Rudes booking deadline
Booking deadline for the Rude Mechanicals open air theatre at Wadhurst on Friday 10th July.
Booking deadline for the Rude Mechanicals open air theatre at Wadhurst on Friday 10th July.
On Thursday 28th May, one of the hottest days of the year, a group of Probus members and partners took the train to London and enjoyed a tour of another of the Great twelve Livery companies of the City of London – the Salters’ Company, ranked number nine in the order of precedence. Salters’ Hall is however very different from the livery halls we have visited so far. Rather than a medieval building it is a bold post-war design by Sir Basil Spence completed in 1976 and Grade II-listed in 2010.
TWODS are performing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s acclaimed musical Evita at the Assembly Hall Theatre in May.
09:30 am start. 6+ miles circular walk followed by pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy more serious countrywalks.
June luncheon - Monday 8th June 2026 As a Full member, if you are unable to attend this month’s luncheon please advise the Mike Theobald, Luncheon Secretary at the latest by midday today (the THURSDAY beforehand). If you are an Occasional or Waiting member please advise Mike should you wish to attend the lunch, again at […]
09:45 am start. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy a stroll and a chat.
Monday 8th June 2026 - 12.00 noon for 12.30 p.m. seating.
COST will be £27.50 payable on the day (contactless much preferred).
May to October, second Tuesday each month. We will be playing Golf Croquet at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club. The maximum at any one time will be 16 players: i.e Two games of doubles on each of two lawns.
09:45 am. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for social walkers, wives and partners welcome.
This Group is proving very popular at present. Sadly, therefore, we cannot for the time being take in new members. If, however, you would like to be notified when a vacancy occurs, please let Andrew Fermor have your name and email address.
This Summer, GADS open air theatre presents Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and Ashdown Probus Club members and guests are invited to attend Sue Homewood's garden at Birchden in Groombridge where the performances are staged between 2nd to 4th July and 9th to 11th July.
09:45 am start. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy a stroll and a chat.
09:30 am start. 6+ miles circular walk followed by pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy more serious countrywalks.
July luncheon - Monday 13th July 2026 As a Full member, if you are unable to attend this month’s luncheon please advise the Mike Theobald, Luncheon Secretary at the latest by midday today (the THURSDAY beforehand). If you are an Occasional or Waiting member please advise Mike should you wish to attend the lunch, again at […]
This Summer, GADS open air theatre presents Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows and Ashdown Probus Club members and guests are invited to attend Sue Homewood's garden at Birchden in Groombridge where the performances are staged between 2nd to 4th July and 9th to 11th July.
The Rude Mechanical’s open air theatre productions have always been popular with Ashdown Probus members. On Friday 10th July a small group of members enjoyed a warm Summer’s evening in Wadhurst at this year’s production ‘The Wife’. This Rudes’ original musical play based on Chaucer’s classic 'Wife of Bath' Canterbury tale, was performed by the […]
Monday 13th July 2026 - 12.00 noon for 12.30 p.m. seating. Lunch followed by a QUIZ.
COST will be £27.50 payable on the day (contactless much preferred).
May to October, second Tuesday each month. We will be playing Golf Croquet at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club. The maximum at any one time will be 16 players: i.e Two games of doubles on each of two lawns.
09:45 am. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for social walkers, wives and partners welcome.
This Group is proving very popular at present. Sadly, therefore, we cannot for the time being take in new members. If, however, you would like to be notified when a vacancy occurs, please let Andrew Fermor have your name and email address.
Susan Homewood once again kindly offered her beautiful garden for the Ashdown Probus Annual Summer Picnic on TUESDAY 28th July 2026.
August luncheon - Monday 3rd August 2026 As a Full member, if you are unable to attend this month’s luncheon please advise the Mike Theobald, Luncheon Secretary at the latest by midday today (the THURSDAY beforehand). If you are an Occasional or Waiting member please advise Mike should you wish to attend the lunch, again at […]
Monday 3rd August 2026 - 12.00 noon for 12.30 p.m. seating.
COST will be £27.50 payable on the day (contactless much preferred).
09:30 am start. 6+ miles circular walk followed by pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy more serious countrywalks.
09:45 am start. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for members who enjoy a stroll and a chat.
May to October, second Tuesday each month. We will be playing Golf Croquet at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club. The maximum at any one time will be 16 players: i.e Two games of doubles on each of two lawns.
The summer outing for Ashdown Probus Golf Society took us to a new venue - Coulsdon Manor near Croydon.
For our second event in 2026 we’re going again in August, as it proved a popular time last year, but we’re trying a new venue - Coulsdon Manor, near Croydon.
If you would like to take part, please email Tom Hutchinson. A response by Thursday 4th December, would be appreciated.
09:45 am. 5 mile circular walk followed by optional pub lunch - suitable for social walkers, wives and partners welcome.
This Group is proving very popular at present. Sadly, therefore, we cannot for the time being take in new members. If, however, you would like to be notified when a vacancy occurs, please let Andrew Fermor have your name and email address.
September luncheon - Monday 7th September 2026 As a Full member, if you are unable to attend this month’s luncheon please advise the Mike Theobald, Luncheon Secretary at the latest by midday today (the THURSDAY beforehand). If you are an Occasional or Waiting member please advise Mike should you wish to attend the lunch, again at […]
Monday 7th September 2026 - 12.00 noon for 12.30 p.m. seating.
COST will be £27.50 payable on the day (contactless much preferred).
May to October, second Tuesday each month. We will be playing Golf Croquet at the Royal Tunbridge Wells Croquet Club. The maximum at any one time will be 16 players: i.e Two games of doubles on each of two lawns.