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
nice village hall with a lot going on around it
Village Hall Series 1354 - Gullane, East Lothian https://coord.info/GCA1X3T
In 1902, a group of Gullane businessmen purchased a mission Church, made of wood and corrugated iron, from Gorgie in Edinburgh. They had it dismantled and transported to Gullane by horse and cart. It was reassembled on a site in Main Street for a short period before being moved to what is now the village hall car park.
For many years it provided a focus for village activities, but after requisition and use by the Army between 1939 and 1947 it was in a bad state of repair. The building was handed to the village as a gift by the original owners and a management committee was set up. A campaign to raise funds for a new hall began in 1950.
Due to the villagers' fund raising efforts and a generous offer by Mr Ian Bowhill MBE JP (who lived in the village) to double any funds raised, a new hall was built and opened on the 15th October 1958.
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