Since its erection in 1889 on the site
of a tannery, the village hall has been the focal point of the community.
In this section you can find accounts of the many events which took
place here over the years as well as a history of the building and
its evolution into the hall that we use today.
 |  | Miss Judy Dormon - Carnival Queen. 1945
Loughborough Echo - 22nd June 1945
A dance was given in the Village Hall, lent by ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society’s fine start - 1950
Loughborough Monitor - 9th February 1950
The newly-formed Quorn Amateur Dramatic ...... cont.
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 | | The Children of the Village Hall
On the 29th June 1889 four children laid memorial foundation stones at the Village Hall. ...... cont.
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| | Parcels Fund concert - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 1st December 1939
The Village Hall was well filled on Wednesday ...... cont.
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| | Old People's Meat Tea - 1896
Loughborough Herald - 16th January 1896
On Tuesday evening upwards of 110 old people ...... cont.
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 | | Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn - 1960
Loughborough Monitor - 15th April 1960
Members of Quorn Dramatic Society presented the ...... cont.
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 | | Village Hall drama productions, 1930s
These two photographs show a young Jack Field in two different Village Hall drama ...... cont.
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| | Quorn's Jubilee Cash - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 26th August 1977
Quorn's Jubilee Cash
The future of £350 that ...... cont.
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 | | Sherriff Brothers - 1906
An advertisement for Sherriff Brothers, grocers and butchers from a village hall souvenir ...... cont.
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 | | Early Quorn Shops and Businesses - 1906
This advertisement was taken from a souvenier brochure for the Christmas Bazaar held in ...... cont.
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| | Quorn has given hospital £2,500 in ten years - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963
At the annual meeting of Quorn Group of the ...... cont.
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| | Football Club Concert - 1897
Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1897
The concert held at the Village Hall on ...... cont.
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| | Children’s Ball - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1893
The second annual children’s ball was held at ...... cont.
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| | New Year's Eve parties - 1936
Loughborough Echo - January 3rd 1936
The New Year’s party of the Infant Welfare was ...... cont.
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| | Dramatic entertainment - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 22nd January 1914
Amateur dramatic performances were given at ...... cont.
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| | Baptist Bazaar at Quorn - 1899
Loughborough Herald - 9th November 1899
A two days’ bazaar was opened at the ...... cont.
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 | | Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn
Loughborough Monitor - 15th April 1960
Members of Quorn Dramatic Society presented the ...... cont.
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 | | Village Hall Ball Ticket 1906
From this ticket, it sounds as if the Village Hall ball was an annual event. It is ...... cont.
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 | | Concert in Village Hall - 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 11th October 1963
Some of the children taking part in the ...... cont.
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| | Quorndon Parish Council, monthly meeting April 1963
Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963
Quorn Parish Council decided at its monthly ...... cont.
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 | | Old People's Fellowship - 1971
Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971
Stallholder Mrs J C Field (right) serving ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Council and brook to be cleaned - 1934
Loughborough Echo - 17th August 1934
A meeting of the Quorn Urban District Council was ...... cont.
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 | | Jubilee Concert - 1977
Loughborough Echo - 13th May 1977
The village hall was packed to capacity on Thursday ...... cont.
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| | War Tribunal - 1917
Loughborough Herald - 19th March 1917
(Tribunals were held locally to consider ...... cont.
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| | Proposed communal kitchen at Quorn - scheme rejected - 1918
Loughborough Herald - 28th February 1918
In connection with the Food Economy Campaign, ...... cont.
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 | | Opening of the village hall
Poster advertising the opening of the village hall in 1889. This poster is housed in ...... cont.
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| | Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941
Loughborough Echo - 3rd January 1941
The village hall, which Quorn people are ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Parish Council and the Black-out - 1940
Loughborough Echo - 19th January 1940
Taking advantage of the moon, Quorn Parish ...... cont.
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| | Raising funds for proposed church rooms - 1910
Loughborough Monitor and News - 30th June 1910
A summer fete and sale of work was ...... cont.
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| | Quorn aids Belgian refugees - 1914
Loughborough Herald - 29th October 1914
Belgian refugees in Leicestershire
A large ...... cont.
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 | | Welfare Clinic 1920
The clinic was held in the village hall. Here mothers and children have gathered at the ...... cont.
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 | | Carr's Boot Shop c1930
The shop stood on the corner of Leicester Road, opposite the Village Hall.
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 | | Quorn Sailors' and Soldiers' Fund 1918
Loughborough Herald - 29th August 1918
Fancy Dress Parade
In aid of the local ...... cont.
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 | | Laying of village hall memorial stones - June 29th 1889
This fragile poster advertising the ceremony for the laying of the memorial stones was ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Village Hall Poster 1891
Printed in the Quorndon Parish Magazine, April 1891. To see the full magazine, look at ...... cont.
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 | | Opening of Quorn Village Hall
An original poster detailing the opening celebrations of Quorn Village Hall on the 26th ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Parish Council 1947
Loughborough Monitor - 9th January 1947
In response to complaints about flooding in ...... cont.
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| | Quorn Parish Council Meeting - 1939
Loughborough Echo - 6th January 1939
The monthly meeting of the Quorn Parish Council ...... cont.
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| | Quorn celebrates a royal wedding - 1893
Loughborough Herald - 13th July 1893
In honour of the royal wedding the village hall ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Village Hall
The street scene remains largely the same, some of the granite pillars are still in situ ...... cont.
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| | Jubilee of Quorn Village Hall and proposed share issue 1939
Loughborough Echo - 16th June 1939
Mr W E B J Farnham's work in ...... cont.
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 | | Buddon Wood granite quarrying
Loughborough Echo - 21st January 1972
Buddon Wood granite quarry permit covers 500 ...... cont.
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 | | Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society - Without the Prince
Loughborough Monitor - 15th May 1953
Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society is attempting ...... cont.
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 | | The Village Hall, Quorn
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A meeting chaired by Mr Farnham ...... cont.
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 | | Original Village Hall poster
The hall was built on the site of a tannery in 1889. A meeting chaired by Mr Farnham ...... cont.
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Total: 45 artefacts returned
