Probus

Probus Club of Gillingham Dorset

Previous Speakers

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 26 November 2024
	Speaker	Paul Hooley
	Subject	The Monarch and the Dustman

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 12 November 2024
	Speaker	John Highnam
	Subject	Antarctica My Way

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 29 October 2024
	Speaker	Brian Margetson
	Subject	A Peculiar Victorian Enterprise
	Description	Hear about the company that holds the dubious honour of being in receivership the longest. Discover how the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light \|railway Company accomplished this feat. Let me take you down the line of fragile optimism upon which the enterprise was promoted and the desperate measures taken to survive, and survive it did for 43 years. Along the way, I'll introduce you to Colonel Stephens, undisputed king of Britain's small and quirky railways. Creaking infrastructure from the start, hand me down equipment, you just couldn't make up this story.

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 15 October 2024
	Speaker	Richard Hutley
	Subject	Atlantis
	Description	The myth, legend and facts about the antediluvian lost civilisation of Atlantis first reported by Plato 3000 years ago. What do we know, where could it be? Is there evidence that exists today? Did an advanced civilisation exist before?

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 01 October 2024
	Speaker	Alan Jones
	Subject	It's Not What You Say
	Description	Ever wondered why you feel attracted to some people and avoid others? Most of us form an opinion about someone in just 90 seconds and rarely change our minds. But it is not based on the way people speak, or even what they say. Discover how Body Language speaks louder than words when we communicate with each other

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 17 September 2024
	Speaker	Peter Gill
	Subject	Musical Satire of the 20th Century
	Description	Peter is a full-time professional musician, actor, author and playwright and has now adapted many of his performances, books and passions into a selection of talks that he enjoys presenting to audiences nationwide.

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 03 September 2024
	Speaker	Helen Baggott
	Subject	Posted in the Past
	Description	Helen Baggott is a freelance editor and writer from Dorset. Her most recent project is researching the stories behind postcards sent more than 100 years ago. Three collections of stories have been published as Posted in the Past, Posted in the Past Second Delivery and Posted in the Past Hands Across the Sea.

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 20 August 2024
	Speaker	John Pett
	Subject	'Climate Change' A Geologist's Perspective'
	Description	John Pett is a professional Geologist who has been interested in Climate Change from an early age. He will highlight the various scientific theories and answer the question that everyone asks - namely: "Are we really responsible for the Climate we are experiencing today?" Can we influence it? What was the climate like millions of years ago and what does the future hold? You may be surprised by the result.

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 23 July 2024
	Speaker	Richard Hutley
	Subject	Racing Sideways - Speedway

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 09 July 2024
	Speaker	Ashley Jones MBE
	Subject	The British Honours System

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 25 June 2024
	Speaker	Richard Kay
	Subject	An Auctioneers Ten Commandments

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 11 June 2024
	Speaker	Col John Blashford-Snell
	Subject	Darien Breakthrough
	Description	The story of his expedition along the Pan American Highway from North to South in a Range Rover

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 28 May 2024
	Speaker	Paul Hooley
	Subject	Machine Gun Corps

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 14 May 2024
	Speaker	Richard Kay
	Subject	Building a British Masterpiece. John Constable's Haywain

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 30 April 2024
	Speaker	Dick Taylor Lt Col
	Subject	That's the Spirit

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 16 April 2024
	Speaker	Martin Shallcross
	Subject	The Quaker Burial Ground at Ashmore

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 02 April 2024
	Speaker	John Bartlett
	Subject	Transition to C.I.D.

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 19 March 2024
	Speaker	Professor Sir Christopher Coville
	Subject	From Scouse to Grouse - A Fighter Pilot's Story

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 05 March 2024
	Speaker	Gabby North
	Subject	The Leprosy Mission

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 20 February 2024
	Speaker	John Pett
	Subject	The Vulcanicity of Iceland and the Mediterranean

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 06 February 2024
	Speaker	Alan Jones
	Subject	Tales of a Roving Reporter

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 23 January 2024
	Speaker	Oliver Lansdell
	Subject	From Trees to Pulp, Paper and Biomass

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 09 January 2024
	Speaker	Alastair Olver
	Subject	: "Why does it cost so much to fill up my car and why does the price keep changing?"

Meeting:	Date	19:00, Wednesday, 13 December 2023
	Speaker	Christmas Dinner No Speaker required.
	Subject	Christmas Dinner

Meeting:	Date	10:00, Tuesday, 12 December 2023
	Speaker	David Parsons
	Subject	The Malta Convoys