Church Wilne
For further information please contact our Chairman, 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 2023 is listed below. If you would like to join us for any of these meetings please come along on the day or contact our Chairman, Michael Thacker at michaelnewdigate@aol.com, so that he can supply you with the details.
SPEAKERS FOR 2023
18 Jan Mark Vallis Derbyshire Blood Bikes
15 Feb Ian McKay The history of British Bank Notes.
(with on-the- day valuations)
15 March Ann Pocklington From Rags to Royalty. (From poverty to being
a nurse to royalty)
19 April Bob Massey Beside the seaside. The history of seaside entertainment
17 May Angelique Foster The role of the Police & Crime Commissioner
21 June David Skillen Zeppelin: Ship of Dreams. Flying in luxury
and danger
19 July Angela Sargent The farming Year
16 Aug Wendy Coley Medical detection dogs
20 Sept Ian Green Militant Feminism Fair means and foul to win the vote
18 Oct Peter Hardy The National Memorial Arboretum
15 Nov Catrin Rutland Science fiction vs Science fact
20 Dec Mike Newbold My Extra Life
EVENTS FOR MEMBERS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS
We are now starting to think about how we can continue our social activities for 2023. In 2022, we had a lunch in October at a local hostelry and a Christmas lunch in December. We joined with members of another local Probus Club for a trip to the Great British Car Journey in Ambergate in November.
