Andrew Shorthouse

Peter Ivey gave a succinct overview to a Zoom record of 45 members on how the internet works, and a very useful talk as most like me were fairly clueless; bits, bytes, HTML, 5G are familiar words bandied around but never quite sure exactly what they all mean. Peter’s background includes a physics degree at … Read more

Dave Petley gave a superb talk to 41 members, guests, and an unknown number of wives and girlfriends. It was the second highly successful Probus Zoom presentation since COVID-19 lockdown (thanks to Peter, Graham, Richard and Jacko). Dave is Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Sheffield. His research focus is international landslide mechanisms and he … Read more

Stephen Gay by  Sheffield’s Great Central Railway war memorial is a series of panels within a wooden frame – upon the panels are the names of those who fell in World War I. It is on display outside the Crowne Plaza Victoria Hotel – the original hotel to the Victoria Station. This wonderful talk about … Read more

John Laurie said, and it was said again by Peter Jackson at our meeting, “We’re doomed, we’re all doomed!” Here in Sheffield it’s really scary with a prediction that Millhouses Park, as well as East Anglia, Lincolnshire, northern Germany, the Low Countries and many other low lying lands around the world will be part of … Read more

Martin Thomas is a retired vascular and thyroid surgeon, keen sailor and a very old friend. He came all the way to Sheffield from where he lives in Bosham, Sussex, especially to deliver this talk. He was a commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club. He has sailed to the Antarctic twice and then seven years … Read more

This was a detailed and fascinating talk about the history of Westminster Palace. A memorised (rather than read) delivery using the beautifully prepared slides as prompts would have been for me the icing on the cake. I particularly liked the Dennis Skinner quotes; there are a few extra ones slotted in at the end. Thorn … Read more