Castle Acre Village Hall

19/11/2024

Hello.. we have a live music event coming up in the hall on 3oth November.. join Klezmerized and us for lots of dancing!!🕺👯‍♀️💃✨✨✨✨
Here is the link for booking your tickets
https://castleacre-villagehall.weebly.com/live-music.html

10/11/2024

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

31/10/2024

Seems fitting for tonight, taken close to the hall by a villager.
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27/10/2024

Floor all freshly washed in lavender soap. Smells amazing, and looks the perfect picture with the Autumn sunshine coming through the windows on this glorious Sunday.

When it's quiet and I'm alone in the hall I often think of the stories this room could tell, and of the many feet that have walked these boards over the years. 🍂🍁🍂🍁

09/10/2024

💃🕺👯‍♀️Hello, here is the link and updated poster for the next LIVE music event at the hall on Saturday 30th Novemeber.
ALL WELCOME so book your ticket and come and join in the fun & dance with us with Klezmerized 🤩

This page is dedicated to our Live Music Concert Series, There are also other music events you might enjoy. Check out our What's On page for more info...

09/09/2024

Its been a good year for weddings at the hall.
This beautiful wedding was just a couple of weekends ago.

I absolutely love how the table runners match the paint work and curtains in the hall!

With the little fairy lights spreading across the ceiling I bet it looked picture perfect in the evening.

Thanks for sharing with us, we hope you had a lovely day full of fabulous memories 🤍💫

08/09/2024

The village hall was proud to hold the Castle Acre Horticultural Society Annual Show and to celebrate their 40th anniversary with them👏 🎉 on a very hot and sunny September afternoon.

I was lucky enough to find this old picture of one of the past shows to put beside yesterday's event.

Any idea of a date or who the gentlemen are in it would be much appreciated.

27/08/2024

The lovely Jenna had her summer wedding with us at the beginning of August.
She kindly shared this picture of her special day to add to our weddings album.
Altho we have tables and chairs to use many people choose to hire in their own as Jenna has here.
I'm sure you'll agree how they complement the dark wood in the huge vaulted ceiling and stand out lovely on the lighter original floorboards.

Thanks for using us Jenna, it's looks beautiful and we hope you had a fabulous day ✨️

21/08/2024

Big clean at the hall this evening.
Cut and strimmed the grass.
Swept the patio and steps.
Swept down the road and pushed the gravel back into the carpark.

Finally we used a brush to sweep a lot of cobwebs off the wall and clean around the huge windows.......and when I say it was a long brush, I'm not kidding!

06/08/2024

We think our new sign looks picture perfect with the castle in the background.
Rosebay willow herb is growing in abundance around there at the moment. It's beautiful pink flowers swaying in the breeze.

Did you know, its also known as fireweed or Londons ruin because not only did it bloom in the city of London soon after the great fire, but also it was the first flower to bloom on the bomb sites of London too.

29/07/2024

Well isn't this just a beautiful site.

Lovely view looking over to the village hall from the top of the castle, taken by a villager this afternoon.
You can see from this picture that you get full use of the fenced off patio and lawn whenever you hire the hall. Lovely little sun trap.

Great position for our recently fitted solar panels to be doing their job too 🌞

27/07/2024

Who remembers youth club at the village hall?
Was you a member, did you help run it?
Memories and pictures are more than appreciated.

**taken from a local newspaper at the time**

In the schoolroom boys from the youth club renewed the floorboards while the girls painted chairs.
Workmen put in new ceilings and windows, but the members have undertaken to repair, renovate and decorate their room themselves.
After removing the rostrum and a large stove they have scraped, washed and coloured the walls finishing them with a green surround and ornamented with a stipple design on a cream background.
Furniture is in short supply and efforts are being made to fundraise for further supplies.
Two members Guy Overman and Royal Eggleton are making a table tennis table at their school woodwork class to add to the club notice board and glass they have made already.

15/07/2024

For all bookings please click on the link below and find the booking section ☺️

Welcome to the website for Castle Acre Village Hall. The hall is a registered charity and run by volunteers. We are delighted to take bookings for events that you want to hold at our hall. ...

13/07/2024

The sun shone this afternoon and it was fantastic to see so many people turn up to play a part in history to see the new village sign unveiled.
Jim Huges did a speech thanking Ronnie colman for carving the new sign and his daughter in law Jo Colman for painting it, before pulling the cover off.

I think everyone must agree how beautiful it is and how lucky we are that this will greet people to our lovely village for many years to come.

Once again, thank you Ronnie & Jo for making the sign and castle acre parish council for all your work in completing it. 👏 👏

01/07/2024

After the baptist Chapel the hall was owned jointly by the woman's institute & another group....any guesses who they might have been? I'll post the correct answer at the end of the week.

The pitch pine pews were removed from the body of the building and it was hoped to put some around the edges of the room once the sloping floor was levelled and interior decoration complete. The ladies helped to fell and trim trees on one side to allow light into the hall and to increase the space outside.

So what work was happening at the other end and who was it?