1978/79  RAYMOND WEBSTER
1979/80  RAYMOND WEBSTER
1980/81  DICK ANKERSON
1981/82  HARRY CULLISS
1982/83  BILL ASHELBY
1983/84  NORMAN PAGET
1984/85  FRANK HALL
1985/86  TOM STEPHENSON
1986/87  COLIN HUGHES-COUND
1987/88  TOM PAXTON
1988/89  STAN YEATES
1989/90  HERBERT PENHALE
1990/91  HAROLD JAMES
1991/92  GERALD FARNSWORTH
1992/93  REG KENDLE
1993/94  MICHAEL MORRIS
1994/95  TED WRIGHT
1995/96  HARRY SPENCER
1996/97  DAVID MITCHELL
1997/98  RON MORGAN
1998/99  CYRIL REVERS
1999/00  PADDY LOWRY
2000/01  DON HARDING
2001/02  LES HART
2002/03  MACK RUSSELL
2003/04  SYDNEY TRENCHARD MORGAN
2004/05  DON LANE
2005/06  PETER DOOLEY
2006/07  MIKE GAMMAGE
2007/08  SYDNEY TRENCHARD MORGAN
2008/09  DANNY MORGAN
2009/10 JOHN KINROSS
2010/11 ROGER LLOYD

Our club has approximately 40 retired male members and was founded in 1978. We meet each Tuesday morning at the Kindle Centre (http://www.kindlecentre.org.uk) which is attached to the ASDA store in Hereford. Our meetings start at 10.15 - members arrive earlier for tea or coffee and a chat - and finish at about 11.30. Most weeks we have a speaker - a guest speaker or one of our members. As well as our weekly meetings there is a programme of social events and visits.

If you would like to enquire about joining us, or if you are a PROBUS member visiting our area, you can contact our Secretary on 01981 550150 or email PROBUS@jeffandjan.com

Saint Ethelbert is the patron saint of Hereford whose cathedral is ‘The Cathedral Church of St. Mary The Virgin and St Ethelbert the King’. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles state that, in 794, ‘Offa, king of Mercia, commanded Aethelberht’s head to be struck off’. Ethelbert was the young king of East Anglia and his murder took place not far from Hereford. There are several versions of the story of why he came to Herefordshire and what followed - to read our version click here.

Our programme
Tuesday 24th January
Guest speaker - the Vikings
Tuesday 31st January
Club member - repeat cv
Tuesday 7th February
Guest speaker - ‘The art of propaganda, what is truth?’
Tuesday 14th February
‘Free period’
Tuesday 21st February
Guest speaker - Madagascar scenery & wildlife
Tuesday 28th February
Club member - building & first voyage of VLCC
Tuesday 6th March
Guest speaker - ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back’
Tuesday 13th March
Guest speaker - the AA (may change)
Tuesday 20th March
AGM
Wednesday 21st March
AGM lunch
Tuesday 27th March
Club member - bowls
Tuesday 3rd April
Guest speaker - “English Today”
Tuesday 10th April
Club member - amateur dramatics
Tuesday 17th April
Committee meeting
Tuesday 24th April
Committee report
Tuesday 1st May
Guest speaker - fractal art
Tuesday 8th May
Club member - cv
Tuesday 15th May
‘Free period’
Tuesday 22nd May
St. Ethelbert celebration lunch
Thursday 24th May
St. Ethelbert celebration service
Tuesday 29th May
Guest speaker - Old Hereford in Colour - continued
Tuesday 5th June
Club member - cv
Tuesday 12th June
Guest speaker - the Falklands at time of invasion
Wednesday 14th June
Barbeque
Tuesday 19th June
Club member - the justice system
Tuesday 26th June
Guest speaker - the World College
Tuesday 3rd July
TBD
Tuesday 10th July
Committee meeting
Tuesday 17th July
Committee report
Tuesday 24th July
Guest speaker - Aspire
Tuesday 31st July
Club member - the Caledonian Canal
Tuesday 7th August
TBD
Tuesday 14th August
Guest speaker - the Courtyard Theatre
Tuesday 21st August
TBD
Tuesday 28th August
Free period
Tuesday 4th September
Guest speaker - Hereford Futures
Tuesday 11th September
Guest speaker - ‘ from Astrakhan to Moscow’

Our Speakers
We respect our speakers’ privacy by not identifying them on this site. However, if any would like their contact information included, this will appear here.

Penny Platts
Penny has spoken to us several times about Herefordshire and beyond and will be our guest speaker again later this year. For information visit
http://herefordshire.wordpress.com

Whyle House Lamb
Andy Offer spoke to us about this business and how it developed in August 2010 - visit the web site at http://www.whylehouse.co.uk/

More about us
Our social programme, in which our better halves are invited to join us, currently includes 3 lunches per year, a skittles evening and an evening barbecue. On St. Ethelbert's day in May we are fortunate to be able to meet at the home of the Dean of Hereford Cathedral, an honorary member of our club, for coffee, and we then gather around the St. Ethelbert shrine in the cathedral for a short celebration service. One of our meetings near to Christmas gives us the opportunity to socialise with mince pies.

We enjoy occasional outings - past visits have included the Black Country Living Museum, Blenheim Palace, St. Fagans National History Museum and, in 2011, Berrington Hall and Hereford Cathedral We normally also have an annual coach holiday - in recent years to Harrogate and Liverpool, and, in 2011, the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

There is an annual subscription of £100 which pays for our meeting room, our speakers and other outgoings. Our members also purchase a PROBUS lapel badge and tie to wear at our meetings. We ask for a commitment to attend at least 17 meetings per year.

Our committee meets 4 times a year reporting back to the club at the following weekly meeting, and we have our AGM in March.

Last Year
In 2011 our speakers’ topics included ‘The Shazam! Show’, A Career in Military Music, A Visit to Oberammergau, The Woodland Trust - Credenhill, Policing in Herefordshire, A Pilgrimage to Compostela, Herefordshire Technical College, USA Coast to Coast by Train, The Monmouth Rebellion, ‘Crime and Scene Explained’, Modern and Post Modern Art, A Year in the Life of a Digital Camera, A Pottery Making Demonstration, The European Parliament (by an MEP), Herefordshire Council, The World College in Costa Rica, The British Motor Cycle Industry, ‘Another Man’s Shoes’, ‘A Brush with the Hindu Kush’, First Year as a Member of Parliament, Hereford Futures, ‘My War’, ‘Dialogue’, The Little Princess Trust, Old Hereford in Colour, ‘Memories of My Mother’, Art as Therapy, Cadbury’s, The Heath and Safety Executive, and The Haven. We also enjoyed several members’ CVs, a poetry day and another of John’s quizzes.

St. Ethelbert’s Day 2011

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2010
In 2010 our speakers’ topics included The Role of the Community Support Officer, Benefits Obtainable Through The Pensions Service, Backpacking In Africa, The Evergreen State, West Mercia Police (by an Assistant Chief Constable), The Woodland Trust, Herefordshire Tourism, The European Parliament (by an MEP), A Day In The Life of A National Trust Property Manager, Arrive Alive (Road Safety), My War (as a boy in London), Climbing In Scotland And The Alps, Heartstart, Counselling, From Amsterdam To Budapest, Whyle House Lamb, A To Z Of Herefordshire, A Potted History Of Potting, Ironbridge And Coalbrookdale, Hereford Cathedral, Wild In West Wales, Cruising In The Aegean, History Of The Hereford And Gloucester Canal, and The British Motor Cycle Industry. We also enjoyed several members’ CVs and a quiz.
To see photographs taken at our 2010 St. Ethelbert’s Day celebration service click here