by Northallerton Probus | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The story of a “family firm” often takes the reader/ listener through the cycle of initial set-up with all its frustrations and risk, through many powerful and successful years, to the point at which it collapses and is today no more than a piece of industrial...
by Northallerton Probus | Jan 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
The first Club meeting of the New Year was not what members might have been expecting. Instead of a lecture on the use of a defibrilator, a very full house sat back to enjoy – vicariously – the high and lows of a long hike across England. Neil Barker had been...
by Northallerton Probus | Dec 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Once again, the Club held its Christmas Lunch at the Allerton Court Hotel. Club President Danny Myers welcomed twenty-seven members and the President of the Northallerton Rotary Club, Duncan Davison, as our Guest. Apologies and greetings were received from former...
by Northallerton Probus | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Susan told us that her first step in researching family history came at a time when she was curious about a maternal grandfather who was never spoken about in family circles. A mystery!. She found out that he had died of a fall into the Rhine near Boppard in1914 as...
by Northallerton Probus | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The BBC has recently screened a short series of programmes which explored the nature of “the village” under the title of “Pubs, ponds and power”. Each episode sought to chart the evolution , development , and decay of a chosen village. A year or so ago another series...
