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The final touches are now being made to the kitchen renovation that have been worked on over the last few months at the memorial hall. This will enable us to run cookery courses and to provide lunches to the community for certain events which will be announced officially. All the worktops have been either replaced or revamped, lighting has been improved, walls freshly tiled, window frames renovated and the electrics brought up to scratch – and for the first time in years we now have hot water in the kitchen. A fresh coat of paint has been applied and new lighting installed. Included is also a new multi-ring dual fuel cooker and a new upright fridge-freezer.

Huge thanks to Keith Newman who has put in 100s of hours of his spare time to make this happen ably assisted by Terry and the rest of the crew.

New cooker and sink under renovated window side of kitchen

The car park will be re-opened on February 27th 2023 to the community although not all the works have been completed. LED downlighter lights will be fitted shortly and we will be adding in some extra materials to extend the car park towards the football pitch area to increase it’s capacity further. A car parking system to control overnight parking will be installed soon, permits can be purchased for local residents and business’ to continue to use the car park for overnight parking all year round and to help continue to fund the activities for the community on the rec and at the memorial hall.

Thanks to Jim Matthews and his crew and too the committee members led by our chairman for the organisation and labour involved in carrying out the work.

Sharon, Terry, Graham and Roy finishing up yesterday afternoon on the rec.

As part of a series of concerts to celebrate their 100th anniversary both the Lydbrook Training band and main Lydbrook band will be performing on the Lydbrook Recreation ground on the afternoon of June 18th. Bring your own picnic chairs and picnics if you want and join us in celebrating our national famous band.

In association with Air in G , Lydbrook memorial hall present “The Sand Dragon”, a puppetry show and workshop from Theatrix Arts. Tickets will be on sale shortly priced at £8, all children will get a free puppet.

Classes start at the Lydbrook Memorial Hall on January 10th

Starting on Monday January 9th scaffolding should be going up at the front of the Hall as work stars on re-pointing and sealing the stone around the bay window which leaks badly during this inclement weather. Hopefully this will fix what has been an onging issue for several years. This will not have any impact on Hall users while the work is in progress.

The car park remains closed for the time being. The committee has now signed off on costs and is just sorting out payment conditions with Hales and then they will be delivering 20 tons of stone “scalpings” which will be used to resurface the carpark area. This could have happened sooner but a combination of the holiday period and the deliberate blocking of the gate after it was locked on December 18th has delayed our schedule more than anticipated. We have the rental of an excavator and compactor arranged for January and of course we will get the work done as soon as we can.

We are aware that this is causing some disruption around the school but this is unavoidable as we carry out importance maintenance to this communal facility so please bear with us.

On Saturday January 21st the Cinderford band under the baton of their new resident musical director Steve Kane will be performing at the Memorial Hall.

Tickets available online from Eventbrite:

Under 16’s are free for this event.

Come along and listen to some rip-roaring music!

Tickets can also be purchased on the door if you come along on the night.

Watch out for more events happening at the Hall

Tonight is the first performance of the Lydbrook Players pantomime Puss in Boots. This is the group’s first post Covid pantomime and features some new faces in the cast.

Online tickets available until 4.30pm each day however you can just turn and pay on the door.

Thursday December 15th – 7.30pm

Friday December 16th – 7.30pm

Saturday December 17th – 2.30pm

Sunday December 18th – 2.30pm

Car parking is available on the recreation ground car park for all performances.

At last we have been able to get to the bottom of why the main heating system did not always switch on. Users will notice the new thermostat in the Hall and it’s simple operation of pressing the ON button. The system is set to 18C for all users. When you have finished using the hall you just press the OFF button on the thermostat and your done.

Even if we say so ourselves, and we do, Lydbrook Memorial Hall is probably the warmest, largest village communal space in the forest.