Past Presidents

1978/79  RAYMOND WEBSTER
1979/80  RAYMOND WEBSTER
1980/81  DICK ANKERSON
1981/82  HARRY CULLISS
1982/83  BILL ASHELBY
1983/84  NORMAN PAGET
1984/85  FRANK HALL
1985/86  TOM STEPHENSON
1986/87  COLIN HUGHES-COUND
1987/88  TOM PAXTON
1988/89  STAN YEATES
1989/90  HERBERT PENHALE
1990/91  HAROLD JAMES
1991/92  GERALD FARNSWORTH
1992/93  REG KENDLE
1993/94  MICHAEL MORRIS
1994/95  TED WRIGHT
1995/96  HARRY SPENCER
1996/97  DAVID MITCHELL
1997/98  RON MORGAN
1998/99  CYRIL REVERS
1999/00  PADDY LOWRY
2000/01  DON HARDING
2001/02  LES HART
2002/03  MACK RUSSELL
2003/04  SYDNEY TRENCHARD MORGAN
2004/05  DON LANE
2005/06  PETER DOOLEY
2006/07  MIKE GAMMAGE
2007/08  SYDNEY TRENCHARD MORGAN
2008/09  DANNY MORGAN
2009/10 JOHN KINROSS
2010/11 ROGER LLOYD
2011/12 TONY WILCE
2012/13 RANDY LANGFORD
2013/14 DOUGLAS LAY
2014/15 ARTHUR ROWE
2015/16 JEFF JONES
2016/17 JOHN PLATTS
2017/18 ROGER LLOYD
2018/19 PETER DOOLEY
2019/20 WALTER BOWLES
2020/21 SIMON SWANCOTT
2021/22 SIMON SWANCOTT
2022/23 JEFF JONES
2023/24 JOHN PITT
Saint Ethelbert is the patron saint of Hereford whose cathedral is ‘The Cathedral Church of St. Mary The Virgin and St Ethelbert the King’. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles state that, in 794, ‘Offa, king of Mercia, commanded Aethelberht’s head to be struck off’. Ethelbert was the young king of East Anglia and his murder took place not far from Hereford. There are several versions of the story of why he came to Herefordshire and what followed. For our version of the story click here.

Please scroll down for our current programme.
For an ‘easy to print’ version of our programme click here.
For our members’ handbook (in PDF format) click here.
For directions to our tree at Queenswood click here.
For directions to our rose bed at Blackfriars click here.
For previous years' activities (from 2010) click here.
More about us
Our social programme, in which our better halves are invited to join us, currently includes 2 lunches per year, a skittles evening and a barbecue/summer social. On St. Ethelbert's day in May we are fortunate to be able to meet the Dean of Hereford, who is an honorary member of our club, at the Cathedral for coffee, and we then gather around the St. Ethelbert shrine for a short celebration service. One of our meetings near to Christmas gives us the opportunity to socialise with mince pies.

We have enjoyed occasional outings in the past including the Black Country Living Museum, Blenheim Palace, St. Fagans National History Museum, Berrington Hall, Hereford Cathedral, the National Memorial Arboretum, SS Great Britain, a meal at a local Indian restaurant,a local tour discovering ‘Literary Greats in Herefordshire’ and a ride on the Severn Valley Railway. We have also had coach holidays - in past years to Harrogate, Liverpool and the European Parliaments in Strasbourg and Brussels.

There is an annual subscription which pays for our meeting room, our speakers and other outgoings. Our members also have the opportunity to purchase a PROBUS lapel badge and tie to wear at our meetings. We ask for a commitment to attend at least 17 meetings per year.

Our committee meets 4 times a year reporting back to the club at the following weekly meeting, and we have our AGM in March.










The Michael Morris Award
2015/16 RICHARD PRICE
2016/17 RON MORGAN
2017/18 DAVID PARSONS
2018/19 JOHN PLATTS
2019/2020 SIMON SWANCOTT
2020/2021 JOHN LOYNES
2021/.2022 PETER DOOLEY
2022/2023 MAURICE TAYLOR
2023/2024 VAL SWANCOTT
Our Programme

Tuesday 26th March
Dinedor Herefordshire Secret Army, WW2
Tuesday 2nd April
Committee Meeting
Tuesday 9th April
Committee Feedback
Tuesday 16th April
Guest speaker - Napolean's Retreat from Moscow, 1812
Tuesday 23rd April
Club member - Herefordshire Music
Tuesday 30th April
Club member - his CV
Tuesday 7th May
Poetry Morning
Tuesday 14th May
Guest speaker - Optometry and Old Age
Tuesday 21st May
Guest speaker - Caught in the Middle - the RAF in Palestine, 1948 - 49
Wednesday 22nd May
St. Ethelbert lunch
Thursday 22nd May
St. Ethelbert visit to the cathedral
Tuesday 28th May
Guest speaker - Flog It and Bargain Hunt
Tuesday 4th June
Countdown
Tuesday 11th June
Guest speaker - WWII; Plane Crash near Ross
Tuesday 18th June
Guest speaker - Rotherwas Munitions; WWI & WWII
Tuesday 25th June
Club member - TBA



Dates for your diary:
Mince Pies meeting 17th December

So Far This Year
President’s coffee morning, Cider Talk, The Windsor Fire 1992, North Sea Brent Gas/Oil Field., 25 Years of Wildlife Film Making (Mainly in Africa), Artificial Intelligence - The Future Is Now, The Gambia Coup Of July 1981, A Trip To Indo-China, MPs Expenses Scandals and Other Skulduggery in High Places.
Our club for retired professional and business men has approximately 30 members and was founded in 1978. We meet each Tuesday morning at the Kindle Centre in Hereford  (https://kindlecentre.org.uk). Our meetings start at 10.15 - members arrive earlier for tea or coffee and a chat - and finish at about 11.30. If you are not able to join a meeting in person there is the option to join remotely via ZOOM - for instructions click here. Most weeks we have a speaker - a guest speaker or one of our members. As well as our weekly meetings there is a programme of social events and visits. If you would like to learn more about us, or if you are a PROBUS member visiting our area, you can contact our Secretary on 01432 761136 or email secretary@stethelbertprobus.uk
Saint Ethelbert Probus Club
Hereford