Dec 2, 2011
Never have we had a more important episode than this. Undershaw
was the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1897 to 1907, and the
residence where he wrote The Hound of The Baskervilles and The
Return of Sherlock Holmes, as well as his piece on The great Boer
War which earned him a knighthood. Many literary giants visited him
within these personally designed walls, including J.M. Barrie, Bram
Stoker, and Virginia Wolfe... not to mention his own illustrator
Sidney Paget. This episode speaks with The Undershaw Preservation
Trust's Lynn Gale and author of "An Entirely New Country," Alistair
Duncan about the plight of Undershaw, why it needs to be saved, and
how we're trying to do that.
The Waverly Borough Council wants to chop up this historic home
into blocks of flats while The Undershaw Preservation Trust and its
supporters want to preserve the home as a museum, working literary
center, and a place for Sherlock Holmes fans to walk in the
footsteps of the prolific writer.
The date for the Judicial Review to try and stop the developers is
announced during this episode, as well as the airing of Caitlin
Obom's anthem for Undershaw, "Not Our Glory." Listen also for
details on Alistair's new book about Conan Doyle's time at
Undershaw and the surrounding country. There's a lot of passion in
this episode, but also a lot of laughs, and even some anger. It's
an important one.
Babes: Curly, Ardy, and Marie
Guests: Lynn Gale and Alistair Duncan
For information on Undershaw please go to...
www.saveundershaw.com
Follow @spiritangel04 and @Save_Undershaw
The Undershaw Preservation Trust on
Facebook
For news from Alistair Duncan...
http://alistaird221b.blogspot.com/
Follow @alistaird221b
Buy "An Entirely New Country" here
