THE HENLEY COMMUNITY HALL REFURBISHED AND NOW REOPEN!
For statements concerning the refurbishment from the Hall custodian, Michael Longdon, click on each date:
December 29 2008
January 19 2009
February 9 2009
Service of Rededication 26 April 2009 pictures CLICK
Refurbishment pictures 25 February 2009
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Clean up after Refurbishment 31 March 2009
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On the south side of the town centre of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, on the same site as St Mark's Church. For directions and maps,
please go to the
FIND page.
Although the Henley Community Hall is heavily used by 'regulars', there are times for 'one off' and further repeat bookings, particularly at weekends and in school holidays. The rates are very reasonable. Please get in
touch with your requirements by using the
CONTACT page.
Disco equipment is available for hire.
To see when the Hall is in regular use (though the list may not be fully up to date) visit the
ACTIVITIES page.
The Henley Community Hall, a Grade 2 listed building, is wholly owned and run by
ST MARK'S CHURCH.
Though a charge is made to groups outside the Church who use the Hall, the income goes nowhere near covering
expenditure. Most of the difference is made up from voluntary giving, though St Mark's PCC are grateful for the
SUBSTANTIAL GRANT from WREN for the recent refurbishment.
The weekly
INDOOR CAR BOOT
raises much money for St Mark's. Please also take a look at the
GIVING AND RECEIVING
page on St. Mark's website. You may wish to consider joining St Mark's
100 CLUB.
Before the current St. Mark's Church was built in 1897, worship took place in
three small buildings. One is where the bowling alley now stands, another was in
Quarry Lane and the third, the "Tin Tabernacle" (below), is where we now find the Henley Hall.
The first priest of the 'new' St. Mark's was the Revd Arthur Henley. Unfortunately, while on holiday with his brother in August, 1904, he
drowned. He was a much loved priest, and a collection was made in his memory, the result of which was the opening of the Arthur Henley Hall
in 1909.
For the past 100 years, the Henley Community Hall (using its new name) has provided a valuable meeting place
for the whole community. Indeed, judging by this advertisement from a St. Mark's
magazine of 1946, it has even played host to a day school!
A useful but ugly extension was added, probably after the Second World War.
The people of St. Mark's over the years have striven to keep the
Hall well maintained and it is our task to keep it up to date with, for example, the addition of disabled toilets, a major but necessary
expense, not helped by the structure being classified as a Grade 2 listed building. It is a challenge we must tackle, especially as
the Henley Hall celebrates its centenary in 2009.
We are grateful for the foresight of the people of St. Mark's in the early 1900's.