Denbigh and District Probus Club
Precis of Meeting April 8 th 2024

I welcomed everyone to the meeting. Number present 39 We have 7 guests and 3
potential new members, John and Dawn Roe and Barry Smith and also our speaker,
Brian Gresty.

We had apologies received from
Keith and Carol Lester
Ian Glass
Sue Ellis Roberts
Gwyn Evans – we wish Pauline a speedy recovery after her accident.
Huw Wilkie
Philip Brelsford
Richard Thornton
David Meredith Jones
Mike Freeman
Lesley Freeman
Peter Gibson
Eifion Jones
Len Devine
We look forward to seeing them all again at future meeting.

I gave an “offering of thanks”
We give thanks for friendship and conversation
and for the opportunity the meet and eat
We then had our meal which this month was beautifully presented Welsh braised beef
or salmon followed by lemon tart or chocolate and coconut tart.
Following the meal we had our traditional toast to the King.

I then commented on the Summer Outing on the Llangollen Steam Railway. Corwen
to Llangollen and return train trip with afternoon tea, wishing everyone a great trip
and thanking David Roberts for his expert advice. We look forward to seeing all the
photographs.
The 50 th Anniversary Celebration of the Denbigh Probus Club is taking place at the
Oriel Hotel on Saturday October 19 th . A date to keep in your diaries. A chance to
bring guests and join in the celebrations.
This month we congratulate Donald Hanby on his 91 st birthday and John Barr (not far
behind.
There have also been some special anniversaries. Len and Betty Devine celebrated
their Diamond 60 th wedding anniversary on Easter Sunday and Paul and Jean Grange,
who were here today, have just celebrated their 66 th wedding anniversary.
I invited our Regalia Officer, Bob Jones, to present a Members Badge to Duncan
Cameron. We congratulated Duncan on his award.
We had a 10 minute break and when we returned I introduced our speaker, Brian
Gresty, who presented his talk about John “Iron Mad Jack” Wilkinson.

Julia Hughes has provided us with an excellent synopsis of the talk, which I have
attached to this e’mail.
There were several questions for the speaker after which Michael Corfe extended a
vote of thanks to the speaker on behalf of the membership.

The Meeting was closed with the toast to Denbigh and District Probus Club.
The next meeting will be on Monday May 13 th when our speaker, Chanel Jones will
give a talk entitled “ We’ve got you framed.”

Graham Evans (President)