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