Given the current issues we are facing and how reports suggest that Covid-19 can remain viable and infection of some surfaces for days after contamination can I suggest that people remember to sanitise their hands before and after finding the container and signing the log book. The main priority here is that we should always stay safe.
This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres. This is a series which other cachers can add to and expand into other geographical areas. See the Village Hall Series bookmark list for all the caches in the series.
The Village Hall in Trudoxhill is located pretty much in the centre of the village. It is quite an attractive building.
Many thanks to Geojaxx for providing the following information on the village hall:
Over a period of many years, attempts had been made to raise sufficient funds to build a village hall. An attempt dating back to 1935 was interrupted by the war and funds diverted into supporting the war effort.
In 1952/53 a new committee was formed with the objective of building a Village Hall and an application was made to Frome United Breweries for a piece of land adjoining the White Hart on which to build. Although approval was given and planning permission obtained, a dispute over the choice of stone or wood for the construction resulted in the planning permission lapsing and the project was temporarily discontinued.
In 1971 Mr Macfarlane, who then lived at Millards Hill, reported that huts from the military base at Blandford were being sold by auction and a suitable hut for use as a village hall might be available. So, lot 72 – a former dentistry, was purchased by Mrs Cherry Ionides and Mrs Brenda Brooks for £45. The hut had to be moved from the site within four weeks and approximately 14 volunteers spent their weekends at Blandford dismantling the hut ready for removal to Truoxhill. Each section was marked up to identify its position in the hut and was then stacked in the area which now forms the Village Hall car park.
The task of rebuilding the hut began in June 1972. This work fell to the band of volunteers who worked tirelessly for several months until the hut was erected. Added to the hut was a small extension to house the entrance hall and the toilets.
Throughout the period of erecting the hall the labour used was all volunteered from local residents so that the only payments required to be made were for the digging of the footings and the building of the extension.
Even before the work was totally complete, the hall was used for an Easter Bonnet Parade on 15th April 1974. The hall was officially opened at the Harvest Supper in September 1974 for 150 people.
To locate the cache please visit the sign waypoint and answer the following question and enter it into the checker.
How many organisations are proud to support the Trudoxhill Community Garden?
Do not enter the number as numeral but as a word, so if the answer was 7 you'd enter 7.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
The cache itself is a 35mm film pot. You will need to bring your own pencil.
There is a quid waiting for the first lucky finder.
If you would like to expand the Village Hall Series by placing a cache of your own please do so, but please contact GeoJaxx first to request a number and to add the cache to the bookmark list.