Ferring Probus Club Speakers & Talks 2025
TALKS at Ferring Probus Club Coffee Mornings
February 2025
Lyndsay McCrickard, Royal National Institution for the Deaf Near You Coordinator, South and Central England.
Signs of hearing loss, communication tips when speaking to somebody with hearing loss; RNID charity history and current work; how you can support the work locally
March 2025
Ian Worley
My experiences racing around the world on the yacht Great Britain II in the 1977/1978 Whitbread Round the World Race
April 2025
Simon Cornish
Ferring from the Air: the development of Ferring over the last 100 years using aerial photograph.
May 2025
Bill McNaught
The life and work of Magnus Volk
June 2025
Ben Applin, Rural Engagement Officer
Fire Safety
July 2025
Ron Disney
My life and work in the Retail Business and meeting some interesting people
August 2025
Graham Feest
Transport, traffic safety, roads
September 2025
Steve Webster, Conservation Land Manager
A day in the life of a Ranger. From wildlife resuscitation to becoming one in a million. Stories from a 40 year career in conservation
October 2025
Vince Mewett, Chair of Trustees, Arun Home Start
The work of this local charity which for over 23 years has supported local children and their families
November 2025
Roy Peachery
Mary's Meals: feeding over 2.4m children across 16 different countries in their places of education
December 2025
David Croucher, Magician
TALKS at Ferring Probus Club Lunches (in Worthing Indoor Bowls Club)
January 2025
Jo Reading, Commercial Coordinator, Ferring Country Centre
A talk about the work of this charity that supports people with learning difficulties
February 2025
Diane Levantine, Co-founder and chairman of The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
Inspirational ‘Snowdrop’ people
March 2025
AGM
April 2025
Steve Bird
Pill boxes of southern England
May 2025
Joel Griggs, Curator of the True Crime Museum, Hastings
Secrets of the True CRIME Museum
June 2025
Peter Blood, retired Barrister
William Wallace Trial 1931
July 2025
Ian Currie
Weatherman, Speaker, broadcaster, Editor of Weather eye magazine and Fellow of the Royal Metrological Society
Droughts, Deluges and Dust-Devils, Sussex Weather events from Charles 1st to Charles 3rd
August 2025
Joanna Bogle
Britain's traditional feasts and seasons, with information and folklore on the various feasts of the year
September 2025
Ian Howard
The work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
October 2025
Mike White, Hounds for Heroes Project
November 2025
Thea Taylor
The Sussex Dolphin Project
December 2025
Christmas Invitation Lunch and entertainment
The Sights and signs of Christmas
Our next meeting
Coffee morning, 10am on Tue 4th November at St Andrew's Church Centre, Ferring. Talk by Roy Peachery of Mary's Meals