Meeting and fellowship for retired men
The challenges of providing Primary education to the children of the Ferguslie Park area of Paisley was the subject of a talk by Ian Fraser at a recent meeting of Largs Probus Club. Ian had been Head Teacher of Ferguslie 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 …
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 …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,