I have now put together a book to accompany this blog, featuring all the best bits and much more besides, about the development and use of village halls over the past century. It costs £1.29 for a Kindle download and £3.99 for a printed version. Here's the blurb:
"Enter any village hall and look at the noticeboard. The range of activities taking place these days is enough to keep anyone entertained. Cinema evenings, keep fit classes, scouts, Women’s Institute, St John’s Ambulance, lunch clubs, support groups - all keeping the physical and spiritual on the straight and narrow. Where would we be without the village hall? What a marvellous innovation, and one that seems to grow in importance as we realise that we have lost sight of community somewhat, and need to nurse it back to life. You might, if you were in a particularly philosophical mood while hanging around the vestibule, wonder where and how it all began."
English village halls have been a fixture of our landscape for over 100 years - this is a little tour of how they developed and what goes on inside them. The writer, Sarah Miller Walters, has worked in the Derbyshire voluntary sector for more than 20 years and has organised many activities in village halls. Her perspective as a funding expert is woven through her research and observations, as is her love of the ultimate community resource.
Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D4SJWRZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
"Enter any village hall and look at the noticeboard. The range of activities taking place these days is enough to keep anyone entertained. Cinema evenings, keep fit classes, scouts, Women’s Institute, St John’s Ambulance, lunch clubs, support groups - all keeping the physical and spiritual on the straight and narrow. Where would we be without the village hall? What a marvellous innovation, and one that seems to grow in importance as we realise that we have lost sight of community somewhat, and need to nurse it back to life. You might, if you were in a particularly philosophical mood while hanging around the vestibule, wonder where and how it all began."
English village halls have been a fixture of our landscape for over 100 years - this is a little tour of how they developed and what goes on inside them. The writer, Sarah Miller Walters, has worked in the Derbyshire voluntary sector for more than 20 years and has organised many activities in village halls. Her perspective as a funding expert is woven through her research and observations, as is her love of the ultimate community resource.
Here's the link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D4SJWRZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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