When was your club formed?
Please tell me when your club was formed – year and month if possible. I (Alison) have been building on the list of the first ten years created in 2002 by Mr Hoy of Herne Bay Probus. I have had some difficulty working out foundation dates by anniversary articles, because the reports in the magazine sometimes took a year or more to appear before I became editor! So – some of my dates may be wrong and I would be grateful for corrections.
Banchory Men’s Probus Club, Aberdeenshire – 1989
The Probus Club of St Neots was formed on 24th November 1972.
Regards
JC
St Peter’s Probus Carmarthen, Wales Correction to previous info. Formed pre 2002
Littlehampton Probus Ladies Club was formed in March 1984
SCUNTHORPE 78 PROBUS WAS FORMED NOVEMBER 1978
Thank you – the list is growing!
Brooklands 1976
Thank you!
The Campus Club – April 1965
Probus Club of Caterham – July 1965 (first club called Probus)
Coulsdon – 1965
Neston – April 5th 1967
Northfleet & District, Kent – 1967
Thirsk Ladies, North Yorkshire – 1967 (first ladies’ Probus Club)
Reigate – 1968
Scunthorpe 1968, North Lincolnshire – March 1968
Godalming, Surrey – May 1968
Croydon South – October 1968
Banstead, Surrey – 1968
Blackpool – 1968
Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex – January 1969
Seaford, East Sussex – Jan 1969
Reading, Berkshire – Feb 1969
Camberley & District, Surrey – June 1969
Newbury, Berkshire – July 1969
Leatherhead, Surrey – October 1969
Guildford, Surrey – November 1969
Whitkirk, Leeds – November 1969
Ayr, Strathclyde – Dec 1969
City of Hereford – December 1969
Hereford, December 1969
Sudbury, Suffolk – 1969
Neston, Cheshire – 1969
North East Hampshire – 1969
Warwick No 1 – 1969
Pownall Probex, Cheshire – 1969
Matlock, Derbyshire – 1969
Kirkcudbright & District, Dumfries – January 1970
Staines & District, Middlesex – Feb 1970
Whitkirk, Leeds – February 1970
Herne Bay, Kent – March 1970
Kendal, Cumbria – March 1970
Abbeydale, Sheffield – November 1970
Birkenhead, Merseyside – 1970
Dunstable – 1970
Spalding, Lincolnshire – 1970
Mexborough, South Yorkshire – 1970
Halifax, West Yorkshire – June 1970
Leeds, West Yorkshire – July 1970
Brixham, Devon – 1970
Poynton, Cheshire – 1970
Pontefract – 1970
Bridlington, East Yorkshire – 1970
Midsomer Norton, Somerset – 1970
Dalkeith & District – 1970
Southport – 1970
Cleveleys, Thornton, West Yorkshire – 1970
Cupar, Fife – 1970
Wakefield, Yorkshire – 1970
Guildford – 1970
Nantwich, Cheshire – 1970
Church Stretton, Shropshire – 1970
Surbiton, Surrey – 1971
St Anne’s on Sea, Lancashire – Feb 1971
Sutton, Surrey – March 1971
Altrincham – April 1971
Perth, Perthshire – April 1971
Bangor, Gwynedd – April 1971
Sidcup, Kent – April 1971
Dawlish, Devon – April 1971
Leven & District, Fife – June 1971
Paignton, Devon – June 1971
Lancing, West Sussex – August 1971
Epsom – August 1971
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire – September 1971
Greenock & District, Renfrewshire – October 1971
Accrington, Lancashire – November 1971
Helensburgh, Glasgow – November 1971
Monmouth – December 1971
Bishopsteignton, South Devon – 1971
Orpington, Kent – December 1971
Ramsbottom & Tottington, Lancashire – 1971
Wilmslow Bollin, Cheshire – 1971
Boston, Lincolnshire – 1971
