Entries by Barbara Badger

More repairs at the Village Hall…

Hall users will be aware that since the Hall re-opened there have been a few problems with the new floor installed during the 51 week closure period in 2016-2017. The council carried out a temporary repair a few weeks ago, prior to replacing the floor completely. This was provisionally scheduled for the schools’ Half Term […]

Christmas Dining Offer from The Pantry, Colinton

The Pantry, recently opened at the top of Bridge Road in Colinton, is offering a 10% discount, to be used in January, for anyone booking a meal during December. Download the Christmas menu or the booking form More information about at www.thepantryedinburgh.co.uk.

Juniper Green Village Hall Youth Club re-starts Thursday 21st September

Youth Club Start Back Dates and Time for Primary 5, 6 & 7 Juniper Green Village Hall Organisation, 1a Juniper Park Road, Edinburgh, EH14 5DX Thursday 21 September – 14 December (Closed for Mid Term Break Thursday 19th October) Time:   7pm – 8.30pm Cost   50p per session Download the Youth Club Policy Leaflet for more information.

AGM 2017

The 2017 Village Hall AGM will take place on Thursday 25th May at 7.30pm in the Village Hall again! Refreshments will be available from 7.15pm.  All welcome! Please do join us for an initial (mini) celebration of the re-opening of the Hall after a closure of almost 12 months.  This is your opportunity to see […]

Juniper Green Village Hall re-opens – at last!

After almost 12 months of delays in every aspect of the repair work from planning to implementation, the Village Hall was finally handed back to the community on the afternoon of Thursday 27th April. There are still one or two snagging issues to be sorted out, and the playgroup garden is not quite ready for […]

The Hall WILL re-open – but not immediately

The most recent survey has confirmed, as we always believed, that the extent of the damage is not nearly as widespread as initially suggested, and that in fact, with the exception of repair work required for the west gable, the structure of the hall as a whole is essentially sound. A 5-year plan of repair […]

Public Meeting on 23rd June Postponed

Monday 20th June: We have heard today that due to the extent of survey work required to properly assess the structure of the Village Hall (including rot), it will not be possible to make a full report available in time for the public meeting scheduled for Thursday 23rd June. This meeting has therefore been postponed until […]

Village Hall AGM – 26th May

It was standing room only at our AGM last Thursday – wonderful to see so many local people attending in support of our Village Hall! The Councillors in attendance, Ricky Henderson (Lab) and Bill Henderson (SNP), faced many questions from the floor. The meeting was presented with two possible options – a new survey of […]

Juniper Green Village Hall closed

Juniper Green Village Hall has been closed with effect from the evening of Wednesday 4th May, following the discovery of a perceived ‘fault’ in one of the gable walls. Most classes and other activities have now been moved to a range of other premises in the local area until this can be investigated further and […]