Lately we undertook an exploratory look at the Elizabeth Line and the Uber Boats Clipper service on the Thames in London.
The Clipper affords convenient and speedy access to riverside venues and the last trip included Battersea Power Station, the interior an surroundings of which are transformed to an attractive shopping and residential area.
The Group has recently undertaken a Rail Trip to the city of Winchester and had a careful look at the Cathedral and stroll about the town, fitting-in lunch before returning home. This proved to be very popular and a programme is being developed. See Below.
We also try to fit in a local informal lunch with our wives/partners; a recent one was at the Rose & Crown in Green Street Green and previous meals at – the Miller & Carter in West Wickham and the Sydney Arms in Chislehurst, amongst others.
If you have a favoured lunch venue that you think could host a Probus informal lunch; please contact Paul Scott who organises these popular events.
Details of all events will be published and notified to members, at the monthly formal lunch meetings at Oakley House.
Can members attending the “Formal Lunches” at Oakley House please ensure that they have paid the treasurer, or notified him of their non-attendance, by the Friday morning of the previous week at the latest. This will prevent the Group paying Oakley House catering for unused lunches.
2026 – Talks at our monthly Lunch Meetings at Oakley House. (subject to change)
10 June Tools with a Mission (TWAM) – David Heren
8 July Film on the Evacuation experience – Colin Jones
12 August “A Comedian, an Actress and Someone Dangerous to Know” – Ken Tracey
(Mid-Summer Meeting)
9 September “Swinging London” and a trip back to the 60’s – Nick Dobson
14 October Talk on Counter Terrorism – PC Tony Jackson
(Counter Terrorism Protection Officer: Metropolitan Police: Area 6, Croydon)
11 November “The Story of London’s Green Belt – Will it survive?” – Peter Martin
9 December Christmas Lunch, with Partner’s and Guests.
2027 – Talks at our monthly Lunch Meetings at Oakley House. (subject to change)
6 Jan “Galena to Silicon” – A Century of Radio – by Richard Perzyna
10 Feb “Modern Day Hong Kong” – by Chris Sutcliffe
2025 – Talks at our monthly Lunch Meetings at Oakley House.
8 Jan Women in World War 1 – Joanna Friel
12 Feb Penge Pavement Plaques – Kate Boyle
12 March Pearly Kings and Queens – Chris Conran
9 April AGM
14 May Women in World War 2 – Joanna Friel
11 June Medieval Origins of Medicine – Trevor Beedham
9 July LPA’s Made Easy – Jackie Lucas
13 August Mid-Summer Meeting – Lunch with Partners.
Provisional list of Rail Trips.
Chiswick House and Gardens
RAF Museum, Hendon
Bristol – SS Great Britain and Clifton Suspension Bridge
Ramsgate/Margate – Hornby Models Centre and a pub lunch
Rochester – Cathedral and the town’s connections to Charles Dickens and the Castle
York – National Railway Museum
Birmingham – the Bull Ring and the Canals (more numerous than Venice’s) with boat trip and waterside pub lunch.
Full details will be announced near the time of each event and relayed to members by our Secretary.