Wadebridge, North Cornwall – 1971
Ashton-under-Lyne, 1971
Sutton Coldfield – 1971
Humberside – 1971
Littlehampton, West Sussex, 1971
Beckenham, Kent – February 1972
Cheam, Surrey – February 1972
Brighouse, Yorkshire – March 1972
Hove, East Sussex – April 1972
Barnes Sheen & Mortlake (London) – May 1972
Heywood, Lancashire – May 1972
Rutherglen, Glasgow – May 1972
Stort Valley, Essex – June 1972
Romily, Cheshire – September 1972
Whitehaven, Cumbria – October 1972
Bromley, Kent – October 1972
South Devon – 1972
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire – 1972
Devizes, Wiltshire – November 1972
Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire – 1972
Cork, Ireland – 1972
Dun Laoghaire, (Dublin) – 1972
Mendip, Somerset – 1972
Honiton, East Devon – 1972
Teignmouth – 1972
Winchester & District – 1972
Dudley, West Midlands – 1972
Worthing – May 1973
Blackmore Vale, Dorset – 1973
Dublin South – 1973
Ellesmere Port – 1973
Larne, Northern Ireland – 1973
Treetops, Northern Ireland – 1973
Ramsbottom and Tottington, Lancashire – 1973
Whitchurch and District (Shropshire) – January 1973
Evesham, Worcestershire – 1973
Northampton – February 1973
Long Eaton, Derbyshire – February 1973
Kingswood, Bristol – February 1973
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire – March 1973
Beeston, Nottinghamshire – April 1973
Teddington & Hampton – April 1973
Glossop, Derbyshire – June 1973
Truro, Cornwall – October 1973
Ebor, York – October 1973
Maidstone, Kent – October 1973
Seaton & District, Devon – November 1973
Rochester & District, Kent – December 1973
Monmouth – December 1973
Bedford – December 1973
Portishead, Bristol – 1973
Bournemouth Ladies – 1973
Sunderland – 1973
Ross on Wye & District – 1973
Deal & District – 1973
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire – January 1974
Brecon – January 1974
Lincoln – January 1974
East Elloe, Lincolnshire – March 1974
Dunbar – March 1974
City of Lichfield, Staffordshire – April 1974
Spa of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire – May 1974
Cheadle Moorlands, Staffordshire – June 1974
Furness, Cumbria – July 1974
Langley & Iver, Berkshire – August 1974
Thornbury & District, South Gloucestershire – September 1974
North Berwick, East Lothian – October 1974
Penarth, Wales – November 1974
Oadby & District, Leicestershire – 1974
Harpenden, Hertfordshire – 1974
Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire – 1974
Furness, Cumbria – 1974
Tobey, Sheffield – 1974
Preston Forum – 1974
Elland & District, West Yorkshire – 1974
Monmouth – 1974
Louth & District, Lincolnshire – 1974
Girvan, Ayrshire – 1974
Swindon – 1974
Rushden & District, Northmptonshire – 1974
Skegness – 1974
Keynsham & Saltford, Bristol – 1974
Bathgate & District – 1974
Chew Lake, Somerset – 1974
Peterborough ‘74 – 1974
Cannock Chase – 1974
Dumfries – January 1975
Canterbury, Kent – January 1975
Ramsgate, Kent – March 1975
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire – March 1975
Cannock Chase, Staffordshire – March 1975
Newmarket, Suffolk – July 1975
Okehampton & District, Devon – November 1975
Halesowen, West Midlands – November 1975
Rushden & District, Northamptonshire – 1975
Leek & District, Staffordshire – 1975
Flint & Holywell, North Wales – 1975
