#undershaw

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Undershaw, the home of crime novelist and physician,Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the famed private detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

Undershaw,Portsmouth Road,Hindhead,Surrey GU26 6AQ,England

Now a special education school for children with learning and mobility needs

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Can't beat a nice big fat helping of MX in your life!! #mxpublishingforthewin #mxpublishing #sherlock #undershaw #charity #thedeductionist #themonographs

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Undershaw, Arthur Conan Doyle's home, in Hindhead, England

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A school that reads together, stays together - Undershaw Education Trust

MX Publishing supports the Undershaw Education Trust. Money from ever MX book sold goes to them, along with other charities that we support.

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¡Undershaw necesita su ayuda una vez más!

Tal vez esto les suene trivial en medio de todo lo que ha sucedido en el mundo últimamente, pero también es una buena causa.

Un poco de historia por si no saben/recuerdan qué es Undershaw y su importancia para el fandom: 

Undershaw fue el hogar de Arthur Conan Doyle, él mismo diseñó y mandó construir la casa

Estuvo a punto de ser derrumbada para crear condominios. ¡Condominios!

En 2009 comenzó un movimiento llamado Save Undershaw cuyo objetivo fue crear conciencia de la situación, demostrar que el edificio era importante y recaudar dinero para su restauración.

La Fundación para la Preservación de Undershaw (UPT por sus siglas en inglés) se encargó de la organización y recaudación de fondos, así como del aspecto legal del caso ante la Corte para evitar la demolición.

Ahora, a principios de este 2014, después de varios años de lucha, sherlockians de todo el mundo recibieron la noticia que tanto esperaban: Undershaw, el hogar que alguna vez perteneció a sir Arthur Conan Doyle y su familia, donde nuestro querido detective regresó a la vida, y donde celebridades como J.M.Barrie y Virginia Woolf tomaron el té, había sido salvado de ser destruido por orden del Consejo del municipio de Waverley. Aún quedaba pendiente aumentar el grado de protección para la casa, pero una batalla se había ganado.

Fue un día de festejos a los que se unió el mismo Mark Gatiss, patrono de la UPT; por desgracia, parece que el destino de esta casa y la organización que la protege no es descansar aún. Por motivos que no me quedan del todo claros, el Consejo ahora está buscando revocar la protección de Grado II con la que cuenta la casa, lo que les permitiría demolerla sin grandes problemas. Lo que no han entendido es que los sherlockians siempre están unidos y al pendiente de este lugar. Más de uno sueña con poder llegar a visitar el hogar del hombre que tanto nos ha dado, ¡y qué mejor si estuviera restaurado!

Actualmente es la sede de una escuela con posibilidad de visitas por parte de turistas en las vacaciones escolares. ¿El próximo año? No se sabe. Una vez más debemos unirnos y apoyar a la Fundación que representa a los fans del mundo en esta lucha legal contra un organismo que sólo busca dinero y que no consigue recordar que no se trata sólo de un edificio viejo, sino de un legado.

Si desean ayudar a la causa, difundan la información y también les dejo algunas páginas:

La petición actual 

La Fundación para la Preservación de Undershaw y su página de Facebook

También, les recomiendo uno de estos dos libros, cuyas ganancias en su totalidad van para la Fundación. Son un buen regalo para cualquier sherlockian en su vida:

The Empty House - historias cortas creadas por fans

Y su versión en español "La casa deshabitada"

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Project Two, To One, Be - testimonios de la relación que han tenido algunos fans con la casa (próximamente en español)

Cualquier pregunta o comentario, no duden en mandarme un mensaje :)

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"Undershaw" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's abandoned home near Haslemere, U.K.

via gypsiequeen

gypsiequeen:

A couple more shots http://imgur.com/a/d17no

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Undershaw Lives! Guinness Worlds Record attempt for the Greatest Number of People Dressed as Sherlock Holmes in aid of the restoration of Undershaw.

Tomorrow morning, Saturday 19th July, hundreds of Sherlock fans will gather at University College London (UCL) to try and set a Guinness World’s Record for the most amount of people dressed as Sherlock Holmes in one place. There are still some places available [click here]. The event will be filmed live by several TV channels and there will be lots of national press. Why has it got so much coverage?

