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.
Professor Bob Cywinski presented a case for the use of thorium in nuclear reactors for power generation. It was delivered in a manner that was logical and easily understandable, even to the non-scientific members of our club. In brief the case is set out below. World energy consumption is rising. The CO2 emitted is causing … Read more
Stan, who is one of our members, gave an entertaining insight into his career as a pharmacist, mixed with a little flavor of his private life, including his period as a national serviceman. He hails from Blackpool but has been in God’s country sufficiently long to be accepted by the locals. With his father’s words … Read more
Slashings, woundings, beatings, stabbings and murder, All in a day’s work. No not the mean streets of Chicago or London’s East End, but here in Sheffield in the early 1920s. Julian Bean gave Stumprlowe Probus a fascinating insight into the infamous activities of two rival gangs fighting for supremacy: of the lucrative illegal rackets which … Read more
Dr Susan Deal told the extraordinary story linking the 5th Duke of Portland to one Thomas Charles Druce. It was claimed that they were the same person by the daughter in law of Thomas Charles Druce and that her son was the rightful heir to the Portland fortune. It was a Victorian mystery full of … Read more
Stephen began his 13th presentation to us since 2001 where he finished off in Part 1 of the talk on the 28/1/13, near Leeds. The exact location being Kirkstall Abbey, built in the 11th century, which is situated on the Midland Railway line, Leeds to Carlisle section, opened in 1876. The line closed in the … Read more
A party of 25 members including wives, visited the Cromford Mill for a guided tour of the Mill and the Village. An excellent day out for all, which was made all the more interesting by our well informed guides who brought the workings of Sir Richard Arkwright’s developments to life. A fuller description of the … Read more