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We do hope everyone had a Happy Christmas and enjoyed good health.

We are pleased to welcome back both our Hirers and Patrons and hopefully we can look forward to 2022 with some optimism.

We do have events planned for January and we hope that Covid regulations will allow us to continue with our plans.

The first event is a Picnic Supper dance on the 14th January, a Coffee morning on the 22nd, the Library Film show on the 28th and the first Flea Market of the year on the 30th January.

Plans later in the year include a Royal celebration in June when we intend to celebrate the Queen`s Platinum Jubilee with a Coffee morning on Friday 3rd June, we may well include a display of Royal and Village memorabilia  during the morning too. We shall be holding a Book Fair on Saturday 4th June and on Sunday the 5th June we shall be holding an afternoon tea with live music, celebrating the music of the Platinum era. This will be a ticket event only so more details will be supplied nearer the time, but please if you would like to reserve a place you can do so at any time.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our Hirers, Patrons and friends a very Happy and Healthy Christmas.

We shall be keeping up to date with any new Covid related rules but hopefully we shall look forward to welcoming everyone back in the New Year.

January events include a Picnic Supper dance with live music from Alan Cookson on the 14th January, a Coffee morning held jointly by Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee and Gargrave Library on Saturday 22nd January and a Broadway Fairs Flea Market and Craft Fair on Sunday 30th January.

A Picnic supper dance will be held on Friday evening the 12th November with live music provided by Alan Cookson. Admission is £5.00 on the door. Please bring along your own picnic supper. Tea and Coffee will be provided and a raffle will aid Village Hall funds. The music and dancing commences at 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m.

The largest Vintage, Collectables and Crafts Fair of the year will be held in the Hall on Sunday. The venue will be full to capacity with lots of stallholders selling a great variety of stock. Plenty of Christmas gift ideas with the benefit of no queues, no out of stock and no delayed deliveries! Admission is just 50p, the event opens at 10.a.m but please come along earlier if it is more convenient as most stallholders are ready to sell by 9.a.m.. Light refreshments available until 3.p.m in a spacious Cafe area. A two minute silence will be observed at 11.a.m to acknowledge Remembrance Sunday.

North Craven Flower Club will be holding their annual open evening at the Hall on the 11th November. The guest demonstrator will be John Dalton , the talk and demo is entitled `Christmas Greetings` Doors open at 6.30.p.m. Admission is by ticket only, numbers are restricted so please purchase your £10.00 ticket as early as you can by calling Jean Kayley 01729 840303.

A huge thank you to all who helped at the annual Jumble sale at the weekend, we needed approximately thirty helpers to make the event possible. Special thanks to our Committee member Carol who bravely manned the kitchen by herself. The buyers picked up some great bargains and again many thanks to them for their support.

Our next fund raiser is the monthly Friday night Picnic dance which takes place this Friday from 7.30.p.m until 11.p.m. Live music will be provided by Cumbrian musician Denis Westmorland. Admission is £5.00 on the door. Please bring along your own refreshments.

Sheila Palmer of Broadway Fairs will be at the Hall next weekend on the 16th and 17th October when she will be holding a two day Craft and Christmas Fair. Some stallholders are there on both days. some just the one, so please pop in on both days, admission is just 50p. Light refreshments will be served in the match room until around 3.p.m on both days. Any enquiries for this event please call 01757 ( Selby code ) 229805.

We can safely say that everyone enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend at the Village Hall.

Local families organised a charity dance on Friday evening and raised the marvellous sum of £450.00 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

A double bill of Flea Markets took place on Sunday and Monday. Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was great to catch up with stallholders and visitors both old and new. The next Flea Market will be held on Sunday 12th September.

The 2021/22 Pantomime production at the Village Hall will be OZ and sign up evenings will be held on Thursday 2nd and Thursday 9th September. The Principal roles for teens and adults will be considered on the 2nd September, please arrive at the Hall for 7.p.m. Please can parents bring along their children who would like to take part in the chorus roles on Thursday 9th September at 6.30.p.m. The production team would also welcome offers of help from anyone wishing to take on a back stage role or front of house. Please come along on either of the above dates.

The next date for a Coffee morning is scheduled for the 11th September.

We are pleased to say that some activities will slowly be making a return to the Village Hall.

The Childrens Gym class was able to resume last month after the first stage of lockdown was lifted. This activity was allowed under government rules as it is an educational, supervised activity for children.

