Meeting and fellowship for retired men
Due to the scheduled speaker being indisposed, John Hammond had offered to give a talk – keeping the topic secret until he started – slightly worrying for the President! However, there was nothing to worry about, John started speaking about a Read More …
When the Titanic went down, she took with her the lives of many brave people including her entire complement of engineers under the control of Joseph Bell, the Chief Engineer Officer. The role they played and the ultimate sacrifice they Read More …
The subject of this week’s talk to Largs Probus Club was ‘The Treaty of Versailles’, the final act of World War One, signed on June 28th 1919 in the magnificent Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles – we’ll come to the Read More …
The story of the Laconia was the subject of a talk by Ray Young to a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club. The RMS Laconia left Alexandria in Egypt in September 1942 with 1,800 Italian prisoners, 180 Polish Guards, 268 Read More …
A fascinating account of his 1986 visit to the Falklands and how what he saw there influenced his later life was given to the recent meeting of Largs Probus by military historian and former naval armaments specialist Tom Ward. In his Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,
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