September, 2023 - Largs Probus Club

Pollock Sawmill

Posted onSeptember 26, 2023March 20, 2025

Saving Pollock Sawmill with a Micro-Hydro Electric Scheme was the topic of the talk by Gordon Black at a recent meeting of Largs PROBUS Club. Gordon reported that the former 1860 sawmill located in Pollock Country Park, a ‘B’ listed Read More …

Delights of Journalism

Posted onSeptember 16, 2023March 20, 2025

Ducking under a rope at the age of 8 to ask the Queen the time led to Mike Kernan’s photograph appearing in the Daily Record and to his interest in journalism. This was the introduction Mike gave to his extremely Read More …

Conspiracy Theories

Posted onSeptember 8, 2023March 20, 2025

Did Judas Iscariot betray Jesus because in his earlier days he was a freedom fighter and he thought Jesus would bring an army of angels down to defeat the Romans? At the Battle of Falkirk did Robert the Bruce really Read More …

Panama Canal

Posted onSeptember 1, 2023March 20, 2025

The Panama Canal, known as the Seventh Wonder of the Modern World, was built to decrease dramatically the travel time for ships between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Its history was the subject of a recent talk by Malcolm Read More …