NEROCHE HALL is available for all of our community and suits various activities.
If you want a game of badminton just check with the booking secretary or the calendar to see if the hall is free. It's only £6.75 per hour.
We now have a BOOK SWAP corner. In the hall you will find shelves of books for you take to read. Just leave one there to take one away.
If you want to practice your singing or musical instrument without driving your family crazy, just use our hall. We currently have drummers and bands practicing. Contact the booking secretary for prices.
Many groups do use the hall as you can see from the calendar If you are interested in joining any of them see below for contact details.
If you wish to join the list simply contact us using the contact us page and your details will be added.
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Take Art is an Arts Development Agency, which serves the towns, villages and rural communities of Somerset. It began as a village performance scheme in 1987, touring high quality performances to just 10 villages in Somerset. Since then the scheme has grown to over 80 village promoters. Our mission is to produce, promote and facilitate participation in the arts and continually to explore innovative ways in which artists can enrich communities.
Neroche Hall has been a promoter of Take Art performances for many years and the productions are always professional, diverse, entertaining and sometimes challenging.
The profits of Take Art events are shared between the Neroche Hall funds and Take Art. |
Badminton Club
About 13 years ago we were a group of Hatch Beauchamp W.I.ladies eager to set up a badminton group.
Over the years we have been joined by numerous friends, male & female. We all tend to be mature, fun loving people eager to let off steam & keep fit!
Our numbers have been dwindling in recent months, so we would be pleased to welcome new players, beginners & otherwise.
You don`t have to be connected to the W.I.
We meet at Neroche Hall on Mon afternoons from 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Contacts: Molly Reynolds Tel.01823 332938 or Daphne Brightwell Tel. 01823 480548
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Neroche Short Mat Bowling Club…………Thursday evenings
For the past 20 years the club has played at the Neroche Hall competing in the Taunton & District SMB league. Currently there are 15 registered members with ages ranging from 13 to 70.
For league match's 10 players are required to fulfil 4 games with 2 in the first half of the evening and 2 in the second half with refreshments in between.
Home games are played on Thursday evenings starting at 7:30 normally finishing between 9:30/45 and are played in both a competitive and friendly spirit. The season starts in September and finishes in April and includes pre and post season friendly match's against local sides.
For further information contact R.E.Larkman, Chairman, robjoy72@googlemail.com
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Neroche Folkdance Club
The Neroche folkdance club was started in 1993 by Rupert Jones with a box of cards, a case of tapes having recently moved to Taunton to marry Judy Waterlow at Newtons. The idea was to get people away from the ‘telly’ and socialise with people living in the parishes of Curland, Bickenhall & Staplefitzpaine. As it has turned out we only have 1 member from the parishes, Joy Larkman, but about 20 from the surrounding areas ranging from Bradford-on-Tone, Taunton to Midleney Drayton.
The Club meets at Neroche Hall, on Monday nights from 8p.m. to 10p.m. the dances range from ‘Playford’ a series of dances collected in the 17th Century, ‘Manor House’ dances as seen in Pride and Prejudice, American contra dances and Barn Dances. Everyone is welcome but some experience makes life easier.
If people come alone they will always find someone to dance with, as the caller doesn’t let dancers ‘sit out’! (only joking).the beauty of country dances is that there are no intimate holds as in ballroom so all sizes can dance with each other without embarrassment.
Contacts for the Club are:
Rupert 01823 444374, Liz 01823 278739 or Joy 01460 234237 |
Neroche Garden Club
We are a group for local amateurs to exchange information and plants. We have recently joined forces with the newly re-formed Hatch Beauchamp Garden Club. Details about membership and the proposed programme of activities which promise to be interesting and very "hands on" are available from Michael Beavan on 01823 480359. New members welcome.
For more information e mail: staplemead@waitrose.co.uk |
Neroche Local History Group Every fourth Wednesday from 7.30 – 9.00pm
We concentrate mainly on the history of the local area. Several members are conducting their own research. For 2010, amongst other topics, we will be looking at the Alms Houses in Staple Fitzpaine, how Elizabethan Poor Law and its successors affected the neighbourhood, and local workhouses. A study visit to Somerset Records Office is planned for early in the year.
We also have regular external specialist speakers. In February there will be a speaker from The Family History Society on how to get going with your own research.
Anyone with an interest in the history of our local villages and surroundings is welcome to join the group.
Please contact Jane Hole, Chair of Neroche Local History Group on 01460 234410, jane.hole@tiscali.co.uk for more details. |
Neroche Mother, Baby and Toddler Group….Wednesday mornings 10am - 12 noon
Birth to School Age
Fun activities every week.
Huge range of different toys within a large space to promote development in all areas of growth.
Snacks provided:-Fruit/biscuits/juice.Open to Mums, Dads, Grans etc.
Contact:- Lynda Coles 01823 443759 or Sheila 07905 015894 or e mail: lmcoles@supanet.com |
Neroche Parish Council
The local Parish Council meets in the Committee Room at 7.45pm on the second Thursday in January, March, July, September and November. Meetings are open to the public and there is an opportunity to speak to issues on the agenda.
Further information about the Council and the villages which make up Neroche is available on www.neroche.net |
St Peter’s Church, Staple Fitzpaine
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The beautiful ancient church of St Peter nestles in the heart of Staple Fitzpaine providing a place for Christian worship and fellowship.
St Peter’s is a church in the community and as such holds a number of events throughout the year either in the church, at Neroche Hall or around the parish. Regular events include pancake parties, harvest suppers and safari suppers.
Rector:- Rev Paul Reynolds, The Rectory, Stoke St Mary, Taunton TA3 5BX. 01823 444023 |
Assistant Minister:- Rev Jean Price, The Rectory, Station Road, Hatch Beauchamp TA3 6AB. 01823 481236
Church Wardens:- Alison Brown, Battens Farm, Bickenhall TA3 6TS. 01823 480441, Mal Lee, Woodcott, Curland. 01460 234 282 |
Women’s Institute……. every second Wednesday at 7.30pm
Have you ever thought about becoming a member of the Womens Institute?
Bickenhall and District is a small group of around twenty members. We meet on the second Wednesday night of every month, excluding August.
We do not quite resemble ‘Jam and Jerusalem’ or ‘The Calendar Girls’ but find the ground between the two by joining in activities such as skittles, quiz evenings, singing and much more and have many good speakers on numerous subjects ranging from talks on charitable organisations, flower arranging, gardening as well as hands on evenings such as making cards for Birthdays and Christmas.
We also have a vote on more serious subjects which are projects of the National Womens Institute for example on the subject of battered women and recently the plight of the honey bee.
Your local W.I. gives you an opportunity to meet new people and make friends. We meet at Neroche Parish Hall at 7.30pm. Do come along we look forward to seeing you.
More information can be obtained from Di Grabham 01823 480811 or e mail pmphelps@enterprise.net |
