The club recently had a fascinating talk/video presentation from Bill Rodgars. Bill is an amateur photographer who has had access to some intriguing places. It was in three separate sections and the best way to give you a flavour of his experiences is to give you some internet links.
Oradour-sur-Glane
The first mini-talk was concerning the massacre in Oradour–sur-Glane on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day. The village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 642 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company. Billl had visited the village which is now a memorial.
See also: Wikipedia Holocaust Encyclopaedia
Hotel Negresco, Nice
The second one concerned a stay at the Le Negresco hotel in Nice. The Hotel Negresco is a luxury hotel and site of the restaurant Le Chantecler, located on It was the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France.named after Henri Negresco (1868–1920), who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the times, when the Negresco opened in 1913 its front opened on the side opposite the Mediterranean Sea
The hotel is now owned by a trust that ensures its future.
See also: Hotel Negresco. The Negresco Aert Collection
Monaco Grand Prix in 2013
The third one concerned Bill being engaged as a photographer for the Amber Lounge at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2013. Obviously his photographs are not available, but some similar ones are available here.
These were fascinating mini-talks with all three subjects new to nearly all of us.
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New members are always welcomed at the Club. If you are 50 or over, retired, or nearing retirement, (men only, I’m afraid, sorry ladies) you can attend three meetings as a guest and find out what a relaxed and friendly time we have. That’s plenty of time to decide whether to become a Club member or not. Please check out our programme and fill in our Contact Form if you wish to attend as a guest, or to enquire about joining.
Largs Probus Club will next meet in the Willowbank Hotel on Wednesday 13th May at 10am when Marian McNeill will give a talk on the Inverclyde Sky Watchers, a friendly group of amateur astronomers.