Didsbury and District

The Didsbury Probus Club invites you to our next scheduled Speaker Meeting on Thursday 15th August

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: Spies, cyphers and scandals
The intrigue and mystery behind diplomacy and wars

Speaker: Eric Roth

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

Further meetings for your diary. The venue will be the Didsbury Baptist Church unless otherwise stated.

5th Sept          Probus late summer buffet lunch – Didsbury Golf Club.  Closing date 25th August

19th Sept        Made in Manchester – Brian Groom
This is a people’s history of ‘The city that shaped the modern world’

3rd Oct            Bringing law to life with a laugh    – Sue Holden
A retired solicitor, Sue strives to convey both her enthusiasm and learning in her entertaining insight into the law

17th Oct           AVRO and the legacy of aviation history
A V Rowe was born in Eccles and made his first aeroplanes in Brownsfield Mill, Ancoats.  He also flew his planes from Manchester Airport, Alexandra Park 1917 to 1929, which was then situated on what is now Hough End playing fields

 

Secretary: Mary Hill    didsbury.probus@gmail.com

Web: Ian Grant    ianwilsongrant@btopenworld.com