Umborne Hall is a green painted Nissen Hut, invented in 1919 by Lt. Col. Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930) of the British Royal Engineers. In 1941, the Americans built and used huts called Quonset Huts, which were an adaptation of the Nissen Hut. These type of huts were used as makeshift housing for American soldiers and […]
Category: Village Hall
The centre of the community is our much loved village hall.
New Hall
The latest on progress towards our new Hall. A new hall in 2010 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 […]
Hall History
Village Hall History (From a painting by Nora Baker currently hanging in the new hall) A little bit of history about the Umborne Village Hall Umborne Hall is a green painted Nissen Hut, invented in 1919 by Lt. Col. Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930) of the British Royal Engineers. In 1941, the Americans built and used […]
A new hall in 2010
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, […]
The end of a valley era and the beginning of another
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 […]
