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.
When Dennis Ashton last came to speak to us, just over five years ago, his subject was dog sled racing in Alaska, where he also witnessed a superb auroral display which probably gave him the inspiration for his latest talk. Dennis, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, kept us enthralled for an hour with … Read more
Peter has been a sports reporter for BBC radio for many years. He began by telling us that he was adopted at birth. His adoption has led to many questions in pursuit of his birth family during his life. In his childhood he lived in a council house in Pedmore with his father, Gerald Slater, … Read more
Dr. Alan Billings was born in Leicester and read Theology and Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has been a parish priest and an academic as well as being active in politics. (For full details go to – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Billings) Dr. Billings had planned to return to Sheffield to retire but was elected as the S. … Read more
Probus this week enjoyed an entertaining and informative talk by the Lord – Lieutenant of South Yorkshire former solicitor and accountant Andrew Coombe. He was born in Sheffield into the Spear and Jackson family went to Wellington School following which he bypassed university and trained as an accountant at Cooper Brothers (now PWC ) in … Read more
David Templeman’s excellent talk was about the history of a handful of the multiple ancient suburbs of Sheffield which, prior to the industrial revolution, had remained tranquil agricultural settlements, and of some of significant beauty – difficult to imagine today. Speed’s map of Sheffield 1645 shows some of these places already established centuries before. Place … Read more
Energy consumption is ever increasing to keep up with the demands of a growing population. Many believe the increased demand could be met by the extraction of shale gas through the process of fracking which is a technique to recover gas and oil from shale rock. Drilling companies have estimated that trillions of cubic feet … Read more