For further information please contact our Secretary, Michael Thacker  michaelnewdigate@aol.com

Membership of Church Wilne Probus Club is now open to all retired people, both male and female. Our regular monthly meetings take place at Ockbrook Parish Hall, Church Street, Ockbrook, Derby, DE72 3SL on the third Wednesday morning of each month.  Refreshments are served from 10am and the meeting starts at 10.30 when we will have a talk from a visiting speaker on a topic we hope members will find informative, interesting and entertaining.  The speaker programme for 2026 is listed below. If you would like to join us for any of these meetings please come along on the day or contact our Secretary, Michael Thacker by email at michaelnewdigate@aol.com or by phone on 07774 429774, so that he can supply you with the details.

Here is a list of our talks for 2026

 

21 January               Jules Doherty          Over the Wall

18 February             Stephen Flinders     My Kind of Paris

18 March                 Keith Small             River Trent in History and in Life

15 April                   Harry Houldsworth TBC

20 May                    Martin & Joy Bush  Mercy Ships

17 June                    Frank Harrison        The Ock Brook

15 July                     Robert Mee             Derbyshire’s Castles

19 August                Michael Thacker     Ferroequinology     

16 September         Natalie Godrich      Treetops

21 October              Stephen Snow         Can we reach net zero?

18 November          Brian Dale               Nothing is foolproof.- Railway accidents caused by human error

16 December          Ann Featherstone   Seasons Greetings