Community Volunteers Start on Kitchen Project

In readiness for the builder starting on the kitchen refurbishment project on 3rd January community volunteers have been busy preparing the kitchen.

On Wednesday 20th December a team of community volunteers were at the Hall  to move and store all the crockery, cutlery and kitchen equipment.

On Wednesday 20th December Dart Electrics (electrician) and Martin Greenslade (plumber) were on site to isolate the kitchen's electrics and the plumbing. This enable all the old units to be moved.

On Thursday 21st December a team of community volunteers were at the Hall and removed all the old units.

The kitchen is now clear and ready for the builder.

 

Interesting Fact 7

Celebrating a Century as a Parish Hall

Before the current layout of the kitchen in the Hall the plan of 1966 shows there was a kitchen accessed through one door at one end of the stage and a room labelled Cloaks accessed through door at the other end of the stage. The plan shows the kitchen and cloaks as two separate rooms.

Kitchen Refurbishment - Meeting With The Builder

On Monday 11th December we held a meeting with the builder who is contracted to work on the kitchen refurbishment to finalise plans and agree start dates. The project will start on 3rd January 2018. The main builder is Steven Leach Building Services Ltd., the electrician is Dart Electrics and the plumber is Marting Greenslade.

Interesting Fact 6

Celebrating a Century as a Parish Hall

Polling Station

The Hall has a regular use as a Polling Station. On 5^th June 1975 it was used in the EEC Membership Referendum. The photograph shows a resident of the parish arriving outside the Hall to cast a vote.

Heritage Project December Question

Every month for a year we are asking a question linked to the history of the hall to provide an opportunity for community engagement by researching and sending us the answer.

December Question
When was a kitchen first installed at the Parish Hall?

Interesting Fact 5

Celebrating a Century as a Parish Hall

Home Guard

The Hall was hired for use by the Home Guard between 1941 and 1943. The Parish Hall Accounts show the following entries with the hire charge.

• 10 January 1941 £0.5s.0d
• 09 July 1941 £0.16s.0d
• 29 October 1942 £2.12s.0d
• 08 December 1942 £0.10s.0d
• 31 March 1943 £1.5s.0d
• 15 November 1943 £0.10s.0d

Trustee Meeting

Trustee scheduled meeting. Progress report on HLF project.

Trustees Meeting

On Thursday 9th November 2017 the Parish Hall Trustees held their scheduled meeting and agreed the final plans for the heritage and kitchen refurbishment project. The kitchen refurbishment project is now planned to start in early January 2018.

Interesting Fact 4

Celebrating a Century as a Parish Hall

Rifle Club  

One of the local clubs that hired the Hall was the Rifle Club. Records show Mr Lane hired the Hall for this club in 1923,1924 and 1925. The next reference to the Rifle Club is in March 1931 when Mr Osborne hired the Hall for rifle practice. Mr Osborne again hired the Hall in aid of the Rifle Club in 1933 and 1934. No further reference to the Rifle Club can be found at this time.

Heritage Project November Question

Every month for a year we are asking a question linked to the history of the hall to provide an opportunity for community engagement by researching and sending us the answer.

November Question
The barn was sold by the Church to the community as a Parish Hall in 1920. Who was the Rector of East Worlington at the time?

Interesting Fact 3

Celebrating a Century as a Parish Hall

Following the conveyancing of the barn from Church ownership to the Parish Council as a Parish Hall it appears from our records that the rector of East Worlington, the Reverend Hodgson, retained a community focus. In April 1923 he hired the Hall for a dance at a hire charge of 10 shillings and on 2^nd January 1924 he hired the Hall for the Choir’s Supper for a hire charge of 10 shillings.