Stowting Village Hall: The Peace Room

19/12/2024

On behalf of all the Peace Room committee we would like to thank you all for your support this year.
We’ve had some great fun at the hall this year, there are exciting times to come and plenty of events planned for 2025
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎅

11/11/2024

Wow! How good was our Quiz Night? With 10 Tables of people enjoying a spirited competition,plus lots of games and a raffle.It was our Most Successful.The evening raised a cleared profit of over £1000.Thanks to Richard Stafford who MC’d the evening with humour..
And Jon and Cathy Russell our Quizmasters for Brilliant questions and tasks.
Thanks to Colin Sawyer for Organising the New heaters and the imminent Solar Panels,keeping us all lovely and warm and generally organising the Quiz.
Of course the event wouldn’t have been complete without Elodie’s amazing Ploughman’s Food Platters helped by Jane Stafford’s Presentation.
FINALLY the biggest thanks of all goes to all of our Quizgoers who made the whole night a memorable evening.
Hope to see you here in 2025.
“..it was a great night and a good laugh! ..Put us down for your next one 👍👍👍👍Best regards Pete M”

10/11/2024

Yet another packed peace room success last night. Sixty quizzers enjoyed incredible food and a quiz to beat all quizzes. A few rounds of traditional questions were combined with some very silly tasks involving toilet rolls, bin bags, jelly babies and sprouts. There was a lot of creativity and laughter with feedback from some saying it was one the best quizzes they'd been to. Thank you to all supporters and to those who stayed to help clear up.
Credits go to: Elodie for delicious food, Colin for bar and overall managing, Richard and Jane for invaluable assistance in the kitchen, clearing up, question reading and running the auction, Cathy and Jon for compiling the quiz and running the ridiculous tasks.
We already have some ideas for next year, so we'll be back for more soon!

21/10/2024

Autumn News 🍂
After several Months of careful research,we have reached the final stage for Our Peace Room to have the New SOLAR PANELS
installed.
Work begins week commencing 4th November.
The good news is that even on cloudy days through the Autumn and Winters we will start Saving on the electricity And keep on saving for Decades to come!
I will keep you posted and Update you with Photos of the
Finished work!
Colin & Elodie Sawyer, Stowting
Peace Room

13/10/2024

This afternoon we welcomed 50 lucky people into our autumn wonderland for afternoon tea at the peace room. We were treated to a huge array of home made scones and cakes and one person even commented that it was better than Harrods and the Dorchester (both of which they have recently visited). Massive thanks to Martine, Jess, Ann-Louise, Kitty, Cathy, Jon, Ellen and numerous others. It was such a success we might have to repeat it. As a bonus we raised a few hundred pounds for the peace room 🍰🍰🍰👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Don't miss out next time!

30/09/2024

Going back a few years…here!
with all of our Quiz Goers

23/09/2024

💥 Stowting Quiz Night is back!... although this time with a difference as it will also contain silly things to do, Taskmaster style. Come and support the Peace Room - bring your friends and form a team. Booking details on the flyer. See you on 9 November! 💥

20/09/2024

🍂 Please support the Peace Room and come to the Autumn Tea on Sunday 13th October. Booking details on flyer 🍂

31/07/2024

Hello Neighbours!🌱
The Stowting Village Hall desperately needs a Petrol Lawnmower!
We are hoping that someone might have an old working mower to donate to us! PLEASE!
email [email protected] 🙏
Thankyou

04/07/2024

A Huge Thankyou to Sean and Colin for all the hard work clearing all the brambles and stingers that were 5' Tall!!
much better now...

23/06/2024

Another successful fermenting workshop and lunch at the peace room this morning. Seventeen very happy fermenters all giving it 10/10 on the feedback forms ☀️ These two recent fermenting sessions have raised a whopping £310 for the peace room building. Keep an eye out for future events 👀

23/06/2024

Thankyou Cathy,John and Ellen...
so much for such a Fabulous and well organized Kimchi preserving Experience this morning! not to mention the lovely lunch!
it taught us a lot and will never buy
a tin of Kimchi Sauerkraut or preserved lemons Ever again!!
thankyou again for all of the planning and hard work put into your fab event!

22/05/2024

Brabourne and Smeeth Gardeners Association
The Brabourne and Smeeth Gardeners Association is Brabourne’s longest running club.

If you want to know more on how to grow fruit and veg, flowers and shrubs, and how to deal with pesky critters, then you may enjoy what the Brabourne and Smeeth Gardeners Association has to offer.

This friendly group meets on the last Friday of the month at 7:15 at the village hall. There will be tea, coffee, and a friendly atmosphere where you can enjoy a cheery chat with like-minded gardeners.

Most meetings will have a guest speaker talking on subjects such as bees, flowers, wild flowers and vegetables.

The Brabourne and Smeeth Gardeners Association is affiliated with the Royal Horticultural Society. This means, among other benefits, members get concessions for entry at RHS Garden, Wisley.

It would be lovely to be able to form a Club of our own here in Stowting and Monks Horton any ideas welcome!

10/05/2024

---- SOLD OUT ----
Back by popular demand: a re-run of the recent fermentation workshop, this time on a *Sunday*. Raising funds for the Peace Room.

• Sunday 23 June, 10am at Stowting Peace Room.
• Come and learn the basics of the fermenting process - take home your own home-made jars of *kimchi *sauerkraut and *fermented lemons.

Limited places available... see poster for booking details.

🌟Only £15 with a free lunch thrown in!🌟

All profits to the Peace Room. Support your village hall - use it or lose it.

Feedback from previous workshop:

"Stowting is such a cave of wonder gems"

"11 out of 10"

"Thank you for a super culture club gathering"

"What a huge success"

"Just had the kimchi and sauerkraut along with crackers and hummus for lunch and I must say both of the fermentations taste much better than I was anticipating!
In fact they are bloody delicious!!" 😂

26/04/2024

A group of lucky locals together made Kimchi, sauerkraut and fermented lemons at a packed Peace Room this morning. It was an enlightening morning crammed with lacto-fermenting adventures all with a jazz soundtrack. The busy fermenting session was followed by a lunch of home-made Stowting nettle soup and tasty home-made sourdough. Everybody went home with their own jars stuffed with bright produce, actual knowledge of chemistry (!) and the enthusiasm to experiment and make more ferments. All in aid of much needed funds for the peace room building - use it or lose it.
Watch this space for more 'Stowting Culture Club' workshops... don't miss out!

09/03/2024

⚠️ Workshop now full - but let us know if you'd like to sign up for a repeat, possibly on a Sunday morning ⚠️

• Community workshop on fermentation
• Friday 26th April, 10am at Stowting Peace Room.
Come and learn the basics of the fermenting process - take home your own home-made jars of *kimchi *sauerkraut and *fermented lemons.
Limited places available... see poster for booking details.
🌟Only £15 with a free lunch thrown in!🌟

20/02/2024

21/01/2024