At last we’ve made some financial headway with replacing the hall. The Community Council of Devon, acting on behalf of Devon County Council, has awarded us a grant of £24,000, which means that we can plan a new building. Last night (30th September) the trustees met to discuss the offer and agreed to accept it, which means that it has to be spent by next September!
Another £40,000 has been raised by the community. This is thought to be one of the principal reasons behind the offer.
The trustees now have to …

In a little over a fortnight work will start on dismantling the Nissen hut that has served us so well as our village hall. It will be taken to Dunkeswell where it will be rebuilt and opened as a museum of wartime artefacts.
Our new hall will start to go up soon afterwards, perhaps by the end of March. In three or four months after that, it will be complete and can be opened.
It’s all happened very quickly after a long time in which it seemed it never would. And having …