Kingston, East Yorkshire – 1975
Warwick No 1 – 1975
Brecon – 1975
Fishponds, North Somerset – 1975
Chelmsford, Essex – 1975
Sedgely & Wombourne, Staffordshire – 1975
Lisburn, Northern Ireland – 1975
Malone, Northern Ireland – 1975
Walsall, West Midlands -1975
Bloxwich, West Midlands – 1975
Beetham, Cumbria – 1975
Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire – 1976
Cardiff – 1976
North Blackburn, Yorkshire – 1976
Halesworth & District, North Suffolk – March 1976
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire – 1976
Woodbridge, Suffolk February 1976
Wellington, Shropshire – April 1976
Wellington, Somerset – 1976
Jarrow & Hebburn, Tyne & Wear – May 1976
Bilston, West Midlands – June 1976
Coleraine & District – June 1976
Tyldesley, Wigan – June 1976
Portadown, Northern Ireland – October 1976
Melbourne & District, Derbyshire – 1976
Bloxwich, West Midlands – 1976
Dudley, West Midlands – 1976
Broadstairs, Kent – 1976
North Walsham, Norfolk – 1976
Wymondham & District, Norfolk – 1976
Kilsyth, Lanarkshire – 1976
Tetbury 1, Gloucestershire – 1976
Caerphilly – 1976
Jubilee, Lincoln – 1976
City of Swansea – 1976
Kelso & District, Scotland – 1976
Newquay, Cornwall – 1976
Lowestoft Ladies, Suffolk – 1976
Upminster & District, Essex – 1976
Hinckley, Leicestershire – 1976
Clacton on Sea – 1976
Worksop, Nottinghamshire – 1976
Alsager, Cheshire – 1976
Kilmarnock – 1976
Andover, Hampshire – 1977
Dunfermline, Fife – January 1977
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire – February 1977
Birchington & District, Kent – March 1977
Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire – 1977
Hawick, Scotland – 1977
Omagh, Northern Ireland – May 1977
Newton Stewart & District, Scotland – July 1977
Stone, Staffordshire – July 1977
West Worthing – October 1977
Gloucester Ladies – October 1977
Mirfield, West Yorkshire – 1977
Guisborough Men’s Forum – 1977
Rushen, Isle of Man – 1977
Brixham, Devon – 1977
Market Drayton, Shropshire – 1977
The Deepings, Peterborough – 1977
Tamworth, Staffordshire – 1977
Westbury, Wiltshire – 1977
Londonderry – 1977
Jersey – 1977
Bramhall Jubilee – 1977
Hexham, Northumberland – 1977
Aylesbury Vale – 1977
Donaghadee, Northern Ireland – 1977
Conwy, North Wales – 1978
Workington, Cumbria – January 1978
City of Durham – April 1978
Fulshaw, Cheshire – May 1978
Lenten, Hampshire – September 1978
Scunthorpe ’78 – November 1978
Probus ’78 Ladies Circle – Scunthorpe – 1978
Ballymoney, Co Antrim – 1978
Gravesend, Kent – 1978
Clifton Down, Bristol – 1978
Hereford St Ethelbert – 1978
March & District, Cambridgeshire – 1978
Cwmbran – 1978
Maidenhead – 1978
Woodbridge, Suffolk – 1979
Basingstoke – 1979
Chesham, Buckinghamshire – 1979
Bournemouth & District – March 1979
Birkdale, Southport – June 1979
Nailsea – 1979
Bramhall, Cheshire – 1979
Spennymoor, County Durham – 1979
Halesworth, North Suffolk – 1979
Yare, Norfolk – 1979
Danum, Doncaster – 1979
Isis, Oxford, 1979
Churchdown Ladies, Gloucestershire – 1979
Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland – 1979
Bramhall ’79, Cheshire – 1979
Polmont, Stirlingshire – 1979
Cardiff North – 1979
Border City, Carlisle – 1980
Blairgowrie, Angus – January 1980
Hyde & District No 1 – July 1980
Kinross & District, Scotland – November 1980
