The Curious Collectors of baker Street
The Los Angeles Sherlock Holmes Society
Presents

A High Tea Mystery

Note new date & time
Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Locke-Noble Tea Company
610 West Valley View Dr. Fullerton, CA 92835

Join the Collectors, as we cozy up with a warm cup of tea to solve a 
baffling mystery involving Canonical cuisine.  
There will be a Canonical character identification tea tasting and quiz 
involving food references found in the Canon.  
A prize for Victorian High tea attire (no hoop skirts please) and Mrs. 
Hudson will invite you to participate in her famous tea-toss (game). 
A delicious repast will be provided by The Locke Noble Tea Co.

Price: $30.00 per person 
Please have your money to us no later than 05/27/09
Checks payable: to the CCOBS
Jerry & Chrys Kegley
9338 Sophia Ave.
North Hills, CA 91343
818.893.1501

The Locke-Noble Tea Company has been operating since 1993, 
preparing and serving a marvelous selection of home cooked 
edibles and imported teas.  They have provided fare for a number 
of historical groups, including, The Jane Austen Evening, 
“Silver Blaze Handicap,” and the Lanterman Ragtime Tea Dance, 
etc. 
The five course dinner menu for our CCOBS event is under wraps, 
but anyone familiar with their fare will attest to its delectability. 
A no-host bar of beer and wine will be available along with plenty of 
tea and soft drinks. 
Please notify the Nobles of any dietary restrictions in advance, by 
calling Corene or Nolan at: (714) 992-1244. 

High Tea is often a misnomer. most people refer to afternoon tea as 
high tea because they think it sounds regal and lofty, when in all 
actuality, high tea, or “meat tea” is dinner.  High tea, in Britain, at any 
rate, tends to be on the heavier side. 
According to legend, one of Queen Victoria’s (1819-1901) 
ladies-in-waiting, Anna Maria Stanhope (1783-1857), known as the 
Duchess of Bedford, is credited as the creator of afternoon teatime.  
Because the noon meal had become skimpier, the Duchess suffered 
from “a sinking feeling” at about four o'clock in the afternoon.  
At first the Duchess had her servants sneak her a pot of tea and a 
few breadstuffs.  Adopting the European tea service format, she 
invited friends to join her for an additional afternoon meal at five 
o’clock in her rooms at Belvoir Castle.  This summer practice proved 
so popular, the Duchess continued it when she returned to London, 
sending cards to her friends asking them to join her for “tea and a 
walking the fields.”  The practice of inviting friends to come for tea 
in the afternoon was quickly picked up by other social hostesses.