About The White Rose Irregulars
We are Sherlockian Scion Society whose primary interest is in promoting the canon, growing our group, and providing more information for further study regarding each story we cover.

We are also actively looking for origional authored papers on the topics and always looking for photo submissions, recipes that are period correct and any and all relavant data that we can collect for use on this site to help educate the public at large.

History of The White Rose Irregulars of York & The Brooks of Carlisle

A Time Line

            Joan and Gene Kain had been active on the Sherlockian scene in the Pittsburgh area with The Fifth Northumberland Fusliers.  Missing out on a Sherlockian environment when they moved to York Pennsylvania, they started The White Rose Irregulars. As you're doubtless aware, the Wars of the Roses were fought between the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions.  The symbol of the Lancastrians was a Red Rose and that of the House of York was a White Rose.  When the Kains moved to York from the Pittsburgh area, they figured they could build in the name of the area by referring to the White Rose.  While there are plenty of roses in the Canon, I don't think there's much about York there.
            I don’t know what the dates were, but by 1986, The White Rose Irregulars were thriving and meeting in the Kains’ home in York.
            Gene’s illness – and eventual passing – necessitated a new meeting venue, so Larry Williams took up the torch and began hosting meetings in his New Cumberland home.  At least one memorable Sherlockian feast took place.
            During this time of meetings at the Williams house, Tom Drucker started The Brooks of Carlisle, which tended to meet in one of two used-book stores in Carlisle, and then dine late at The Market Cross Pub, also in Carlisle.  At these meetings they occasionally had distinguished guests, including the keeper of the Hounds of the Internet website, plus a couple of now-departed BSI’s.
            Denny Dobry took over the sherpherding of The White Rose Irregulars, which sometimes met at a law office in York, and sometimes at the downtown public library in York.  Not long afterward, Tom Drucker’s relocated to Wisconsin, and The Brooks of Carlisle began meeting jointly with The White Rose Irregular.  Meetings were often held in Denny’s home, which is also the site of his magnificent 221B room.  This venue attracted an even wider scope of Sherlockains, who began to come from northern Maryland.
            It was during Denny’s watch that the meeting venue changed to The Elephant and Castle Pub at the Holiday Inn in New Cumberland, which worked out reasonably well until the service began to get shaky.  It was during this time that Denny’s shepherding of this club began taking more of his time, while grandchildren were beginning to increase those demands in another part of his life, so … the reigns were turned over to our own resident Mrs. Hudson, Flo Spector.  Flo also took an active interest in the existing club website, and has since made many improvements and additions to it.

Membership

Our meetings, which are informal and involve the usual quiz and case discussion, are held quarterly. HOWEVER, Mrs. Hudson is often known to throw bashes at her digs to keep us together as a group and any reason to cook is good enough for her.

Our dues are nominal and cover the costs of the website and mailings. Just $10.09 per year. [hmmm what could this relate to?]


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