Winterton & District, Lincolnshire – 1980
Sligo, Republic of Ireland – 1980
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland – 1980
Newton Le Willows, Warrington – 1980
Sidmouth – 1980
Axminster, Devon – 1980
Cosham, Portsmouth – 1980
Hitchin – 1980
Torrington, Devon – 1980
Brandon & District, Suffolk – May 1981
St Columb Major, Cornwall – 1981
Kingston, Surrey – 1981
Southampton East – 1981
Cardiff West – 1981
Finchley, Northamptonshire – 1981
Ferndown, Dorset – 1981
Wimborne, Dorset – 1981
Grappenhall, Cheshire – April 1981
Kingston & New Malden, Surrey – 1981
Sandy & District, Bedfordshire – 1981
Penicuik – 1981
Pontypool – May 1981
East Grinstead & District, West Sussex – November 1981
Walsall Ladies, West Midlands – December 1981
Hagley, West Midlands – 1981
Bude & District – 1981
Felixstowe 2 – 1981
Backwell, Somerset – 1982
Audley, Staffordshire – 1982
Rochdale – January 1982
Allander, Glasgow – January 1982
Bourne End and Cookham – January 1982
Forfar, Angus – March 2nd 1982
Coleshill, West Midlands – 1982
Darwen, Lancashire – 1982
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire – 1982
Bromsgrove 1982, Worcestershire – 1982
Peterborough 82 – 1982
Ramsey & District, Cambridgeshire – 1982
Tenby & District – 1982
Dengie Hundred – 1982
Twynham, Dorset – 1982
Hagley, West Midlands – 1982
Horncastle, Lincolnshire – 1982
Glengormley & District, Northern Ireland – 1982
Llandrindod Wells – June 1982
Bude & District Ladies – 1982
Bognor Regis – 1982
Humber Bridge, Humberside – 1982
West Craven, Yorkshire – 1982
Salisbury, Wiltshire – 1982
Ruddington & District, Nottinghamshire – 1983
North Shields – January 1983
Padstow – March 1983
Leyland, Lancashire – October 1983
Marple Brabyns, Greater Manchester – November 1983
Gillingham, Dorset – December 1983
Warwick No 2 – 1983
Boscombe and Southbourne, Bournemouth – 1983
Thorne, South Yorkshire – 1983
Banff & District, Scotland – 1983
Carnoustie, Angus – 1983
Brechin & District, Angus – 1983
Dalgety Bay, Fife – 1983
Sunderland Ladies – 1983
Bournemouth Ladies – 1983
Kings Lynn Rural – 1983
Swadlincote & District – 1983
Rame Peninsula, Cornwall – 1983
Llanelli & District – 1983
Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich – 1983
Guildford ’83, Surrey – 1983
Prescot, nr Liverpool – 1983 (now Rainhill & Prescot)
Fleet, Hampshire – 1983
Southport, Hesketh – 1983
St Albans – January 1984
Perth St Leonard’s – January 1984
Purley – November 1984
Bury St Edmunds 3, Suffolk – 1984
Castle Point, Essex – 1984
Greenwich, South London – 1984
Armagh, Northern Ireland – 1984
Over (Winford, Cheshire) – 1984
Woodstock, Oxfordshire – 1984
Hyde Ladies, Cheshire – 1984
Drake, Plymouth – 1984
Richmond, Surrey – 1984
Cambridge – 1984
Pontypridd – 1984
Woburn Sands & District – 1984
Wellington Ladies (Somerset) – 1984
Worth, Cheshire – 1984
Felixstowe ’84 – 1984
Portaferry – 1984
Bransgore, Hampshire – 1984
Livingston, West Lothian – January 1985
Cole Valley, Yorkshire – March 1985
Haywards Heath & District – May 1985
City of Aberdeen Ladies – May 1985 – first ladies’ Probus club in Scotland
Trent Valley – May 1985
Blackfriars (Newcastle under Lyme) – June 1985
Wednesfield, West Midlands – November 1985
Strathendrick, Glasgow – December 1985
