So with the Village Hall at the very nearly completed stage (still) and with the inside ready for business the next question is who will be invited to perform the opening ceremony. The old hall (in about 1934) was opened by the Earl of Home-the then most prominent Berwickshire Laird. The present one has few connections (apart from a distant cousin living locally) in Hutton. The Lord Lieutenant would be an obvious choice but again has had little to do with our hamlet. Huttonian considers that our MSP the amiable Euan Robson might be a good choice. He was very helpful over the campaign to save the primary school and has shown considerable interest in the hall issue although his idea of transforming the old school into the new hall never really caught on with the Hall Committee-it has to be said that it has played its part as a temporary community centre with great distinction and even managed to provide a site for the indoor bowls Hutton's main winter sporting activity.
It will be a big occasion with invitees including the funding agencies and all other bodies involved in this major project. And the whole village of course.Probaly too many to all get into the hall but speeches can be relayed to the listening world-perhaps some Pub can provide a giant screen -must be a lot surplus to requirements now that the World Cup is (mercifully) over and no one wants to watch Trinidad and Tabago any more.
Spillover spectators could sit on the outside wall. Except. of course,
there ain't one.
Anyone with good ideas pass them on to the Hall Committee. Vox Pop always welcome, I am sure
