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Our talk today was "Winston Churchill - the early years" presented by our member Phil Evans Photo by Tony Taft Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:- Our booked speaker for this week unfortunately had to pull out at the last minute. However, we were very fortunate that Phil Evans stepped in at very short notice... Continue Reading →
Our talk today was "Cattle, Carbon and Climate" presented by Professor John Wibberly. Photo by Tony Taft
Our talk today was called “From Theory to Therapy” and was presented by Dr David Taylor(Report by our Speaker Finder Paul Young with Photos by Tony Taft) David’s professional background is in the pharmaceutical industry and he delivered both an interesting and entertaining talk which was very well received by the whole membership. He took... Continue Reading →
Report by Paul Young Our meeting this week was a great success with an excellent speaker and in this post covid world a pretty good turnout of 24 members. This was the second time Alex Leger has presented to our club. Alex spent over 30 years as a presenter of the Blue Peter TV programme... Continue Reading →
Public Lands of the USA. A talk by Ron Franklin.- Paul Young Reports:- Our speaker this week was Ron Franklin whose talk was called “Public Lands of the USA”. Ron is an American who married a Brit and has lived over here for the past six years. Ron is a member of Babbacombe Probus Club... Continue Reading →
Our Speaker Finder Paul Young reports:- This week our speaker was John Risdon whose talk was called “The History of the Brixham Fishery”. (Photo by Tony Taft) John is a local man who has presented to our club before and lives in Galmpton. He is extremely well known across Torbay and has an encyclopaedic knowledge... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:- Our speaker this week was Christopher Lunn who presented his talk called “A View from the Convent”. The title was designed to keep us guessing and it certainly did that! Christopher was a career Army Officer who spent some time as the military advisor to the Governor of Gibraltar.... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:- Our speaker this week was Julia Tremlett who helped us enormously by agreeing at very short notice to make a presentation to the club. Julia spoke about the National Garden Scheme here in Devon. The scheme donates a huge amount of money to beneficiaries including; Marie Curie £525,000MacMillan Cancer... Continue Reading →
Paul Young our Speaker Finder reports. Our speaker this week was John Osmond who, as you know, is a Club member. John volunteered to plug a gap in our programme which was really helpful. His talk was about the famous ship the “Great Eastern”. This was an interesting talk supported by good visuals using numerous... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:-Our speaker this week was Mark Cooper who spoke about Royal Naval Submarines. Mark was formerly the Captain of a nuclear attack submarine and completed 34 years service in the Royal Navy following which he spent 4 years as the Harbour Master for Dartmouth. This was a fascinating and well... Continue Reading →
Kelly Mine:- Our local Micaceous Haemetite mine (Attendance at today's talk was lower than usual at only 19 members) Colin Vosper (pictured left) gave a talk on the work of the Kelly Mine Preservation Society with assistance from Nick Walter (pictured right) of the Kelly Mine Preservation Society. Colin gave an indepth presentation displaying samples... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports; This week our speaker was Graham Gordon speaking about the Devon Air Ambulance. Graham has an interesting background having been a teacher, insurance salesman, retirement home manager, football referee and athlete! Graham has been a volunteer for the Devon Air Ambulance since 1998 and services over 200 collection boxes.... Continue Reading →
This week's report kindly filed by Phil Evans. Chris Phillips gave us an excellent illustrated talk entitled "Steamers of the River Dart and beyond" Chris has been involved for many years been in the Trust which is organising the restoration of Kingswear Castle, a paddle steamer which has cruised the River Dart in recent years... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports: This week our speaker was Roger Hamilton who is a member of Torquay Probus. Rogers talk was called “The Bugatti Family” and focused on three generations of this remarkable Italian family. Whilst the talk was interesting throughout I suspect most members were particularly interested in the way the family... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports: This week our speaker was David Hinchliffe and the title of his talk was “Kiwi’s in Torquay “. David is a very experienced presenter and he has given talks to our club on many occasions in the past and as usual this was a fascinating and very enjoyable presentation.... Continue Reading →
Report by Paul Young, our Speaker Finder:- Our talk this week was given by Sandie Perraton who worked for Tindle Newspapers for 17 years becoming Managing Director of nine of their titles. She reflected on her extensive experience as well as the success of Sir Ray Tindle who built one of the largest newspaper businesses... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports:- This week we received a presentation from David MacVeigh who spoke about Bletchley Park and it’s role during the Second World War. Whilst many of us will have seen the Hollywood film on the subject David was able to present a much broader picture of events explaining that the... Continue Reading →
Paul Young, our Speaker Finder reports: Our speaker this week was Alex Graeme and his talk was called “Tales of a Devon Tour Guide”. Alex gave an interesting, enjoyable and humorous talk that was clearly enjoyed by the 27 members present. Alex clearly loves what he does and he has built a very successful business... Continue Reading →
Make use of your voiceOur generation is blamed for many things that have happened on our watch. The urbanisation of Torbay has been going on for decades but what is now being proposed has the potential to turn Torbay and its approaches into an ever-expanding concrete jungle smothering out any signs of countryside.Whatever your views... Continue Reading →
The third Paignton Probus meeting of 2022 was well attended with 28 members present at The Paignton Club, the best attendance since before lock down in March 2020.Our speaker was Alan Salsbury and his talk was entitled The Torbay Lifeboat – this went from 1866 when after a disastrous storm where many ships were smashed... Continue Reading →
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