Newent Probus Club have regular group outings including monthly pub lunches, theatre trips, historical buildings and visits to various points of interest. Partners and friends are very welcome to join us on all occasions.
THIS MONTH
Inn. Probably late C17 to early C18 with later extensions. Timber-frame with brick and plaster infill, C19 sandstone rubble catslide extension to left; tiled roofs with off-ridge stone stack and brick shaft to centre of hipped roof. L-plan with wings to south-east and north-east. Two storeys and attics, 1:1:1 windows, 2- and 3-light late C19 and early C20 casements, with one window to each floor of left extension and gable front to right, entry in glazed early C20 porch to right hand side. Frame is five panels high on range with off-ridge stack and four panels high on gabled range behind entry, the latter part has large diagonal struts to side return to south-west and angled struts to corner posts of gable. Interior: principal room of south-east wing has beams with run-out lambs tongue chamfer-stops.
“In his younger days, Graham Mawdsley was recruited as a Meteorologist by the British Antarctic Survey and was assigned to their most remote base for a 2-year contract, living and working on (and under) the Antarctic ice. Graham will talk about the lead-up to this adventure and what life was like with 17 other men and two dogs in this harsh environment in the mid 1970’s”
“Kirstie will be delving into the weird and wonderful history of Witchcraft superstition”
Start the Christmas Festivities by attending our Christmas Lunch for good food and good company with your friends from the club. (including a special raffle!) This year’s Christmas lunch venue will be hosted in the “Moat Suite” at The Hatherley Manor Hotel, Down Hatherley Lane, Gloucester, GL2 9QA. The cost of the lunch is £25 per person. Please view Christmas Lunch 2025 invitation with menu to select your choices.
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