Alderley Probus is an association of retired and semi-retired PROfessional and BUSiness people
Alderley Probus is an association of retired and semi-retired PROfessional and BUSiness people
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The club is open to both men and women. We meet regularly at 10am on the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Union Club on Stevens Street. We have a chat, take coffee and hear talks from a variety of speakers. The talks start at 10:30am and last about one hour. Visitors welcome.
Parking is available at the Pay & Display car park on South Street, Alderley Edge.
Bowls
Bowls
The Bowls Section meets at 2pm every Wednesday throughout the summer from April to September at the bowling green adjacent to Siddington Village Hall. There are regular bowls matches against other local Probus clubs. This is a joint activity with Macclesfield Probus.
Walks and pub lunch
Walks and pub lunch
The Walks Section meets once a month on either the first or the third Monday of the month for a 3 to 4 mile easy walk followed by a pub lunch. Members join for either the walk or the lunch or both.
Forthcoming programme of talks
Forthcoming programme of talks
23 November - My Mad Life
The speaker has had a number of different experiences. At the age of 19 her mother paid for her to go to Hong Kong but not her return. She has lived in Hong Kong and California and has moved 40 times. She has had a variety of jobs including work in a bank and in a circus.
14 December - Stories From Stamps
28 December - No meeting
11 January - AGM
Followed by a short talk on a subject yet to be determined.
25 January - The Great Miss Lydia Becker
Lydia Becker was a leader in the early British suffrage movement. She was an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. She established Manchester as a centre for the suffrage movement and, with Richard Pankhurst, she arranged for the first woman to vote in a British election. A court case was unsuccessfully brought to exploit the precedent.
8 February - Vietnam, Colonial Period to the Present Day
We will hear details of Vietnam's colonial past and it's history right up to the present day.
22 February - Volcanoes
Why do volcanoes occur? Can volcanic eruptions be predicted?
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