Saturday 19th March 7.30pm – Theme Night in the Hall – the first one in the new hall and the theme is P for Party – come dressed as something beginning with P – Pilot, Person (!), Pirate, Painter etc. Wednesday 13th April 2-4.30pm Police Cross Country (Nationals) Beer & Branscombe – 15 marshals needed […]
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12th Night Supper in the Hall
The annual 12th night supper will take place in the hall on Saturday 8th January at 7.30pm. This is a bring and share supper – please bring a plate of finger food – either sweet or savoury. There is a bar and a raffle so please come loaded with money! We also have a table […]
Hall Opening Photos
Saturday 16th October 2010 – 4.30pm. Umborne Hall is finally opened in front of a crowd of about 150 locals, supporters and Press. Rob Summers, the Chairman of the Trustees, starts off the proceedings with his speech of welcome and thanks to all who helped in so many different ways, not just over the last […]
Grand Hall Opening
Residents of Umborne celebrate opening of new community hall Residents of the Umborne Valley, near Axminster, will this weekend be gathering to mark the culmination of remarkable community commitment and dedication, as they officially open their new village hall. Mrs Dorothy Blackmore and Mrs Lillian Bird, two long-term residents of the valley will cut the […]
Video Of New Hall Construction
Stride Timber, the contractors who built the hall have made a fantastic time-lapse video of the hall construction. You can see it from their web site here.
Umborne & Shute Calendar 2012
We hope to produce an Umborne & Shute Calendar for 2012. So please make a note of any local photos you already have or any you take over the next 10 months in the valley. We will consider photos that show views or buildings from the area but also photos of wildlife etc. taken in […]
Children’s Christmas Party
The Christmas Party for all the children of the local area, is held in the hall in early December. This year, 2010, the date is December 4th from 3 to 5 pm. This party event was started about 10 years ago by Sheila, Gill and Angela and in the early days there were about 20 […]
New Hall Opening
An important announcement about the hall: The New Umborne Hall will be opening on: Saturday 16th October 2010 Complimentary cream teas will be served from 4.00 to 6.00pm The hall will be officially opened at 4.30pm The Opening Night Celebration will be from 6.00pm to whenever! There will be a barrel of beer, wine and […]
Local photos
This page is devoted to the photographs which local people have taken of local sights and views. Left click on each one to enlarge. We would welcome contributions from all and sundry. Email your best ones to rickandeleanor@tiscali.co.uk These were taken by Claire Bird: These by Sue & Rodney Gush: and these by David Vickers: […]
Latest Hall News (Sept.1st)
Hall news update from Rob: Since the last report on Aug 16th, two things have outwardly changed the appearance of the new hall & its surroundings ; firstly the grass seed sown on the banks of the stream & the bank around the car park have germinated with the rain, to colour up these areas […]
