Managed by a committee and trustees appointed in 1923-4, and funded by paying members, with variable rates for those living in and outside the village, as well as entrance fees for events; the cost of entry to a dance was 6d in 1930.

Traumatic events

In 1933 It operated reasonably smoothly between the wars, with occasional hiccups, notably the evidently traumatic events of 1933, which involved the resignation of first the secretary and later the whole committee; the revelation of the Hall’s indebtedness, and even unanswered questions in the Oxford Mail. Somehow the whole situation was resolved by the time of the AGM in October.

A new village hall

By 1947 a new Hall was being considered and after much discussion and fund-raising, the present Hall was opened in June 1960, having cost £5,484- 18s-1d, and now run by a management committee drawn from organisations using the Hall with five members of the public. The Hall continued to serve the village in many ways, and even provided shelter for stranded travellers in the great snow storms of January 1982, with blankets and sleeping bags collected by the Venture Scouts.

Millennium Room

Further extensions were being discussed by then, and after much debate and problems of funding, were finally completed by the opening of the Millennium Room in 2004.

2021...

The Hall remains an integral focus of village life, and hosts a vast range of activities, from private parties to the ever-popular biennial pantomime, and including whist drives, tai chi, choral society, scouts, dog training, table top sales, barn dances, quizzes and much else