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WE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU THINK
Tell us what you
think! We want to hear your
comments about the village
hall.
What do you
think of the restoration plan?
Do you have any
fresh ideas about how we can raise money?
Are there any
new activities you would like to see in the hall?
Could you set
up an activity group yourself?
Please let us have your views on these issues or
any others that are relevant. Correspondence will be
published on this page.
Please send your letter to:
tvhletters@googlemail.com
and
include your full name, address and telephone number.
The telephone number will not be published - it is
requested just in case we have a query we wish to
resolve quickly. We will not publish anonymous
letters, but can withhold your address if
requested.
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Do you have
something to say about the Village Hall? Tell us about
an event you enjoyed there, recently or a long time ago.
For more ideas about what to write, scroll down this
page and see the suggestions on the left-hand
side.
WE
REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU
Send your
comments for publication on this website to:
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A TRIBUTE
TO MARJORIE & RUBY FROM MRS MARION
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5th October
2009
What wonderful pictures of
the happy faces of Tuesday
club members. Great oaks from little acorns grow!
This is a tribute to Marjorie
and Ruby, who 25 years ago had the vision and enthusiasm
to start this wonderful organisation which, although I
am not a member of, has given so much pleasure and
friendship to so many people over the years.I do
remember them saying that they would start the ball
rolling and then hand over the reins to someone else to
carry on............!!!!!!!!!! 25 years is a big
commitment.
Congratulations to both of
them for making the Village Hall a centre for all as
well as the Tuesday Club. Here's to the next 25 years
and to the innovative and hardworking committee who are
carrying on in giving Tansley its heart.
Best wishes
Marion Ball
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A SELECTION OF
LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE VILLAGE HALL RESTORATION
PLAN
Below is a
random selection, arranged in no particular
order, of the 40 letters received from members of
the community in support of the Tansley Village
Hall Restoration Plan. These letters, and others like
them, are extremely useful in supporting our grant
applications.
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Ash Brook, Ashley
Close
Tansley
22nd
February 2009
Dear
Sir
I wanted to put on
record my and my family’s support for your efforts to
restore and renovate Tansley’s village Hall. It is in
our opinion the natural focal point of the village in
terms of social life. We have enjoyed many evenings
entertainment and school events there and it would be
tragic if this resource was to become a ruin or indeed
if was changed to private use. May we wish you every
success in your fund raising efforts and we look forward
to joining in as many as we can.
Yours
faithfully
Dr Tony Sinnott and family
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4, Oak Tree Gardens,
Tansley,
Matlock,
Derbyshire
DE4 5WA
6th
February 2009
Dear
Ruth,
We wish to write in support of the appeal to save
Tansley Village Hall.
The Hall is a
centre of many activities in the village, and is used
for various purposes.We have enjoyed attending a variety
of drama presentations, both plays and pantomimes.The
pantomimes are a very positive activity for a number of
children and young people in the village.We also
regularly attend Tansley Garden and Countryside Club,
and appreciate the
facilities
which are
available for the presentations from different speakers
and the provision of light refreshments.
Occasional events such as Christmas parties and Harvest
Suppers have also been enjoyed.
We believe that
Tansley relies a great deal on the Village Hall, with
its facilities,and that the whole village would be a
poorer place without it being in good condition,with
facilities which allow activities for young and old, as
it has for many years.
Yours
sincerely,
Mike & Anne
Stanyon
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83 Hurst
Rise
Matlock
DE4 3ER
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re: Tansley Village Hall
My family has used the Village Hall at Tansley all of
my life. We have held many family parties
there. I have a video of my sister’s 21st party
held there 30 years ago. My children attended
playschool in the Hall now aged 39 and 38 years.
I presently attend the Tai Chi in the Village Hall
which has numerous members, some quite elderly who
benefit greatly from this gentle form of exercise.
I have also joined the film club.
I strongly support all the efforts of the villagers
to improve the building and to keep open a vital village
amenity.
Yours faithfully
Christine Barnes
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13
Riber View Close
Tansley
DE4 5FD
17 February
2009
Tansley
Village Hall Restoration
Dear
Sir/Madam
I
have lived in Tansley for the past eleven years. I have
three young children , two who are still pupils at
Tansley
Primary
School.
During our time in the village, one of the main focal
points for any number of events has been the Village
Hall. My children have all had their own birthday
parties over the years as well as attending numerous
other parties in the village hall.
Although now
the building is getting very tired, the ceiling falling
through and the roof in need of repair it is still a
huge part of village life. I cannot begin to tell you
how many parties we have held in that building and all
the happy memories it has been responsible for making.
These include both my close friends surprise 40th
birthday parties and then their official ones, leaving
parties, discos, race nights, bingo nights, Tansley
School productions and school events for the children
i.e. discos, Halloween parties, craft nights. I could go
on and on but in short the Village Hall is in need of
urgent repair and updating so that the people of this
village and the surrounding area can carry on with
normal village life with our much loved village
Hall.
Yours
sincerely
Di
Lucas
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Lant Lodge
Farm
Lant Lane
Tansley
DE4 5FW
11 April
2009
Dear Mr Knightley
REFURBISHMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF TANSLEY VILLAGE HALL
We came to live in the centre
of Tansley 23 years ago before moving to the edge of the
village and I was pleased to hear that at last some
action may be taken on refurbishment of Tansley Village
Hall and am writing to express my support for the
idea.
