March, 2025 - Largs Probus Club

The New Committee

Posted onMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Today (26th March), was the first opportunity to assemble the new committee for a photoshoot. There aren’t really any new faces, only a shuffle around. No one looks any different from last year’s mug shots, which is good. So, please Read More …

Out of Africa – Amboseli National Park

Posted onMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

While researching to write up this blog I found the following quote by a Kenya specialist: “Open plains scattered with wildlife, rocky kopjes, distant mountains, and sparkling lakes — Out of Africa, The Lion King, and numerous David Attenborough documentaries are indebted Read More …

My time at Stena Line

Posted onMarch 17, 2025March 20, 2025

The speaker at a recent meeting of Large Probus Club had the members all at sea with his experiences as a Master on the Stena Line. Captain Murray Paterson gained his Master’s Certificate on the 8th of May 1978 and Read More …

President J F Kennedy

Posted onMarch 9, 2025March 20, 2025

The life and assassination of President J F Kennedy was the interesting subject of Sean Szmalc’s presentation to a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, to his mother, Rose Read More …