Douglas, Isle of Man – 1985
Bexhill & District – 1985
Biggar, South Lanarkshire – 1985
Goring by Sea, West Sussex – 1985
Sarum (Salisbury) – 1985
Yeovil, Somerset – 1985
Carluke, Scotland – 1985
Forest (Epping) – 1985
Kenilworth No 2 – 1985
St Minver – 1985
Biddulph, Staffordshire – 1985
Buckie & District, Scotland – 1985
Denton Ladies, Manchester – 1985
Northampton 3 – 1985
Witham & District, Essex – 1985
Isleworth Ladies – 1985
Whitburn & District, South Tyneside – 1985
Findon, West Sussex – January 1986
Berwick upon Tweed – February 1986
Viking, Dublin – October 1986
Sowerby Bridge Ladies, Yorkshire – May 1986
Chevin, Derbyshire – 1986
Ingrebourne, Essex – 1986
Ballyclare, Northern Ireland – 1986
Isleworth Ladies – 1986
Roch Valley, Rochdale – 1986
Bournemouth 2 – 1986
Vale of Belvoir – 1986
Bishopbriggs, Glasgow – October 1987
Horwell & District, Surrey – December 1987
Wollaton Park Ladies, Nottingham – 1987
Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire – 1987
Shepperton – 1987
Usk & District – 1987
Droitwich Spa ’87, Worcestershire – 1987
Carlen, Gwent – 1987
Harrow, Middlesex – 1987
Fyfield, Essex – 1987
Cannock Chase Ladies – 1987
Hereward, Sleaford, Lincolnshire – March 1988
Ballyholme, Co Down – April 1988
Largs, Ayrshire – 1988
Nettleham & District, Lincolnshire – 1988
Hythe & District Ladies, Southampton – 1988
Hemel Hempstead Ladies – 1988
East Quantocks, Somerset – 1988
New Mill, Huddersfield – 1988
Kelling Ladies, Norfolk – 1988
Northallerton Ladies, Yorkshire – 1988
Wirksworth & District, Derbyshire – 1988
Debenham, Suffolk – 1988
Llwchwr, Swansea – February 1988
Yeo Valley, Somerset – 1988
Grantham 88 – September 1988
Shaftesbury Gold Hill – 1988
Purton & District, Wiltshire – 1988
Coleshill & District Ladies, Warwickshire – 1989
Mirfield Ladies, Yorkshire – 1989
Clandeboye, Co Down, January 1989
Antonine, Glasgow – February 1989
Fugelmere, Fleet, Hampshire – March 1989
Kelvin, Glasgow – May 1989
Cardigan & District, 1989
Elland Ladies, Yorkshire – 1989
Dunmow, Essex – 1989
Llandaff – 1989
Probus Six, Chorley, Lancashire – 1989
Hednesford, Staffordshire – 1989
Coleraine, Northern Ireland – 1989
Disley & District, Cheshire – 1989
Kinver, Staffordshire – 1990
Stamford Brridge, Yorkshire – 1990
Wilmington Axstane, Kent – 1990
Steyning, Sussex – 1990
Felpham & Middleton – 1990
Felpham Ladies – 1990
Deane (Basingstoke) – 1990
West Burnley – April 1990
Solihull Ladies – May 1990
Havering, Essex – October 1990
Isle of Lewis, Scotland – 1990
Killay, Swansea – 1990
Peterborough Ladies – 1990
Monifieth, Angus – 1990
Orwell, Ipswich – 1990
Henley & Beaudesert, Warwickshire – 1990
Kinver, West Midlands – 1990
Ilford – 1990
Denby Dale & District – February 1991
Saltash, Cornwall – October 1991
Mearns, Laurencekirk – November 1991
Thamesdown, Wiltshire – 1991
Dursley, Gloucestershire – 1991
Wrington Vale, Bristol – 1991
Dinas Powys, Cardiff – 1991
Appleton, Warrington – 1991
Byron, Nottinghamshire – 1991
Salford – 1991
Wombwell & District Mixed, South Yorkshire – 1991
Pontllanfraith, Gwent – 1992
Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland – March 1992
Skegness Ladies – April 1992
Sandy & District Ladies – 1992
Llanishen, Cardiff – 1992
Rainhill, Merseyside – 1992
Lauderdale, Scotland – 1992
