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East Ruston Village Hall will reach its centenary in 2025. Our unique village hall was built to provide a meeting place for the people of East Ruston and adjacent communities which at that time did not have their own facilities. It was paid for and donated to the parish by Sir James Roll, who attended the village school, and who later became Lord Mayor of London in 1920.

It is the aim of the current trustees of the village hall that by its centenary the hall will have been subject to a full restoration and improvements to make it more energy efficient, cater for the current and anticipated needs of our community and meet with latest building regulation requirements. We want to hear from anyone who may have any thoughts and a suggestion box has been placed inside the village hall where comments/ideas can be posted.

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The brand new hall in 1925

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The hall was built for the enjoyment of East Ruston and the adjoining parishes

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Sir james Roll and his wife leaving the hall

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Sir James Roll at the grand opening of the hall in 1925

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Our original project ambitions have been exceeded !

Phase 1: was to secure sufficient funding to re-roof the hall and replace the two sets of main doors - completed spring 2020

Phase 1a: was to refurbish and improve the kitchen facilities- completed

Bonus improvements made possible by Government funding, additional contributions and the work in kind by volunteers and trustees

new lighting within the main hall, kitchen, bar and lobby areas
new pull cord curtain rails to larger main hall windows
sanding and lacquering of main hall and stage floor
installation of new water heaters for hot water in bar and kitchen
kitchen equipped with fridge
bar area refurbished and drinks fridge installed along with double sink
hall walls partly re- plastered, partly re-papered , decorated
doors stripped and some re-painted
entrance lobbies completely redecorated.
notice boards erected internally and externally
new ceiling to kitchen vestibule
toilets redecorated
external wall insulation installed
new external sign board to village hall.

Phase 2: refurbish the hall to meet future needs and requirements. What next?

A few snapshots of what we have been up to over the past year.

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Before the start of the work

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Roofing work progressing nicely

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Rear of the hall

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Cupola was not in a good state

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Cupola rebuilt and repainted. The finial has now been replaced

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Old doors which were very rotten

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replaced with new more along original design

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Main entrance doors

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A far more imposing entrance now

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Before

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After - but prior to external wall insulation

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External wall insulation being installed now!

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Before After ceiling over stage removed new window installed floor sanded and lacquered

Before - dreary lighting After lighting re positioned and much brighter but can be dimmed

Before kitchen vestibule After kitchen vestibule

Before After - new water heater new sink more cupboard space

Before After - bar area work in progress

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