Chapelhay Community Partnership AGM 2009

Our aim is to generate a sense of community in the Chapelhay area, initially through developing the Chapelhay Gardens for community use.

Our ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

will take place at the OLD TOWN HALL

on Sunday 4 OCTOBER 2009

at 12 NOON

Having saved the Old Town Hall and set up the Guardians of the Old Town Hall we now need to focus our attention on our local area.

The Chapelhay Gardens still need some particular attention. We need to consider how we can ensure that the gardens will be kept for our future use.

Are there any other areas of Chapelhay that you would like to help to improve?

Please come along and have your say

For more information please contact Sue or Martin on 77060, Jenny on 777603 or Mark on 759312

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Amazing gift of ancient signature to Old Town Hall

Great news

The Guardians of the Old Town Hall CIC*(community interest company), which has taken over the lease of the Old Town Hall and plans to turn it into a heritage and community centre, has revealed how a hand has reached down through history to support the project.

At the centre of the group’s vision for the hall is an exhibition dedicated to the English Civil War, particularly the little-known but important battle of Weymouth in 1645 which centred around Chapelhay.

The group was amazed when a 350-year-old letter was presented to them which bares the signature of Colonel William Sydenham, a Dorset man and MP for Melcombe who led the bloody battle and played a pivotal role in helping to win the war for the Parliamentarians... read the rest of this Dorset Echo Article here.