Song Library
Rotherham Probus Music
Many Probus Clubs up and down the country recap the previous weeks talk before introducing the visiting speakers talk.
This reminds members of the talk by highlighting the main points.
Rotherham Probus are always keen to try news initiatives to engage its membership. What is probabily a worlds first, Rotherham Probus have introduced an original concept of writting and creating original songs representing past talks!
The incoming Chairman of 2026 came up with this idea and has introduced this new initiative to engage members using songs.
Before the meeting starts a weekly presentation is screened using the High Definition screen accompanied with song of a previoust talk. At the end of the presentation the "Rotherham Probus Welcome Song" is played to set the mood.
Each week throughout 2026 a new original song is presented to the mebership.
This new concept has been fully embrased with members actively engaged through tapping toes and mouthing and singing along with the song as the lryics are presented along with each song.
Some of the songs have been challenging. The Treaty of Versailles needed to have the word "reparations" in the lyrics of the song. Whilst some members thought the talk given on the "Passion Play" held in "Oberammergau" every 10 years would have been impossible to create a suitable song covering the main point of the presentation.
A library of this years songs will be placed in a Music Library for you to enjoy.
Rotherham Probus Welcome Song
A musical welcome giving new members a quick taste of what we’re about — friendly people, weekly interesting talks, warm comfortable surroundings, and a chance to make new friends. Every Tuesday morning brings something different: fascinating speakers, surprising topics, and plenty of good humour. And of course, we keep things simple and stress‑free: free car parking, a steady supply of tea, coffee, and biscuits.
The Welcome Song captures all of that spirit — the fellowship, the fun, and the feeling of belonging. It’s our way of saying: come in, pull up a chair, and make yourself at home with Rotherham Probus.
Oberammergau
The Oberammergau Passion Play is one of the world’s most extraordinary living traditions — a vast community performance staged once every ten years in the Bavarian village of Oberammergau. First promised in 1633, when the villagers vowed to perform the story of Christ’s Passion if they were spared from the plague, the play has grown into a monumental act of faith, history, and artistry. Today, more than two thousand local residents take part, from children to elders, creating a powerful, immersive retelling that binds generations together and draws audiences from across the globe.
Nine Days in May
The UK National Strike of 1926, held from 3–12 May, was the first and only true general strike in British history. It began when the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called out around 1.7 million workers in solidarity with over one million locked‑out coal miners, who were resisting drastic wage cuts and longer working hours demanded by mine owners. The strike brought Britain to a standstill: transport halted, newspapers stopped printing, and heavy industry froze. Despite the scale of the action, the government—well‑prepared with emergency volunteers—held firm, and after nine days the TUC ended the strike without securing concessions. The miners continued their struggle for months but ultimately returned under worse conditions, leaving the 1926 strike as a dramatic but unsuccessful turning point in British labour history.
Wentworth Woodhouse Balled
Wentworth Woodhouse rose from Yorkshire soil like a promise — a house of ambition in stone, shaped by centuries of power, pride, and reinvention. From its early Jacobean roots to the vast Palladian sweep that now commands the landscape, it grew with the fortunes of the Wentworths and the Fitzwilliams, families whose wealth, politics, and rivalries left their mark on every wing and whispering corridor.
Today it stands not just as a mansion, but as a story carved across time — a place where grandeur, struggle, and resilience still breathe through the walls.
The Treaty was Signed
The Treaty of Versailles was the major peace agreement that formally ended World War I. Signed on 28 June 1919 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, it imposed strict terms on Germany, including territorial losses, severe military restrictions, and large reparations payments. It also established the League of Nations, intended to prevent future conflicts. Although designed to secure lasting peace, the treaty’s harsh terms created deep resentment in Germany and contributed to the political instability that later helped fuel the rise of extremism and the path toward World War II.
Where Retirement Gets
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