
Arthur Penrose
Retired police detective. Runs Penrose Investigations.

Seabrook Town Council
The residents listed here are those a visitor to Seabrook is likely to meet, be served by or be observed by. Each entry gives a short account of the person and says where they are usually to be found. Inclusion in this who’s who is not an endorsement by Seabrook Town Council of any person, business, opinion or animal named in it. Residents wishing to be removed should apply in writing.

Retired police detective. Runs Penrose Investigations.

Grand-niece of Arthur Penrose. Sixteen. Edits the school paper.

Grey tabby. Keeps the windowsill of the office above Harper’s.

Has run Finch’s Tea Room for twenty-three years.

Owner of Harper’s Bookshop for thirty-one years. Keeps a ledger.

Retired postmistress. Usually met outside the post office.

Retired. Walks the pier every morning with his dog, Biscuit.

Inspector at Seabrook Police Station.

Has run Bennett’s Chandlery at the harbour for twenty-two years.

Mrs Finch’s brother. Behind the counter at Finch’s Tea Room.

Of the cottage below the allotments. Owner of the missing cat.

Housekeeper at the Mariner’s Rest, Pier Approach.

From Ealing. Has inherited the Mariner’s Rest from her brother.

Of Harbour Lane. Has had trouble with her milk bottles.

Solicitor, of Drummond and Hale.

Plays chess with Mr Penrose by post, from Chengdu.
Readers of the Postcards from Seabrook will find every resident at more length in the office upstairs.
Holmes wisdom: Holmes took at once to the man who read the meter and has never cared for the postman. Neither opinion has been of use to anyone.