Here is a list of all our all our previous talks – Over 400 in total!! You can use the Search function for key words (magnifying glass in our menu).
Thank you to all the Speakers we have had over the years.
Most people will associate volcanoes with Iceland, with memories of grounded aeroplane flights still fresh in their minds, and I for one must confess that I didn’t know that Chile also has several active volcanoes. Dave McGarvie, an honorary research fellow at Lancaster University, is an expert of volcanology (or vulcanology – it can be … Read more
Peter Bull is a very keen photographer and his talk was illustrated by lots of photographs of his trip to Svalbard, an island off the coast of Norway that is 400 miles from the North Pole and 1,783 miles from Sheffield It was akin to looking at a picture book of his trip. Peter started … Read more
Bob Moore, Emeritus Professor of European History at the University of Sheffield, returned to the club – via Zoom, from his home near Oxford – following his earlier talk in March 2024 on the International Role of a PoW Camp in Two World Wars” to give us this time a history of national and local … Read more
Do you know your Fino from your Manzanilla? Or your Amontillado from your Oloroso? If you were among the 40 Stumperlowe Probus Club members and guests who enjoyed fellow member David Westaway’s comprehensive masterclass – not to mention the delicious Spanish-style tapas that accompanied the tastings – then you will almost certainly now know the … Read more
The incredibly humorous pre-Christmas account of life at the Tan Hill Inn by its erstwhile landlord – writer, broadcaster and journalist Neil Hanson – kept us all in fits of laughter, with his quick-fire anecdotes, one after the other. This was after Dick Birks, Chairman, had presented our retiring club secretary, Graham Snowdon, with a … Read more
Emeritus Professor John Parker, a world renowned academic specialist in the world of glass, gave us a look into the sustainability of glass both as a product and in the course of its manufacture. Prof Parker is the curator of the Turner Museum of Glass at the University of Sheffield. Professor William E S Turner … Read more