David Corns The British Motor Car industry is famous for its illustrious marques and makes from the early 1900’s including Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Bristol., Triumph, Riley, Standard, Jensen, Reliant, Humber, Sunbeam ,Hillman Singer, Daimler. Sadly, not one of these car companies is still manufacturing. Andrew Swift gave us a fascinating insight into the history of the Austin … Read more
Jason Heath is a partner in the Sheffield based company of John Heath and Sons and gave us a most enlightening look into the world of undertakers and funeral directors. Jason tackled a delicate subject, particularly for an elderly group of Probus members, with great sensitivity and authority mixed with humour answering many questions from … Read more
Many of our members (not all, one should add) associated silk with parachutes, dressing gowns and lingerie, but no more after this fascinating talk by Chris Holland of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Sheffield. Silk is the oldest commercial fibre and has been produced industrially for over four thousand years … Read more
An interesting talk by Mike Hewitt ( G4AYO), a radio ham, describing the life and work of Ernst Krenkel( RAEM) who was made a hero of the Soviet Union for his work as a radio operator in the perilous, exploratory expeditions to the Arctic .Later the paths of Mike Hewitt and Krenkel crossed through their … Read more
John gave us a stimulating talk on this important group of birds which can be seen around our cliffs, estuaries,, mudflats and sea shores. Some such as Storm-petrels, Shearwaters and Gannets spend much of their lives at sea , visiting land just to breed, often in huge, noisy colonies. Others particularly the Gulls are more … Read more
Simon, Head of the City Regeneration Team., gave us a most interesting presentation on the regeneration of the city centre around the Castlegate and Riverside Quarters. Sheffield has over 150 miles of rivers and streams and much of the history of the city is because of the river network. The historical city centre and where … Read more