BUILDING THE HALLKeinton Mandeville lies some 5 miles to the North of Yeovil and is a small village of 350 houses. It has a thriving Primary school, Church, Chapel, 2 Public Houses, 5 shops, but it had no village hall! In 1992 a committee was elected to put this right, but to do this there was the small matter of £150,000 which we needed to raise. With the greatly valued assistance of the Community Council for Somerset, we were awarded substantial grants from the Somerset District and County Councils and from the Rural Development Commission. The Parish Council provided some excellent initial funding which allowed the project to start in the first place. Fund raising was difficult in the village without a venue in which to hold any events! In order to keep the costs to a minimum we used as much volunteer labour as possible. We purchased all the materials ourselves and hired craftsmen as they were needed. We were fortunate enough to have a building contractor on the village hall committee to advise and oversee all the site work. |
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The hall was ready on time for its first function, with all facilities fully functional!
Six years after the Committee was first formed the hall was complete. The hall, together with fittings and all the services cost £131,000, and is valued at twice that figure. Thanks go to the 150 villagers who willingly gave their time to make this possible. |
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