Author: Nigel Balchin
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November 2023 (491)
The 491st meeting of Henley Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on Tuesday, 14th November 2023. This month’s guest speaker was Graham Twemlow, a decorative arts historian who presented a talk entitled “Your Country Needs You – Propaganda Posters of WWI and WWII”. Graham’s extensive materials presented many of the colourful posters used during…
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October 2023 (490)
The 490th meeting of Henley Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on Tuesday, 10th October 2023. This month’s guest speaker was Graham Horn who presented a talk on the Kennet & Avon Canal, which included some period photos that illustrated the decay and poor condition of the canal, when the restoration work commenced. He explained…
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September 2023
The 489th meeting of Henley Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on Tuesday, 12 September 2023. The chairman briefed the club on the social events that were in the planning stage to include an outing to the Mill at Sonning in January and a visit to the Medical History Museum at the Royal Berkshire…
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August 2023
The 488th Meeting of Henley Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on August 8, 2023. The Chairman and Treasurer summarised the current status of the club membership and the financial and charity status. This month’s guest speaker was Mike Willoughby who talked about “Remembering the Men of Henley-on-Thames who died in two World Wars”.…
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June 2023
The 486th Meeting of Henley Men’s Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on June 13th, 2023. This month’s guest speaker was Mike Payne who spoke about ‘A History of the Pinewood Studios’. The studio is located near Denham in Bucks, and was built in the former gardens of Hetherden Hall, but now extended well…
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May 2023 AGM
The 43rd Annual General Meeting and the 485th Meeting of Henley Probus Club was held at Badgemore Park on May 9, 2023. The Chairman circulated his annual report and emphasised that, as we move forward, a key issue for the incoming Chairman and his committee. would be to fill the vacant positions of Vice Chairman…
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Brunch@Badgemore June 2023
On June 27th 2023 Club members joined Mike Spong for another Brunch@Badgemore get together at Badgemore Park. … and previously … On the 21st February Club members met to chat over a delicious breakfast/Brunch at Badgemore Park.
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Hay Fever without sneezes
In March 2023 over 25 club members and friends went to see a superb production of Noel Coward’s classic play ‘Hay Fever’. The setting was a country house in Cookham in the 1920s with lively householders and visitors creating at times chaotic scenes, which made a fascinating and really amusing play. ‘You can see Marlow…
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April 2023
The 484th Meeting was held at Badgemore Park on the 11th April 2023. The guest speaker this month was Professor Dan Remenyi, who gave a fascinating presentation on “What will the AI-Chatbot really do for us? Making sense of New Technology”. Dan explained that a Chatbot refers to a computer system which communicates in everyday…
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March 2023
The 483rd Meeting was held at Badgemore Park on the 14th February 2023. The guest speaker this month was John Brearley, who gave a presentation on The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Arts & Crafts Movement. The backdrop of the Exhibition was the UK, then with a population of some 16 million people which…