Graeme Beck John who is a long standing volunteer in the Chesterfield Canal Trust was making a second visit to Probus having previously given a very informative talk on the work of the Trust in renovating the canal which runs for some 46 miles from West Stockwith on the River Trent to Chesterfield work which … Read more
Professor Ian Rotherham, of Sheffield Hallam University’s Department of the Natural and Built Environment, gave us an entertaining and informative talk on the history and development of Sheffield’s industries not restricted to cutlery and steel but also incorporating lost historic enterprises such as lead smelting, charcoal manufacture, clog making and glass manufacture. Ian was born … Read more
Dr Brown a Teaching Associate in Modern British History firstly at Sheffield University where she came to study from her home town of Norwich. Having stayed in Sheffield to train she achieved an impressive haul of qualifications. Lucy explained that this was the first time she had addressed an entirely male audience being more used to … Read more
Probus this week enjoyed an entertaining and informative talk by the Lord – Lieutenant of South Yorkshire former solicitor and accountant Andrew Coombe. He was born in Sheffield into the Spear and Jackson family went to Wellington School following which he bypassed university and trained as an accountant at Cooper Brothers (now PWC ) in … Read more