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The film this month ( Friday 25th April ) is certainly a topical one! The organisers of Gargrave Cinema club planned to show the film Conclave sometime ago not for one minute thinking how topical it would turn out to be. The story follows the sudden death of the Pope, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence ( Ralph Fiennes ) convenes the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pontiff. Assembled in the Sistine chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from around the world engage in a secretive election fraught with ambition, rivalries and secret agendas. Amidst this high stakes process, Lawrence uncovers deep secrets and scandals about the leading candidates. Starring Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Isabelle Rossellini.

The customary Cafe style seating will be in place so please bring your own refreshments. Gargrave Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film starting at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5.00 on the door, cash only please with accompanied under sixteens free.

All proceeds from the Film nights go towards the running costs of the Community Library.

The Management Committee will be busy at the Hall this weekend as they will be holding a Coffee morning on Saturday ( jointly with Gargrave Library Committee) from 10.a.m until Noon. Please come along and enjoy tasty bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and a variety of homemade cakes. A book and Bric a Brac stall will aid Village Hall funds and the proceeds from the raffle will go towards Library funds.

A Collectable and Craft Fair  also organised by the Management Committee will be held on Sunday and every available space is booked with a huge variety of stalls selling Antiques, Collectables, Bric a Brac, Jewellery, Gifts, Books, Photographic art, Jigsaws and Crafts. A tombola will be held in aid of The Cats Protection League, there will also be a stall raising funds for Manorlands Hospice and a stall raising funds for the Village Hall. The event opens at 9.30.a.m until 3.30.p.m, most stalls are set up by 9.a.m so please come earlier if it fits in better with your days plans. Light refreshments available from 10.a.m until 3.p.m. Admission 50p. The majority of stalls can only accept cash please and this includes the sale of refreshments. Enquiries 07989 585564.

We extend a huge thanks to Cath and Richard who are stepping in on Friday evening ( 11th April) to provide the music for dancing at the Picnic supper dance. Those of you familiar with the afternoon tea dances at the Hall will know you are in for an evening of some great music. We extend get well wishes to Denis Westmorland who was scheduled to have played at the event but unfortunately he sustained a nasty injury whilst gardening recently. The music commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m. Please bring along your own picnic supper. Tea and Coffee will be provided in the interval. Admission is £6.00 per person on the door, cash only please. A raffle will also raise funds for the Village Hall.

Don`t forget next week – Easter weekend – Coffee morning on Saturday and Collectable and Craft Fair on Sunday.

On Friday March 28th Gargrave Cinema club will be showing the comedy drama Thelma. When 93 year old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her. Starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger and Richard Roundtree. The customary Cafe style seating will be in place, so please bring your own refreshments. Gargrave Village Hall doors open at 7.p.m with the film commencing at 7.30.p.m. Tickets are £5 cash on the door with accompanied under sixteens free. Sorry but only guide dogs can be allowed in to this event. All proceeds from the night go towards the running costs of the Community Library. Looking ahead to April 25th the club will be screening the highly acclaimed film Conclave.

Don`t forget the Coffee morning on Easter Saturday and the Collectable and Craft Fair on Easter Sunday.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the Open day on Saturday, around 200 visitors came to the event which was combined with a huge sale of Books, DVDs and CDs. The ladies in the kitchen were kept busy all day, selling homemade soup, quiche, cakes and of course bacon and sausage sandwiches. Approximately £600 was raised for Hall funds.

We were also delighted to see the family and friends of our dear friend Joan Phillip who sadly passed away a few months ago. Joan was a dedicated ,member of Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee for over forty years. Her son, John and daughter Susan unveiled a plaque in memory of their Mum which is placed on the bench at the front of the Hall where Joan often sat with her friends and neighbours. The gallery photograph to the left shows Joan`s son and daughter and her great friend Jennifer who was also a long standing committee member. Also present at the un-veiling was the Village Hall President Peter Perls who had travelled all the way from Cheshire for the occasion.

R&D Jewellers will be at the Hall on Thursday ( 20th March ) providing a free valuation service on your antiques, collectables and jewellery. Cash paid for scrap gold and silver. Please follow the signs to the Annexe. Open 11.a.m until 4.p.m. Further details 07710 770808.

There are no public events at the Hall this coming weekend, just private hires.

The annual Gargrave show supper dance will be taking place on Friday evening( 7th March ) in the Village Hall.Tickets are £20.00 each please contact Lisa on 01756 749320.

A Collectable And Craft Fair will be held on Sunday( 9th March ) in the Village Hall. There are a fantastic amount of stalls booked in for the event with every space taken,there are more new stallholders again this month as well as the regular sellers. Lots to see and buy including Vintage, Antiques, Collectables, Bric a Brac,Jewellery, Gifts, Books,Plants Jigsaws and Crafts. There will also be stalls raising funds for Manorlands, The Cats Protection League and The Smile train. Open 9.30.a.m until 3.30.p.m.Light refreshments available until 3.p.m. 50p Admission. The majority of stallholders can only accept cash please and this includes sales in the Cafe.

The next event organised by Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee  will be a Picnic Supper dance on Valentines evening the 14th February when the local band Silhouette will be playing live music for modern sequence dancing.

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 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.