Pembroke Ladies Probus president Sandra Thompson welcomed speaker Kenneth Homfray to the June meeting.

Kenneth has a wealth of knowledge on many subjects, but chose to give a fascinating talk about the origins and evolution of measuring Time.

Kenneth reminded us of how we take knowing the time for granted nowadays. We are surrounded by a variety of clocks in our homes. He continued by saying that 'in the beginning', there was no time, as we know it. The sun and planets and early man's association of where his shadow fell during daylight, eventually, enabled him to measure time of day, evolving to where we are now.

Kenneth's Powerpoint presentation of historic timepieces and monuments defining time from around the world was most interesting; Stonehenge, for example, at the summer solstice, obelisks built mainly for cultural reasons, vertical thermometer-design timepieces faced with a figure eight, clocks where dials moved before hands and a minute illustration of the world's smallest clock, the size of a grain of rice, plus many more unique examples.

Kenneth concluded his presentation by really making our brains 'tick'. We had relaxed for too long! Having researched a variety of well-known clocks from around the UK, many fortunately in Pembrokeshire, Kenneth began our quiz. Thankfully, we impressed him.

The 'time' then came to thank Kenneth for giving his 'time'! This was very ably done by Mai Butterworth.

Apologies for a misquote in the May meeting press report. Rosalie Lilwall gave the vote of thanks on that occasion and not Chris Vater as written.

Pembroke Ladies Probus Club next meet at The Cleddau Bridge Hotel at 11 am on August 21 when speaker will be Peter Hamilton from the National Botanical Garden of Wales.