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The Village Hall, Warwick Road, Upper Boddington, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 6DH (charity No. 264503)

Whether you are planning a celebration party or wedding, Boddington hall has the space and facilities to suit most customers wishes. The atmosphere and décor may be tailored to match whatever your function requirements are, be it a party for the stars, or a traditional village wedding. Our amenities include a fully fitted commercial kitchen, flexible stage arrangements, various drapes, valences and the premises are licensed to serve drinks.

Views to fields and farmland add a tranquil ambiance for the country wedding and provide an ideal backdrop for photographs or just talking to friends and family whilst enjoying a glass of bubbly. Double doors from the bar to these views also adds an impressive entrance feature and can be used to welcome guests whilst serving drinks or canapés. If your wish is for a free bar during the day then we can accommodate this and for the evening we can offer a variety of wines, beers and spirits and often order 'specials' to suit customers particular wishes. A room is also available for those who may wish to take a 'quiet' break from the celebrations.

Please telephone Pat or Margo to arrange a viewing, or email one of our trustees who will forward this message on or answer whatever questions you may have.

Side entry through the double doors with our gazebo in place.	The bar entry to the hall
Traditional wedding scene providing an excellent venue for a fun celebration
A décor to suit the day
Special celebrations can be made to look spectacular.

 

Events

The calendar below is maintained by the Village Hall Committee and is used to upload, amend and edit events being held at the Village Hall. To ensure your event is on the calendar, please contact Pam Stokes.

 

 

 

Sunday 21st March: Boddington Rural Market, Raising funds for Boddington Village Hall. 10am until 2pm. Food, crafts. Supporting local traders, artists and charities. Contact Pam Stokes on 01327 260133 or email at cloverleastokes@aol.com

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Announcements

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News

Hall Heating

Further to our communication last October and in line with this, you will no doubt have noticed that we have installed the two programmable type heaters in the upper hall. If you recall these were intelligent types that can be programmed for every hour in the week and for two different temperatures. The intentional use for these heaters were to not let the hall cool off overnight too much and provide a small boost prior to the hall being used and allow the main ticket heaters to get the temperature up quickly. This they are doing well. Some fine tuning regarding the time slots may be required but this can be done relatively easily by anyone who has the instructions. (And I have the instructions!) These heaters are running off the hall ring circuit and not the heating circuit so their power is not coming from the heating cards.

We are still awaiting the guards which have been on order for some time but they will switch down in temperature just prior to the hall being used by our little people.

PLEASE DO NOT SWITCH THESE HEATERS OFF. - Although no harm should come to them they will re program from the controller when they switched back on again.

PLEASE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE ALTER THE PROGRAMMER. This would cause quite a few hours of work to re boot the system properly.

Essentially, these heaters will provide an economic room warming but will not provide the basic working temperature which if you recall was to be done by conventional night storage.

Part 2

We will continue with our plan of installing a further two night storage heaters. This we were hoping to do before now but unfortunately the installation costs increased three fold when the guesstimate turned to a quotation. We are still negotiating this. When these heaters are installed they will provide the main heat source (some 130% more and on top of the intelligent type). As our recent fund raising events have been very successful, we will be onto this directly.

The theory is that both the storage and intelligent heaters will provide the temperature for the morning users and the intelligent units will stop the hall from getting too cold overnight and provide comfortable conditions for the evening users.

Further to this we have had an independent survey done on the insulation in the loft. This does not meet the present accepted standard and unfortunately can not be redone from council grants. A percentage can qualify, but this would still leave us with a cost of over £1000. We are still investigating alternative grants.

Our thanks for the fund raisers and supporters who have provided the means for this capital expense so far and for the storage heaters and installation. Approximate costs on this heating installation (to completion) will be £5,500.00 (excluding any new loft insulation).

Anyone not receiving the October communication can ask for a copy if they wish, please email me at the above address.

Kevin New
On behalf of the Village Hall committee

Copies to; committee, playgroup, PTA, Yoga, Ballet, WI, Gardening

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Who's Who of the Village Hall

Bookings and prices -

Booking Officer: Mrs. Joan Lovesey on 01327 262542 

Other information -

Hall Details - Mr. Stephen Barnard 01327 261444 or email stephen@stephenbarnard.co.uk
Bar Contact - Mr. Stephen Barnard 01327 261444 or email stephen@stephenbarnard.co.uk
Secretary - Mrs. Pam Stokes 01327260133 or email cloverleastokes@aol.com

 

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Hire Charges

Click here to download a schedule of charges and contacts for the Village Hall

 

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