20 May lunch - at The Cherry Tree Ticehurst
MONTHLY MEETINGS
The Ticehurst Social Club has made us most welcome - and comfortable. For those members, who do not already know it, the Club is on the south side of the B2099, just before the Flimwell turning - opposite McNaughton Ross the Volvo garage; car parking is just before the Club buildings - plenty of room and now fully tarmaced!
The club meets once a month on the first Wednesday at 10:00 for a 'business' meeting. We then adjourn until 11:00 when a speaker entertains, enlightens or educates us until around noon. Some members then adjourn to the pub for further socialising and lunch.
The club also organises a monthly walk, usually ending at a convenient inn, and a regular lunch at the Greyhound on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
We have four more formal gatherings a year for lunch or dinner, with our wives, and occasional outings by coach or car to places of interest.
Membership is by invitation - and currently stands at 68
Contact the Hon Secretary John Bush on 01892 782 391 - or e-mail
| Tue Jan 8 | A District Commissioner's Life - Jo Maynard | Wed Jul 2 | Gliding - now and then - Mike Miller |
| Wed Jan 9 | Walk - Hawkhurst | Fri Jul 4 | Walk - Hurst Green |
| Tue Jan 22 | Lunch | Tue Jul 15 | Lunch |
| Tue Feb 5 | The Sussex Air Ambulance - Mrs Heather Woodward | Wed Aug 6 | William Bentley - Brooklands and Le Mans - John Bowler |
| Wed Feb 6 | Walk - Benenden | Fri Aug 8 | Walk - Wadhurst |
| Tue Feb 19 | Lunch | Tue Aug 19 | Lunch |
| Tue Mar 4 | Double Gold - and after - Dame Kelly Holmes | Wed Sep 3 | Wild Life in East Sussex - Ian Rumley-Dawson |
| Wed Mar 5 | Walk - Salehurst | Fri Sep 5 | Walk - Hawkhurst |
| Tue Mar 18 | Lunch | Tue Sep 16 | Lunch |
| Wed Apr 2 | Military cock ups - Edmund McCall | Wed Oct 8 | 'Arrive alive' - Driving Standards Agency |
| Fri Apr 4 | Walk - Tidebrook | Fri Oct 10 | Walk - Burwash |
| Tue Apr 15 | Lunch | Tue Oct 21 | Lunch |
| Wed May7 | Lola Montez - a 19th century adventuress - Dr Ann Kneif | Wed Nov 5 | Experiences of a Soldier - Peter Mason |
| Fri May 9 | Walk - Cousley Wood | Fri Nov 7 | Walk - Benenden |
| Tue May 20 | Lunch | Tue Nov 18 | Lunch |
| Wed Jun 4 | I can do ballet arms - D H Williams | Wed Dec 3 | Fillet Steak and Ketchup - Mark Perry-Nash |
| Fri Jun 6 | Walk - Goudhurst | Fri Dec 5 | Walk - Mayfield |
| Tue Jun 17 | Lunch | Tue Dec 16 | Lunch |
The WADHURST PROBUS CLUB started in 1992.
WHAT IS PROBUS? An association of retired and semi-retired men who join together in autonomous clubs throughout the UK and the world. The word PROBUS is an abbreviation of the words PROfessional and BUSiness, which embraces any person who has had some measure of responsibility in the fields of commerce, industry, education etc. The basic purpose of a Probus club is to provide regular gatherings of people, who, in their retirement, appreciate and value opportunities to meet others in similar circumstances and similar levels of interest.
THE EMPHASIS OF PROBUS CLUBS is for a Probus club to be: Simple in structure, Involve members in minimum costs, Free from constraints and obligations, Directed primarily to provide friendship with the opportunity for development and aquaintance, Made up of members who are compatible with each other.
One day, in 1965, the Rotary Club of Welwyn Garden City decided to initiate a project on behalf of the retired and semi-retired folks of their community. They had an idea of a luncheon club as an alternative to the old folks clubs. The first name for such a club was the "Campus Club". In Caterham, a similar club started named Probus. It took two to three years for the initial idea to flourish and take off. Rotary has since then adopted the approach of enabling the organisation to start and then leave it to its own devices.
You can find the International listings here - a direct link to the UK lists is here and click on Probus Clubs REGISTER