Meeting and fellowship for retired men
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 …
A recent meeting of Largs Probus Club was all at sea when member Ray Young stepped in to speak about his seven years’ service in the Royal Navy, helped by photographs kept by his family of his time at sea. Read More …
This is a brief post to explain that due to unfavourable weather and other constraints, the final consisted of a round robin contest between Jim Welsh, Frank Scott and Jim Canning. The winner was Frank and he collected his trophy Read More …
Sight loss can take away so much for anyone with such problems, but especially veterans. However, Anne Garry, an Independent Living Worker with Sight Scotland Veterans, the operating name of Scottish War Blinded, was keen to advise members of Largs Read More …
The members of the Largs Probus Club were this week treated to a fascinating illustrated talk on “Glasgow’s Treasures” – mostly of the architectural variety. Our speaker, David Walker, possessed a wealth of knowledge on the history of the city, together with Read More …
“trench’d its gushing entrails bright.”
Translates as:
Digging into your glistening insides,