Category: Village Landmarks
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Village Stocks From Another Angle
Following the extensive searches and digging into sets of old photographs quite a few pictures of the Village Green in olden times have been found – as detailed here. Additionally there is the debate about the Village Stocks which had further pictures, albeit being rather grainy newspapers copies – shown here. Some of these pictures… Read more
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Protected: Old School Photographs (Private Page)
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Read more
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Scholars
The pictures of the schoolchildren in these pictures are 90-100 years old, and it may prove difficult to recognise faces apart from family similarities or perhaps a copy of one or more of these photos might be in a family archive. The last two of the four class pictures do have a little more information.… Read more
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The Village School In Wartime
At the bottom of this page is a timeline reflecting the “Village School in Wartime”, aligned with other wartime events. The threat of war increased during the late 1930s, with the Munich Crisis in 1938 heightening awareness, and even with the apparently positive outcome on 30th September 1938 – “Peace for our Time”, preparations for… Read more
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2008 – The New Village Hall is Complete
The start of 2008 saw work well underway on the new Village Hall. During January the scaffolding came down, as detailed in the update in the February Magazine Progress continued well during winter and into spring, as reported in the March 2008 newsletter. The Village Hall AGM also reported good progress The new facility was… Read more
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2007 Funding Work Continues While Construction Begins
Following the financial update at the end of 2006, fundraising work continued at pace at the start of 2007, with the need to pass a funding threshold to secure certain payments. There was still a chance to do a last upgrade to the current Reading Room during spring 2007, improving access for those with limited… Read more
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2004-2006 Planning Permissions and Final Funding Efforts for Village Hall
Once the dust had settled on the Airport Threat, the project was “full steam ahead” to gain the necessary planning permissions, and then finalise the available funding, some of which was based on permissions being given, and others had passed their time limits. The project status was thus at the start of 2004. Communication was… Read more
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2002-2003 Reading Room – Focus Affected By Airport Threat
At the start of 2002 it began to look like there was positive progress in all of the areas that had been holding things back. As part of the changes detailed above a new constitution was defined for what was now known as the Church Lawford Village Hall – this can be found here. Further… Read more
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1998-2001 Groundwork For A New Village Hall
Although the decision had been taken to change the status of the Reading Room to that of a Village Hall, prior to initial refurbishment and making use of the recreation ground and school playground (for parking), such steps required significant efforts by the Steering Group, given the number of parties involved and the various covenants… Read more
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1995-1997 Reading Room – The Need For Change is Recognised
Prior to 1996 there was a school in the village. From 1964 to 1996 this was on land adjacent to the Reading Room. The school had a large hall and facilities that were generally better than those of the much older Reading Room. Accordingly it was extensively used for village functions outside school hours, including… Read more