Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft reports:- On a beautiful sunny spring day we had an attendance of 23 with 2 apologies and one visitor.  Our speaker today was Carol Stephens and the title of her presentation was My Life Afloat.  Carol and her husband Nick were or are the proud owners of a beautiful narrow boat... Continue Reading →

Tony Taft reports:- On a misty but warmer day we had an attendance of 22 with 2 apologies Our talk today was by Roger Avery a biologist affiliated with the University of Bristol and other places.  The talk was entitled Biological Clocks, how animals and plants tell the time. Roger last gave a talk to our club... Continue Reading →

Today we had an attendance of 20 with 4 apologies  Our Reporter/Photographer Tony Taft writes:- On a wet windy and miserable day we had a talk by one of our members Harding Jenkins entitled Getting Afloat or as he described it a ragbag of memories.  Harding has spent most of his life on the water... Continue Reading →

Today’s attendance 21 with 4 apologies . Tony Taft reports:-Our speaker today was the very popular Brenda Loosemore a big hit wherever she talks.  Brenda’s talk was entitled Murder Mystery and Mayhem. At one time Brenda was a guide at Greenway house and later Coleton Fishacre, she has been an actor for sixty years and still loves... Continue Reading →

Defence of the Realm - One Thousand Years of South Devon's Coastal Bastion Today we had an attendance of 20 with 3 apologies .Our writer/photographer Tony Taft reports on today's talk:- The talk today was by the very popular John Risdon, John has done presentations to many groups around this part of Devon and never fails... Continue Reading →

Charles Easterbrook reports:- After a half hour of informal greetings and chatter , 15 (+9 apologies for absence) members received an interesting talk of the short lasting life of Haldon Airfield on the 770  foot Haldon Moor above Teignmouth given by  Ian  Handford, Chairman of the Torbay Civic Society . Bill Parkinson served as a... Continue Reading →

Today we had an attendance of eighteen with five apologies  The meeting started with the presentation to Brian Dore of a badge to mark his 20 year membership of Probus Probus Club. This was followed by a presentation by Tony Job who is associated with the Brixham Battery Heritage Group and his subject was Air... Continue Reading →

Paignton Probus Club met for the first meeting of 2024 at The Paignton  Club and was attended by 19 members with 6 apologies. The meeting started with Trevor, the manager of Paignton Vista giving us  a welcome back after the Christmas break. Our past President Roy reports:- Today’s speaker was Chris Wiseman and his talk was titled “My... Continue Reading →

Today's meeting was attended by 21 members with 4 apologies. Our speaker today was John Risdon who is well known to the club and to the community for his talks on local history and geography. His talk today was called “Scilly - The Beguiling Isles”. Photo above by our photographer/reporter Tony Taft who writes:- The... Continue Reading →

Todays attendance was 21 with 5 apologies  Our speaker this week was David MacVeigh whose presentation was called “How Britain became an Island”. David MacVeigh (Photo by Tony Taft) Our Speaker Reporter Paul Young reports:- David has presented to us twice before and we knew that his presentation would be meticulously researched and well presented.... Continue Reading →

Todays attendance was 23 with 3 apologies Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- This week our talk was presented by Barry Hayden, who is one of our Club members, and his talk was “Carbon and Climate Change - Hero or Villain”. This talk was extremely topical with the subject of climate change almost always in... Continue Reading →

The attendance was 22 with 3 apologies Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:-Our speaker this week was Earl Connolly, who is a member of Dawlish Probus Club, and his presentation was called  “Lido Days are Limited”. The title meant that the talk was something of a mystery but it quickly become clear that it was... Continue Reading →

The week we had 22 attendees with 5 Aplogies for absence plus one guest. The winner of this month's Hamper prize was Ian White. (Hamper tickets at £1 each or 5 for £4 available from John Osmond)Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:- Our speaker this week was Ron Vincent whose presentation was entitled “King William... Continue Reading →

Today we had an attendance of 21 with 5 apologies . Paul Young writes:- Our speaker this week was John Airey and his subject was “The V Force”. This refers to Britains nuclear deterrent which consisted of a nuclear weapon carried on an aircraft. The Vickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and the Handley Page Victor bombers... Continue Reading →

This week our Club meeting heard a presentation from Professor Iain McCall whose talk was called “Scintillating Story - Miraculous Radiation “. Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Professor Ian McCall is an expert in the field of Nuclear medicine and Nuclear imaging. The meeting was attended by 23 Members with 5 apologies for absence, Iain is... Continue Reading →

Today's talk was given by Jim Redman entitled "The Kings African Rifles" Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:-This week our talk was presented by Jim Redman who spoke about the history of the Kings African Rifles, a Regiment of the British Army that most of us knew very little about. As a young man Jim... Continue Reading →

Todays speaker was Gail Ham who is chair of the Dartmouth history research group. Today’s attendance was twenty three with two apologies.  Our photographer Tony Taft writes:- The subject of Gail’s presentation was the important role that Dartmouth and the out lying are area took during the period of the Second World War. Gail gave a very... Continue Reading →

Today's meeting was attended by 18 members with apologies from ?? Photos and words by Tony Taft Today we had a talk by Ian Handford on the life of Harry Brearly the inventor of stainless Steel. Ian is well known to the club and lives in the Redcliffe hotel , he is a member of the... Continue Reading →

Today's meeting was attended by 22 members and there were 6 apologies.(all photos by Tony Taft) New member John Lunday was presented with a Probus lapel badge and a Probus tie. The newly revived Raffle prize was presented to Roger Colwell Today's talk was given by Brenda Loosemore and her talk was about "Fun in... Continue Reading →

Todays talk was attended by 23 members and there were 2 apologies. Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports: Our speaker today was Phil Badcott with his presentation entitled “Sir Walter Raleigh”. Phil has previously presented to our club and his talks have always been very well received and today was no exception. Phil brings his... Continue Reading →