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.
John who is a long standing volunteer in the Chesterfield Canal Trust was making a second visit to Probus having previously given a very informative talk on the work of the Trust in renovating the canal which runs for some 46 miles from West Stockwith on the River Trent to Chesterfield work which … Read more
Chris said that he would cover the period from 1066 to 1820. Around 1066 there was a phrase ‘Raising the hue and cry’. If a body was found the local sheriff or coroner was informed by a yodel from tree to tree in the area – the person who found the body was legally responsible to … Read more
Malcolm gave us an interesting presentation capturing the highlights of his travels in China. It took the form of an hour-long digital audio/visual film with excellent photography and commentary. To sum up – China is on the move and is now a modern technological and industrial powerhouse. China is thought to be the oldest continuous … Read more
Dr Tom Jenkins is a consultant neurologist and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Neurology at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. He observed that the difference between heart and mind is that the heart is just a pump whereas everything comes from the brain. The brain is the sphere of interest to the neurologist. Tom gave … Read more
Tim Hollis on his 2005 appointment as Chief Constable of Humberside Police (Photo courtesy of Scunthorpe Telegraph) Tim Hollis, the son of a Rotherham Clergyman and now a local Fulwood resident, is a man of many parts and possessing more than a story or three. He has preciously spoken to us on the work of … Read more
Dave told us that a landslide occurs when a slope collapses. He showed us a picture of a huge landslide in New Zealand which left two cows and a calf marooned on an untouched meadow that was surrounded by landslide debris. Sometimes there is no obvious reason that one section of a slope collapses but … Read more