Wymeswold’s Outreach Post Office Service

At the Memorial Hall, Clay Street.

Opening times are:

Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm

Friday 12-3pm

The Main Hall was built in 1922 as a Memorial to the fallen in the Great War with large single glazed windows and a high ceiling.  It has a spacious feel and the suspended wooden floor gives a good acoustic resonance. An extension was added in 2000 to provide excellent amenities including a lounge bar area, catering kitchen and ample toilets including disabled facilities. The first floor ‘Jubilee room’ is accessed by stairs and a platform lift, and benefits from good natural light and a view over the bowling green.

The management committee of volunteer ‘trustees’ runs the hall for the benefit of the community and strives to keep the premises in good condition with a focus on flexibility and safety. Over the years, fund raising events have enabled the purchase and installation of a wide range of equipment for the benefit of users.

Dimensions

The main hall measures 8m x 13.5m with a height of 4.5m.

The Stage

A traditional high, curtained stage occupies the north end the full width of the hall.

A flexible ‘apron’ or tiering can be created from up to 16 stage blocks (stored under the stage) each measure 120cm x 120cm, 40cm high and can be stacked up to 4 high. A further 12 ‘Quarter size’ blocks 120cm x 60cm, 20cm high have recently been added to facilitate a fully stepped ‘choral’ arrangement.

Access to the stage is via a utility area with unisex toilet off and accessed from both the hall and the lobby, which doubles as a green room. For large productions, the first floor Jubilee room can be used for costumes, changing and make-up.

Lighting

The hall has low energy LED panels for general use and dimmable wall lights for ‘theatre’ use.

The stage has simple dimmable flood lights, and recently a number of theatre spotlights have been installed on a DMX controlled circuit (see separate sheet) to give a more versatile illumination of performers, a basic setup is available with the potential to expand for a full production.

Sound System

A basic PA system is available with CD/MP3/USB input, this is intended for announcements, ‘background’ backing music, sound effects, and multimedia this will NOT be suitable for ‘live’ music [a fully installed performance system is available to hire locally, tailored to performer’s requirements, sound engineer available]

Seating

The hall can seat up to a maximum of 144 people.

There are 9 round (5ft) tables & 10 rectangular (6ft)  tables which seat 8 – 10 people.
We have recently purchased 6 (3ft) round tables which can accompany our existing smaller square tables.

The seating can be arranged in various formations:
Concert style – 12 rows of 12 with centre aisles.
A cabaret style plan accommodates 90 seated on 9 round tables of 10.
Ten rectangular tables can be spaced around a dance floor to seat 80 plus.

The double fire escape doors at the rear of the hall lead onto a slabbed patio/play area and must be kept clear at all times and closed during a performance to prevent noise nuisance to neighbours.

Lounge/Bar

There is a lounge/bar area with folding doors to the hall and serving hatch to the Kitchen which provides a useful area for serving food and drink it also gives access to a slabbed patio/play area to the south of the premises.

Premises licence

The hall ‘s licence requires that any activity cease at midnight (except for new year)

The hall’s licence to sell alcohol is vested in the trustees to whom permission must be obtained to run a retail bar, there is a small fee for this towards our annual licence from the District Council.

Schedule of Lighting Equipment

Overview

The main hall has Low energy LED panels for general use and dimmable wall lights for ‘theatre’ use.

These are controlled from a switch panel on the left as you approach the main doors.

The stage has simple dimmable flood lights, and a number of theatre spotlights on a basic six channel dmx controller situated Stage right front.

Stage Lighting System

A DMX ring runs at high level around the hall and connects four Dimmer packs wired to 16A cable to separate MCB’s isolated at the rear of stage left. Access points to the ring are situated at either side of the stage and to the rear of the hall. Further dimmer packs may be added, for example to provide controllable overhead lighting to the stage.

The basic controller comprises a 6 channel dimmer and master controller and is mounted on the wall stage right front.

Alternatively 8 no Led par 64 DMX controlled floodlights are fitted above the stage, giving full R G B colour wash.

Lanterns

First row – 2 Fresnel floods 500w

Middle Row – 8 Strand Prelude profile spots 500w, colour frames and limited gels available on request.

Back row – 2 Strand Spots 1000w

Dimmer packs

First Row – 2 Soundlab 4x1000w programmable start address

Second Row – 2 Soundlab 4x1000w programmable start address

Jubilee Room

First floor function room, measuring 7.5 x 9.7 metres. Access by stairs and a fully DDA compliant lift, the room benefits from a lot of natural light, however all windows and roof lights have blinds should you need a ‘black out’ situation for presentations etc.

The room also has a small kitchenette (approximately 3 x 4 metres) and there is a first floor toilet.

The room has collapsible tables and stacking chairs and can be configured in a number of different layouts, and has a capacity of up to 60 people.

