It started in a cupboard Unusually for Probus, Ken Calman was interviewed on his recent autobiography ‘Parkinson style’ by Nick Kuenssberg, rather than a conventional talk. In this interview, question by question, Ken’s rich life unfolded. We learned of his
Mark Hazel – Bardowie Gin – Your local Tonic For something different, after our AGM, we had an enjoyable talk on the award winning Bardowie Gin. Mark Hazel gave a brief history of how he and his wife Alison got
John Paton – Hyndland and its buildings, yesterday, today and tomorrow John opened his talk with a 1795 plan of the North West Glasgow which included the area which would become Hyndland. The main features were Partick, the Forth &
In 2014, after 30 years in IT, Mark was looking for a change in direction and discussed with his wife, Alison, the desire to follow his dream of transforming his hobby of home brewing into a commercial reality. This hobby
Nick Kuenssberg : J & P Coats – The Rise & Fall and Rise Again Nick enthralled his audience with his knowledge of J & P Coats which rose to become the first industrial multi-national company in the world and
Debate : This House is of the Opinion that Scottish Education is no longer World Class Kelvin Probus, with many retired educationalists in the audience, enjoyed the prospect of a debate on Scottish Education. Scottish excellence in education is embedded
John’s career has been in town planning, starting with Glasgow City Council as senior planning officer for the west end and city centre. He then moved to the private sector, advising developers, housebuilders, institutions and architects on all aspects of
Sir Kenneth Calman was Scotland’s first professor of oncology and is the only person to have ever been appointed Chief Medical Officer of both Scotland and England. He subsequently became Vice Chancellor of Durham University and was a recent Chancellor
Des McNulty Des was instrumental to the establishment of Policy Scotland. He joined the University of Glasgow in 2012 to support knowledge exchange within the School of Social and Political Sciences, and was Deputy Director of Policy Scotland until October 2021. He
Graeme is a passionate ambassador for his City and was happy to explain a rich part of the City’s 19th Century development. Much was driven by the entrepreneurism of a few men aided (and abetted?) by Glasgow Town Council. He
