The Probus Club of Huddersfield

Previous Programmes

2025/2026 Programme

DateTitleSpeakerVenueHighlight?
04/03/2025Dear Brendan, Churchill’s FixerJim BriggsFixby GC
18/03/2025A year looking for kingfishersSteve MidgleyFixby GC
01/04/2025Flax manufacturing in LeedsPeter SpeddingFixby GC
15/04/2025The Golden Days of Variety – Spring Lunch MeetingDavid MoylanOutlane GCyes
06/05/2025The Remarkable Life of Josephine BakerAlan HicksFixby GC
20/05/2025The Match GirlsMichael AstropFixby GC
03/06/2025Cragg Vale CoinersMaurice ClaypoleFixby GC
17/06/2025American Presidents-The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
Simon CorkFixby GC
01/07/2025What a Way to Run a RailwayStuart LinesFixby GC
15/07/2025Classics from40s50s60s – Summer Lunch meetingThe ValentinesOutlane GCyes
09/09/2025Culloden **Eric JacksonFixby GC
16/09/2025Doctor to AuthorCarol M TetlowFixby GC
07/10/2025Medieval castles of YorkshireDave WeldrakeFixby GC
21/10/2025NumbersDave HartleyFixby GC
30/10/2025Opera to Pop – Annual Dinner **Nicola MillsOutlane GCyes
04/11/2025Walking the Furness WayJanet NiepokojczyckaFixby GC
18/11/2025Sikh Religion & CultureMohinder Singh ChanaFixby GC
02/12/2025The Shroud of TurinMichael KowalskiFixby GC
16/12/2025Desert Island Disks
– Christmas Lunch Meeting		Stuart HartleyOutlane GCyes
06/01/20261000 years of the English LanguageMalcolm JohnsonFixby GC
20/01/2026Storthes Hall RememberedAnn LittlewoodFixby GC
03/02/2026AGM – Members Get Together & LunchMembersFixby GC
17/02/2026*** Battle to reclaim Democracy ***David CalverlyFixby GC

2024/2025 Programme

DateTitleSpeakerVenueHighlight?
20/02/2024Lost Kingdom of ElmetDave WeldrakeFixby GC
05/03/2024Humorous MonologuesGeorge MurphyFixby GC
19/03/2024The Battle of JutlandPaul AdeyFixby GC
02/04/2024Mixed-up Maurice the Madcap MountaineerJim BriggsFixby GC
16/04/2024Tellin T’ Tale - Spring Lunch MeetingRod DimblebyOutlane GCyes
07/05/2024A Very British MeteoriteMartin LunnFixby GC
21/05/2024** The Pros & Cons of Electric Cars** Martin RowleyFixby GC
04/06/2024Gold Sands to Cotton CastlesChris FreemanFixby GC
18/06/2024Life as a Financial MediatorChris MakinFixby GC
02/07/2024The History of ChocolateDavid Greenwood-HaighFixby GC
16/07/2024Musical Entertainment - Summer Lunch MeetingSteve CassidyOutlane GCyes
10/09/2024** Inns & Out at the Top** Neil HansonFixby GC
17/09/2024** The Sheffield Gang Wars** Martin RowleyFixby GC
01/10/2024Prison to PalaceVeronica BirdFixby GC
10/10/2024Northern Humour and Song - Annual DinnerRob MasonOutlane GCyes
15/10/2024The Brontes of HaworthDenise AdlardFixby GC
05/11/202410 ways to improve your enjoyment of wineJohn ButterwickFixby GC
19/11/2024** Remember the SixtiesStuart HartleyFixby GC
03/12/2024Storthes Hall RememberedAnn LittlewoodFixby GC
17/12/2024Christmas Entertainment
- Christmas Lunch Meeting		Bill WrightOutlane GCyes
07/01/2025History and Development of ArmamentsDerek HodgesFixby GC
21/01/2025Elizabeth 1stPhilip AsheFixby GC
04/02/2025** Lifes Exclamation Marks!David SeniorFixby GC
18/02/2025Mercy ShipsDavid KershawFixby GC

