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Author: Caroline Thompson

The weekend ahead….

The first Coffee morning of 2025 will be held on Saturday. The event is organised jointly between members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee and Gargrave Library committee. Please come along you will be assured of a warm welcome and the choice of a bacon sandwich, toasted teacake and lots of homemade cakes – or better still all three!

A Book and Bric a Brac stall will raise funds for the Village Hall and proceeds from the raffle will go towards Library Funds.

Looking ahead – We look forward to welcoming everyone to the Open day on Saturday March 15th from 10.a.m to 4.p.m. The whole premises will be open for viewing for any prospective hirers and visitors, this includes the Snooker Hall too. We are combining the Open day with a Bibliophile Jumble sale, hundreds if not thousands of books for sale all at extremely low prices, buy in bulk for even cheaper deals. Current hirers will be in attendance to answer any questions you may have about their class and we hope to see event organisers there too, so there will be lots to see and many questions will be able to be answered. We shall be selling light refreshments all day too. Please pop the date in your diary.

A Happy New Year….. and a few cancellations!

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WE ARE RECEIVING A FEW CANCELLATIONS FOR EVENTS – Wednesday 8th, both the 22 group meeting and the Parish Council Meeting are now cancelled.

THE PICNIC SUPPER DANCE ON FRIDAY EVENING 10TH JANUARY IS NOW CANCELLED.

Please check about other events with your class teacher or leader;

Members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy 2025. We look forward to seeing everyone again as we return to normal service after a rest over the Christmas period.

The events section of the site will be updated on a regular basis and a new post will continue to be added weekly.

The model railway and transport group return for their meetings on Monday 6th January from 7.p.m until 10.p.m in the Annexe, the first and third Monday of each month. Indoor bowls returned on Thursday 2nd January, weekly Tuesday and Thursday 2.p.m. to 4.p.m until April.

Alan Cookson will be playing the live music for the modern sequence dance on Friday 10th January. NOW CANCELLED.

First Coffee morning of the New Year on Saturday 18th January.

Film night 24th January.

First Vintage, Collectable and Craft Fair of the year on Sunday 26th January. Lots of stalls already booked in including two new ones, scrumptious homemade cakes and some fantastic framed wildlife photography. Something for everyone.

Please do not hesitate to contact info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk or 07989585564 for any further information on events. Enquiries for hiring for classes or events please call 01756 749730.

Christmas Greetings….

What  a treat everyone had at the Coffee morning on Saturday when the Craven Accordion Orchestra were playing. There were Christmas jumpers in abundance and festive tunes abounding. Many thanks go to the orchestra leader Harry Hinchcliffe and his musicians for providing a wonderful selection of music. Special mention to the talented youngsters who came along to play, their parents and families must be very  proud of them.

All the members of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee would like to wish all hirers , friends and supporters of the Hall a very Happy Christmas. A big thank you to members of the Library Committee for their wonderful support during the year in working together to host the Coffee mornings at the Village Hall

Once the festivities of Christmas day are over, there is the afternoon tea dance to look forward to on Friday 27th December commencing at 2.p.m until 4.p.m. The Twixmas ( between Christmas and New Year ) dance will be hosted by Cath and Richard who will be providing a selection of music from the musicals and movies for popular sequence dancing. Admission is £3.00 per person on the door, cash only please. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be served in the interval. Proceeds for Hall funds.

A packed weekend or two ……

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.

BOOK FAIR

A wonderful opportunity to buy a special Book gift or two for the Book lover in your family or circle of friends or come along and treat yourself to your own Christmas gift or stock up on Winter reading. Gargrave Village Hall will be hosting the last Book Fair of 2025 on Saturday December 7th from 10.a.m until 3.30.p.m. Admission is just 50p. Light refreshments will be served until 3.p.m. There will be a wealth of titles to choose from ranging from general paperbacks and hardbacks, biographies, autobiographies, fact and fiction through to speciality and antiquarian volumes. Some stallholders have card payment facilities, some can only accept cash as can refreshment sales please.

The Book Fairs in 2025 will be held on Saturday 1st March, Saturday 7th June, Tuesday 12th August, Saturday 20th September and Saturday 6th December.

An unusual one off event is planned for Saturday 15th March 2025 when Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee will be hosting an Open day when prospective hirers can look around the facilities, this will also incorporate a  large Bibliophile Jumble sale when the main Hall will be full of books which have been mounting up in storage for a lot of years. A great opportunity to rummage through numerous titles and grab some real bargains. The event is in the very early stages of planning but is been held to celebrate the national Village Halls week ( albeit it a few days before the official week due to the Hall already in hire then ) it will also incorporate the sale of refreshments which will be prepared by the members and friends of the Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee; bacon sandwiches and lots of homemade cakes. Please pop the date in your diary. Come along and celebrate the contribution that Englands 10,000 Village Halls make to rural communities.