PROBUS CLUB OF KINGSTON UPON
THAMES
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Message
from our President: John Metzner Welcome to our Website. It serves to inform members of current
activities and provide information to potential new members. Membership is open
to retired or partially retired professional and businessmen. Hence the name
“Probus”. There are about 5000 Probus Clubs world-wide with over 300,000 members. We are
independent of each other. We are looking for more
members so if you would like to consider joining us, come as a guest, you
will be made welcome. To contact us: double click on our Committee link below
or come as a guest of any other member. At our February Luncheon our speaker
John Hargreaves gave a slide show of magnificent photographs taken whilst
sailing in the Antarctic: more details in the next Newsletter |
Our
activities consist of two parts:
1.
A monthly
meeting every second Tuesday of the month at the Hotel Antoinette, Kingston
upon Thames, consisting of half an hour in the bar (beginning at 12:15 p.m.) then
luncheon followed by a speaker on a topic of mutual interest.
Next luncheon: 8th
March – Speaker – Siobhan Clark –“Hampton Court – Pleasure Palace”
2 Outings
between monthly meetings to places of interest to members and wives: theatres,
museums, sporting venues, stately homes, rambles etc.
Next outings:
Friday 30th
April 2010 A 3 to 4 mile ramble led by John Kelly starting at 10:30
from the New Inn at Send – post code GU23 7EN, followed by lunch at the New
Inn.
May 2010 – We plan
to join another group on a visit to Bletchley Park where enemy codes were
broken by using the Enigma machines. Bookings will be taken shortly when the
number of places available will be known.
A group
of member’s wives and widows meet monthly for coffee at a local restaurant, and
join us at our Ladies’ Luncheons held in June and December each year. Wives,
widows and partners join us on our outings. The Ladies Coffee Meetings
activities are arranged by Marilyn Jennings.