On arrival at the House of Commons, having deposited coats and hats, the bar is the obvious place to go (photo by Alistair Duncan)

Revd Dr Shlessinger (Peter Horrocks) considers acquiring a barrel or two of Premier Cru Classé (photo by James Hayzen)

The match in progress (photo by James Hayzen)

The Gold Bats and the Field Bizarre, with the umpires (photo by James Hayzen)

Hal Cazalet bats for the Wodehouseans (photo by James Hayzen)

Hal Cazalet bats for the Wodehouseans (photo by James Hayzen)

'The Three Students': Jonathan McCafferty, Bernard Davies, Auberon Redfearn & Jeffrey Thrift (photo by James Hayzen)

Valerie Osment with Roger Johnson & Jean Upton (photo courtesy of Jean Upton)

Valerie Osment & her husband Chris (photo by Roger Johnson)

The strange old Book Collector with Bonnie MacBird & Roger Johnson (photo by Jean Upton)

The Sherlock Holmes Book Bench from the back (photo by Roger Johnson)

The artist Valerie Osment is interviewed (photo by Jean Upton)

The Artist & The Detective - Valerie Osment & Stewart Quentin Holmes (photo by Robin Rowles)

Roger Johnson & Jean Upton (photo courtesy of Jean Upton)

Admiring the Book Bench (photo by Jean Upton)

Sherlock Holmes (Stewart Quentin Holmes) - a thorn between two roses (photo by Jean Upton)

Nicky Jaggar

French devotees

More French devotees - Laurence Deloisin & Helène Vrot of Le Cercle Holmésien de Paris

What it's all about (photo by Setsuko Shibasaki)