Friday 16 September 2016

Aston Abbotts Village Hall news – September 2016


Aston Abbotts Village Hall news – September 2016              

Update on refurbishment

Just waiting for WREN (our major funder) to approve our budget and choice of builder, then we’ll let everyone know! Expecting to start around 17 October; the work will take 12-14 weeks so look out for a grand re-opening in February!

Clear the hall

The last bookings will be w/c Monday 19 September. We will be clearing the hall and kitchen on Sunday morning 25 September from 8.30am. The kitchen equipment, crockery, cutlery, glasses, chairs, and the best of the tables will be stored. A small number of chairs, tables and some crockery will go into the church temporarily. If any user groups have other things in the kitchen cupboards please take them away or let us know what you’d like done.

Funding

We still have a shortfall, so we are still very grateful for donations. Thank you very much to the family of Denis Knight who kindly donated half of his funeral collection to the hall. If you can help, please contact any one of us.

Vale Lottery

The top cash prize is £25,000 and every week a few people win £25 – hopefully an Aston Abbotts winner soon! We are getting a small but regular payout from our local supporters that’s really appreciated (particularly as we won’t have any lettings income while the hall is closed). If this is your thing, please buy your tickets from our page and we get 50%:

The chair test

Fete goers tested sample chairs.  Thank you all!  The green, upholstered chair took an early lead but was overtaken by the blue, wipe-clean version by the end of the afternoon. Maybe not blue though. We’ll look at more before deciding.

Village History book still available!

Aston Abbotts 1000-2000: A village history is back in print at £10 per copy, proceeds to the village hall. If you’d like one please email us or give me a ring on 681373.  Just one box left!

Caroline Lane – Aston Abbotts Village Hall trustees


Aston Abbotts Village Hall Trustees group: Caroline Lane (Chair), Liz Hall (Secretary), Nigel Palmer (Treasurer), Peter Shorrock, John Whyte, Kevin Copping. Email: astonabbottsvillagehall@yahoo.com