John Abel

Chris Chapple, our own member, is an Honorary Professor of Sheffield University and is now making more time to pursue his hobbies. A consultant urologist, today Chris was wearing his other hat as a trustee of the Sheffield Beekeepers’ Association. Since the age of 13, he has been interested in beekeeping and his talk covered: … Read more

Sheffield Botanical Gardens have more than 18 different areas of planting and a number of listed buildings for you to explore. Find our unique bear pit next to the Himalayan Garden, take inspiration from the Marnock Garden, stroll through the Victorian carpet bedding and find bananas in the Pavilions. Relax in the shade of our … Read more

Steeped in history and full of charm, Bishops’ House is both a museum and Sheffield’s best preserved timber framed building. Ken Dash, upon retirement as an archaeologist, developed an interest in the building and is now a Trustee of The Friends of Bishops’ House. Bishops’ House is one of only four oak-framed half-timbered houses left … Read more

Now an Emeritus Professor, Alan Spears is a member of the Stumperlowe Probus Club to which he gave the following talk. After graduating from Sheffield University in 1959, he was the Sorby Professor of Geology from 1989 to 1999. As Henry Clifton Sorby was such an important figure in many facets of the science of … Read more

Paul Adey is a retired company director with over 60 years in the motor trade and with a range of talks in addition to the motor industry. His talk started in Paris in 1769 with Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot’s experiments with steam-engine powered vehicles for the French Army. It had three wooden wheels and no brake. With … Read more

Jonathan Hunt is a retired solicitor in Sheffield with connections with the Sherwood Rangers and the SSAFA, the armed forces charity supporting veterans and their families. As a member of the Sheffield Club, he was trying to elicit information about the cavalry campaigns in Palestine in WW2 when he realised that it was ‘not on’ … Read more