Michael Clarke “Football is 60% ability and 40% survival” – Derek Dooley Earlier this season I tried to get tickets for a ‘Blades’ match to treat my eldest grandson. Not having the required vouchers, my attempt was declined. So instead, we went to Chesterfield to watch the ‘Spirites’ play ‘my’ team Woking: a highly competitive 1-2 result … Read more
Ian Fleming – writer Sean Connery as James Bond Like many members, I’ve enjoyed matters James Bond for much of my life: boyhood queueing outside my local ODEON to see ‘Dr No’ in the early ‘sixties to 007 accompanying Her Majesty on her helicopter ride, sans corgis, to the 2012 London Olympics. Two iconic … Read more
Tim Hollis on his 2005 appointment as Chief Constable of Humberside Police (Photo courtesy of Scunthorpe Telegraph) Tim Hollis, the son of a Rotherham Clergyman and now a local Fulwood resident, is a man of many parts and possessing more than a story or three. He has preciously spoken to us on the work of … Read more
Our Speaker this week was a freelance musical marketing professional, journalist, teacher and trumpeter. She was much involved with local brass bands and in the wider Sheffield musical scene. Alex was to give our senses a treat, giving a precise presentation of her subject spiced by an accompaniment of musical clips and visuals. Alex … Read more
“ Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Good Hygiene” In the Gents’ toilet at our venue, Christ Church Fulwood, there is a notice showing the facility we use is ‘Twinned’ with a rather charming thatched latrine in Zambia. It is a reminder that we tend to take our cleanwater supply for washing and cooking, sanitation, and sewage … Read more
Our speaker this week, Simon Barley, is a former GP and Medical School lecturer. Since retirement, he has developed a keen interest in the Economic History of Sheffield and has been much involved with the development of Kelham Island Museum and especially its collection of hand tools. He was to gain a … Read more