Today's meeting was attended by 21 members with apologies from 5 members.The newly introduced Hamper Raffle got off to a good start. Todays Speaker was Ian Gray and his talk was titled "Cruising Without Jane McDonald" Photo by Tony Taft Tony Taft writes:-Todays talk was by Ian Gray. Ian and his wife Dawn travel to... Continue Reading →

Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our meeting on Wednesday 6th September was the first this year of our new Autumn session. The attendance was 21 which was slightly less than we enjoyed earlier this year. This session saw the introduction of our new fee policy with members paying £200 to cover the whole year... Continue Reading →

At the AGM attended by 26 members Roy Matthews, the current President, stood down from his position after many years serving the Club as Treasurer, Chairman, and President. Roy will continue as an "ordinary" Member but no doubt his experience will be invaluable to assist in the running of our Club in the years ahead.... Continue Reading →

Today’s presentation was given by Roger Hamilton whose talk was entitled “The Timbuktu Manuscripts and this presentation was followed by the AGM, details and photos can be seen by clicking on this link. Photo by Tony Taft Our Speaker Finder Paul Young writes:- This talk covered a subject that the overwhelming majority of us know... Continue Reading →

Submarine Navigation Today's talk was given to us by Captain Mark Cooper RN(Retired) Our speaker today attended Dartmouth Naval College 1983-84 and went on to an illustrious career in submarines leading to his appointment in 2001 as the Comanding Officer in the submarine HMS Torbay.After retirement from the Navy he became the Dart Harbour Master/Pilot.... Continue Reading →

Photo by Tony Taft Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our speaker today was David Ramsden MBE whose presentation was “Climate and Ecological Crisis - What’s All the Fuss About?” This was a very professional presentation from a very professional speaker. A huge amount of information was presented in order to explain the science behind... Continue Reading →

Photo by Tony Taft Speaker Finder Paul Young reports: Our speaker this week was Pierre Landell-Mills who is a Probus member from Dartmouth and his presentation was called “Citizens Against Corruption”. Pierre is retired having gained vast experience around the world with the World Bank. His most recent work dealt with Economic Development and how... Continue Reading →

On a sunny morning in Paignton we invited John Miles to give us his talk on "Sewage Treatment can be Fun!". Armed with the latest in technical aides, he lambasted us for almost an our on a subject which is obviously dear to his heart. Starting with a song and ending with a joke, he... Continue Reading →

The History of Exeter Aiport This week's Talk was attended by 22 members with apologies for absence from 5 members. Our Speaker Finder, Paul Young reports:- This week our speaker was Chris Wiseman who presented “The History of Exeter Airport”. Whilst Chris explained the establishment of the airport as a civilian airfield his main focus... Continue Reading →

"The Myths and Reality of the German Invasion of Russia (Part 1)" by David Crowson Photo by Tony Taft Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- Our speaker this week was David Crowson whose talk was “The Myths and Reality of the German Invasion of Russia”. This was an unusual presentation as it is in two... Continue Reading →

"The Origin and Work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission" Photo by Toy Taft Tony Taft writes:-Today we had a presentation by Mark Bailey who talked about the origin and work of the commission in carrying out its charter to commemorate in perpetuity the commonwealth war dead of the first and second world wars. Mark gave... Continue Reading →

The Roman excavations at Ipplepen Tony Taft writes:- Todays speaker was Derek Gore, Derek graduated with a first class joint honours degree in history and archaeology at Nottingham in 1972.  Derek’s presentation about the excavations in Ipplepen generated much interest among the club members so much so that the questions and answers session at the... Continue Reading →

Eatern Europe: - Gordon Oliver Gordon Oliver, former mayor of Torbay gave a talk about Eastern Europe. Tony Taft writes:- This was an interesting but complicated subject to write a review about so hopefully the short video clip below will give you an impression of what his presentation was like. https://youtu.be/Sb67DuOytns Photo and video by... Continue Reading →

Photo by Tony Taft Tony Taft writes:- We were all pleasantly surprised by Mikes presentation, his subject being the lives of villains who lived on the wrong side of the law One of the people he sang about was a criminal called John Babbacombe Lee better known as the man they couldn’t hang. Lee was... Continue Reading →

Renewable Energy in South Devon Ray Holland Photo by Tony Taft Ray Holland is a chartered electrical engineer, trained at Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth. Ray has spent the last 30years managing programmes of renewal energy projects throughout the world and is keen to apply lessons from this experience to his own community in... Continue Reading →

Simon Dell "Lundy - A Landmark 50 Years" Simon Dell MBE is one of the most sought-after public speakers in the county with talks on a range of themes from his vast historical knowledge of Dartmoor and Lundy as well as locations across the globe Simon held his audience captivated with his detailed and often humourous... Continue Reading →