Well, the event is raising funds for a very important project, one which Sherlockology have been heavily involved with – Save Undershaw. Undershaw is the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It’s where he brought Sherlock Holmes back to life, where he wrote Hound of the Baskervilles and where he entertained other literary greats like Bram Stoker and George Bernard Shaw. Many argue that without Undershaw there would be no Sherlock phenomenon today – imagine a world without BBC Sherlock! We certainly can’t.

Just over five years ago Undershaw was under threat with a developer looking to destroy the house. In their way were the Undershaw Preservation Trust (UPT) – a group of fans that wanted to preserve the house for future generations. Over the coming years the developer let the house get into a terrible state of disrepair, but the UPT continued to fight to save the building – all the way to the high court. In fact, Sherlockology, along with MX Publishing produced a book called ‘Sherlock’s Home – The Empty House’ as part of the campaign and we all held up copies outside the high court where the decision went against the developers. We had huge support for the book – Stephen Fry, Mark Gatiss and many others contributed and the BBC kindly let us use Benedict’s photo on the cover [alongside Jeremy Brett and other famous Sherlocks]. The book has since been released in nine languages raising funds for the trust [including French, German, Russian and Chinese].

A few months ago the wonderful news was released that a school, Stepping Stones, had bought the building to convert into a school for children with learning difficulties. The UPT are working closely with the school to help fund the restoration and preserve the important and iconic parts of the building – like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s study which will be returned to its Victorian state. The restoration will start in September and take about a year. The cost is over £1/2m  so the school is very pleased that UPT will be helping fundraise.

On to tomorrow’s Worlds Record Attempt. The UPT wanted to celebrate the news about the restoration, and what better way than to get the world’s press aware by staging a Worlds Record and launch a new book which celebrates the successful fight for the house. ‘Two, To One, Be’ comes out tomorrow and is full of great fan stories about the campaign. All royalties from the book go to the restoration.

Here are some highlights from the day:

 -          The record attempt will be filmed by at least 3 national TV channels and there are dozens of photographers.

-          UCL are putting on an exhibition of early forensic equipment like fingerprinting kits for the participants while they wait for the record attempt [more]

-          There is a brilliant raffle with thousands of pounds of prizes including

o   Louise Brealey [Molly, BBC Sherlock] has kindly donated lots of signed goodies

o   Stephen Fry, Ian Rankin and others have donated signed books

o   A holiday voucher and a stay at the Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes Hotel

o   A bundle of Sherlockology goodies

o   A painting of Benedict Cumberbatch by Bonnie MacBird

And much more – there is a Pinterest Board with all the prizes

So how can you get involved?

1)      There are still some participant tickets left – if you are in London and have the necessary outfit (cape, deerstalker, pipe, and magnifying glass) you can take part in the record attempt. If you’re not in London but want to support and have a chance to win some of the prizes above you can buy some raffle tickets on the event tickets page [Event Tickets]

2)      Please ‘like’ the Undershaw Preservation Trust Facebook Page where the team will be posting updates about the restoration and details of more events coming up this summer

3)      Buy a copy of Sherlock’s Home, Two, To One, Be or any of the books whose royalties go to the restoration [Undershaw Books]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle not only created Sherlock Holmes, but he’s credited with being the ‘Father of all modern crime fiction’ – the most popular type of fiction in the world. All Sherlock fans should be able to visit the amazing place where he created these stories. We’ve seen it and its totally inspiring. Stepping Stones, with the help of the UPT will be restoring this wonderful house and preserving an ongoing legacy for fans for decades to come. Sir Arthur would be very proud.

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Sherlock Holmes world record attempt

On the 19th of this month (a Saturday) the university college London will be playing host to the greatest number of people dressed as Sherlock Holmes Guinness Worlds Records attempt! The event marks not only the 'Two, to One Be' book launch, but any money raised on the day goes directly to the restoration fund for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's study and the stained glass windows at Undershaw. For more information check out https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guinness-worlds-record-attempt-the-greatest-number-of-people-dressed-as-sherlock-holmes-tickets-11752489011 and for a list of the (amazing) raffle prizes see http://mxpublishing.tumblr.com/post/91127929663/raffle-prizes-for-the-guinness-worlds-record-for