Category: Village Hall
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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
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The Reading Room – The Heart of Village Life
For almost a century the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Reading Room was a facility at the heart of village life. The committee of Trustees ensured that the facility operated in the best possible way for the villagers, with events and groups being given access to a site that many other villages did not possess.… Read more
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A Village Hall For The 21st Century
Certain details for this page are from the Village Hall website – https://www.churchlawfordvillagehall.co.uk/about-us/ as well as the Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Newsletter in its various guises. The first purpose-built Church Lawford and Kings Newnham Reading Room was opened in 1912 on land given for the purpose by the Duke of Buccleuch. Prior to that a more ad… Read more