Yes you have worked it out-after years of effort and disappointment the Hutton Village Hall committee have successfully achieved an award of £195,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. This together with awards from two other bodies almost certainly means that work on a new hall can begin some time this supper-this I hasten to add is a supposition and a wish-the Hall Committee will reveal all at a celebratory coffee evening tomorrow. Although (I suspect) not all necessary funding is in the bag this massive vote of confidence, in effect, from BLF will surely attract other support from other agencies. Very Well done the Hall Committee and very well done the people of Hutton who have contributed so generously to the various fund raising efforts.
Huttonian has had his differences with the Hall Committee in the past. Those who recall the old discontinued rant will remember all that. Some of his comments caused some offence in certain quarters-not the intention and apologies for some of the phraseology are once again in order. He sometimes felt that there was not enough local participation and effective consultation in the decision making process. But all that changed and especially after the short lived idea to build on the field in front of the Kirk was very sensibly abandoned in the face of quite significant local opposition and planning objections. Now there is no doubt about local enthusiasm for this new hall on the existing site and we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the HHC for their persistence in the face of setback and the very hard work they put into the process. Take a bow the two J's and their fellow committee members.