Jubilee Room

Kitchenette

Small Meeting Room

Ground floor meeting room adjacent to the main entrance, measures 2.8 x 3.75 metres and accommodates a meeting for eight people comfortably around a rectangular meeting table (more chairs are available if required) plus flip charts etc.

Main Kitchen

Ground floor, full stainless steel catering kitchen with current hygiene certificate, ideal if you are using an external caterer for your event. Room measures 4.75 x 3.75 metres.

What’s On

Wymeswold Memorial Hall is a versatile venue, in use by many groups for a variety of purposes.  The hall’s weekly timetable is available here, and a main hall specification is available here if you wish to read about the hall in more detail.

The village hall is on Clay Street, post code LE12 6TY

To book the village hall contact Mel O’Riordan on 07904 518410, email wymeswoldmh@gmail.com.

For more information on facilities available contact Howard Cox on 01509 881000, email wmh@coxies.freeserve.co.uk.

Wedding Event

Basic features

• Car park
• Designated parking for people with disabilities
• Designated parking for parent & toddlers
• Level entrance
• No internal width restrictions for wheelchair users
• Wheelchair accessible toilet
• Commercial kitchen and appliances, Food Hygiene Certificate 3.
• Assistance dogs welcome.

Centre Stage Event

Activities

• Weddings
• Parties
• Exercise and art classes
• Dance clubs
• Polling station
• Model aeroplane club (indoors)
• Playgroup
• Toddlers
• Wolds club
• Parish Council meetings
• First Responders base
• Centre Stage Productions

Dogs Trust Event

Outdoor facilities

• Bowling green
• Play area
• Fenced area with grassed bank and slabs

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Wymeswold flora and fauna

The village Heritage Warden has compiled a list of all plants and animals seen in the village during 2007. She is interested in hearing from anyone who sees anything not included on the list.

Wildlife seen in Wymeswold in 2007 (MS Excel, 30 Kb)

Wolds Historical Organisation

The Wolds Historical Association (WHO) was founded in 1987 to promote interest in the local history of villages in the Wolds area specifically in Wymeswold, Burton-on-the-Wolds, Cotes, Prestwold and Hoton.

Wolds Historical Organisation

Information about clubs, societies, shops, amenities and local businesses is listed in the Welcome to Wymeswold leaflet which has been produced for new residents, but also provides useful information for anyone living in Wymeswold.

Welcome to Wymeswold Leaflet

History of the village

A short history of Wymeswold

Wymeswold lies in a shallow valley in the gently rolling area known as the Wolds, which straddles the Leicestershire/Nottinghamshire border. The village is a very compact settlement built around the fourteenth century St Mary’s church. The older parts are mostly eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings, now infilled with a number of small estates and detached properties.

History

The village probably took shape in the mid-Saxon period (700-900) together with its associated roads and footpaths. In early records the name appears as Wymund’s Wald (ie wood). The Domesday book shows that in 1086 the village was divided into four parts and subsequently these lands had various owners. In the time of Edward III Richard de Willoughby was granted a charter to hold a weekly market and annual fair.

Architecture

Wymeswold is typical of a working village, the development of which has evolved over many centuries. Far Street still retains one of the finest Georgian street-scapes in Leicestershire. Around the village are many pleasant corners with groupings of houses which illustrate the vernacular architecture of the village.

The pattern of fields and roads derives almost entirely from the Enclosure Act of 1759. One of the indirect results of this was the building of farm houses and buildings away from the village in positions more convenient for the new fields. It must have been a period of increasing prosperity as a number of houses appear to have been built around this time.

Population changes

In the Domesday Book 39 men of various ranks were mentioned, so a population of under 200 may be assumed. The first census in 1801 gives a total population of 782. There followed a period of rapid growth, with the total reaching 1,276 in 1831 which has been attributed to the development of the lace and framework knitting industries. From 1851 the population decreased fairly steadily due in part to the migration to larger industrial centres. This decline halted in the 1950’s since when the population has increased steadily.

If you are interested in finding out more abut the history of Wymeswold there is a wealth of information on the Wolds Historical Organisation’s website at http://www.hoap.co.uk/who/

© Susan Crinage (2000)

KEY TO VILLAGE MAP

1. St Mary’s church and lych gate
2. Methodist chapel
3. Church of England Primary School and playing field
4. Sports field, pavilion and scout hut
5. London Lane allotments
6. Wymeswold Court Nursing Home
7. Memorial Hall and Outreach Post Office
8. Bowling green
9. Children’s play area
10. ‘Wymeswold Country Furniture’ shop
11. Former Butcher’s shop
12. Former Antique shop
13. Former Post Office and grocery shop
14. Stockwell Stores (newsagent)
15. The Vicarage
16. Pharmacy
17. Former Hairdressers
18. ‘Three Crowns’ public house
19. ‘Hammer and Pincers’ restaurant
20. ‘Windmill Inn’
21. Wymeswold House
22. Wymeswold Hall
23. East Road allotments
24. Queens Park
25. The Hall Field
26. River Mantle