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Our speaker for the 15th of May will be John Doughty, who is actually a registered tour guide and is a Lancastrian, born in Blackpool and who has lived all his professional life in the Manchester area. After a career in education where he taught in State schools, Independent schools, Outdoor Education Centres and University Departments of Continuing Education, he qualified as a Registered Tour Guide. As a member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding, and an Accredited Guide of the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, he offers a number of illustrated talks and guided walks.

Congleton Dane Probus Club held their monthly meeting at the Lion and Swan on Monday the 23rd of April and Vice Chairman Trevor Adams  and opened the meeting by welcoming the members and Cat Allen, the speaker for the day.

Our speaker on the 20th of March will be Peter Webb and his subject will be ‘Fracking’.

Peter Webb started in geology at the age of 4, when he collected his first fossils in his back garden in Worthing, at the foot of the South Downs.  He graduated from London University in 1967 with a BSc in Geology, and then spent 4 years in Kenya doing a PhD on the rift valley volcanics.

Congleton Dane Probus Club held their monthly meeting at Lion & Swan Hotel on Monday 16th January 2017. Chairman Paul Hibbert welcomed members. Two of founding members Peter Jordan and Alan Topliss passed away and members observed silence in their memory.                                           

Congleton Dane Probus Club held their annual general meeting at the Lion & Swan Hotel on Monday 17th October 2016. Chairman Don Cole welcomed members.