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.

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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 TuringThe brilliant mathematicianA Slate model

•We enjoy two Ladies Lunches every year at

the Kingswood Golf Club

Our Speaker

and the

President

Mill at Sonningby Coach, Boat

for Lunch plus Theatre show

Then by boat to Sonning Mill

Princess Diana’s Police

SupportBy

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 1860Warrior was the world’s first iron hulled, powered by steam.

RegularTheatre

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

RailwayPosters

By Greg Norden

1757 – 1834 Scottish Engineer. Bridge, Road and Canal Constructor"

"Thomas Telford by Charles Abdy

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

MoreInformation

on www.ewell4probus.org.uk

The end of a brief review of talks and visits available for the Probus Club of

Ewell in Surrey