Surbiton Probus Club

Speaker | Title of Talk |
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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 Dec | Lunch at Allegros restaurant, Surbiton |

Speaker | Title of Talk |
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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 January | Lunch at Hart’s Boatyard restaurant |
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