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The Probus Club of Ewell
Slide presentation an overview
Monthly Meetings at Bourne Hall
Midday Lunch Followed by a wide range of
Talks and Presentations
The Slides are just an illustration from the Talks or Visits
More on our website
Guided coach tour of the 2012
Olympic Site.
Probus Club of EwellVisit the site
The Lee Valley White Water Centre for London 2012.
This was our first close up view of the Olympic Stadium with our official Guide explaining all
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Visit to Bletchley Park
By Coach
A modern version of the Colossus, using transistors, made by Tony Sale shown here
Alan TuringThe brilliant mathematicianA Slate model
•We enjoy two Ladies Lunches every year at
the Kingswood Golf Club
Our Speaker
and the
President
Mill at Sonningby Coach, Boat
for Lunch plus Theatre show
Then by boat to Sonning Mill
Coach trip to
Chatham Historic Dockyard -
HMS Cavalier was the Royal Navy's last operational Second World War destroyer and is now
preserved at Chatham as a memorial.
HMS Ocelot was the last warship built for the Royal Navy at Chatham
Dockyard. An 'O' Class diesel electric submarine.
Thames River Tour with
Lunch
National Trust at Polesden Lacy for Group Lunch
and Conducted Tour of
the House
Polesden Lacy
Dining at Polesden the Probus Club had reserved tables and were joined by the staff guides
Visit to
RAF Hendon
Tour of the
Inns of Court
Arnhem and the
Rhine Crossings
by Ken Williamson
Horsa Glider - Ken Williamsons as a mere 22 year old pilot of one the
gliders used at Arnhem
Horsa Glider Cockpit
Mount Etna by Ann Chance
The Hanseatic
League
by
Charles Abdy
BROOKLANDS
MUSEUM
Waddesdon Manor
Visit to BBC
Television Centre in
London
Leonardslee Lakes
and Gardens
Why we need Nuclear Energy by Sir Bernard
Ingham
“Wind power would require the whole of Dartmoor – and then would only produce the electricity when the wind was blowing at optimum speed” quote Sir Bernard
“The River Thames"
by Charles Abdy
The Mill in Ewell
The Hogsmill River at Kingston is one of the tributaries of the River Thames
My Antarctic
Experience
by Keith Lugton
Portsmouth Historic
Dockyard
HMS Victory Nelson’s flagship
HMS WARRIOR 1860Warrior was the world’s first iron hulled, powered by steam.
RegularTheatre
Trips
Visits to and talks about London
The Concorde
Story by
Christopher
Orlebar
The RAF Presentation Team led by
Wing Commander Simon Firth
The Royal Observatory and
Museum at Greenwich
This is the * Meridian Line
Macmillan’s World's Greatest Coffee
Morning when in 2010 the sum of £1,200 was raised for the Cancer
Charity
Biggin on the Bump
by Bob Ogley
•These are a couple of slides from a talk on
Egypt
“Toy Train to the
Clouds”
by
Major Paul Whittle
"The History of the Bisley Ranges“ by Jeff Doe
And visit to Bisley
The Royal Navy Presentation Team Commander Paul Lloyd and
Lieutenant Anna Jordan
Warship of the Future
Crop Circles by Andy Thomas
RailwayPosters
By Greg Norden
1757 – 1834 Scottish Engineer. Bridge, Road and Canal Constructor"
"Thomas Telford by Charles Abdy
Houses of Parliament
& Cabinet War
Rooms
The Houses of Parliament in London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Signal Towers by
Paul Taylor
Whitehall to
Portsmouth
"Lead to Diamonds“
by Ken Walker
Gilroy is Good for You
Gilroy was the Poster Artist for Guinness
"Snakes Alive" by Lynn Byfield
MoreInformation
on www.ewell4probus.org.uk
The end of a brief review of talks and visits available for the Probus Club of
Ewell in Surrey
