Programme for the Next 12 Months
All meetings are held on Thursdays, at 12:30 for 1:00, at Mid-Sussex Golf Club,
Spatham Lane, Ditchling, unless otherwise stated
19 Mar 2015
AGM
12.30 for 1:00 p.m.
16 Apr 2015
Richard Allen
Regency England
21 May 2015
Sarah Oldridge
25 Jun 2015
Richard Searle
'Pocket Battleships' (4th Thursday)
16 Jul 2015
Andrew Glaysher
Know your Silver (Bring items)
20 Aug 2015
Lunch with Ladies and a Quiz
17 Sep 2015
Tony Hale
15 Oct 2015
Three short talks by Members
19 Nov 2015
Colin Snook (An Inspired Granddad tramps around Great Britain)
17 Dec 2015
Christmas Meal
Margaret Watson, Harpist & Singer
21 Jan 2016
Simon Langton
Auctioneer
18 Feb 2016
To be advised
'Through the Seasons at Kew & Wakehurst'
You Couldn't Make it Up
Club Web Site: http://www.claytonwindmillsprobus.org.uk
After a successful Inter Probus lunch we come to the excitement? of our A.G.M. I hope
our aim is to keep it short and sweet meaning we should have time for any member's
small contribution/anecdotes etc. We are still needing volunteers!
I would like to take this last opportunity to give my thanks to everyone for what I believe
has been a successful if quiet year and to wish the next committee all the very best.
Tony.
Officers
Hon Auditor
Speakers
Sports
Bowls
Golf
Excursions and Tours
Theatre Visits
InterProbus
Catering
Deputy Catering
Bulletin
Clayton Windmills Probus Club
Inaugurated 18th November 1999
Chairman’s Message
Apologies for absence may be noted on the meal choice sheet circulated during each
meeting. The deadline is 6.00 p.m. on the Thursday before the meeting. Apologies
after that time will result in the cost of the meal being charged. Please contact Brian
Clutterbuck with any late apologies or changes to your requirements, on 01273-844
746, or by E-mail to: [email protected]
Chairman
Immediate Past Chairman
Vice Chairman
Hon Secretary
Hon Treasurer
Exec Committee
Vol 14, No.12, March 2015
Tony Balsdon
Brian Crouch
Brian Clutterbuck
Keith Rodaway
Derek Carr-Hill
Brian Dollings
Peter Kirk
Jim Watkins
Brian Dollings
01444-246 170
01444-233 492
01273-844 746
01273-842 120
01444-451 877
01273-843 892
01273-843 227
01444-243 634
01273-843 892
Gordon Bravery
Godfrey Harker
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Brian Clutterbuck
Brian Hudson
Terry Harper
01273-832 082
01273-842 148
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01273-844 746
01273-842 929
01273-833 554
Duties for Thursday, 19th March 2015
Grace
Money Collector
Money Collector
Speaker Host
Vote of Thanks
John Copeland
Don Craft
Bryan Booth
N/A
N/A
Executive Committee Meeting
The next Meeting will be held at Mid-Sussex Golf Club at 11:45 on Thursday, 19th
March 2015
AGM Documents
Documents for the AGM were enclosed with the January Bulletin.
This is a reminder that Nomination forms must be signed by the Nominee, Proposer
and Seconder, and should have been lodged with the Hon Secretary no later than
noon on Thursday, 12th March 2015.
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This Month’s Menu (InterProbus)
Editor’s Spot:
STARTERS:
Stilton & Broccoli soup; Pate on toast with red onion marmalade; Egg
mayonnaise with smoked salmon
Deadline for March will be Friday, 13th March, 2015
[email protected]
MAINS
Chicken with mushroom in a white wine sauce on a bed of rice;
Cumberland ring with creamed mash and onion gravy; Cod in
cheese sauce
Next Month’s Menu
MAINS
AFTERS:
Roast Chicken, Sausage & Bacon Roll; Beef Curry, Rice and
Poppadom; Fillet of Cod in a Prawn Sauce
Fresh Fruit Salad; Chocolate Brownie, Honeycomb Ice Cream;
Cheese & biscuits
“A Policeman’s Lot.....” as
told at InterProbus
Ladies’ Lunch
Moyra Crouch is organising the Ladies, Lunch on 19th March at the Thatched Inn,
12.15pm for 12.30pm.
Please call 01444 233492 or e-mail to [email protected] by Monday 16th
March to book a place.
InterProbus (Continued)
Terry Oliver, Chairman of Mid Sussex Probus Club, moved the vote of thanks at the
end of Neil’s talk, which had been most entertaining and well up to standard. Michael
Harper then asked David Hughes, President of Burgess Hill and District Probus Club to
bring the meeting to a close, which he did by announcing that his Club would organise
the next InterProbus Meeting in 2 years’ time.
The InterProbus Lunch followed the
familiar format, with a welcome from
Michael Harper, President of Haywards
Heath & District Probus Club. Grace was
then said by his Vice President, Richard
French. After the meal, the Loyal Toast
was proposed by Michael and he
introduced the Speaker, Neil Sadler,
who had retired from Sussex Police in
2008. His number had been 006, the cause of some merriment, and this has been
taken over by his younger daughter who now serves in Sussex Police.
From the time that Neil joined the Police in 1978 there have been many changes. The
uniform is much different from what it was then, the equipment has changed
considerably, the old wooden truncheon has been replaced with an expanding baton,
radios and mobile phones are now universal, a pepper spray is carried and a gilet is
worn which will stop a knife, but not a bullet. What has not changed is the handcuffs,
locked with a key. Some officers carry a Taser stun gun, first used at Gatwick in 2009.
There is also the Police Helicopter, fitted with a spotlight and infra-red seeking
equipment, very useful when looking for missing persons. That took Neil to a
discussion of missing persons, ranging from the Babes in the Arundel Woods,
Madeleine McCann, the “Canoeman” and Lord Lucan. The helicopter could have
discovered the little girl who had wandered off, and survived for 2 nights in the woods,
much more quickly. She was Elizabeth Peck and was very lucky. At the 2011 Census
there were 56 million people in England and Wales, and there are 17,000 policemen,
which works out at 1 per 420 people. Because policing is a 24 hour per day job, only a
small proportion can be on duty at any one time. Observations by people like Postmen,
Milkmen, Bakers, etc. can be a valuable source of information.
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The pictures show Michael Harper opening the Meeting
and David Hughes giving the closing remarks (right)
Subscriptions
Members are reminded that Subscriptions were due at the January meeting. They
have been held at £20 for a further year. Some are still unpaid.
Payment is requested by cheque, payable to “Clayton Windmills Probus Club”.
However direct bank transfers are now possible, contact the Hon Treasurer for details.
Meal Price
Members are also reminded that the price of meals increased to £16 from the January
meeting. Payment is requested in cash on the day, as usual.