Meeting and fellowship for retired men
David Mackie is one of our new members and has also had a fascinating career. He spoke at the same meeting as Morrison Sutherland. Formative YearsDavid was born in Greenock in 1943, he was educated at Greenock Academy from 1948 – Read More …
With another members’ coffee morning upon us, we had two more fascinating speakers, Morrison Sutherland and David Mackie. David’s talk is the subject of the next blog post. Morrison, one of our older members, spoke about his career in the Read More …
Today (26th March), was the first opportunity to assemble the new committee for a photoshoot. There aren’t really any new faces, only a shuffle around. No one looks any different from last year’s mug shots, which is good. So, please Read More …
While researching to write up this blog I found the following quote by a Kenya specialist: “Open plains scattered with wildlife, rocky kopjes, distant mountains, and sparkling lakes — Out of Africa, The Lion King, and numerous David Attenborough documentaries are indebted Read More …
The speaker at a recent meeting of Large Probus Club had the members all at sea with his experiences as a Master on the Stena Line. Captain Murray Paterson gained his Master’s Certificate on the 8th of May 1978 and Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,