NORTH CREAKE VILLAGE HALL (LLOYD MEMORIAL)
On 23rd November North Creake won The CPRE Green Spaces Category and The NRCC Best Community Building category in The EDP Pride of Norfolk Awards. They are now displayed in the Village Hall.
HISTORY
Originally an old village school on land donated to the village by Earl Spencer. It was rebuilt in the early 1930s as an identical Village Hall to that at Althorp. It was formally opened in 1933 and the original constitution states that it was to be used "for the purposes of physical and mental recreation plus social, moral and intellectual development for the benefit of the inhabitants of The Parish of North Creake". The early running of The Hall was through a management council comprising;
Earl Spencer
The Rector (Chairman)
Chairman of The Parish Council
And 2-3 members of each of the following;
The Parochial Church Council
The Methodist Chapel
The Men's Club
The Football Club
The Women's Institute
The Girls Friendly Society
FUNDING
The Hall was funded by a grant of £315 from The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and a loan of £500 by The National Council for Social Services. The charges for hiring the hall in 1933 were one shilling (5p) per hour without heat and light and two shilling and sixpence (12.5p) with.
TODAY
Various changes have been made over the year resulting in superb facilities including;
Ladies & Gents Toilets and Disabled Toilet with baby changing facilities.
A Fully fitted kitchen
Billiard room (available for small meetings)
A large stage in the Main hall with state of the art cinema equipment
3 separate fire exits
Fully licensed for up to 120 people
FINANCING
We have been fortunate to receive a legacy from Graham Money, which is to be used for future enhancements to the fabric of the hall. The running costs of the hall are paid out of income received from lettings, equipment and furniture hire and cinema takings. The hall has no employees and is run by volunteers who simply ask that users leave the hall as they find it.
HALL USES
Some of the following web pages are dedicated to our major clubs and societies but the hall is also regularly used by mother and toddlers, Parish council meetings, Village Hall Committee meetings, Choir practice plus wedding receptions, funeral receptions and parties for all age groups.
With the cinema equipment the hall can also be used for presentations with the user needing to bring only a laptop.
Just like our predecessors in 1933 the present Village Hall Committee is determined to continually improve the facilities for the benefit of the local community. They are:
| Phil Lines | Chairman | |
| Paul Heron | Secretary | |
| Adam Bunkle | Member | |
| Cliff Beales | Technical | |
| Colette Phillips | Member | |
| Geoffrey Kemp | Licensee | |
| Patricia Robinson | Member | |
| Peter Phillips | Acting Treasurer | |
| Sam Sandell | Bookings Secretary | |
| James Turner | Equipment Hire |
WebSite Masters:
| Paul Heron | |
| Peter Phillips |
Trustees from April 2010 Phil Lines, Paul Heron, Cliff Beales, Peter Phillips, Adam Bunkle
