VILLAGE HALL SERIES 1269 - LITTLE MILL A nice multi beginning at the village hall in little mill. The final location is on a quiet road and i was surprised there are no caches down there so i made this one cause it was just the perfect place for a cache in my opinion. It starts at the village hall, you can probably park in Little Mill somewhere or at my letterbox hybrid about 1/2 a mile down the main road and walk from there.
To get the final co-ordinates look on the back of the metal sign and you will see numbers printed on a yellow bit of plastic. It says MA and then 3 numbers after the MA. Call these three numbers ABC. To get to the final location solve the formula below.
N51 43. (A) (C-B) (A), W2 58. (C) (C-B) (C)
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
In the height of the 1930's depression more and more men in Little Mill found it difficult to find employment. The village policeman, PC W J Taylor, saw the opportunity of engaging the time and talents of the unemployed and in 1933 launched a project to build a village hall. Funds were raised and over 30 unemployed men provided voluntary labour to build the hall. Mr C Tedman Jones acted gratuitously as the architect and supervised the project throughout. The Village Hall opened in 1935. Special tribute was paid to the vision and commitment of PC Taylor. Colonel Ford, chairman of the Hall Committee, said "It is a compliment to the police force to find a man who is willing and able to devote his spare time to such a work as this. I think that it is the most credible building of its kind I have ever seen. It is exactly the sort of building you want in this place”.
£885 was raised to build the hall, the main sources being £190 from the Carnegie UK Trust, £380 loan from Monmouthshire Rural Community Council, and £20 from public subscriptions. The hall cost £861 to build, and it was estimated that the voluntary labour had saved over £250.
The hall has been refurbished and improved over its 79 year history but still reflects the original vision of PC Taylor and other community leaders. A multi-use sports area was added during the late 1990s.
The Village Hall is a registered charity and is run by a small group of local people.
Thank you to GeoJaxx for the information on the village hall and the help.