Sherlockian Freeze in Trafalgar Square for Undershaw

On April 21st we, in partnership with @ReichenBex, hosted a meet up in support of Save Undershaw (www.saveundershaw.com), which has been trying to save the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories and much more.

The idea was a flash mob freeze. Around 70 of us gathered onto the National Gallery terrace at 2PM, some holding signs, others in full Sherlockian gear (Victorian & modern alike!), and then froze for five minutes.

Tourists and locals alike took notice, were confused, and then were enlightened. It was an amazing.

Here is some video from the event, as well as an anecdote from two girls who flew all the way from Chicago just to come and support Undershaw. Brilliant, and very touching.

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[BakerStreetBelievers]

Hello, this is Jessica (one of the twins), and I think I scared everyone in the house (Brittany confirms this) when I heard our voices at the end...I got a bit excited. But I think this video is excellent, seeing as it was hard to see everyone's reactions while frozen. And we still hold by everything we said.

Thank you so much for doing this.

Save Undershaw!

[PandarChu]

Oh god, if you were a huge Sherlock fan and went to Trafalgar Square right at that moment and saw THIS happening.

[xpaddy01]

Not in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wildest dreams!!! Well done all of you! :)

[AzazelNyx]

This is brilliant.

[mrsdreamyd]

So proud to be part of this - an incredible group of people gathering to support an important piece of cultural heritage.

[MCclarinetist]

This is wonderful! I love the amount of support that everyone is showing. I only wish I could teleport so that I could have been over there to take part!

[Kristina Manente]

Heehee. I fear we may not have gotten everyone, but hurrah!

[Kristina Manente]

AH!!! Oh thank goodness you found this, we were debating how on earth we were going to get in contact with you. Seriously, that speech has made so many of us cry. It's just so lovely what you said and so important. You two (we've been calling you the Twinenemies haha) were such stars (and your awesome parents!). Please email us your address. We want to send you something! Thank you SO MUCH for coming! I hope you had a good flight home and jetlag hasn't destroyed yo. xx

[phoenixdawn33]

I wish I could've gone to this! Awesome video :)

[richardbrookisafake]

It was such a brilliant day! I spotted myself in the video, GAHH!