A total of 10 members attended a meeting and Christmas Quiz at the Cumberland Hotel on the last club meeting of 2022. The Quiz was organised by Edward Padget with members being divided into teams, each team being allocated an appropriate Christmas team name. There were four rounds of challenging questions resulting in the team… [Continue Reading]
News
Commonwealth War Graves Commission 15th November 2022
Ian Kirby of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission explained that the commission is currently responsible for the continued commemoration of 1.7 million deceased Commonwealth military service members in 153 countries. Since its inception, the commission has constructed approximately 2,500 war cemeteries and numerous memorials. The commission is currently responsible for the care of war dead… [Continue Reading]
Remembrance Sunday Service 13th November 2022
The weather was mild on Remembrance Sunday morning as the crowds began to gather around the War Memorial in Eastbourne. On Terminus Road High Street, the various organisations began forming up at 10:15am to parade down Cornfield Road to the War Memorial. The Mayor and Civic Party formed up and stood by for a signal… [Continue Reading]
Visit to Compton Place, Eastbourne on 30th September 2022
A group organised by Mike Steen including 10 Probus members and guests were given a private tour of Compton Place, which is not normally open to the public. Our tour guide explained that the predecessor Elizabethan/Jacobean mansion house on the site was called East Borne or Borne Place and was the seat of Sir William… [Continue Reading]
The Queen’s Green Canopy presentation by Lord Ralph Lucas on Tuesday 6th September 2022
Lord Ralph Lucas explained that The Queen’s Green Canopy project is her chosen way for us to leave a legacy of her Platinum Jubilee – to plant trees and shrubs to celebrate her reign. The Eastbourne Jubilee Green Canopy project is a collaborative venture between Eastbourne Jubilee Green Canopy Charitable Incorporated Organisation set up specifically… [Continue Reading]
National Service in the 1950’s
One of our Members, Michael Tribe, gave a talk on Tuesday 19th July about his experiences of being conscripted into National Service in the 1950’s. Michael stated that National Service came into force in January 1949 and meant that all physically fit males between the ages of 17 and 21 had to serve in one… [Continue Reading]
Afternoon Tea at Ashburnham Place on Tuesday 12th July 2022 at 2.30pm.
A total of 14 Members, partners and guests met up for an afternoon tea in the Orangery at Ashburnham Place. The weather was sunny and hot with many attendees foregoing a walk around the impressive grounds due to the heat. Everyone however had a most enjoyable afternoon socialising and consuming tea and coffee accompanied with… [Continue Reading]
Transfer of the Chain of Office for Chairman
John Hugh. the outgoing Chairman transferring the Chain of Office to David Jones, the new Chairman for 2022/23, at the AGM on 17th May 2022.
Pevensey Castle
Pevensey Castle – A presentation by James Dickinson on 15th February 2022. James explained that Pevensey Castle’s impressive ruin stands on what was once a peninsula projecting from the Sussex Coast. This naturally defensible site first fortified by the Romans, was most famously where the Norman Conquest of England began, when William the Conqueror landed… [Continue Reading]
Sir Ernest Shackleton, a presentation By Michael Smith on Tuesday 1st February 2022
Our speaker for this presentation was Michael Smith who is a British author and journalist specialising in the history of polar exploration. Michael gave a most interesting talk about Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) who was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic Explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. Born… [Continue Reading]