John Hopkins

In our second consecutive talk by one of our own club members, Peter Ivey started his excellent talk with a musical introduction, the title of which is noted above. He then posed the following questions: What are fibre optics, why are they so important and how did they come about? In the 1960s, a three-minute … Read more

Again underlining the tremendous store of knowledge within the club, our own member Prof David Gawkrodger FRCP, honorary professor in dermatology at Sheffield University, began his talk with the basic facts in looking after your skin. He drew to our attention that skin is the largest organ in the body and detailed the three layers … Read more

Our speaker Bob Moore, Professor Emeritus of 20th Century European history at Sheffield University, who spoke to us via Zoom from his home in Oxfordshire. Bob started by explaining how, before 1918, Redmires/Lodge Moor had been used as an exercise and summer camp location for local militia from the 1860s, including the Sheffield City Battalion … Read more

We are very fortunate in Stumperlowe Probus in having members drawn from many different walks of business and professional life with years of experience gained in their chosen areas of expertise. One such member, Rob Coleman, joined the club just over a year ago following his retirement from an extremely successful career in medicine as … Read more

With a billing as both a sculptor and a consultant surgeon specialising in head and neck cancer and reconstructive surgery, Nick Grew’s talk to us was eagerly awaited. We were informed that one and a half hours would be allocated to it, with a coffee break in the middle. Nick, who is Cancer and Clinical … Read more

Prof Marcotti, Professor of Sensory Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield, began his talk by showing how we hear by putting on screen a diagram of the ear. He explained that the cochlea shown in the diagram is a spiral-shaped bone structure found in the inner ear that contains the hearing organ. This organ plays … Read more