Meeting and fellowship for retired men
At a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club, Sandy McWhirter gave a very interesting talk on Bletchley Park and the role the cryptanalysts there played in cracking the German Enigma code. He advised that the Enigma machine was an electromechanical encryption device Read More …
The Probus Club had an interesting talk recently from member, Norrie Hollywood about a business visit to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, a few years after the Falklands war. His photos of the city were fascinating; there seemed to Read More …
At a recent meeting, the club held its annual Burns Lunch at the Willowbank Hotel. President Ray Young was in the chair, Bill Young addressed the haggis and Bernie Rafferty proposed the toast to the Lassies. Out of the traditional Read More …
At the recent Members Morning, President Ray Young spoke on his experience of using the Ancestry DNA testing provision to see whether his father’s Scottish heritage would be reflected in his DNA. For a relatively small fee and a saliva Read More …
This was the title of a fascinating talk by Alec MacKinnon at a recent Probus meeting. If we go to a place where there is a low amount of light pollution we will see stars set in a dark sky. Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,