Meeting and fellowship for retired men
Way back in 1963, a young schoolboy was walking across a field near to the Antonine Wall, when he stumbled across a piece of carved and lettered stone. The stone turned out to be part of a Roman altar, which Read More …
Culzean Castle and its historic connection to the Kennedy family was the fascinating subject of a talk by Bill Rogers to a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club. Since 1602 the Kennedy’s were a powerful and ruthless family in the Read More …
For most of the 19th century, the extension of the ‘franchise’ was a dominant political issue and the growing economic and social influence of the skilled middle classes led to agitations across Britain. These agitations were the fascinating subject of Read More …
The members of the club were treated to a fascinating talk at their recent meeting on the History of Largs, beginning way back in pre-historic times with the story of Largs’ own Neolithic Tomb (behind the Douglas Park). Local history Read More …
At a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club, Kevin Kerrigan of Glasgow Museums gave an illustrated and very interesting talk on the impact of the action on 7 May, 1915 when the German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a Cunard cruise liner Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,