Our tiny village is a fantastic place to live and very friendly but sadly it no longer has a pub of its own. When the the last pub closed down in the 1970s the villagers decided to run a social club in the village hall instead. And it has been going strong ever since.
We have a lovely village hall with vaulted ceiling, great kitchen, a store room for all the table and chairs and a lovely cosy bar area with open fire. It is used a lot by the village but mainly by the social club who organise masked balls, quiz nights, BBQs, parties, big screen sports nights - you name it - they do it.
Anyway one of my friends in the village had the inspired idea of setting up a family night at our village social club. The main thing parents complain about is that they can't go out in the evenings to see their friends. And we don't have a village mother and baby/toddler group so it is difficult for new parents to meet people when they arrive in the village. So she set up a family night once a month so that people can go to the social club and take their children with them. It starts at 6.30 pm and most are back home between 8 and 9pm when the adults take over. There are a quite a few toddlers and some 10 year olds and between them they have so much fun. They run around a lot, have a few cartons of apple juice, do a bit of drawing etc and then go home worn out and ready for bed. Us parents manage to catch up with friends, sit down for a chat and a drink (OJ for me!) and then wander home with tired but happy kids.
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Sounds similar to the 'Family nights' that were held once a month at the local Community Centre where we used to live - the kids loved it, the men (and some of the women) could have a beer, there was a kids orientated disco and lots of chat - Brilliant!
Oh your village life, sounds amazing. What a superb idea, long may it continue..How are you doing with the pregnancy?
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