The Probus Club of East Grinstead & District
The Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month except December when it is the second Tuesday. The venue for meetings is the upstairs room at the East Grinstead Spoprts Club, Saint Hill Road, East Grinstead RH19 4JU, where members gather at 10.00am for conversation and coffee, conduct routine Club business, listen to a guest speaker and questions. At around midday members can opt to return to the bar for a drink and lunch.
A programme of visits to varied and fascinating places are arranged during the year. The Club organises a short holiday each year, usually in the UK but also to mainland Europe. All holidays aim to have a sense of fun, to visit new places of interest and represent a tremendous opportunity for members and partners to socialise over a longer period of around severn days.. Travel is normally by coach, but train and air transport have been used in the past. Holidays are planned such that people with restricted mobility can participate as much as possible.
A Spring and Autumn lunch takes place with members and wives / partners and at Christmas time a lunch takes place to celebrate the season and recall the year's achievements.
My talk will cover the early development of the Submarine through to the present day of Nuclear Submarines. It will be mainly related to the Royal Navy, but will reference those submarines of Germany, USA and Russia. It will cover the submarine conflict in WW1 and WW2.
I will also cover my experiences serving in two diesel submarines and a Nuclear SSN as a Mechanical Engineer and on the Naval Staff in the MOD and a detailed examination of 5 submarine disasters
An overview of Crime and Smuggling in the area from C13th through the ages - talk in three periods with appropriate costumes from Medieval, Victorian and early 20th Century
ABOUT ROBERT SLATER
Local author and walk guide - published some 13 books ranging from local ghost - East Sussex, West Sussex, Northamptonshire also Various other local history books and guidebooks. Running Guided Walks in Pevensey, Lewes, Alfriston and Rye for the past 30 years (ghost Walks and also Crime and Smuggling) TV, Radio etc Public Speaking
