Moorsholm Memorial Hall was built in the 1950s as a War Memorial to the 10 men of the village who died in the two World Wars. After half a century of serving the community well, it is now showing its age.
After a survey of the villagers, it was decided to try to raise the money to renew the Hall completely, with a modern, ‘green’, sustainable building on the same site. This is a major undertaking for such a small community, but support has been enthusiastic, and many thousands of pounds have been raised in just a few months. Plans for the possible new building have been drawn up, and Planning Permission has been granted. Now the Committee are working through the shifting minefield that is the grant funding process.
To keep everyone up to date with the latest developments and fund-raising events, frequent Newsletters are being produced, printed and distributed around the village. You can view them, from the latest back to the earliest, but following these links.
[Please note that they appear as though they are a pre-folded booklet, so the pages are not necessarily in reading order.]
The Renewal Fund continued to grow over the festive season – which is remarkable in these straitened times, and much appreciated. The Christmas Coffee Morning organised by ‘The Geordie Girls’ (Jean Bainbridge and Anthea Aldous) and friends added £187, and boosted the ‘Spot The Shuttlecock’ amount (see P3). The Evening Gazette Wish Campaign added a further £142 when it came to their final shareout. Very many thanks to all those who clipped out and glued in the tokens last year. 
38246 Private John Shaw of Liverton Mill was killed in action on May 4th 1917, whilst fighting for the British Expeditionary Force in France. The Great-uncle of Hilda Brown, he was described as ‘a miller and farmer’, and was serving with 6th Battalion of The Yorkshire Regiment. Hand-written letters from his platoon and company commanders give tribute to his bravery and cheerfulness, and his soldierly qualities.
Once again we are collecting the tokens being printed in the Evening Gazette. Last year Moorsholm villagers and friends collected 14,524 tokens, which raised £101.32 for the Renewal Fund.
Most recently, the Italian Pizza Night at Wren’s Nest was a great success, with Moorsholm’s very own outdoor wood-fired pizza oven enticing many hardy folk to sit out on a damp and windy night, eating fresh Italian food.
You may have noticed a couple of weeks ago there were 2 surveyors working at the Hall. They were taking exact measurements of the site so that the architect Geoff Stephenson can start to prepare his detailed drawings to get planning permission. It’s a small step, but a step nevertheless.
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