Transcript Book Fair 2010 - The ProBus Club of Ewell

The Probus
Club of Ewell
Slide
presentation
an overview
Monthly Meetings at
Bourne Hall
Midday Lunch Followed
by a wide range of
Talks and Presentations
The Slides are just
an illustration
from the Talks or
Visits
More on our
website
Guided coach
tour of the 2012
Olympic Site.
Probus Club of Ewell
Visit the site
The Lee Valley White Water
Centre for London 2012.
This was our first close up view of
the Olympic Stadium with our
official Guide explaining all
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Visit to
Bletchley Park
By Coach
A modern version of the
Colossus, using transistors,
made by Tony Sale shown here
Alan Turing
The brilliant
mathematician
A Slate model
•We enjoy two
Ladies Lunches
every year at
the Kingswood
Golf Club
Our
Speaker
and
the
President
Mill at Sonning
by Coach, Boat
for Lunch
plus Theatre show
Then by boat to
Sonning Mill
Princess
Diana’s
Police
Support
By
Ken Wharfe
MVO
Coach trip
to
Chatham Historic
Dockyard -
HMS Cavalier was the Royal Navy's
last operational Second World War
destroyer and is now preserved at
Chatham as a memorial.
HMS Ocelot was the last warship built for
the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard.
An 'O' Class diesel electric submarine.
Thames River
Tour with
Lunch
National Trust at
Polesden Lacy
for Group Lunch
and
Conducted Tour
of the House
Polesden Lacy
Dining at Polesden the Probus Club had reserved tables
and were joined by the staff guides
Visit to
RAF Hendon
Tour of the
Inns of Court
Arnhem
and the
Rhine Crossings
by Ken Williamson
Horsa Glider - Ken Williamsons as a
mere 22 year old pilot of one the
gliders used at Arnhem
Horsa Glider Cockpit
Mount Etna by
Ann Chance
The Hanseatic
League
by
Charles Abdy
BROOKLANDS
MUSEUM
Waddesdon
Manor
Visit to BBC
Television Centre
in London
Leonardslee
Lakes and
Gardens
Why we need
Nuclear Energy by
Sir Bernard
Ingham
“Wind power would require the
whole of Dartmoor – and then
would only produce the electricity
when the wind was blowing at
optimum speed” quote Sir Bernard
“The River
Thames"
by Charles Abdy
The Mill in Ewell
The Hogsmill River at Kingston
is one of the tributaries of the
River Thames
My Antarctic
Experience
by Keith Lugton
Portsmouth
Historic
Dockyard
HMS
Victory
Nelson’s
flagship
HMS WARRIOR 1860
Warrior was
the world’s first
iron hulled, powered by steam.
Regular
Theatre
Trips
Visits to and talks
about London
The Concorde
Story by
Christopher
Orlebar
The RAF
Presentation Team
led by
Wing Commander
Simon Firth
The Royal
Observatory and
Museum at
Greenwich
This is the *
Meridian Line
Macmillan’s World's
Greatest Coffee
Morning when in
2010 the sum of
£1,200 was raised for
the Cancer Charity
Biggin on the
Bump
by Bob Ogley
•These are a
couple of slides
from a talk on
Egypt
“Toy Train to the
Clouds”
by
Major Paul Whittle
"The History of the Bisley
Ranges“
by Jeff Doe
And visit to Bisley
The Royal Navy Presentation
Team Commander Paul Lloyd
and Lieutenant Anna Jordan
Warship of the Future
Crop Circles
by Andy Thomas
Railway
Posters
By Greg
Norden
"Thomas Telford
by Charles Abdy
1757 – 1834 Scottish
Engineer. Bridge,
Road and Canal
Constructor"
Houses of
Parliament
&
Cabinet War
Rooms
The Houses of Parliament
in London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Signal Towers
by
Paul Taylor
Whitehall
to
Portsmouth
"Lead to Diamonds“
by Ken Walker
Gilroy is Good for You
Gilroy was the Poster Artist for Guinness
"Snakes Alive" by Lynn Byfield
More
Information
on
www.ewell4probus.org.uk
The end of a brief
review of talks and
visits available for
the Probus Club of
Ewell in Surrey