INTERIOR
We have attended
many events at the village hall but for at least the
past 10 years it has been obvious that the hall needed a
good architect to draw up plans to re-design it to make
it of an acceptable standard for the 21st century.
A plan to move the kitchen and the toilets and develop
the kitchen space to better utilise the whole of the
interior could be devised.
SIZE
It is the only venue
in the village which is large enough to take even a
significant proportion of the local population of the
village. In the mid 1990s there was an open
meeting about plans to include Tansley Green Belt Land
in the local plan and although people were standing
around the edges of the main room, many inhabitants
complained that they could not enter the building at
all.
When we were there a few
weeks ago the tables were crammed too close together in
order to accommodate the local people who wished to
attend the event. Everyone was good humoured
about it but it was obvious that more space would have
helped, and there is more space in the kitchen
area.
LOCATION
It is in an ideal
location as everyone, including mothers with prams and
elderly people can access it easily. Being in the
middle of the village, it appeals to
everyone.
I fully support you in your
attempts to improve the facilities offered by the
hall.
Yours sincerely
Anne Griffiths
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61
The Knoll
Tansley
Derbyshire
DE4
5FP
6th
February 2009
Dear
Ruth,
I
wish to convey my support for the facility which the
Village Hall provides in Tansley. I have been the Church
Treasurer for 25 years and because the Parochial Church
Council, through the Derby Diocese, has been closely
connected with the Village Hall I have been aware of its
importance to the community over the
years
Originally
it was built as a Church
School
and when a new school was built it became the Parish
Hall. Except for improvements to the kitchen facilities,
stage, heating and lighting the building has not been
modernised to any extent in all that time and requires
extensive improvements to bring it up to a standard
which is now expected.
The
upstairs room is used regularly for meetings and whist
drives and should be made more
comfortable.
More
recently it has been used for anniversary parties,
receptions and funeral wakes which requires appropriate
décor and facilities. The population of the village
continues to increase and it is important the village
has a central building where people come together as a
community and don't find it necessary to go out of the
village for lack of a suitable
venue.
When
compared with other villages in the area Tansley's
Village Hall is sub standard and needs to brought up to
the 21st century and with help the Village Hall can
become a place where all types of community events are
accommodated.
Yours
sincerely
Geoff
Crapper
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6 Ashley Close,
Tansley
25 February 2009
Subject: To The Chairman, Tansley
Village Hall Committee re future of Village Hall
Dear Chairman,
We are writing to express our support for
your efforts to maintain and preserve Tansley Village
Hall. We know that the fabric (especially the
roof) needs repair, but feel it will be worth a lot to
the village if we can only keep it going. It
certainly made our children's winter last year to take
part in and watch the village pantomime. Also the
village Film Club has just started up with the
announcement of its first film; and it looks like there
might be more Quiz Nights, too. It would make the
longevity of these and other activities more assured if
the leaks were gone and we could look to some
refurbishment/redecoration. The hall is really looking
its age now and compares very badly indeed with other
local halls. With the shop and Post Office gone,
it seems very important to develop a sustainable Village
Centre for the community.
Yours,
Kevin & Hilary McKay
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58 The
Knoll
Tansley
DE4 5FN
February 7th
2009
Dear
Chairman
I am writing to
support your bid for repair and refurbishment of the
Village Hall.
Over the past
twenty years the Hall has been an important resource
both to my family and also to the organisation I work
for (the charity, First Movement). We have frequently
used the Hall’s facilities for events, for training
sessions and for some of our education work, and can
confirm that it is an important and unique community
resource for this village and it’s surrounding
area.
We sincerely hope
that you will be successful in raising the funding
necessaryto ensure that this resource remains open and
usable, together with providing the accessible toilet
facilities it so badly needs.
Yours
faithfully
Peter
Shelton
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Derbyshire Oaks
Lodge
Allen Lane
Tansley
DE4 5FT
16th February
2009
Dear Chairman,
Please accept this as a
letter of support for the raising of funds to refurbish
and modernise the Village Hall.
The Village Hall is a
necessary asset to Tansley Village, being a venue for a
wide variety of events, all of which benefit the
community hugely. It is vital to keep unity
within the village community, especially at this very
difficult economic time, and any financial support for
this project would be gratefully received.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. &. Mrs. P. H.
Rainford
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Fir
Cottages
Church
Street
Tansley
DE4
5FH
5th
February 2009
Dear
Chairman Tansley Village Hall Committee,
I
would like to express my support for the work the
Committee is doing to restore the Village
Hall.
I
have attended many events there from whist drives to
theatre productions, a Medieval Night and a Quiz Night
plus many more.
The Hall is
in urgent need of restoration – the roof leaks,
insulation is impoverished to name but two improvements
urgently needed. It is crucial that the Hall is
maintained, restored and modernised to maintain a
building that is an essential part of village
life.
Best
Wishes
Gerry
Flanagan
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1 Holmsefield
Close
DE4 5FZ
3rd February
2009
Subject: Supporting
Statement for the Village Hall
Hello,
We consider
Tansley's Village Hall to be vital to the community.
Peter is a member of Tansley Players and has performed
on the stage many times over the years to local
audiences. The Hall is used regularly for hosting
parties - we have both attended and held such parties in
the past. Peter is also a Tansley School Governor and
knows that the Hall is used for many different
activities including indoor PE and the annual school
play.
We are aware of a
number of fundraising events that have been held in the
hall every year which have raised much needed funds for
different local projects.
It is the venue that
is used for bringing the local community
together.
Regards
Peter and Susan
Wilmot
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