May 6th Colin Booth has a serious illness and could be very vulnerable to infection if he mixed socially. Sadly we will not see him back in the club.
May 1st It is with great sadness that we report the death of David Martin, Probus Member from Marple Bridge. The funeral will be held at St Thomas’ Church Mellor at 11.30 on May 23rd.
March 30th it is with great sadness that we heard that Peter Moores, who was our Badge Secretary, has died. The funeral will be on April 7th at 12.00 at Stockport Crematorium, Cypress Chapel and afterwards at the Marple British Legion Club.
George Cowie had had a fall and broken his shoulder so he will not be able to attend for a while. Best wishes George,
Feb 18th It is with the greatest of sadness that we came to learn that Gordon Johnson as died peacefully at home. Gordon has given his time and very considerable skills to so many local organisations over so many years and will be missed very greatly by all of us.
We have now received the details of Geoff Bennett’s funeral service. The service which will be at Marple United Reformed Church Hibbert Lane at 12.15 on 24th February. The service welcomes us all to attend. At 2.00 we are invited to meet at The Railway Hotel 223 Stockport Rd, Rose Hill, Marple, Stockport SK6 6EN
February 2nd we heard the sad news that that Geoff Bennett had died. He was a member since 2011 and worked for the Ministry of Defence during his working years. He will be greatly missed.
December 30th Gordon Johnson’s daughter phoned and asked me to let all members know that Gordon is in Stepping Hill Hospital and has had quite a serious stroke. He is likely to be there for some time but his brilliant mind is as sharp as ever.
Gordon Greenwood has moved to Marple Dale Care home but hopes to be able to return to our meetings when the Covid crisis eases.
December 8th We heard from Jerzy that Peter Moores who did the Badge Secretary job for a long time is unwell and we are unlikely to see him again.
December 7th Leslie Miles has had to resign from the club for health reasons.
It is sad to inform you that Peter Jackson died on November 25th. Peter had been a long term member of the Brabyns Club and had served on the committee and did two terms as Chairman. Peter attended our meeting the day before he died and had taken part in all our Zoom meetings this year. He will be greatly missed.
A warm welcome to new member Alan Walker
Leo Doyle has moved to Bury but might come to our meetings from time to time.
Nov 24th We heard that George Hulbert has moved house and now lives in Exeter. Leslie Miles has Alzheimers, and Ken Stokes and Bernard Thomas are resigning.
During the long period from March 2020 we have lost several members of our two clubs which are now combined as Marple and District Probus Club. Those we know about include Brian Swann, Jim Scotte, Fred Ogden, and Dinah Oldham. Others who have had to leave the club for health reasons include Tony Grundy,
During November both Peter Moores our Badge Secretary and Howard Lawless Membership secretary have had to resign from the committee for health reasons. We say a big thank you to both of them.
November 2021 Tony Addy has taken on the job of Membership Secretary