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.
We had a morning of self-awareness at Stumperlowe Probus Club when our own member Trevor Kelly gave the above titled talk. In much the same way that a leopard does not change its spots, a personality trait usually stays with you for life. It is largely inherited via your DNA from the family gene pool, … Read more
The initials JCB and the familiar yellow and black colours of their full-sized men’s toys combine to form what has become one of the most recognisable brand images in the world. A party of 32 Stumperlowe Probus Club members made their way on a car-sharing visit to the JCB Visitor Experience, adjacent to the world … Read more
Until his retirement from Sheffield’s Planning Department, Simon Ogden was a senior and highly regarded Town Planner. He is now very active in improving the city’s rivers. His talk covers the history of the City’s seven rivers and how volunteer bodies and the City Council are helping to stem their decline. In 2019 The Sheaf … Read more
How have plants supported the health of mankind through millennia? How have they been discovered to have medicinal properties of some sort? How did this develop, and what does the future hold? These are just a few of the fascinating facts that Dr Jenny Stephenson explained. She also pointed out that the talk was not … Read more
Local historian Peter Machan, well known to Stumperlowe Probus Club members, brought along the three-part book he has written, entitled The Little Mesters – The Rise, Decline and Survival of Sheffield’s Traditional Trades. Ominously, some may say, the title of his latest presentation to us (above) was suffixed with a question mark, because the next … Read more
Those who thought that David Bogod’s talk on wildlife photography might be a top-end version of a ‘holiday snaps’ presentation were soon left gasping at the sheer quality of his work. After a career as a consultant anaesthetist and medico-legal expert in Nottingham, David now devotes his time to his passion for photography, and wildlife … Read more