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.
Bill Skipworth, who qualified as a dentist in 1981, gave us talk not only about his early life but also about his journey through the traumatic loss of sight that he experienced as a result of glaucoma, his partial recovery and the unusual side effects of his blindness, in his case synesthesia. Bill was born … Read more
The last time I absorbed such a huge amount of information in such a short time was around ten years ago when, on a visit to London’s theatreland, I watched The Reduced Shakespeare Company act out the complete works of William Shakespeare in 97 minutes. Peter Stubbs, a regular and popular visitor to Stumperlowe Probus … Read more
Dick Birks, our current chairman, qualified in Sheffield in 1973 and was appointed to the post of Consultant Anaesthetist at the Jessop and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals in 1983, specialising in obstetric anaesthesia. He led a distinguished career, not only as a practising anaesthetist, but as an Examiner at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, then elected … Read more
Sheffield Botanical Gardens have more than 18 different areas of planting and a number of listed buildings for you to explore. Find our unique bear pit next to the Himalayan Garden, take inspiration from the Marnock Garden, stroll through the Victorian carpet bedding and find bananas in the Pavilions. Relax in the shade of our … Read more
Again underlining the tremendous store of knowledge within the club, our own member Prof David Gawkrodger FRCP, honorary professor in dermatology at Sheffield University, began his talk with the basic facts in looking after your skin. He drew to our attention that skin is the largest organ in the body and detailed the three layers … Read more
Nick told us that the 200th birthday of the Joseph Rodgers’ “Year Knife” took place recently. In 1724 the Company of Cutlers ‘let’ a mark to John Rodgers – a Star and Maltese Cross, which the company made world famous. In 1822 King George IV awarded a first Royal Warrant to the Joseph Rogers Company. … Read more