Probus Club enjoys interesting talk on life working in Thailand

AFTER the club business, members of Shepshed Probus Club sat down and enjoyed their four course lunch.

Unfortunately, our teller of funny stories Stan, was unable to attend the meeting. However, a very able substitute in the guise of Gill Edmunds did a sterling job and had us all amused.

After we had lunch we settled down and relaxed while our guest speaker June Edwards told us of her experi- ences of working in Thailand.

In 1974 June was very lucky to be chosen by the company she worked for to go out to Bangkok and help oversee the local workforce build a hotel.

June worked in the finance office which was very convenient as her husband was the company accountant out there.

She had up to 50 Thai ladies working for the company who she had to supervise and fortunately they had all been taught English at school.

We were regaled with a number of stories, both amusing and serious. June had to live in a hotel which was fine, but eating hotel meals all the time, although nice, became boring after a while and a plate of beans on toast would have been a welcome relief.

At the end of June’s talk there were very few questions but a lot of Probus members commented on their own experiences of time spent in Thailand. A show of appreciation was followed by the President reminding members that our next meeting would be on July 3, at the same venue.

New members are always welcome and if anyone would like to join the club, please contact our secretary Will on 01509 769802