For retired professionals and business people
Ted Harrison Our speaker at the next meeting on Monday 16th March will be Professor Terry Callaghan giving a talk about his research in the Arctic. The Arctic is changing very quickly because of climate change and globalisation. Increasingly, the two aspects are linked and changes in the Arctic’s environment are accelerating. Climate warming in the Arctic … Read more
Our speaker for Monday the 17th February is Geoff Higginbottom, who has been performing at Folk Clubs and local hostelries since he was 19 and has travelled far and wide collecting songs and stories along the way. His presentation for Probus takes the form of a musical journey and is a mixture of songs and … Read more
Owing to the funeral of one of our founding members, which many current members wish to attend, coinciding with the next monthly meeting, that meeting on 20th January is cancelled.
Owing to the funeral of one of our founding members coinciding with our next monthly meeting, and many current members wishing to attend the funeral, that meeting on 2oth January is cancelled.
Our speaker on December 16th will be Susan Craig. Her talk, ‘Look Back with Laughter’ is based on her life with her husband Mike, a BBC comedy script writer, and some of the many comedians she entertained in her house. Mike created more than 1,000 television and radio shows, and from 1964 wrote for stars … Read more
Les Pickford on the subject of ‘Cartoons’.
Simon Le Frenais on the subject of ‘Queen Victoria: Who Do You Think She Was?’.
Nick Bianchi on the subject of ‘History of Bianchi’
Tony Bostock on the subject of ‘Dogs of War’.