Meeting and fellowship for retired men
The Technical Discussion Group met on Tuesday 6th Feb for a hands-on seminar on Microsoft Word, for which we were prepared to look at anything and everything from Formatting to Peer document review. Unfortunately those attending were probably some of Read More …
The story of Orkney’s greatest explorer, Dr John Rae, and the search for the North West Passage was the interesting subject of the talk by David Vennard to a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club. Dr Rae was to become Read More …
Largs Probus Club held its annual Burns Lunch on Wednesday 24th January in the Willowbank Hotel attended by nearly 50, members, partners and guests. The Hotel staff provided their usual excellent table service and lunch, comprising cock-a-leekie soup or fruit cocktail, followed Read More …
This walk got off to a difficult start as the 906 bus from Largs did not run at the appointed time due to an earlier breakdown. In the event only three of us made it, George, Douglas and Phil. We Read More …
Andrew Carnegie was the fascinating subject of a recent talk by Playwright David Dewar to Largs Probus Club. David gave an excellent synopsis of how this second son, born into a poor family from Dunfermline in 1835, became the richest man in Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,