of our officers:                                          Ten digits must be used, if Area Code is different

Michael Bragg, Blue Whale (President)                                                636.946.5683                    St Charles

John Foster, Right Whale (Vice-president)                                           636.946.4319                    St Charles

J Thomas Crammond, Humpback Whale (Secretary)                           618.465.7113                    Alton

Kathleen Bragg, Finback Whale (Treasurer)                                                     636.946.5683                    St Charles

Susan Burns, California Grey Whale (Publicity)                                  636.947.8574                    St Charles

Catherine Riedesel, Sperm Whale (Membership)                                  314.726.0067                    University City

G Edward Moorman, Esq, Narwhal              (General Counsel)                         314.878.4732                    Maryland Heights

or write to us at:  Post Office Box 256,  St Charles, MO  63302-0256

for sample copies of our newsletter or three current months prospective membership

 Our group's story base is taken from:  "The Adventure of Black Peter"

"I think that your time will not be misspent," -- Holmes

If St Charles is not close to your area of activities, please call and ask us about like-groups

in the St Louis Metro area, where, despite the millennium, "it is always 1895."

 The Harpooners of the Sea Unicorn

Established, August 1988

Recognized, December 1988

First Meeting, January 1989

AD 2003; our fifteenth year