David Corns Bishops’ House is a Grade II listed, half-timbered house, in Norton Lees and located on the southern tip of Meersbrook Park. It is one of the oldest timber framed buildings in Sheffield and typical of a large farmhouse or small manor house from the 1500’s. Other surviving timber-framed houses in the city are Carbrook Hall/Inn … Read more
At a time when we are celebrating VE Day 70 years on, we are indebted to our forefathers who fought in WW2 to ensure we have the freedom and way of life we enjoy today. Eric Allsop, a member of Stumperlowe Probus Club gave us a stimulating and emotional talk on D-Day through to the … Read more
A fascinating talk by one of our members ably assisted by his wife Gill on whom Roy demonstrated blood-letting, scarifying and extractions with a fearsome range of old instruments and bowls to collect the blood. For those readers who are of a nervous disposition and dislike dentists, please be assured no harm was done to … Read more
Bob Cywinski, or to give him his full title, Professor Robert Cywinski’s presentation, entitled “Particle Accelerators: From fundamental physics to cancer therapy” began with a brief history of particle accelerator technology, starting with the pioneering experiments of Rutherford and Cockcroft in the first quarter of the 20th century, leading to Lawrence’s development of the cyclotron, construction of the … Read more
Sheffield based, Steve turned a hobby into a business. Wildlife photography is his real passion and he says he is an intuitive and not a technical photographer. He started his talk by saying there was a kaleidoscope of wildlife and scenery around the Sheffield area. He demonstrated this by showing a photograph of his back … Read more
John Wallace gave Stumperlowe Probus Club a most interesting and entertaining talk, together with a medley of songs and jokes which would have graced the eras of Music Halls and Varieties. The beginnings of music hall was thought to be around 1780 in the taverns of Lambeth where men drank and sang to entertain each … Read more