Talks

The Rocket that eats itself Kelvin Probus members now know why the phrase ‘It’s not rocket science!’ gets bandied about so often.  Patrick’s talk on rockets was a no holds barred exposefor a lay audience on rocket science.  This included

Dr Patrick Harkness is from Ballyclog, in Co. Tyrone. Patrick obtained a MEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 2003 and a PhD in space debris mitigation from Cranfield University in 2007. He is now

Improving the economic and environmental sustainability of a Scottish Hill Farm This talk by Dr John Holland was well outside the normal familiarity of most of our urban members.  He was telling us about the Scotland’s Rural College’s hill farm

Ewen was brought up on a small holding near Milton of Campsie.  He started work as an apprentice gardener in Glasgow’s Parks Department in 1970. He worked mainly in Bellahouston Park, Rosshall Park and the Botanic Gardens at this time.

Introduction to Genealogy Graham introduced his subject by defining the difference between genealogy and family history.  In brief, genealogy is the skeleton, the bones of Family History on which the flesh is added.  A simple and clear cut definition as

Graham has a background as a professional librarian, with a lifelong interest in family history.  He has been a tutor on the University of Strathclyde’s Postgraduate Programme in Genealogical Studies since it commenced in 2007 and is the author of

John left the Royal Navy 8 years ago and runs his own Tourist Guiding company under the name of Exclusive Scottish Visits. He travels all over Scotland with guests from all over the world, when Covid permits, and has become

Trident in a MAD World Commander John Harbour RN Retired, hit the ground running with his talk on the UK’s ‘Continuous at Sea Deterrent’ (CASD); ie our nuclear submarine Trident defence force.  To give authority to his talk, John briefly