No 32: October 2012
Published by Rothay House, Mayfield Road, Eastrea.
Eastrea Village News EASTREA VILLAGE HALL can at last be seen, at least in outline. The roof beams have been erected, and the building is set to be completed in good time. After the final steel beam was installed the team paused for a moment as the tea was brewing. We’re grateful for a fine job to them: (L-R) Steve Horsepool (crane supervisor), Andy Peel (crane driver), James Dean (steel erector), Stuart Wood (site manager), Pat Doody (banksman, who coordinates the crane), Steve Horsepool (the crane supervisor), Richard Rose (steel erector) and Paul Hesford (production manager from ARC). The building, says Paul, will last for at least a century and then, if it requires some minor refurbishment, the frame could endure hundreds of years more. It is all designed for low maintenance over the years and the hall will be highly insulated.
EASTREA CENTRE FINALLY TAKES SHAPE THE FRAMEWORK of the Eastrea Centre is all now in place. Richard Rose, who was erecting the steel beams into position, said: “This really is a a marvellous building. Anyone would be proud of it — it’s very, very impressive. Once it’s done I will make a point of coming back over here just to see it.”
THE VILLAGE HALL TRUST meets at the Nag’s Head each month — and now that all the funding is firmly in place and the building is at last taking shape, residents of the village are invited to a general meeting. The date is Wednesday 31 October at 7.30 pm. Would you like to be involved? Do you have ideas to put forward, or questions to ask? A new company, Eastrea Centre Ltd, has been formed and a board of directors will soon be appointed.
COME TO A GENERAL MEETING Whatever your interests (whether you want to serve coffee, help out, or become a Trustee) we are eager to hear from you and discuss your new ideas. Just turn up at the pub on the night, or please telephone 350 888 if there’s something you’d like to discuss first. Many village MAYFIELD ROAD RESIDENTS Sue and Neville Taylor organised a residents have already said they’d be interested fund-raising party for the Macmillan Cancer Support ‘world’s biggest in the future activities in the new hall, and the coffee morning’. Sue tells us, “Over thirty people attended, and we raised more than £200. In fact, donations are still arriving.” In this Trust is keen that everyone who wants play picture (L-R) are Sue Taylor, Rosemary Marson, Nev Taylor, Richard their part shall have a chance to become fully Marson, Janice Ford, Tracey Daglish, Susan Neal and Karen Hart. involved in our new village hall.