- Nicky Patterson – Working in Air Traffic Control
With over 28 years as a controller in air traffic control, Nicky Patterson was well-qualified to give us a fascinating talk about her work with NATS (formerly National Air Traffic… [Continue Reading] - Greg Anderton – Creating a Beautiful Autumn Garden
Gardening enthusiasts were well rewarded recently when Radio Lancashire’s resident garden expert, Greg Anderton, passed on some top tips to members about creating a beautiful Autumn garden. As well as… [Continue Reading] - Peter Swarbrick – The Debt the English Language Owes to the Sea
Peter Swarbrick gave a captivating talk about the many ways our language has inherited terms originating from maritime activities. For example… Taken Aback: A sailing term for wind pushing sails against… [Continue Reading] - Graham Whalen – Titanic – The Disaster and its Aftermath
Graham Whalen gave a fascinating talk about the Titanic disaster and what came after. Not so much about the sinking itself – that has been well documented elsewhere. Instead Graham… [Continue Reading] - Roger Hussey – Safeguarding and Fraud Awareness
Roger Hussey from Lancashire Constabulary visited to make us more aware of the ways that criminals will try to defraud, scam and use other means to get at our money… [Continue Reading] - Valerie Welti – The Canary Girls
The Canary Girls is a memorial project dedicated to publicising and celebrating the role of women in the munitions industry during the two World Wars – with a firm intention… [Continue Reading] - David Collins – The Rise and Fall of a North West Industry Giant
Stepping in for our originally scheduled speaker, Vice President David Collins presented a talk about the history of Airtours – the holiday company from which he retired as IT Director. - Viki Cuthbertson – Introduction to Beekeeping
Viki Cuthbertson visited us on 18 September 2025 to give us an introduction to beekeeping. In a fascinating talk she told us about different types of bees, how they are… [Continue Reading] - Dave Wiles – The Painting Policeman
Dave visited us on 6 March 2025 and created a fabulous picture, Grey Mountain, in the style of Bob Ross – who many of us will recall from the early… [Continue Reading] - Summer Visits 2024
As we did in 2023, we enjoyed a couple of great visits during summer 2024. In April we visited Lancaster Castle, Lancashire Police Museum, Judges’ Lodgings/Museum of Childhood; and in… [Continue Reading] - AGM 2024 and a change of name
At our AGM in April 2024 members voted unanimously to a change of name from Preston Forum Probus Club to the shorter form of Preston Probus Club. The Club had… [Continue Reading] - Partners’ Lunch – Italian Orchard 2023
9 November 2023 saw our annual Partners’ Lunch at The Italian Orchard – when some 37 or so members and guests were treeted to another excellent meal by their friendly… [Continue Reading] - Photos from Talks 2023-24
North West Blood Bikes – 7 September Andrew Hilton – North West Blood Bikes - Another New Season Approaches
We begin our 2023-24 season on 7 September with a talk about the North West Blood Bikes. This will be followed on 21 September when Brent Shore will give us… [Continue Reading] - Marketing Activities
The Club is stepping up its marketing activities in order to stem some of the membership losses that we have experienced post-Covid. In addition to our regular advertisement in two… [Continue Reading]