Village Hall, 1975 onwards

Village Hall 2013

Dance in VIllage Hall. left to right, John and Jean Berry, John Witt

Left to right, Lily Nicholson, Shirley Newbury, Bessy Dowlen, Charlie Dowlen, Eddit Stubbington, Arthur Newbury, Jean Berry, John Berry

British Legion, on right, Ivy Cook and Thelma Hoare.

Founders of British Legion Ivy Cook, Ellie Goddard, Mary Crockford

Mrs Tucker makes presentation to Herbie Goddard (right)

Garden Club Annual Show in Village hall, cup winners. On left, Admiral Dennis Mason, on right, Paddy Mason and Jane Atkinson.

Dinner to celebrate Trafalgar Day, October 2005

Harvest Lunch 2007

Aerial View of Country Fair, an event which has taken place every year since 1993.

Thousands of people, from all over Hampshire, visit the Country Fair each year.

Since 2006, films have been screened on the last Friday of the month from September to April.

From 2014, a supper club has been held before film screenings.

The Hall was open in January 1975. Notes are attached of principal events recorded in the minutes of meetings of the Management Committee; copies of the Minutes are available in the Library, X/14 – X18.

Above are some of the activities which have taken place in the Village Hall.

In February 1995, there were celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the new Village Hall, These were recorded on video and a DVD is stored as X19,. It includes speeches by John Simpson, then Chair of the Village Hall, Freddie Standfield (his manuscript is stored in the ’Sale of the Institute page), Lettice Ross and Susan Davenport.

Creator

Tony Norman

Date of creation

1975 - 1998

Date of coverage

1975 - 1998

Place

East Meon, Village Hall

Contributor

Village Hall

Reference number

EM/0105

Accession number

2014-02-003

Storage location

Bound folders in Library, X/16 a

Format

Minutes book and notes

Downloads

Minutes of Management Committee (74 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Notes from Minutes of Management Committee 1975 - 1998

Village Hall Committee, 1995 - 2004 (50 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Notes on the Minutes of the Village Hall Committee, 1995 - 2004

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