////]]>

IHOSE header


“they don't have days of fog in the Latin countries” [SUSS]  


To us, one of the most iconic fogs in Baker Street lore is the opening of "The Bruce-Partington Plans," in which Watson very clearly sets the scene:
"In the third week of November, in the year 1895, a dense yellow fog settled down upon London. From the Monday to the Thursday I doubt whether it was ever possible from our windows in Baker Street to see the loom of the opposite houses."
And to remind us that this was not just a weather phenomenon, but an industrial-influenced condition, he described "the greasy, heavy brown swirl still drifting past us and condensing in oily drops upon the window-panes."

It sets the scene for what we're about to read: a story that isn't just a simple murder, but one that involves espionage and top-secret government plans. It's as if the industrial forces responsible for creating the Bruce-Partington submarine are foreshadowed by the industrial fog.

Meanwhile, the fog at Baker Street Elementary is concentrated more on young minds than on young eyes, and is quite revealing...







Baker Street Elementary follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at www.bakerstreetelementary.org.

--


0 comments:

 
Top