Slides from the celebrations for the 155th Birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Sherlock Holmes Hotel on Baker Street - nexdt event World Record Attempt - http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guiness-world-record-the-most-amount-of-people-dressed-as-sherlock-holmes-tickets-11752489011

1. 22nd
May 2014, 6.30pm
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
155th
Birthday Party
A Sherlock Holmes Celebration
An MX Publishing and Park Plaza Hotels Event

2. Tonight’s Agenda
6.30pm Welcome and Sherlock Cocktail and Canapés
and the 155 candle birthday cake........
7.00pm Live Performance
‘The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes’
8.10pm An update on Undershaw
8.30pm Live Interview with author Diane Madsen
9.00pm The Raffle
A share of ticket proceeds to The National Literacy
Trust and the Undershaw Preservation Trust.

3. Live Theatre Performance 7-8pm
‘The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes’
-Performed by ‘Don’t Go Into The Cellar’
-Selling out venues across the UK
-www.facebook.com/CellarTheatre
-Performances include Sherlock Holmes
and Sexton Blake mysteries
Tonight’s show specially adapted to be
one of the first ever live Sherlock Holmes
theatre performances to ever take place on
Baker Street.

4. Sherlock’s Home – The Empty House
Undershaw

5. Undershaw Lives!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former home, Undershaw has been saved from
destruction
For several years the Undershaw Preservation Trust has been fighting
plans by developers to carve up the house into separate dwellings and
lose it’s iconic status
The fight included a legal battle that went all the way to the High Court
in London.
John Gibson, Lynn Gale and Sue Meadows from the Undershaw
Preservation Trust join us tonight to celebrate the future of the house

6. Why is preserving Undershaw important?
At Undershaw, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ;
Had a hand in designing the house for his ill wife
Brought Sherlock Holmes back to life
Wrote ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’
Entertained eminent literary legends like Brahm Stoker
It’s the last remaining legacy for the man they call ‘The Father
of all modern crime fiction’.

7. Undershaw Lives!
The new owners ‘Stepping Stones’ will be converting the house into a
school and supporting many of the house’s important features
We’re delighted to have Norman Stromsoy from Stepping Stones to
tell us a bit about the restoration

8. The Next Step – The Undershaw Project
http://youtu.be/D8x0MUAI5cw

9. The Restoration – First Steps
Our architects, Nye Saunders, were selected because of their
considerable expertise in working with listed buildings and
worked on the building to secure the roof when it was in
danger of collapse.
They will work closely with the councils Conservation
Officer to identify what can be saved. Our top priority is to
ensure that the outside of the building can be seen as Conan
Doyle originally designed it so that it can be enjoyed for
years to come.

10. The Restoration – Key Aims
Internally we hope that the principal rooms can be
brought back to show their listed features. The
study, stained glass windows, staircase, drawing
room and several other rooms will receive this
treatment
We would like the help of UPT with the restoration
– especially in the form of original pictures of the
original state of the house. We may look to create a
small library in what was the drawing room.

11. The Restoration – Public Access
We do plan to allow visitors when the school is not in
session by arrangement. We would like to talk with the UPT
to discuss ideas on how we might work together and allow
community use of the facilities once the work is complete.
We would like to see an information board on Undershaw
to be provided and erected near the entrance to the site if the
council will allow this. It would be great if UPT would like
to draw up proposals for its content?

12. The Restoration – A Costly Process
This is a very costly restoration project and any financial
assistance towards the cost of restoring the damaged stained
glass windows and Conan Doyle’s study would be
wonderful.
Donations can be made to Stepping Stones School
Undershaw Appeal. Our contact details can be found on
our website www.steppingstones.org.uk .

13. Book Launch – The Conan Doyle Notes
Multi-award winning author Diane
Madsen’s 3rd
DD McGill mystery.
The Conan Doyle Notes –
The Secret of Jack The Ripper
London and Florida joint launch.
Major competition to win an all
expenses holiday to London.......

14. Live from Florida – Copperfish Books
Live from Florida’s leading mystery bookstore – Copperfish Books
‘Simultaeneous International Launch’
-Sherlock Holmes fans
-Sherlock Holmes cocktails
-155th
Birthday Cake
-Glorious sunshine [well, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch.....]

15. Live Interview and Q&A
Our interviewer is best selling author and host of “Book Talk”
interview show – Steve Seitz.
Sherlock Holmes and The Plague of Dracula

16. The Raffle

17. The Raffle

18. The Raffle

19. The Raffle
Moriarty mug donated by
the BBC Sherlock cast
and crew

20. The Raffle
A unique custom LEGO kit to
create your own 221b Baker Street.
Designed by the illustrator of
the LEGO Sherlock Holmes
books, James Macaluso.

21. LEGO Undershaw
Lego Sherlock Holmes author James Macaluso has created a
Lego version of Undershaw – with 1,700 lego bricks!

22. The Next Event – World Record Attempt
Official Guinness World Record Attempt
‘The most amount of people coming together
dressed as Sherlock Holmes’
Tickets available from Eventbrite from next week with a
big prize draw for those that take part [click here]
Saturday 19th
July, University College London