Speakers – to Dec 2025

Probus Website – Speakers – July to December 2025

DateSpeakerSubject/TitleOverviewLead
July     
7Quentin Kopp“The Many Lives of Georges Kopp, Orwell’s Commander in Spain”Chairman of the Orwell Society, Quentin’s father Georges Kopp met his mother through having been George Orwell’s Commanding Officer in the Spanish Civil War.rw/as
21Alan Spears“What Geology did for us in Sheffield”Returning by popular request, our member Alan, retired Professor of Geology, will explain about the geology local to our area.rw
Aug     
4Robert Guttridge“The many iterations in the building of the Hallamshire Hospital”Robert, another of our members and an architect, will explain some of the challenges he encountered in the handing over of the new hospital.rw
18John Hopkins“The Economic Miracle that is Singapore”Quite by chance we have another of our members who offered to give us his talk about this Far East city.rw
Sept     
1Tim Renshaw“The Archer Project: Life beyond homelessness”Time is CEO of the Archer Project, based at the Cathedral, which does an amazing job supporting local homeless people.rw
15Colin Peskett“A history of Peak Rail”Colin, yet another of our members, is keen to relate the tale of our local restored steam railway and his own involvement.rw
Oct     
6Peter Morgan“Who invented Stainless Steel?” rw
20John Stocks“Sheffield: the home of football”An unmissable talk! John will present the results of some new research about the early years of the game in Sheffield.rw/pj
Nov     
3Annual Lunch   
17Graham Blincow“The Radio Explosion”Difficult to believe but this is our fifth member offering to talk to us since July! This one all about radio.rw
Dec     
1Keith Pitchforth“From village to suburb”The history of the development of Fulwood from the 1880s to 1930s.rw
15Neil Hanson“The Ghostwriter”Neil captivated us all last December with his story of his experiences of running the Tan Hill Inn. Now more from Neil in his role as a ghostwriter!rw