Programme

 Surbiton Probus Club

Speaker Title of Talk
17th January
Jonathan Jones
Rudyard Kipling – A little bit more of my life
21st February
Alastair Greener
175 years of Cunard cruise line
20th March
David Hassard
Bat Boat to Red Arrows – The History of Aviation in Kingston
17th April
Ashley Byford-Bates
The Work of the Commonwealth Graves Commission
15th May
Malcolm Nelson
Smugglers
19th June
Mike Seigel
The History of Kingston upon Thames
17th July
Elizabeth Knight
The Secret Life of the Honey Bee
21st August
Dougie Curwen
The Demise of the Indian Nations
18th September
Barrie French
The Hundred Days to Victory 1918
16th October
David Steeds
Introduction to China
20th November
Simon Ritchie
Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine
18th December
Paul Whittle
River Kwai Railway – The True Story

2024 Programme of Social Events

4 DecLunch at Allegros restaurant, Surbiton
Speaker Title of Talk
15th January
Helen Kennedy
Being the High Sheriff of Surrey
19th February
Ian Kennedy
The Story of the West Indies – Columbus to Freedom
19th March
Simeon Milton
Life in an Olympic Village – The Last Four Games
16th April
Stephen Chater
Little Known Facts about the Suffragettes
21st May
Margaret Watson
Playing the harp during lunch, followed by a talk and demo
18th June
Alison Finch
My Career in Nursing and the Profession’s Changing Role
16th July
Robin Allen
Nuclear Fusion – Within Our Grasp?
20th August
Stephen Chater
Ruin, Wren and Renewal – the Great Fires of London
17th September
Ian Porter
Women on the Home Front in World War I
15th October
Ian Worley
Racing through the Southern Ocean
19th November
Helen Naylor
The History of the Christmas Celebration
17th December
TBC

2025 Programme of Social Events

29 JanuaryLunch at Hart’s Boatyard restaurant

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