THe Five Villages Newsletter

We Are Open!

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:42:10 GMT

The new village hall was finally opened at the first of three days of events in mid-October

An opening event attended by funders including The National Lottery, The Ursula Keyes Trust and Cheshire LEADER, the project construction professionals on the Thursday, a St Oswald’s PTA tea and cake event followed by the First Drop Inn evening attended by over 200 people on the Friday and a Saturday Open Day. Many took the opportunity to look around their new hall.

St Oswald’s children’s choir entertained Thursday’s guests with 3 lovely songs and thereby became the very first performers on the new stage.

NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING !

The new hall is open for bookings with many of the existing users back and enjoying a light and airy space for their activity. New activities are starting up as well so do keep an eye on The Five Villages Hall’s social media accounts for news and up-dates.

Pizza Anyone!

The mobile pizza company, Dough & Go will be offering a pizza service for the local community from their mobile kitchen van. It will be parked up on the village hall carpark on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month starting 23 ^rd November 2021. Dough & Go will be there from 4.30 to 8pm. Contact Danny 07483 888091 or email at Info@doughandgo.co.uk

The Bistro is Back!

Cocktails, gourmet pies and with vegetarian and vegan options – something for everybody!

Friday, 3 ^rd December from 7.30pm. Limited covers for this one so best book your place as soon as you can.

View all our upcoming activities at the Hall

May 2021 Newsletter

Sun, 02 May 2021 10:59:39 GMT

What’s next in the build after the roofing & cladding?

After an unavoidable delay (by others) in the building programme, our main contractor is back on site late May / early June when the roofing and cladding elements will start. So it won’t be long then before the building’s skeleton will disappear first beneath its roof cladding followed by a striking design of wall cladding to the main hall.

The ‘amenity’ block (reception area, bar, kitchen, toilets, stores etc) walls are of brick, some of which have been ‘adopted’ by villagers wanting ‘to be part of the programme’!

Well look out for the installation of the new colourful windows and external doors due to start around the end of June. It’ll be worth the wait!!

^{New Hall Community Initiatives}

Now that our hall building programme is underway thoughts are turning to other initiatives to enhance both our local environment and the enjoyment of those living in our environment.

Where?

The stretch of land which runs down Station Road from the A41 junction down to the corner of the old tennis courts is particularly overgrown and unattractive. There are indeed some previously funded trees planted in amongst the wild growth to be ‘rescued’. A flat, raised bank running from the new hall all the way into the ‘A41’corner has been created which could be a useful area to develop. Other areas would follow.

What’s to be done?

These areas, to start with, need re-claiming and nurturing. The undergrowth needs a good clear out. The vision is to create useful areas for recreation, the encouragement of insects and birdlife, seating area for MUGA spectators and lots more. Sapling planting, evergreen bushes, picnic areas, natural pathways??

Some ideas?

These images might inspire villagers to volunteer to start their own working group and make a start in creating another community asset. What would you bring to the project?

insect hotels, play dens,vegetation wigwams. What would you create?

Now What?

Interested villagers could form a group (or smaller groups) of willing volunteers to plan, shape and execute this initiative. If you and yours would like to get this going, then in the first instance please Contact Us or alternatively drop a note into the white post box in The BookStop, Townfield Lane.

STOP PRESS

The Prince of Wales has announced an innitiative to plant trees for the Queen's Platimum Jubilee

From June The Woodland Trust will offer schools and community groups the chance to apply for three million free saplings available on a first come first served basis.

WANTED

Someone to help to head this up on behalf of the Village Hall

Interested? Contact us today

March 2021 Newsletter

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 12:13:58 GMT

Building Progress - Taking Shape

The steelwork is now erected giving an impression of the new main hall’s size and shape. The ‘service’ building ie the reception, bar, kitchen, WCs, storerooms etc is also starting to take shape with the block- and brickwork perimeter walls being built.

The picture below shows the poured concrete floors again completed throughout the building footprint. It won’t be long before the main hall roof and cladding appears and the ‘service’ building roof trusses are lifted into situ when the brick walls are completed.

There are also some super aerial pictures of the site taken from a drone on the Community’s Facebook

Name a brick campaign continues

A big thank you to all those brick namers who have joined in the campaign to be part of hall (wall) history. Passers-by will be able to see the wall taking shape at the moment (mid-March). Looks like it won’t be long to completion.

Still want to name a brick for your family? It just takes a few minutes at www.brickinthehall.org.uk