John Abel

Peter Bull is a retired ENT Surgeon.  He practised in Sheffield but now pursues a passion for photography.  He lives on the western edge of Hathersage overlooking the Hope Valley, Stanage Edge and Hathersage Moor.   Peter has a gift for taking superb photographs of wildlife and flora.  His display of over one photographs included … Read more

Peter Stubbs is a retired Sheffield solicitor with a lifelong interest in history.  His talk takes us back to a very different time.  Our royalty was closely allied to the House of Hanover and the Holy Roman Empire. George III (born 1738) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the … Read more

  Richard Reynolds is usually extremely busy at this time of year with his magic shows but the Coronavirus 19 has meant changes to his modus operandi.  He has devised an observation show for audiences on Zoom and he kindly squeezed in, at short notice, a presentation for Stumperlowe Probus. The half hour show starts … Read more

    The Medici Family Tree Professor Tim Stevenson has retired as the Clinical Director of Laboratory Medicine at Sheffield Teaching Hospital and is now a member of Stumperlowe Probus Club.  His talk was the first of a two-part examination of the early Medici family and was given using Zoom. The story starts with Giovanni … Read more

Gerry Meininger is an Emeritus Professor and Investigator at the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Missouri – Columbia.  He is a very distinguished speaker who has had a large volume of work published and has lectured all over the world.  Now retired he lives in Sheffield. The goals of his presentation were … Read more

This talk has little to do with John Guest’s background in Biochemistry and much to do with the secret world of Bletchley Park during WW2.  He structured his talk as a journey of discovery beginning with his later school days in Belfast in 1952 where he was friends with Tony Banham. Around 1952-53 John was … Read more