Ferring Probus Club Speakers & Talks 2026

6 January 2026

BEETLE DRIVE

3 February 2026

Laura Sothcott, St Barnabas Hospice

Update on St Barnabas following merger into Southern Hospice Group

3 March 2026

Dr Ray Carter, author of “Allied weapons that made the difference in WW2”.  Specific subject to be confirmed

7 April 2026

PCSO Raj Raju, Neighbourhood policing team

Neighbourhood policing and crime prevention by the local team in Ferring

5 May 2026

Selle Luscombe, Alzheimers Research UK

Alzheimers and dementia  (Dementia Action Week is 19th-25th May)

2 June 2026

Andy Kendall, Owls about town

Talk about owls with 3 or 4 live owls

7 July 2026

Andrew Ledgerton-Lynch OBE, Learning from disasters

An insight into the socio-political-economic background to disasters

4 August 2026

Alex New, Highdown Gardens

Talk about Highdown Gardens

1 September 2026

Phil Cornwell, Sussex Audiology Centre

The impact of hearing loss in the modern world

6 October 2026

To be confirmed

3 November 2026

Wendy Piccinini, The Leprosy Mission

The work of the Leprosy Mission

1 December 2026

Ferring C of E School Choir

21 January 2026

Roger Tristram

Frauds and scams, and steps we can take to avoid them

18 February 2026

Tony Forward

A funny thing happened on the way to the (Police) station

18 March 2026

AGM

15 April 2026

James Sainsbury, Curator Worthing Museum

The Story of Highdown Hill and possibly update on the Big Dig

20 May 2026

Andy Richardson

Britain’s V-bombers. Andy flew Vulcans during the Cold War

17 June 2026

INVITATION LUNCH

Speaker: Peter Blood, Barrister. A famous treason trial

15 July 2026

Dr Frances Hurd

Secrets and Lies: Adventures in other people’s family history

19 August 2026

James Dickinson

Arundel Castle and the Fitzalan-Howards

16 September 2026

Tony Pratt, Wey and Arun Canal Trust

Restoring London’s lost route to the sea

21 October 2026

Peter Coe.  Ferring Pill Box

18 November 2026

Julian le Good ARIBA, retired architect.  Some of the more absurd & ridiculous stuff he observed in the early years of his career as an Architect

16 December 2026

CHRISTMAS LUNCH