For retired professionals and business people
Our speaker on Monday the 18th of September will be Bernard Loveday who is a physiologist, studied at Kings College and after that at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. From then on he has carried out research on cardiovascular disease in all its many guises, He joined ICI to continue and extend their research into surgical techniques and valve replacement, with additional clinical interaction with Liverpool and Manchester.
The speaker at the Congleton Dane Probus Club meeting on Monday the 21st of August will be Glynn Williams from a company called ‘Collective Legal Solutions’ and he will be giving us a talk on the subject of looking after your nest egg, inheritance tax, lasting Power of Attorney and how to generally plan for your future financial requirements.
The speaker at our meeting on Monday the 19th of June will be Bob Kermeen and his subject will be ‘Who killed Dr. Kelly?’ Bob writes under the pseudonym of R.W. Kay and has previously given us talks on the subjects of ‘War Gaming’ and also ‘Iraq from WW1 to Saddam Hussein’.
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.
Congleton Dane Probus Club held their monthly meeting at Lion & Swan Hotel on Monday 18th July 2016. Chairman Don Cole welcomed members, Paul Fagan, a guest and speaker of the day Derek Poulson. Paul Hibbert, vice chairman and events co-ordinator asked organisers of events to update members. Next “chatty lunch” at Brownlow Inn will be on Monday 1st August and some members from Congleton Probus Club join our group on an informal basis. Golf match with Congleton Probus Club will take place Astbury Golf Club in October.
Congleton Dane Probus Club held their monthly meeting at Lion & Swan Hotel on Monday 20th June 2016. Chairman Don Cole welcomed members and the speaker of the day Philip Austin. New member Richard Gowing was welcomed to the meeting and as is the custom he gave us all an insight into his background and business experience. At that stage he was presented with the “welcome pack” and our membership list.