Each September the Friendly Society orgainises a mystery outing for the Senior Citizens, usually by coach including a cream tea and a supper in the village hall in the evening.

2008 Senior Citizen's Outing

This year the seniors were treated to a trip to Swindon.

The Village Hall is available for hire for a variety of purposes.  Certain events (see the list below) are charged at a standard rate irrespective of how long the Hall is in use; for events not contained in this list, the hiring fee is based on an hourly rate (currently £6.00 per hour).

Standard events and their respective hiring fees are as follows:

*  If food is being provided, the Friendly Society’s white crockery
    and cutlery is available for use subject to a donation of £10.00. 
    This donation should be passed directly to the Friendly Society’s
    honorary treasurer, Tony Shepherd.

The Village Hall, which is situated at the bottom of Hannah's Lane, was officially opened on Wednesday, 10th December 1913 at 2:30 in the afternoon by Mrs. Graves-Knyfton of Uphill Manor. A contemporary newspaper article, originally published on Friday 12th December 1913, describes the opening ceremony in detail.

The 'New Hall', as it was known was originally owned by a group of worthy villagers who had contributed to its cost.  However, during the 1970's the trusteeship was given over to the Village Hall Committee. 

Two Travel Cots as new.

£30 each

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These are some links to documents.

• Opening
• Page1
• Page2

This a single link to the report of the opening

The following e-mail was sent from Milan to Anne at Customer Services, Mendip District Council and was forwarded to Barry Lane, Clerk, Westbury-sub-Mendip Parish Council:-

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On 12 January the Parish Council will decide how to spend our winnings of £500. The overall feeling is that it should be something that is permanent and of value to the community. If you have any thoughts on this, please contact Barry Lane on 01749 870457 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Singing in Time 2009

On Saturday 28^th November, the Village Singers, under the direction of Malcolm Mogford, held a concert in St. Lawrence Church; a good number of people came along to support the event despite the inclement weather that evening.  The audience were treated to a wide variety of songs including Spirituals, Hungarian Folk Songs, Madrigals, modern Popular Songs and Rounds, with some of the latter genre requiring audience participation.  The singing was interspersed with poetry readings, a couple of solo performances by Lauren Mayor, and half-time refreshments of mince pies and mulled wine.  At the end of the concert, the audience were full of praise making this very enjoyable event a great success for all.

The retiring collection raised the princely sum of £138.53 and this money was donated to The Friends of Westbury Church.

On Thursday 3^rd December the Thursday Club held a sale in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Cards, wrapping paper and a good selection of gifts were on offer, also teas and home made cakes. We had a very pleasant afternoon; quite a lot of people came from the village, which was nice. Not many people know where Stoneleigh Community Room is, so we had to give detailed instructions. A total of £111.07 was raised. Altogether a very successful afternoon.                                                                      

Mary Carlisle

On Friday 4th December 2009 Janet received a package addressed to The Westbury Book Exchange. Well done the Post Office for delivering it to Janet & Ray's cottage in The Square.........

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Orgainised by Andrew Buchanan, the residents of The Square enjoyed a tea party on August Bank Holiday Monday. On a beautiful afternoon, chairs, tables - some with posh cloths,  tea services and home made cakes were wheeled out and set  beside the old disused 'phone box. Some of us who couldn't wait for the sun to go down over the yard arm brought alcoholic beverages.

Listen to Janet's interview, broadcast to America with the BBC / WGBH /PRI co-production 'The World, ' which took place on Dec 1st