Lunches

Chairman:  Michael Pearsall   Speaker: Jonathan Fenner whose talk is entitled "Darent Delights", the social history and architecture of the Darent Valley. Jonathan is a qualified Blue Badge Guide who has an enthusiastic passion for architecture, countryside, and cultural heritage of South East England. Much of his work involves leading walking tours for European school groups [...]

Chairman:  Nigel Jepps   Speaker:  Wilf Lower whose talk is entitled "Behind the Scenes of TV'S Golden Years". Wilf will present a PowerPoint presentation about the world of entertainment in Television's golden years. Ranging from Morecombe and Wise, The Two Ronnies, Terry and June, Til Death Do Us Part and the Good Life to Top of the [...]

Chairman:  Peter Thompson   Speaker:  Neil Nixon whose talk is entitled "UFO's, Aliens, and the Battle for the Truth". His talk is an accessible history of all things strange in the sky. It is an objective overview of a range of claims from the fantastic to the highly sceptical taking in the best-known UFO cases, along [...]

Chairman:     Speaker:  Peter Griffiths whose talk is entitled "The History of Champagne". Peter, a former British Airways Pilot, will talk about the early inadvertent sparkling wines, to the multi-national Champagne Houses of today. The talk debunks some of the myths about Champagne, its origin, and the part played by the monk Dom Perignon. The [...]

Chairman: C osti Zarifeh Speaker:  Duncan Lavin "An Antarctic Odyssey".  It was a childhood dream for Duncan to visit Antarctica and he finally realised this in 2017.  With his wife and close friends, he cruised from Buenos Aires to Antarctica via Tierra del Fuego and onwards to Elephant Island, the Falklands, Punta Tombo Nature Reserve in [...]

This event has been cancelled owing to the Bat and Ball Centre being required for another event, and cateing staff holidays.  The next lunch will be on Monday 9 October.

Chairman: Lynton Jones     Speaker: Bob Hart, an Edenbridge Probus member, whose talk is entitled "The Channel Tunnel- History, Design, Build and Communications System". His talk will describe the history of the Channel Tunnel through the 18th and 19th centuries, featuring the proposals that were put forward over this period, up to the final decision to build a [...]

Chairman: David Williams Speaker:  David Debenham, "A foot in Two Continents" David, a Sevenoaks Probus member, will dip into a range of varied topics from his working life and give 5 minutes or so to each. Light hearted at times with much audience participation hoped for, with prizes for the right answers that he will bring [...]

Chairman: Nigel Jepps     Speaker:  Andy Thomas, "Christmas - a festival history" Andy will present a fascinating and uplifting presentation uncovering the long and intriguing background to the festive season.  From the ancient celebration of light in the winter darkness, to the marking of the birth of a messiah, mid December has long been a [...]