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The popular band Silhouette will be providing the live music for the Picnic Supper dance on Friday evening in the Village Hall. Please bring along your own picnic supper, tea and coffee will be served in the interval. Admission is £6.00 per person on the door, cash only please .A raffle will raise funds for the Village Hall. The music commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m.

The last Collectable and Craft Fair of the year will be held on Sunday. There will be lots of stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Bric a Brac, Books, Jigsaws, Gifts, Jewellery, Crafts, and Cakes. A young man ( possibly two ) will be selling his/their grown out of toys to make way for new ones arriving on Christmas day. Bethany will be there selling Christmas plants and wreaths. Please support The Cats protection league and the Manorlands charity stalls as they will be there with a good variety of stock.. The event opens at 9.30.a.m but please pop in earlier if it fits in better with your days plans as most stalls are open by 9.a.m. The Fair will close at 3.30.p.m. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Please bring along cash as the majority of stalls do not have the facility for taking card payments, this also includes sales in the Cafe. There is a cash machine in the Village but it may run out!

A confirmation just through, yes there are two young men with stalls on Sunday. Ralph will be selling younger age toys and Oliver up to about ten years. We also have a cake stall in attendance.

Next weekend we host the last film show of the year on Friday 20th and on Saturday 21st a Coffee morning when the Craven Accordion Orchestra will be playing.

Gargrave Cinema club will be screening the popular and thought provoking film The Upside on Friday evening in the Village Hall. The comedy drama follows the unlikely friendship between Philip, a wealthy quadriplegic and Dell an ex convict hired as a carer. As they navigate their contrasting worlds, Dells carefree attitude brings humour and vitality to Philips structured life. Together they challenge societal expectations and discover the importance of connection, resilience and embracing lifes joys. Ultimately their bond transforms both their lives in unexpected ways. The film stars Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman.

The customary Cafe style seating will be in place so please bring your own refreshments. The Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 ( cash only please ) on the door with accompanied under sixteens free. Sorry but only guide dogs are allowed to this event. Proceeds from the night go towards the running costs of the Community Library.

Future events leading up to Christmas:  Saturday 7th December:  Book Fair. 10.a.m – 3.30.p.m.

Friday 13th December: Picnic Supper dance with the live music from Silhouette. 7.30.p.m.- 11.p.m.

Sunday 15th December: Collectable and Craft Fair. 9.30.a.m – 3.30.p.m.

Friday 20th December: Film night. 7.30.p.m.

Saturday 21st December: Coffee morning with music from the Craven Accordion Orchestra                                                                                           10.a.m-Noon.

Friday 27th December: Afternoon tea dance with Cath and Richard 2.p.m-4.p.m.

Come along to the Village Hall on Saturday morning to support both the Village Hall and the Library as members of both committee`s will be working together when they hold a Coffee morning. There will be bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and homemade cakes on the menu. A raffle will aid Library funds and a Book and Bric a Brac stall will raise funds for the Village Hall. Open 10.a.m to Noon.

Members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee will be  holding a Collectable and Craft Fair in the Hall on Sunday. There will be a bumper turn out of stalls with all spaces booked including the side room. The bumper book sale in aid of Hall funds will be consigned to the smaller of the side rooms. Where else can you bring along a carrier bag and fill it with books for just £2. There are some fantastic books but the quantity of books held in storage needs to go down hence the bargain offer. There will be stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Bric a Brac, Jewellery, Gifts, Clothing, Small furniture, Jigsaws and Crafts. Stalls will also be raising funds for Manorlands Hospice, The Cats Protection League ( also running a Tombola ) and The Smile train ( hand knitted items). The event opens at 9.30.a.m but please call in sooner if you need to as most stalls are open by 9.a.m., closure is 3.30.p.m. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. Just 50p admission. Christmas wreaths will be available from Bethany`s garden stall outside the Hall. Our event even got a mention in The Yorkshire Post supplement a couple of weeks ago so we look forward to meeting some more new customers again.  Booklets are available listing all next years Fairs, please call or text 07989585564 if you would like one posting. Only one Fair left this year which will be held on Sunday 15th December. The last Book Fair of the year will be held on Saturday 7th December.

Another little breather for the committee at Gargrave Village Hall this weekend with no public events taking place.

The booklets are now available which list next years Collectable Fairs, Book Fairs and the ever popular Jumble sale. These will be available at the next Fair on Sunday 10th November ( where we will hold a two minute silence for Remembrance Sunday) or they can be posted if you contact 07989 585564 or email info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk.

From one quiet weekend last week to the other extent this forthcoming weekend.

The season of film nights re-commences on Friday evening ( 25th October ). Gargrave Cinema Club will be showing This Beautiful Fantastic. The British Comedy drama tells the tale of the most unlikely friendship revolving round a garden, a grumpy old man and his neighbour, a young woman, who suffers from an obsessive compulsive disorder with dreams of becoming a children`s author.The gentle feel good film stars Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott.The customary Cafe style seating will be in place, so please bring your own refreshments. The doors open at 7.p.m. with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 cash on the door with accompanied under sixteens free. Sorry only guide dogs are allowed at this event.

A Coffee morning will take place on Saturday morning organised jointly between members of Gargrave Village Hall Management committee and Gargrave Library. On the menu will be bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and homemade cakes. A raffle will aid Library funds and a Book and Bric a Brac stall will aid Hall funds. The Library 100 club draw will take place.

A Collectable and Craft Fair will be held on Sunday organised by Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee. The Hall and side room will be full of stalls selling Collectables, Vintage, Books, Bric a Brac, Gifts, Small furniture, Pictures, Jigsaws,Toys ( courtesy of Oliver who is downsizing on the run up to Christmas, some new and still in boxes) and Crafts. A bargain book sale area will raise funds for the Village Hall. There will also be a tombola raising funds for the Cats Protection League and a stall in aid of Manorlands Hospice. The majority of stalls can only accept cash please and this includes refreshment sales with the Cafe open until 3.p.m. The event opens at 9.30.a.m but please call in earlier if it fits in better with your days plans as most stalls are set up by 9.a.m if not earlier. Admission just 50p. Booklets listing the 2025 Fair dates will be available. 07989 585564.

There will be signs at the front door directing those with appointments for the D4 drivers medicals to the Annexe with access via the back door ( kitchen door).