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| Mapledurham Pavilion/Community Hall in its current state |
You can read the details here.
A raffle and auction of promises will be held which we hope to open up to include those unable to attend the Dinner. I'll post details in the next few days.
To give you some background, in 1938 Charles Hewett gave the Playing Fields in Trust to the residents of Mapledurham Parish and Reading. In the late 1940s a wartime hut became the War Memorial Hall. In 1975 the Hall was rebuilt, with the addition of changing rooms & a Tennis Club Room, and it became known as Mapledurham Pavilion. Recent surveys have stated it is not viable to refurbish. As a result of strong community support for a replacement Hall, fund raising kicked off and this Dinner Dance is the latest in a series of events.
Our aim is to preserve Charles Hewett's legacy for Reading and Mapledurham Parish. Some funding currently exists for reproviding the changing rooms. There is also money from Festival Republic (Reading Festival organisers). We intend to pull together further funds to built an attractive multi-use hall facility which is environmentally sustainable.
Do get in touch for further details.
Update: Unfortunately as the raffle tickets are the 'cloak room' type, we are unable to sell them in advance of the day. (A licence is required to be printed on formal raffle tickets to enable selling them outside of an event)
