Shackleton’s forgotten heroes – the Ross Sea party By Peter Mackay on 13.9.22 Peter Mackay is a former Scottish Office civil servant, Head of the Scottish Office Industry Department, who was educated at Glasgow High School and St Andrews University.
Peter McKay is a former Scottish Office civil servant brought up in Glasgow. He is a long standing member of the Scottish Arctic Club and he and his wife have climbed and kayaked on many occasions in Greenland and Alaska.
President’s letter August 2022 Some of you reading this may be unaware of the activities of the Kelvin Probus Club, in which case here is a brief outline of what we are about. If you live West of the River
Kelvin Probus Outline Programme for 2021-22 (To be Confirmed) Sept. 14th: Space Research in a Scottish context – Prof Vasile (Biog) (Talk) Sept. 28th: Covid19 vaccines and beyond – Katie Brooks, Dr James Brock, Dr Georgia Perona-Wright (Preview) (Talk) Oct. 12th:
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
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
