Directory of Previous Talks

Roger Browne is an excellent raconteur, humourist, pianist, actor and writer. He brings his own keyboardwith him and provides a thoroughly entertaining trip down memory lane – especially for a Probus age group. He was born in Blackpool but spent his childhood in Salford. The latter provides the butt of many of hisjokes. It was … Read more

Our long-awaited return to face-to-face gatherings – after more than two years of virtual Zoom meetings forced upon us by the Covid emergency – provided us with an inspiring talk by retired anaesthetist Dr Alan Kershaw in our new surroundings of Fulwood Sports Club. Alan, 65, who spent 25 years as a consultant at Barnsley … Read more

This was a very informative historical talk on tree development within the urban environment. Felicity Stout is the Woodland Manager and Tree Conservation Officer at the Peak District National Park and the University of Cumbria Peak District National Park Authority. The economic, health and aesthetic advantages of tree planting was recognised here as early as … Read more

This was Barbara’s 4th visit. (For information on Barbara, you can refer to her talk on 11th Feb. 2019) 157 years after a group of Welsh people emigrated to Patagonia, todays talk posed the question as to whether it had turned out to be a success or a disaster.      The incentive to emigrate was … Read more

Mike’s extremely well-illustrated  talk was about skyscrapers – there are about 4,800 in the world! The idea of building tall buildings is not new – even in biblical times they thought up the Tower of Babel! In more modern times the tower of Lincoln Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Chrysler Building and the Empire State … Read more

The siege of Leningrad is not one of the better known episodes of the Second World War, but was the deadliest single event of the conflict. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, lasting for 872 days, and resulted in the deaths of 1.1 million people as Nazi Germany blockaded … Read more