PARISH COUNCIL OF BRIDGE

   

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Bridge Village Hall

10 Conyngham Lane,
Bridge.

November, 1982.

T: all residents of Bridge

I wrote to you earlier this year about the Council's
s rirst of all to BUY and then IMPROVE the Village Hall.

llowing this, I received a number of very generous
3* rs rrom individuals and also village organisations
nd, a result, last week (after protracted negotiations)
a were able to sign the contract for the purchase of the
Hall so now Bridge Village Hall belongs to Bridgei

Now we can turn our attention to the much needed
IMPROVEMENTS. Cllr. Gulvin has drawn up plans (shown overlea
and these will cost approximately £28,000. This may sound
daunting but we are applying for grants from Canterbury City
Council and Kent County Council and hope to get substantial
help from them. Nevertheless we still have to help Ourselves
and a small committee has been formed to raise money for the
project by holding fund raising events, starting with Carol
Singing on 14th, 15th and 16th December (see Parish Notice
Board for details) - come and join us!


I would like to ask YOU to help and you can do this
in a number of ways - we would welcome DONATIONS in any
amount either once and for all or even better an amount
per year covenanted for 4 years so that we can recover the
income tax, or LOANS in multiples of £20. These would be
interest-free and repayable at the latest by 30.4.88. A
fifth of the loans would be repayable each year to be
decided by ballot at the Parish Annual Meeting. These may
be from individuals and also we hope from other village
clubs and societies. Please don't delay — complete and
return the form below NOW to me.

As I said in my previous letter this is a tremendous
opportunity for the village. Everybody will benefit from
the hall at some time and I am sure you will want to help.

Chairman,
Bridge Parish Council.

 

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Bridge Village Hall

I would like to help with the village hall plans by means
of a -

1. ‘Donation (single amount ..................... E
2. Donation (any amount over 4 years covenanted) E
(we will provide the necessary forms)

3. Loan in units of £20 repayable before 30.4.88 5

Annual repayments to be decided by ballot at
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Please complete and return to me, John Hill, at
10 Conyngham Lane, Bridge.


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The Chairman of the Bridge Parish Council
has pleasure in inviting

to the opening of the extension of
BRIDGE VILLA GE HALL
by the
7th MARQUIS CON YNGHAM

at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday,
27th September 1983

I 0 Conyngharn Lane,
Bridge, Canterbury,
Kent CT4 5JX



A NEW £28,000 exten-
sion to Bridge Village
Hall was officially
opened on Tuesday by
the 7th Marquis of
Conyngham. .—
The “two-storey
extensiongprovides the
village hall with la. new
kitchen, extra storage
- space and lavatories on
the ground floor and a
 . . large upstairs commit-
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Lord and Lady Conyngha-H1 (right) With Dr Roger Hunter and his wife, Joyce, and Mr John Hall Ma 11 y v i l 1 age r s
(centre), chairman of the parish council, after the unveiling. attended the opening ,-

  

    

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Marquisopens
hall extension

ceremony with City
Gllrs Tim I-[oare and
David .Pentin, and
County Cllr Laurence
Shirley.

Parish Council chair-
man, Cllr John Hill,
said ‘the village hall
committee preferred to
extend the current hall
rather than build a new
one, and the Marquis

‘had agreed to sell the.

hall to the village.

The hall was built
before 1867 and was
used as a reading
room. Villagers were
taught to read there by
one of the Conyngham
family before the 1870
Education Act was pas-
sed.

Old ink wells were =

found during the exten-
sion construction and it
is hoped to display
these inside.

Cllr Hill thanks
donors, especially Dr
Roger Hunter who has
lived in the village for
over 40 years and paid
half the purchase price
of the hall. The com-
mittee room will be

named the Hunter 0
Room.
He also thanked

architects Cllr Mervyn
Gnlvin and his partner
Mr David. Marsh, buil-
ders Chapman and
Humphreys and Mrs
Mary Porridge from
Kent Voluntary Ser-
vices Council, which
advised the village hall
committee and helped
obtain grants from the
C‘ilty and County Coun-
c s.

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