July 2022
Thank you to everyone who came to Show Day!
It was so lovely to see familiar faces and lots of new ones ☺️ We hope you all enjoyed it as so much effort goes in to putting it on. We had Pete Farnsworth kindly open this year’s show with a fantastic speech 👏🏻.
The tortoise racing was a huge hit drawing in a big crowd, and Esio was the triumphant winner 🐢. The exhibit hall was packed with fantastic entries from all ages, and the auction was fun as always! We hope you enjoyed all the fantastic stalls, the beautiful gardens of Green End and of course the weather!
Thank you to the committee members and many volunteers (who are back working at Green end and the hall this morning!) for all their valued hard work, Show Day wouldn’t be possible with out you all. As always a huge thank you to Adrienne and Roy (and Harvey 🐶) for being such great hosts and allowing us to use their beautiful gardens.
April 2019
Lots of families joined us for an Easter Activity afternoon. Everyone was kept busy making chocolate animals, nests and creating spring like pictures on the ‘sticking and colouring ‘ table. Children came in lovely Easter hats they had made, it was hard to choose winners!
November 2018
Poppy Making
Making poppies in remembrance of 100 years since the end of World War One.
March 2018
Storytelling afternoon with Clive Pig
Storyteller, Clive Pig, kept the children (and adults) entertained with exciting stories from near and far. A really fun afternoon. We look forward to inviting Clive along again.
February 2018
Joe Blamey Memorial Quiz
This years winners of the coveted JOE BLAMEY MEMORIAL QUIZ trophy are Mike Stephens, Jackie Bowden, Dinky Hocking and Nigel Stephens. Well done to you all!
Quiz masters Fred Bowden and Mike Rooney gave us an interesting variety of questions. Thanks for a good evening.
November 2017
Celebrating the Queen and Prince Philip’s 70th Wedding Anniversary
A sell out evening to celebrate the Platinum wedding anniversary of the Queen and Prince Phillip.
Lovely homemade pies and puddings were followed by ‘wedding cake’ made by our Ruth, an excellent toast given by Pete Farnsworth and a glass of bubbly. We then had a good old sing song with Steve and Alan.
A jolly good evening.
October 2017
Family Pumpkin Party
An evening of super fancy dress, meringue ghost decorating, lovely creative pumpkin pictures along with a delicious buffet.
Thanks to all who supported it.
September 2017
Bingo
It was eyes down for a full house at the hall for our Bingo evening.
The event, which was organised by the Rodwell family for us, was friendly and good fun. The prizes and draw were a sight to behold. Wonderful. Thank you very much indeed to all you.
Storytelling afternoon with Clive Pig
A lovely way to spend a wet Saturday afternoon. Thank you to all who supported it. Our next family friendly venture will be a pumpkin party on 27th October. More details to follow.
July 2017
Walking Quiz Night
A nice summer evening to take part in the walking quiz set by Simon.
May 2017
Coffee Morning
Fun was had by all at the May coffee morning.
April 2017
Quiz Night
QUIZ master Steve Buxton, assisted by Mike Rooney.
Congratulations to the winners: Janet Lyons, Jo Goward and Anna Rooney.
March 2017
Ceilidh
A good time was had by all. Lots of laughter and good food.
February 2017
Joe Blamey Quiz Night
Another full house for this popular quiz!
December 2016
Pie and Mash Evening with Wey Music
An evening enjoyed by many. Good food from Lyn, Phil and Sara followed by excellent entertainment from Wey Music, all for £10. Bargain.
November 2016
Christmas Coffee Morning
Beautiful hand crafted gifts, cakes and cards on offer at our Christmas coffee morning in November.
September 2016
Quiz Night
Another full house for quiz night set by new quiz master Jackie, who did a great job! Thanks Jackie.
March 2016
Red Dirt Skinners
An evening spent with the above at the Hall. Very talented, young musicians. Lovely singing and very skilled instrument playing. Sarah plays a soprano saxophone; she’s only tiny but she really made a wonderful sound with it!
February 2016
Joe Blamey Quiz Night
A full a house again for quiz night at the hall . The old grey matter was definitely stretched! Some of us partook of a light beverage or two and all enjoyed a nice pasty and a nice cup of tea.
November 2015
Italian Evening
As the picture show we shared a lovely meal prepared by the Bullivants, John Kirk and Sara Stephens. The music was provided by Steve Buxton, who got everyone singing with gusto!
A lovely friendly evening – we look forward to to the next!
September 2015
Quiz Night
We were packed to the gunnels for our latest quiz night. A good fun
evening with questions set by Simon and Hayden. We look forward to the
next one!
July 2015
Walking Quiz Night
A two part quiz involving a stroll round the village answering cryptic questions followed by a more traditional quiz back in the hall. Good turn out and the weather was kind! Lovely supper supplied by committee ladies, enjoyed by the participants.
Quiz won by Peter Farnsworth and family.
July 2015
Antiques Evening with Michael Bowman
As usual lots of interesting items were brought in for valuation, with much light hearted banter between Michael and the audience!
May 2015
Highweek ladies and their handiwork!
A felt making course, of four afternoons, was led by a professional felt maker Claire Packer of Yelverton.
The course was only offered to a few Halls as part of a Villages in Action promotion, so we were lucky to have this opportunity. The aim was to bring people together, learn a new skill and have a lovely sociable time (it’s safe to say all three were achieved!)
The outcome of these afternoons now hangs proudly in the Village Hall for all to see.
Thank you VIA for giving us this opportunity to come together and create something rather lovely for the hall.
April 2015
Joe Blamey Memorial Quiz Night
Our quizzes are getting popular and this evening was no exception (it’s probably the lure of the pasty supper!).
Quiz masters, Mike Rooney and Fred Bowden, did a Stirling job of not only entertaining us but providing a fun quiz as well.
11 teams of 4 put their grey matter to the test but all did well with not too much difference in the scores. The winners each received a small trophy and their names will be put on the Joe Blamey wall plaque in the hall. Well worth coming for for that honor alone!
March 2015
Roberts and Lakeman
Back in March we had the pleasure of being entertained by Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman. The hall was packed. Lovely songs, some written by themselves, some were old regional songs. Even though Kathryn was suffering with a heavy cold, her voice was beautifully clear and melodic and together with Sean’s excellent backing it was a really good evening. They are really worth going to see.
February 2015
An evening with Maggy Duffy with sausage and mash supper
A full hall enjoyed a lovely supper followed by song and funny anecdotes from Maggy Duffy, a local talented entertainer.
January 2015
Quiz Night
A Good turnout for first quiz night of the year set by new quiz masters, Simon and Hayden. It was challenging but made fun with their witty banter!
The quizzes seem to be getting popular, so hopefully we’ll look to putting a few more on, especially as we have more volunteers to set them. If anyone thinks they’d like to set a quiz, please contact us.
December 2014
Christmas in a Devon Village Hall 1914
Performed by choral group ‘Pieces of Eight’.
Based on a Jan Stewer poem the performance told the story of village lamplighter, Jim Tooze, whose family and other villagers are affected by the start of the Great War.
This was a sell out concert . The audience enjoyed the story through lovely singing from the choir and the story telling by Derek Roberts. It certainly pulled at the heart strings. Audience participated in singing along to the Christmas carols. This was followed by ploughmans supper, mulled wine and tea. A lovely evening. All for £4. Bargain.
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