Directory of Previous Talks

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.

18th Sept 2023 – The only man who could lose the war in an afternoon – Dr J.H.F. Smith

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John Smith was an eminent pathologist before his retirement – a consultant gynaecological histopathologist and cytopathologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – but has had a lifelong interest in naval warfare. Probably to the relief of most of those present, he chose the latter as his subject when he agreed to come and … Read more

4th Sept 2023 – Guilty of Manslaughter? ? An interactive case discussion– Prof Kevin Channer

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Prof Channer, a consultant cardiologist, explained that he undertook some medico-legal work for colleagues when he was based at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, and his talk was based on a true story. He presented the case to our audience, who would then be the jury. It involved an under-19 football team, connected to a league … Read more

21st Aug 2023 – Surviving the Burma Railway 1942-43 – Prof Geoff Gill

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Geoff Gill, Emeritus Professor of International Medicine at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Liverpool University, and a retired NHS Consultant Physician, gave us an illuminating talk on the privations and diseases experienced by Allied prisoners of war during the building of the Burma railway. He gave an often harrowing account of the suffering experienced … Read more

7th Aug 2023 – Sheffield Gang Wars of the 1920s – Martin Rowley

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A packed house at Fulwood Sports Club – it was almost standing room only – suggested that members were eagerly anticipating what turned out to be a spellbinding talk. Indeed, Martin Rowley’s graphic slideshow presentation came with a health warning for the more squeamish amongst us. Almost all large cities had their gang wars, especially … Read more