Falkirk Probus Club Historic Meetings Schedule



Date Speaker Subject
September to December 2018
September 11th Ian Wallace Order of St. John
September 25th Stuart White Network Rail
October 9th Charles Greer North Sea Oil Drilling
October 23rd Alan Lees St John Scotland
November 6th Gordon Harper Forestry Commission
November 20th Ian Scott
December 11th Christmas Lunch
January to November 2019
Jan. 8th Claire Kennedy Strathcarron Hospice
Jan 22nd Sir Iain McMillan Scotland and the Global Economy
Feb. 5th Speaker Ian Low Myths and Lies of Scottish Tartans and National Dress
19th Feb Maggie Quayle RNLI
March 5th Dr. Ken Thomson Forth Valley College
March 19th Jacquie Winning Sensory Centre
April 2nd Alison Gardner Pensions, wills,etc.
April 16th Lynda Rosshale Cyrenians Dollar Park
April 30th Sandra McGregor University of 3rd Age
May 14 TBA Falkirk/Clacks Carer Centre
May 28th Joe Smith Syngenta
June 11th Summer Lunch
June 25th Dr. Hugh McLennan Camens Shinty
September 10th Bruce Keith Bridgescapes
September 24th Martin Nicol History of Barr's
8th October Professor J D Floyd Architectural Heraldry in Scotland
22nd October Pat Reid Falkirk War Memorial
5th November Alan Corrie Introduction to drone flying with Images Above LTD
19th November 2019 Moses Jenkins The Scottish Brick Industry
3 March 2020 Lesley Sweeney The Falkirk Ranger Service
Meetings suspended due to Covid 19
28 September 2021 Ian Low Stirling Castle - a Steward’s Stories
12 October 2021 Sybil Cavanagh The Shale Industry of West Lothian
26 October 2021 Jim Summers Above my station
9 November 2021 Michael White Screen Memories
23 November 2021 Niall Bowser Farming and the environment
2022 Speakers
11 January 2022 Rev Willie Shaw Message for 2022
25 January 2022 Ian Scott Tba
8 February 2022 Geoff Bailey J G Callendar - The Falkirk Architect
22 February 2022 David Elliot Summers Lang Syne - the photographs of John P Munn
8 March 2022 Sheena Dunsmore MBE Kidney Kids
22 March 2022 Keith Jackson Churchill - the Early Years
5 April 2022 AGM - Hamish Scott Scouting: Ancient and Modern
19 April 2022 Rev Willie Shaw An Easter Message 2022
3 May 2022 Ian Scott Burns in Pictures, Words and Song
17 May 2022 Ken Bleakley Falkirk Street Pastors
31 May 2022 Nicola McHendry Linlithgow Museum
14 June 2022 Chairman’s Lunch 11.00 for 11.30 Ian Low speaking on Dunimarle Castle followed at 12.00 by a member’s only Buffet Lunch (last meeting of the season).
13 September 2022 Sir Iain McMillan Scotland’s economy in the post-Covid world
27 September 2022 Philip Dodsworth Blood Bikes Scotland
11 October 2022 Keith Jackson Churchill - War Years
25 October 2022 Falkirk Police Staying Safe
8 November 2022 Bruce Keith Are we nearly there yet?
22 November 2022 Pauline Moss Virgin Money, Financial Wellbeing
6 December 2022 Christmas Lunch
10 January 2023 Lt Col (Retd) Andy Middlemiss Defeat into Victory. The Burma Campaign 1942-45
24 January 2023 Patricia Keppie Commonwealth War Graves Commission
7 February 2023 AGM at 10.15 then Justine Waddell St James Wealth Management
21 February 2023 Bob McMillan Linlithgow Heritage Trust
‘Is this a bottle in front of me or do I need a frontal lobotomy?’ PTO
7 March 2023 Dr Duncan Comrie Iron Heart and Public Health: The Falkirk area cast iron products that revolutionised domestic living standards.
21 March 2023 Allistair Kean
Agnes Clark
Falkirk Camera Club - Past and Present
4 April 2023 Donald Johnston Fire Safety
18 April 2023 Keith Jackson Churchill - the Later Years
4 April 2023 Donald Johnston Fire Safety
18 April 2023 Keith Jackson Churchill - the Later Years
2 May 2023 Falkirk Police Staying Safe
16 May 2023 Ken Hutton Charlotte Dundas Heritage Trail
30 May 2023 Ian Scott Tbc
13 June 2023 Chairman's Lunch
12 September 2023 Geoff Bailey Bo’ness Industries
26 September 2023 Alex Totten Falkrik Football Club
10 October 2023 Paul Bruce Smith’s of Maddiston
24 October 2023 Pat Reid My Years as Provost-the Ups and the Downs
7 November 2023 Elaine Grant Tbc
21 November 2023 50th Anniversary Lunch with Ian Scott
9 January 2024 Marie Dalgety MECS and the Falkirk Community
23 January 2024 Christine Bell Cycling Without Age Scotland
6th February 2024 John Hosie Community Safety & Youth Action
20th February 2024 Pat Reid My Years as Provost of Falkirk
5th March 2024 Pauline Moss Virgin Money Financial Wellbeing - an Update
19th March 2024 Andrew Wilson The Unexpected on a Campervan Trip to Spain
2nd April 2024 Geoff Bailey The Not so Stately homes in Falkirk District
16th April 2024 Charles Greer FPSOs (Floating Production Storage & Offloading)
30th April 2024 Pat Reid My Time as the Provost
14th May 2024 Margaret MacDonald A Church of Scotland School In Israel
28th May 2024 Malcolm Nicol China from 1890s to present
11th June 2024 Chairman's Lunch