Mayflower of Boston, Lincolnshire – 1992
Canonbie, Scottish Borders – 1992
East Kilbride – 1992
Reading East – February 1992
Havering Ladies – October 1992
Roding, Essex – 1992
Inverbervie & District – 1992
Summerfield, Belfast – May 1993
Darlington – 1993 – mixed
Ryhill and Havercroft – 1993
Ballycastle & District, Co. Antrim – 1993
Cannock Chase & District Ladies, Staffordshire – 1993
Pendleside, Lancashire – 1993
Inverbervie & District, Montrose – 1993
Crawley Forest, West Sussex – 1993
Portballintrae, Co Antrim – 1993
Bridgend – 1993
Audlem & District, Cheshire – 1994
Howe of Fife – 1994
Dun Laoghaire Marine, near Dublin – 1994
Vale of Frome, South Gloucestershire – 1994
Newquay Ladies, Devon – 1994
Pembroke – 1995
Kenmure, Glasgow – 1995
Kirckaldy Ladies – 1995
Lewes 3, East Sussex – February 1995
Redhill, Surrey – October 1995
Crawley Hawth Wood – 1995
Louth 2, Lincolnshire – 1995
Petersfield South Downs – 1995
Wem & District, Shropshire – January 1996
Heald Green Ladies, Stockport – 1996
Bristol Cabot – October 1996
Billericay Ladies – 1996
Inverclyde Ladies – 1996
Kidsgrove, Staffordshire – 1996
Horwich Ladies, Bolton – 1996
Timperley, Greater Manchester – May 1997
Barrs Court, Bristol – June 1997
Smethwick & District, West Midlands – July 1997
Colne, East Lancashire – November 1997
Donaghadee Ladies, Co Down – 1997
Long Eaton Ladies, Derbyshire – 1997
Harwich & Dovercourt – 1997
Reigate Hill – 1997
Thornbury Jubilee, Gloucestershire
– 1997
Glyme Valley Ladies, Oxfordshire – February 1998
Pilgrim Ladies, Essex – October 1998
Goyt Valley, Derbyshire – 1998
Vale, Cowbridge – 1998
Lliedi, Llanelli – 1998
Thornhill, West Yorkshire – 1998
Tralee Ladies – Co. Kerry – 1999
Milford, Surrey – 1999
Ascot Ladies – 1999
Plymouth Ladies – April 1999
Corstorphine Ladies, Edinburgh – 1999
Boston Milleiium, Lincolnshire – 2000
Clayton Windmills, West Sussex – 2000
Shenfield & Hutton Ladies, Essex – 2000
Didsbury Ladies, Manchester – 2000
Molesey, Surrey – 2000
Holywood Ladies (Belfast) – January 2001
Ballynahinch Ladies, Northern Ireland – November 2001
Chorley & District Ladies – 2001
Corstorphine Sycamore Ladies – 2002
Probus, Cornwall – January 2002
Runnymede & Spelthorne Ladies – March 2002
Surrey Heath Ladies – March 2002
Towcester & District ladies – July 2002
Peterborough 02 – 2002
Hilden Ladies, Kent – May 2003
Cloughey Ladies, Co Down – 2003
Hythe & District Ladies – September 2004
Waterford Ladies – 2004
Aberconwy Ladies – 2005
Chiltern, Buckinghamshire – May 2005
Riada, Co Antrim – October 2005
Moonraker of Devizes, Wiltshire – February 2006
Ramsey Ladies, Cambridgeshire – October 2006
Buxton & District Ladies, Derbyshire – 2006
Ormside Ladies, Llandudno – 2006
Buttercross Ladies, Cheltenham – 2006
Bromyard & District, Herefordshire – April 2007
Dungannon Ladies – 2007
Sully & District Ladies, Vale of Glamorgan – September 2007
Sudbury Ladies, Suffolk – 2007
Melton Mowbray Ladies – 2007
Lagan Valley Ladies, Belfast – February 2008
Newtownabbey Ladies, Northern Ireland – 2008
Kennet Valley, Newbury, Berkshire – October 2008
Disley Ladies, Stockport – September 2009
Lincoln Ladies – 2010
Rea Valley, Shropshire – March 2013
Dalgety Bay Ladies, Scotland – February 2015
Phoenix, Hampshire – February 2015