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.
Peter Curtis, our immediate past chairman, served a three-year term of office rather than the usual two because of the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic and the fact that the 2020 annual general meeting, when the official handover would normally have taken place, was not held. In appreciation of his efforts in leading the club … Read more
Professor Gill Valentine is a leading player in the world of academia, locally and nationally. When she talks about matters of education, especially further education, people listen. And that was certainly the case when Stumperlowe Probus Club members were fortunate enough to be given almost two hours of Prof Valentine’s valuable time for our latest … Read more
Mary Grover is a lady with wide ranging interests. After retiring from Hallam University in 2011, she has been a leading figure in “Reading Sheffield”. Reading Sheffield is a linked group of projects connected to the experience of reading books. Her talk stems from her studies into the period from 1925 to 1955. Whilst interviewing … Read more
Nick, a curator at Kelham Island Museum for the Hawley Collection, previously spoke to us in 2019, on Cutlery. This time his talk was on Walker and Hall, who came to be, arguably, the biggest and best cutlery and silver plate manufacturing firm in the world, at its peak. Their specialty was electroplating … Read more
In a reference to the often complicated tactics involved, cycle racing has been described as ‘chess on wheels’. So it was perhaps appropriate that Dr Phil Judkins’ presentation on technological developments in air warfare during WWII should include an illustration of a rather Heath Robinson adaptation of an upturned bicycle used to rotate a radar … Read more
The Empress of Ireland, an ocean going 14,500-ton liner, was launched in 1906 to operate the trans – Atlantic route between Liverpool and Quebec. She was a licensed mail ship and mainly carried immigrants from Great Britain (including Ireland), Scandinavia and Russia looking for a better life in Canada. Her capacity was 1,536 passengers … Read more