Bentley cars rose to fame in the late 1920s at Le Mans with five victories at Le Mans in the 1920s, plus a sixth in 2003. The history of Bentley dates back to 1919 when W. O. Bentley and his brother H. M. Bentley founded Bentley Motors Limited. W.O. started dreaming about building his... Continue Reading →
"Tales from the Top Table" a talk by Neil Hunt Neil Hunt is a distinguished Toastmaster and MC, His dynamic and interesting delivery, meets the needs of today’s discerning audiences; in fact one of Neil’s clients has dubbed his presentation skills as "Style with a Smile". Neil has officiated at over two thousand five hundred... Continue Reading →
Some fine weather, with a clear sky, encouraged 8 members and wives along for our walk around the pleasant Surrey countryside south of Betchworth. The going was good, generally dry under boot, with good views over the fields. The route is never far from the River Mole, and when we reached our farthest point at... Continue Reading →
A party of 22 took a coach trip on 16th. May to Hinton Ampner, a National Trust property near Winchester. Hinton Ampner was the home of the last Lord Sherbourne. Having no heirs he left it to the National Trust together with the contents & the surrounding tenanted land. However, to some extent the house... Continue Reading →
The Ladies Lunch was held at Kingswood Golf Club on Wednesday 3rd May. The lunch was well attended by Members, their wives, partners and friends. An earlier vote by Members had cancelled the Talks at these lunches. Hannah gave a short presentation on the current activities of PHAB, which has been selected as our charity... Continue Reading →
On Friday 28 April, 5 Members, Bob Francis, Peter Osborne, Joe Shackell, Dave Short and Ken Taylor, went to Nescot to present the cheque to Epsom & Ewell PHAB.Ken and Peter Our donation of £700 was handed to Malcolm Rice-Jones, which was greatly appreciated. We also met with Julia Giles MBE, Club Leader, who placed... Continue Reading →
At our April Lunch meeting held at the Chalk Lane Hotel the after lunch talk was given by Tom Allen on the disaster of the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia and her eventual refloating to be taken away for scrap. He told us that on this her final voyage, the Costa Concordia had... Continue Reading →
At our April Lunch meeting held at the Chalk Lane Hotel the after lunch talk was given by Tom Allen on the disaster of the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia and her eventual refloating to be taken away for scrap. He told us that on this her final voyage, the Costa Concordia had... Continue Reading →
Good weather on the day encouraged 9 members and wives to turn out for our walk around Norbury Park. The previous week having been dry, the going under foot was firm and, for the area, remarkably free from mud. We made our way to Brockett`s Farm, where the group unexpectedly turned down the chance of... Continue Reading →
A visit to the newly opened servants' quarters with an opportunity to view the art gallery and listen to the piano player. We all were welcomed by a cattle truck moving stock to another field.
Ewell Probus 