Ted Harrison

The speaker at our meeting on Monday, 10th July will be Gary Conley, whose talk is entitled, “Eye up! t’ pies ‘a come”.  Gary was a miner for 19 years at Sutton Manor Colliery, St Helens, before getting made redundant with the closure of the colliery in 1991, and performed in  Northern Workingmen’s clubs during the … Read more

The invited speaker at our next meeting on Monday, 12th June is Mike Tingle.  Having entertained us not so long ago with his talk on the significance of the heraldic symbols displayed on the town centre flags and banners displayed for the Charter Anniversary, his talk this time, entitled Congleton Curios, will tell the stories … Read more

The speaker at our next monthly meeting on Monday, 8th May, will be David Skillen whose talk will be “The Bentley Boys – the playboy racers”. David was a professional speaker in the Civil Service for 35 years and has continued speaking to numerous groups on a variety of historical subjects ever since. In 1919 … Read more

Our next meeting is moved to Monday 3rd April, one week earlier than its usual slot, to avoid the Easter Monday Bank Holiday.  At this meeting the invited speaker will be Nigel Linge, Professor of Telecommunications at the University of Salford. Prof. Linge is an electronics engineer who specializes in data communication networks and their … Read more

Our guest speaker for our meeting on Monday, 13th March, will be Brian Price, returning to us following his highly entertaining talk, “A Life on the Ocean Wave”, last June.   This time, his talk will be titled “Awakening the Dragon” and feature his experiences taking visitors into China in the early days of it opening … Read more

At our meeting on 13th February, we will be given a talk by Steve Abbott on the subject of Avro and the legacy of our aviation industry.  Steve began his career in 1965 as an apprentice at Hawker Siddeley Aviation, subsequently British Aerospace and then Bae Systems, and worked there until he retired in 2002. He … Read more

Before the standard monthly meeting on 9th January, the Club held an Extraordinary General Meeting at which a previously circulated change to the Club’s Constitution was agreed by the members present.  The new constitution now provides for welcoming lady members into the club.  This had followed discussions with interested ladies from the former Congleton Ladies Probus … Read more

At our next meeting on Monday, 9th January, David Poppitt will be giving a talk entitled “The History of the Christie Hospital”.  His presentation will focus on his time at the Christie and the history of the developments which have led to it becoming what it is today. David worked for over 20 years in … Read more

The speaker at our next meeting on Monday 12th December is Mike Tingle.  Mike is author of three Congleton Town Trails available from the Tourist Information Centre.  For our Charter Anniversary Year he added an illustrated Heritage & Heraldry Trail, explaining the significance of heraldic symbols displayed on the town centre flags and banners, about which most people would … Read more

The speaker at our next meeting on Monday 14th November is Farouk Kardahji, on the subject of “Lebanon – Past, Present and Future”.  Farouk is Lebanese by birth and came first to the UK to further his studies, initially in biochemistry.  Having qualified as a podiatrist, he worked at Manchester Foot Hospital before moving to … Read more