Our July peogramme of talks got under way when Quentin Kopp spoke to us on “The Many Lives of Georges Kopp, Orwell’s Commander in Spain.”
Georges Kopp was Quentin’s father, Quentin’s parents having met when Georges was George Orwell’s commanding officer in the Spanish Civil War. Graham Snowdon’s blog of Quentin’s talk is now published under Previous Talks.
The fund of knowledge within our own membership is well illustrated in the latest list of forthcoming speakers, which takes us up to Christmas 2025.
Most recently, we had a fascinating talk at Fulwood Sports Club from Don Stazicker, whose knowledge of fly fishing on the Peak District’s beautiful River Wye knows no bounds. Not only is Don a renowned fishing expert, but a cameraman too, and his talk was illustrated with excellent photographs and videos.
His dexterity as a dentists no doubt comes in very useful when he is making his own flies.
.Amazingly, we then have five of our own members who have volunteered to present talks on their specialist subjects in July, August, September and November.
Alan Spears, emeritus professor of geology at Sheffield University, will be telling us “What geology did for us in Sheffield” at our meeting on 21st July.
Robert Guttridge, who is a retired architect, will explain some of the challenges he faced in the handing over of the new Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
A fortnight later, 18th August, John Hopkins’s subject will be “The economic miracle that is Singapore.”
On 15th September, Colin Peskett, our recently appointed secretary, will be relating the history of Peak Rail and his own involvement in the restored steam railway.
After our annual luncheon on 3rd November, Graham Blincow, a founding member of the staff of Radio Hallam, will be taking about “the Radio Explosion” on 17th November.
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Our speaker programme through to July 2025 is now loaded, click here to view.