Front row sitting left to right: Alistair Stewart, Ian Woods, Alan Webb, Sir Richard Barnett (President),David Heading, Tony Pepper, Alan Bell, Bryan Basketter.
Back rows standing left to right: Mike Driver, Malcolm Lynn, Dave Lindo, Peter Joyner, Dick Robson, Jim Fisher, Michael Burnham, John Thornton, Brian Thomas, Roger Bayley, David Howard, Colin Holdaway, Tony Catterick, Nick Martensz, Guy Evans, Alan Voss, Alex Alexander, Stephen Setchell, Chris Bywater.
The Probus Club of Huntingdon and St Ives
Group Photograph 2023
Front row left to right : Peter Joyner, Alistair Stewart, Guy Evans, Bryan Basketter, Tony Pepper (President), Chris Bywater, Alex Alexander, David Heading.
Middle row: Ian Woods, Malcolm Lynn, Richard Barnett, Paul Higham, Ian Bates, Peter Blake, Peter Clark, Dave Lindo,
Back row standing: Gerry Pye, Stephen Setchell, Ian Stott, Tim Clark, Dick Robson, Alan Voss, Colin Holdaway, Michael Burnham, Roger Bayley, Andrew Holmes, Brian Thomas, Jim Fisher.
The Probus Club of Huntingdon and St Ives
Group Photograph 2022
Back row standing left to right: Peter Clark, Malcolm Lynn, Andrew Holmes, Brian Thomas, Gerry Pye, Tony Catterick, Stephen Setchell, Roger Bayley, Colin Holdaway, Nick Martensz, Alex Alexander.
Middle row seated left to right: Ian Stott, Peter Blake, Richard Barnett, Michael Barry, Ian Bates, Tony Pepper, Alan Webb, Bryan Basketter.
Front row seated left to right: Peter Joyner, Cyril Bainbridge, David Heading, Michael Burnham (President), Graeme Gribben, Chris Hall.
Photograph taken on 5th April 2022
The Probus Club of Huntingdon and St Ives
Group Photograph 2021
Standing left to right: Nick Martensz, Graeme Gribben, Alex Alexander, Dick Robson, Gerry Pye, Andrew Jude (guest), Ian Woods, Alan Voss, Clive Sprawson, Tim Clark, Tony Catterick, Colin Holdaway, Peter Joyner, Richard Barnett, Tony Pepper, Stephen Setchell, Jim Fisher, Brian Thomas.
Seated left to right: Guy Evans, Peter Clark, Tom Mulchay, Bryan Basketter, Alistair Stewart, Alan Webb (President), David Heading, Chris Hall, Michael Burnham.
Photograph taken after the Annual General Meeting on 2nd November 2021
An East Anglian Panorama
13th October 2015
We set off from St Ives at 9.00 am on a cloudy but bright morning heading for Long Melford in Suffolk – a considerably shorter journey than our coach outings in recent years. Morning coffee and biscuits were taken at the historic Bull Hotel, built in 1450 and the centrepiece of the longest high street in East Anglia. Our coach panorama then took us through the beautiful rolling landscape of Suffolk to the mediaeval villages of Clare and Cavendish before returning via Sudbury to Long Melford and an excellent lunch at the Bull Hotel.
In the afternoon we drove to Lavenham where crooked and timbered weavers cottages line the main streets of this immaculately kept small town. The first settlement here dates back to Saxon times: "Lafa's Ham" near where the church now stands. Saxon lands were ceded to Normans in the 11th century and the village began to grow. The market place was built in the 13th century and Lavenham prospered on the growth of the wool trade, especially weaving and dyeing, being recorded as one of the richest places in England by 1525. This trade then went into sharp decline after a rebellion over pay and competition from other parts of the country and Europe and had virtually ceased by 1600. Over the following centuries Lavenham went through a number of revivals and slumps, with large changes in population until today it prospers through a combination of home-based companies and tourism: the hotel and restaurant industry and a colourful and exciting collection of retail outlets.
Our Probus Group enjoyed a gentle walking tour to see the best of the town before taking afternoon refreshments in the Guildhall Tea Room and heading for home.
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Our Coach arriving at the Bull Hotel, Long Melford. [Enlarge]
The Bull Hotel was originally built in 1450. [Enlarge]
Designing the official badge of Long Melford Parish Council. [Enlarge]
Brook House opposite the Bull Inn built in 1610. [Enlarge]
City & Village Tour Guide, Jan with our Probus Group before setting off to explore Lavenham. [Enlarge]
This outing itinerary combined elements from three City & Village Tours arranged to take in the best of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with a return flight on the Thames Cable Car from the O2 to the Royal Docks and a visit to the Cutty Sark to see what £50 million of restoration had achieved.
We started at 10.30am at the Velodrome where morning coffee and biscuits were served at the trackside. A short walk in the Olympic Park followed before we returned to the coach for a tour of the former Olympic Athletes Village, which has now been turned into a residential neighbourhood with its own shops and school. After a visit to the London Aquatic Centre we enjoyed a roast beef lunch at the Railway Tavern, a traditional local pub, before taking a flight on the Emirates Air Line Thames Cable Car from the O2 to the Royal Docks and back again. Finally we took the coach to Greenwich and spent the rest of the afternoon on the Cutty Sark, the world’s last clipper, finishing with refreshments in the cafe before heading home at 5.15pm.
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Our Probus Group arriving at the Olympic Velodrome [Enlarge]
