The Story of the Club-Footed Grocer by Arthur Conan Doyle (1898)

[@johnkearns4790]

Another Wonderful Story and The Familiar Voice That Brings These Stories To Life ,

[@deonfitzgerald2604]

Another great ACD story that you've recorded for the world to hear, with some of the best English accents to boot. I've Gotta say it again Greg Wagland, you are arguably the best Narrator of ACD novels period. Cheers Wagz, from Melbourne Australia...🇦🇺

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Deon. How's the Melbourne Madness?

[@EnTeaJay]

Thank you for a wonderful time! What a storyteller you are. Sir ACD would be proud to have you as his narrator.

[@sierraseven3680]

Mr. Wagland, I will very happily listen to anything you record. Go ahead, read me the phone book. You're just the best.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Stay tuned for that... I'm running out of ACD.

[@lynnsloan3855]

My day is complete - I can prepare supper while listening to a new story! This is akin to dessert before the entree !

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Like Angel Delight before a Shipham's Paste Sandwich.

[@lynnsloan3855]

Now then ... I am ready to prepare the meal, Mr. Wagland ; is the custard ready yet?

[@bobgregory675]

this is the very best.

[@bobgregory675]

@@lynnsloan3855t b e end .

[@michaelbedford8017]

Good to hear from you. I shall never look at a grocer the same way again down Tesco's.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks as per, Michael. Indeed.

[@douglasladowski6342]

Every reading is a treat.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Douglas. Very kind of you.

[@barbarasmith2693]

Oh, thank you! I loved every moment. Your voice is a true gift.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Kind of you to say so, Barbara. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@maccyknife1]

These stories are far more entertaining than most anything produced today!

[@anthonydemitre9392]

Thanks, love your narrations, good afternoon from Montreal

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for listening! Not too cold in Montreal Anthony?

[@joycelaurito1726]

I could see it all in my mind. Thank you excellent job.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it, Joyce. Thank you!

[@avijitbanerjee9050]

I have listened so many times to these wonderful works of Sir ACD from yours lips and now this has become the most favourite passtime of mine... Thank you a hundred time, Mr. Wagland.

[@Ladymar]

Greg, you blow life into these wonderful stories! What a talent you have!

[@drummerboy1390]

Great story and outstanding narration. Thanks once more.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for listening drummerboy. Glad you liked!

[@TexanAmiga]

Happy dancing over here in Texas! Thank you Greg, so happy to hear your voice😍hope you’re staying well.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I am! Hope you're doing well Jeaninne. All the best!

[@MacMcCaskill]

Mr Maple's grocery was never as successful as he hoped. Then he hit on the idea of naming a customer loyalty card after his trademark injured foot. The Clubcard took off and the business never looked back. A little-known fact - to this day, if you limp up to a Tesco check-out and say to the operator "I am Stephen Maple" you'll get a special discount.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Great stuff. I'll try it, Mac.

[@KiKiabout]

Love... Thank you!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it, KiKi! All the best.

[@scoutrifle6827]

Always excellent story selection and performance-love these!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Scout.

[@BitesizedAudio]

Hello Greg, another wonderful narration. I've always been very fond of this story, perhaps as I grew up not far from Congleton (although the geography in the story is a bit mysterious, I assumed it was the Peak District but that's nowhere near Morecambe Bay, unless ACD is giving that title to the whole coastline from Barrow to Liverpool... but I digress). I recorded a version of this a while back, as you say it's great fun with so many different voice and accents! I enjoyed your rendition very much indeed, good to hear you in fine voice. I hope you're keeping well, best wishes

[@taylormckinnon8922]

I knew I had heard this one somewhere before

[@happycamper4315]

I grew up in Congleton. Mum still lives there! ACD has been quite fantastical with his geography!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

And you Bitesized! Keeping well and in relatively good voice. Hope you are too! Have a good Christmas! I looked up Congleton on the map and couldn't get my head round it either!

[@MultiWilliams16]

Sir ACD was educated near Clitheroe, so it's perhaps unsurprising that he's familiar with the Morecambe Bay area.

[@therickpound]

Taken on another wonderful journey, thanks for your time Greg.

[@aervin29]

What a great Post Thanksgiving gift! Thank you, Sir!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Hope you enjoyed it, Aaron! Cheers

[@ajarnStef]

Another gem! Well done Greg!

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

Thank you Greg. A great enjoyment for me.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad to hear that, Amanita!

[@SeanKL107]

I often listen to these stories to help rock me off to sleep, since they're so incredibly soothing to listen to. The problem is I shake myself awake when I start to doze off because I don't want to miss the endings.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad they're helpful Sean.

