This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres. For details and statistics visit the Village Hall Series website Click here
The Memorial Hall in the Berkshire village of Purley on Thames was built with funds raised by the villagers after the Second World War. The idea was to provide a hall as an amenity for the village, particularly for those who had returned from the war and as a war memorial to those soldiers of Purley who did not come back from the Great War and the Second World War. A committee was set up to find a suitable site and to raise funds.
The land acquired was at the north-east corner of Glebe Road with lovely views across the Thames towards the Chiltern Hills. The cost was £120, much of which was raised in a ‘penny a week’ collection as well as from fetes and other activities. A local bricklayer, Mr Bert Nicholls of Glebe Road, led a team of volunteers who built the hall. The work began in 1948 and the hall was opened in 1953.
Much more can be read of the history of the hall here.
Now for the cache.
Before you set off, you will need to solve this puzzle to find out what you must do with the numbers that you find in Glebe Road.
At the Memorial Hall
The gates are kept locked when the hall is not in use but you only need to look for two notices on the gate. The lower one of these has a statement written in red.
A = the number of words written in red on the lower notice
BC = the two digit house number on the property adjacent to the car park (to your right as you look at the hall).
The cache is within walking distance.
FTF honours go to the our caching buddies wendykmj. Well done folks!