The Didsbury Probus Club invites you to our next scheduled Speaker Meeting on Thursday 6th February

Venue: Didsbury Baptist Church on the corner of School Lane and Beaver Road opposite Didsbury Metrolink, M20 6SX

Time:  We will meet at 10:30 am  for tea/coffee and biscuits with the talk starting at 11.00am.

Talk Title:   What happens to our rubbish?
Alison is a member of the Greater Manchester Disposal Team and she will explain what happend to our rubbish when it reaches the recycling plants.  Where there’s muck, there’s brass and the more that can be recycled, the more it offsets the enourmous cost of disposing of our increased volume of waste.  Alison will also help us to sort out our own rubbish with an up to date explanation of what goes into which coloured bin.
Speaker: Alison Sare

Visitors are very welcome.  Donations from visitors, to help with our running costs and provision of refreshments, will be very welcome.

Future talks

20th Feb     From Telstar to Starlink – the evolution of the telecommunication satellite – Nigel Linge
Fom the early days of Telstar to now, how many more satellites there are and what do they do?

6th Mar        English, a curious language – Neil Sheldon
A real mongrel of a language developed from many invading forces, from the Roman occupation onwards.  Come and find out how our language evolved and to some degree is still evolving.

20th Mar    Trafford Park – from stately home to shopping centre.  Judy Popley
The history of Trafford Park.  How the home of the De-Trafford family since 1017 became the largest industrial estate in the World, vital support during two world wars and finally to become a 300 acre shopping mall.

17th Apr     The history of the BBC.  Frank Vigon
The British Broadcasting Company dates back to 1922.  Frank will explore more than 100 years of the BBC, and show how this public corporation developed, also bringing back memories of many of the past forgotten programmes.

1st May    Scientists, engineers, mathematicians and medics associated with Didsbury.  Diana Leitch
With Didsbury’s close proximity to the educational, academic, medical and manufacturing heartland of Manchester, it became home for many very prominent people in their field.  Come and see how many of them you know.

15th May    Dementia – curable and/or preventable.  Bob Baldwin
A brief introduction about what dementia is and who is at risk.  Looking at treatments, new drugs and whether or not they are a breakthrough.  Also a discussion about strategies for preventing dementia.

 

Secretary: Mary Hill    didsbury.probus@gmail.com

Web: Ian Grant    ianwilsongrant@btopenworld.com