2023/2024 Programme

DateTitleSpeakerVenueHighlight?
07/03/2023The Complete Idiot's Guide to YorkshireJeff JacklinFixby GC
21/03/2023Full & Part Time TalesPaul WhiteleyFixby GC
04/04/2023Sweet ThoughtsRoy MeakinFixby GC
18/04/2023Sing Along - Spring Lunch MeetingRick FryOutlane GCyes
02/05/2023What have volcanoes ever done for usChris FreemanFixby GC
16/05/2023History of the British Motor TradePaul AdeyFixby GC
06/06/2023Retirement- What RetirementMaggie PoppaFixby GC
20/06/2023Went away a boy, came back a manFrank WrightFixby GC
04/07/2023The Woodland Trust(2)Roger ParkinsonFixby GC
18/07/2023Musical Entertainment - Summer Lunch MeetingTim SvoradiOutlane GCyes
05/09/2023My Life and Times in the Motor TradeNick RydenFixby GC
19/09/2023The Auctioneer's LotRaymond ButterworthFixby GC
03/10/2023Following the LudditesDavid CalverleyFixby GC
12/10/2023Northern Humour and Song - Annual DinnerRob MasonOutlane GCyes
17/10/2023The Gunpowder PlotEric JacksonFixby GC
07/11/2023Commonwealth War Graves CommissionGuy ParkerFixby GC
21/11/2023My Wife and Other StoriesTim FormanFixby GC
05/12/2023The Traditions of ChristmasMichael AstropFixby GC
19/12/2023Music - Christmas Lunch MeetingMemory Lane SingersOutlane GCyes
09/01/2024Historical local connections with the RNLIAndy InghamFixby GC
23/01/2024Bonnie Prince CharlieJanet NiepokojczyckaFixby GC
06/02/2024AGM - Film ShowTrevor SpencerFixby GC
20/02/2024Lost Kingdom of ElmetDave WeldrakeFixby GC

2022/2023 Programme

DateTitleSpeakerVenueHighlight?
01/03/2022History Of The Local Textile MillsStuart HartleyFixby GC
15/03/2022Medical Detection DogsPauline IredaleFixby GC
05/04/2022My Life in book publishingDavid AsquithFixby GC
19/04/2022MusicRick FryOutlane GCyes
03/05/2022Modern Policing **Caroline LoranFixby GC
17/05/2022Convoy of HopeFrank WrightFixby GC
07/06/2022Hello Sailor!Ian McQueenFixby GC
21/06/2022Press Gang (about Huddersfield Examiner)Roy MeakinFixby GC
05/07/2022Energy, Electric Cars and Global WarmingBarrie YatesFixby GC
19/07/2022More Songs and GerryBeaumont Park Ukulele BandOutlane GCyes
06/09/2022Carrying the torch for the OlympicsGerry BeamondFixby GC
20/09/2022The Story of EnergyPaul AdeyFixby GC
04/10/2022Magistrates Court Mock TrialGraham SmithFixby GC
13/10/2022Musical Entertainment **Key of GOutlane GCyes
18/10/2022Film Show(*Program Change*)Trevor SpencerFixby GC
01/11/2022The Woodland TrustRoger ParkinsonFixby GC
15/11/2022Titanic – New EvidenceJulian SomervilleFixby GC
29/11/2022The Star of Bethlehem **Martin Lunn MBEFixby GC
06/12/2022Music - A Ladies Lunch Meeting **Memory Lane SingersOutlane GCyes
05/01/2023My Life in Politics ** DATE CHANGE **Jason McCartney MPFixby GC
17/01/2023Resolutions, Superstitions, some traditions and Don't forget Valentine's DayChris HelmeFixby GC
07/02/2023AGM - Film ShowTrevor SpencerFixby GC
21/02/2023Dick Turpin, Knight or RogueMichael AstropFixby GC

2021/2022 Programme

DateTitleSpeakerVenueHighlight?
02/03/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
16/03/2021All in a Days Work Reminiscences from 30 years in the Police Service'Chris Helmevia Zoom
06/04/2021Anecdotes of an Ordinary GentlemanTim Formanvia Zoom
20/04/2021** Cancelled **Outlane GCyes
04/05/2021History above Your Head - England Through its Inn SignsMichael Astropvia Zoom
18/05/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
01/06/2021Great British EccentricsPaul Robbinsvia Zoom
15/06/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
06/07/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
20/07/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
03/08/2021** Cancelled **Fixby GCyes
18/08/2021** Cancelled **Farnley Tyas BCyes
24/08/2021
Annual Film Show - AGMTrevor SpencerFixby GC
07/09/2021Paupers and LunaticsChristine LeveridgeFixby GC
21/09/2021So you want to be a pirate – the life of a Caribbean pirateChris HelmeFixby GC
05/10/2021An Original Soap OperaJim BriggsFixby GC
14/10/2021Northern Humour and Song - Annual Dinner (6:30 for 7pm)Rob MasonOutlane GCyes
19/10/2021Roe Head, Holly BankFrank WrightFixby GC
02/11/2021Still locking ‘em upGraham SmithFixby GC
16/11/2021Origins of Yorkshire Brands(with Quiz)Michael AstropFixby GC
07/12/2021Crippen - A Case of Mistaken Identity?Dr Julian SomervilleFixby GC
14/12/2021Music - A Ladies Lunch MeetingMemory Lane SingersOutlane GCyes
04/01/2022History Of The Local Textile Mills ** Cancelled **Stuart HartleyFixby GCyes
18/01/2022Murder, Manslaughter, Statues?!John BeaumontFixby GC
01/02/2022AGM - Film ShowTrevor SpencerFixby GC
15/02/2022Brighouse, a Sleepy Little Town in West Yorkshire – or is it?Noel MoroneyFixby GC