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Come along to Ash Village Hall on Saturday February 4 at 10 am, to join Ash-with-Westmarsh W.I. in raising awareness of the risk of library cuts and closures throughout the UK. This is a national campaign by NFWI to be held simultaneously at Community Libraries around the country, where people are asked to come together and "hug" their local library, to demonstrate how strongly they feel about the proposals. Ash's KCC Library, although only part-time is highly regarded by the villagers, being well used and offering a book ordering service, monthly book reading club, and internet access. If you are not yet a registered borrower, please make time to pop in and join up, thereby helping to keep the library open for the future. REMEMBER - USE IT OR LOSE IT
Absolute Beginners' Line Dancing Classes start on Friday February 3 at 11.30. am to 12.30. pm - why not come along and give a try? Contact Richard Munden on 07740360554 or thesupertroupers@sky.com |
Our Village HallWelcome to the award winning Ash Village Hall, a small but well used community facility which is busy throughout most week days and evenings.It plays a very large and central role in the life of this thriving village, in fact this is where -- "most things are at" |
LocationSituated immediately off the Ash by-pass (A257) between Canterbury and Sandwich, our village is easily accessible by road from either Thanet to the north or Dover and Deal to the south.In addition we are also served by the bus services between Canterbury and Sandwich. |
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History of Ash Village HallAsh Village Hall was opened in 1912 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1913. Erected on land which was a gift from Mrs Lucy Harpole at a cost of £1,200, the building was intended to meet "the spiritual, intellectual, moral, social or political wants'' of the Parish. In 1914 the Village Hall became an emergency 20-bed VAD hospital, and by May 1915 it had been enlarged to 26 beds, and all were full with wounded men from the front in Belgium and France. The Hall was again pressed into service during the Second World War firstly as a classroom for evacuated children, and then again as an emergency hospital. Improved in 1970 with the addition of a new library, it was further expanded in 1980 at a cost of £52,000 with a stage, refurbished kitchen and toilets. In 2003, to meet modern statutory requirements for the disabled, £44,000 worth of alterations were carried out to the toilet block and fire exits and ramps. Ash Village Hall gained it's Hallmark Level 1 award on 4 March 2009. Administered by Action with Communities in Rural Kent, it is awarded for "best practice" in application of charity administration and the general management of the premises. |
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