Frenchay Probus Club met for two seasonal events in December, the first being the usual ‘first Wednesday’ meeting in the Village Hall, when the main item was the concert of Christmas Music admirably performed by the Northavon Singers. It was a programme that was perfect to get everyone well and truly into the spirit of …

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More than one hundred people attended the Village Open Evening on Tuesday evening in Frenchay Primary School. The event was organised by the Residents Association with the aim of providing an informal forum to meet members of other groups and discuss future plans for Frenchay. Many of the groups were also looking to …

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The November main meeting had a re-arranged topic, due to the illness of the previously arranged speaker. The replacement, Chris Bigg, gave a very interesting presentation on ‘Lost Bristol’, featuring many of the former prominent buildings in the City, which, for a variety of reasons, are no more. One such area was the …

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The Club held its Annual General Meeting on the 5th October and reported on a successful year, resuming a regular pattern of meetings after two years often interrupted by Covid precautions. New members had joined before that period of disruption, and the aim was set to seek and to welcome further members, particularly …

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While we attempt to maintain the accuracy of the information below, we recomend that you contact the groups concerned to confirm the times and dates of events. Additional contact details are available on the Village Hall website Group Days/times Art Workshop Friday 9.00am – 5.00pm by agreement Bristol …

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The Frenchay Probus Club meeting on 7 September heard a Talk entitled ‘Overland to Hong Kong’ by Patrick Howell. In 1984 Patrick, and his wife, wished to travel to Hong Kong to visit family. For various reasons they did not want to fly so they decided to go overland. With the help of the “Voyages Jules Verne” travel …

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On the 24th August, the ‘Summer Lunch’ will have been held at the Bristol Golf Club at Cribbs Causeway, where there are wonderful views of the Severn estuary and of the two bridges. On the 7th September there will be a Talk at Frenchay Village Hall to be given by Patrick Howell with the title ‘Overland to Hong Kong’, …

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Frenchay Probus Club continues to meet, but it had to cope with some late re-arrangements for the meeting on 6th July. The original speaker unfortunately fell and broke his hip in the prior week, and then the replacement speaker had to pull out on the day before, due to Covid. However in stepped local member Geoff …

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Frenchay Probus Club continues to hold monthly Presentation Talks, the most recent being a very interesting talk on ‘Creating Concorde’, made all the more engaging because the speaker, Chris Bigg, had spent his working life at Filton working mainly on the project, and as a result, that made it a very personal and …

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Frenchay Probus Club reports some very successful recent meetings, including the musical entertainment of ‘Wind in the Willows’, cleverly conceived and admirably performed by the two visiting presenters, then followed by an excellent buffet lunch for members and their lady guests.. The main May meeting was a talk on a …

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