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.
![Quorn Village Hall – ‘Nurseryrhymia’ Christmas Show 1908](artefacts/images100wide/2426.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Village Hall – ‘Nurseryrhymia’ Christmas Show 1908 This poster was found in the parish council archives and is dated 1908. It is not in ...... cont.
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![Quorndon Embossing Presses](artefacts/images100wide/2404.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorndon Embossing Presses These two embossing presses were found during the 2020 Parish Council office move from ...... cont.
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![Miss Judy Dormon - Carnival Queen. 1945](artefacts/images100wide/1771.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Old People's Meat Tea - 1896](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Old People's Meat Tea - 1896 Loughborough Herald - 16th January 1896
On Tuesday evening upwards of 110 old people ...... cont.
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![Parcels Fund concert - 1939](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Parcels Fund concert - 1939 Loughborough Echo - 1st December 1939
The Village Hall was well filled on Wednesday ...... cont.
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![Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn - 1960](artefacts/images100wide/1685.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1656.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Village Hall drama productions, 1930s These two photographs show a young Jack Field in two different Village Hall drama ...... cont.
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![Sherriff Brothers - 1906](artefacts/images100wide/1583.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Sherriff Brothers - 1906 An advertisement for Sherriff Brothers, grocers and butchers from a village hall souvenir ...... cont.
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![Quorn's Jubilee Cash - 1977](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn's Jubilee Cash - 1977 Loughborough Echo - 26th August 1977
Quorn's Jubilee Cash
The future of £350 that ...... cont.
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![Early Quorn Shops and Businesses - 1906](artefacts/images100wide/1541.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![New Year's Eve parties - 1936](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Children’s Ball - 1893](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Children’s Ball - 1893 Loughborough Herald - 12th January 1893
The second annual children’s ball was held at ...... cont.
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![Football Club Concert - 1897](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Football Club Concert - 1897 Loughborough Herald - 28th January 1897
The concert held at the Village Hall on ...... cont.
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![Baptist Bazaar at Quorn - 1899](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Baptist Bazaar at Quorn - 1899 Loughborough Herald - 9th November 1899
A two days’ bazaar was opened at the ...... cont.
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![Dramatic entertainment - 1914](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Dramatic entertainment - 1914 Loughborough Herald - 22nd January 1914
Amateur dramatic performances were given at ...... cont.
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![Successful 'Suspect' at Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/1390.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1377.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1293.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Concert in Village Hall - 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 11th October 1963
Some of the children taking part in the ...... cont.
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![Old People's Fellowship - 1971](artefacts/images100wide/1229.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Old People's Fellowship - 1971 Loughborough Monitor - 15th October 1971
Stallholder Mrs J C Field (right) serving ...... cont.
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![Quorndon Parish Council, monthly meeting April 1963](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorndon Parish Council, monthly meeting April 1963 Loughborough Monitor - 12th April 1963
Quorn Parish Council decided at its monthly ...... cont.
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![Quorn Council and brook to be cleaned - 1934](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/1194.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Jubilee Concert - 1977 Loughborough Echo - 13th May 1977
The village hall was packed to capacity on Thursday ...... cont.
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![Proposed communal kitchen at Quorn - scheme rejected - 1918](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![War Tribunal - 1917](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | War Tribunal - 1917 Loughborough Herald - 19th March 1917
(Tribunals were held locally to consider ...... cont.
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![Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Village Hall as wartime canteen - 1941 Loughborough Echo - 3rd January 1941
The village hall, which Quorn people are ...... cont.
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![Opening of the village hall](artefacts/images100wide/1136.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![Quorn Parish Council and the Black-out - 1940](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn aids Belgian refugees - 1914 Loughborough Herald - 29th October 1914
Belgian refugees in Leicestershire
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![Welfare Clinic 1920](artefacts/images100wide/865.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/839.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/747.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/685.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/578.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/507.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/newspapers.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/225.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](graphics/pdfs.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/188.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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](artefacts/images100wide/128.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society - Without the Prince Loughborough Monitor - 15th May 1953
Quorn Amateur Dramatic Society is attempting ...... cont.
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![Original Village Hall poster](artefacts/images100wide/49.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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![The Village Hall, Quorn](artefacts/images100wide/48.jpg) | ![](graphics/transparent/graphic10x10.gif) | 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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Total: 47 artefacts returned