The Community Library was also allowed to re-open albeit it with one borrower or hub allowed in at any one time. The flow of borrowers is controlled by a volunteer who will be in the Hall foyer, whilst a second Volunteer is help on hand within the Library. Opening hours are Mondays 3-4.p.m, Fridays 2 – 4.p.m and Saturdays 10.a.m – Noon. Any further information on the facility please contact 01609 536547 or admin@gargravelibrary.co.uk

Other small classes and exercise classes are able to return from the 17th May though have to adhere to the conditions of their relevant risk assessments. We look forward to the return of Yoga and Pilates and so too the Art class and the Art group. The Snooker club members will also be able to resume their sport from this date.

The final stage of the end of lockdown will hopefully arrive as scheduled in June. It may then take time to assess any new rules and arrange adaptions to events ensuring compliance is in place for all activities. Therefore we please ask everyone to remain patient. We have a duty of care to the public who use our fantastic facilities and it is our responsibility to ensure that safety is paramount. Therefore we have taken the decision that we cannot take any new bookings which include social mixing of larger groups from August at the earliest.  Any events which are possible will be posted on this website as soon as it is practical to do so. We do hope to arrange an outdoor Coffee morning as soon as we can but this is dependant on the weather conditions.

We continue to sell a few items to raise funds for the Village Hall and thank anyone who has kindly donated goods. Last months Chicco pushchair sold very quickly.

This month we have a folding metal dog cage. Suitable for a small to medium size dog. Priced at £6.00.

Also a Silver Cross all terrain folding pushchair priced at £60.00.  ( Surf model )

They can be viewed at the Village Hall, no physical contact. Cash sale only please.  Please contact 01756 749235  07989 585564 info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk Please see the website gallery for the image.

Unfortunately the Hall is still closed due to the current lockdown rules.

Gargrave and Malhamdale community Library is however still open for select and collect only. Please contact 01609 536547 admin@gargravelibrary.co.uk with your name, library card number and type of books you require. A day and time will be given for collection. The books will be in the entrance Hall lobby in a paper bag with you name on. A volunteer can assist with any enquiries, books may be returned at the same time. If you are unable to collect the books yourself, a home delivery can be arranged.

Access to the public computers and printer can be available by appointment only, calling the above number.

Please remember to keep an eye on the Village Hall noticeboard and the website for our sale items which at this present difficult time aid our funds slightly. New listings below :

Electric Flymo HoverVac ( Model 280 )  £20.00

Electric Flymo Strimmer ( Power trim )  £10.00

Vintage Booklets ” About Gargrave ” published in 1980. 27 pages with business and shop adverts of the period, centre page Village map and historical information. £1.00 each, a few still available.

These can all be purchased with having no physical contact, cash sales only please. Collection can be arranged from outside the Hall. Please contact 01756 749235. 07989585564 info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk.

Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee members wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year.

Unfortunately Tier three restrictions now mean that the majority of our small classes are unable to continue at present and  the Snooker Hall is also closed until further notice.

However there is some good news as the Library facilities are exempt from the restrictions and the hours can continue as normal. New members are always welcome and a volunteer will be happy to take details for membership. Opening hours are Monday 2-3.p.m, Friday 2-4.p.m and Saturday mornings 10.a.m – Noon.

Please check out our for sales section ( see gallery ) in aid of Hall funds and also supporting Manorlands ( Caroline will be handing over funds shortly to Molly from the Manorlands fundraising team. Normally she would have been selling items at the monthly Flea Markets, but instead she has been distantly selling a small number of items to friends so she will announce the amount raised as soon as possible. Special thanks to a fellow committee member who has kindly donated two amounts of cash over the year, a local business who has donated items to sell and a friend with a donated shoe collection)!

Items selling this week are:  Dick Francis collection of paperback thrillers. ( 10 in total ).  £10.00

Brand new un-opened Creature comforts DVD  from the award winning creators of Wallace and Gromit – 7 episodes. £2.00

Vintage About Gargrave booklets, published in 1980. 27 pages with shop adverts of the day, some historical information and centre page map. Orginal price was 35p, due to inflation they are now priced at a £1.00 each! I currently have more than one available to sell.

Lots of paperbacks and hardbacks for sale too, just name the author or subject and we can let you know what is available. Paperbacks 50p, Hardbacks £1.00 each. Sold in aid of Hall funds.

Any sales can be made at a social distance, cash sales only please, I can arrange to leave items for collection outside the hall if required. Payment may be made via the front door letterbox. Please contact 01756 749235, 07989585564 info@gargravevillagehall.org.uk