[@Dildosoup]

Thank you sir!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

You are welcome Sunstone! Good to hear from you!

[@alienbearcub]

You should make a podcast reading more of this and other authors. I would love that 💙

[@roxannehillman8016]

Ooh, ooh, it was me who requested it *jumping up and down like a four year old!! * 😁 Didn't expect it so soon. Thsnk you, Greg, as always a superb and gripping read. Keep on doing what you do x 📖😍

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for the idea! I really enjoyed it. All those piratical types! Cheers Roxanne.

[@richardburns8973]

Greg Wagland you are outstanding!

[@peterbamforth6453]

Thank you again an excelent reading.

[@melantha5]

Wow! Love the performance!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Cheers Melantha.

[@michellecarroll6690]

Thank you for a new one! I enjoyed it.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for listening Michelle!

[@sim3otto]

“...legs of a wood louse...” is a great description for eyelashes.

[@JayceeWedmak]

I love creepy stories but I can't watch creepy movies lol Thank you!

[@wanttry3637]

Thank you Sir

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Most welcome WANT TRY!

[@annskinner8467]

Thank you for Grocer & Grimshaw! ❤️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️🀄️❤️

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Our pleasure! All the best Ann.

[@taylormckinnon8922]

Perhaps the northern dialect smacks of Manchester, Greg? Love your Conan Doyle work, whatever guise it presents. It lightens these strange days considerably. Cheers from Ontario Canada.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Taylor. Maybe it does. It's what I consider to be a general Northern 'wash'. Non specific twang. Let's not get hung up on crude measures of professionalism - I'll be charging next ;-)

[@taylormckinnon8922]

@@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio Oh no worries Greg, I just have a really good ear for picking up accents more generally. Even if I'm not correct every time, it still represents excellent practice for me. Stay safe and well.

[@sweggatronthemighty6351]

I wonder, would you read kidnapped by robert louie stevenson for it is a favourite of mine, and your voice is a pure joy my good man, simply wonderful.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

My Scottish range is a bit limited and inauthentic. However... it's not stopped me before!

[@thomasstevens1436]

Is it hyperbole to use the word “genius” here? Thank you ACD and Mr. Wagland for transporting me (once again) to another place and time.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

No Thomas. Don't hold back. cheers!

[@jaystermac9870]

It's a very anticlimactic ending. I wished the nephew to realize some gain from the loot however I guess this is the way of the world. Sounds like in this era sailors have long memories and little to no cares to their consequences on land as sea.

[@20_SinManya]

Aah...loved IT!!!✨

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good to hear, Manya. Thanks for your support.

[@therenewedpoet4292]

Lol, shirley jackson on hepburn "runs tha gambut from a to b" in the description

[@rab7889]

This was a fun one. Thanks!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ringpop6177]

Anybody wanna here my story of when I ran away with the Carnival and hung out with a guy with club feet that ran the Big Wheel? It’s a true story. 😝

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

It sounds very interesting! What year was this, Ring?

[@francescaemc2]

grazie

[@huzaifanagpur7487]

BTW This is amazing.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks Huzaifa. Appreciate your comment!

[@evelanpatton]

P.S. I love that you utilize HUMAN ARTIST’s artwork and list the artist’s name & piece, as well.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Humans of old. Not many could do this now. I could manage a few smudgy potato prints! It’s a little sad perhaps? 😵‍💫 All the best. This message was also generated by human!

[@ringpop6177]

Why am I here? I’m suppose to be on #6.

[@ringpop6177]

Pea coats never go out of style. Just sayin.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

So true.

[@ringpop6177]

What?!! I’m traumatized by the Talking Fast Guy! What’s goin on around here? I’m running outta soap! Anybody know what day it is?Geez Laouise Calamine Lotion!!

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Get some soap!

[@huzaifanagpur7487]

Pls de Sherlock Holmes: The House of Silk

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Sadly can not do. In copyright for decades to come.

[@peacelove7332]

Hi Greg, I just noticed that another channel has uploaded this content on their channel with no credit to you. It’s a channel called something like “learn English through stories with rajalii”

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Thanks for the info!

[@ringpop6177]

My grandson got a hamster but he named it CoCo. 🤔 Should be Allowishes I think. Whatever.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

I quite like CoCo for a hamster.

[@tuckfyranny6308]

Sigular castanet... lol.

[@sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio]

Good line!

[@ringpop6177]

Read by Greg who?

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Greg Norman. He plays golf in between recording these stories.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

Greg Wagland