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Marchington Village Hall News May 2020
Well this is a funny one. Looking back at my entry for the April magazine is like staring
into a different world. I was urging you to buy tickets for the MADS Plays and Plonk
evening on Friday 3 April. How naïve that looks now. However your redoubtable editor
Kate has said keep it positive so I will, but I suspect Marchington readers in early May
will equally look on this article fondly, as a work of fiction in a thoroughly dystopian
world.
We had a village hall meeting on 19 March (my last contact with non-household humans)
and decided to cut all our expenditure and put the hall into a state of suspended animation
– not spending any money as none was likely to come in for a while.
The planned car park work is also on hold…not our decision but that of the contractors.
However, and here is the good news:

As usual, call Gill Williamson on 820407 or
email marchingtonvillagehallbookings@hotmail.com.

Marchington WI Report from Members Night Meeting
held in March 2020
Judith Jones, acting President for the evening, welcomed everyone to this members’
meeting. She introduced her fellow acting officers, Janet Hughes (Treasurer) and Shirley
Boultby (Secretary).
The Minutes from the previous meeting on 17th February 2020 were read and approved.
Janet introduced the evening’s activity. Members were asked to form teams of three for
a quiz. There were 5 rounds of 10 questions. The winning team were Margaret
Johnson, Ann Matthews and Jenny Mellor. Prizes of Easter eggs were
awarded.
Janet then talked about some of the current financial scams, people
masquerading as bank staff and also Amazon delivery personnel. She
gave advice on how to stay safe in these circumstances. Her insight
was much appreciated by members.

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