Polbathic
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Polbathic is a village within the parish
of St Germans in south-east Cornwall
, England
, United Kingdom
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The Polbathic Community Hall houses a snooker club and is the rehearsal venue for the famous Polbathic Players who perform their own scripted pantomime each year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the first two weekends of February.
The 2010 pantomime Lost Land of Narkurs, skillfully crafted by Kim Byles and Tony Bowditch, has been nominated by the Cornwall Drama Association for best panto of 2009/2010 and its villain for Best Actor in the musicals section.
The community hall was originally installed by World War I veterans - having survived the trenches of Belgium, the war-torn lads of the village wanted somewhere they could meet - a "home from home". They purchased a tin hut from Tregantle in 1921 and had it moved and erected in its current position. The soldiers decreed that no alcohol be served and the hall quickly became a popular community meeting place.
Nowadays the hall is host to BarnDances, private parties, Murder Mystery events and shows...plans are afoot to raise money to rebuild the hall as it has seen better days - the roof leaks, there is wet rot and rotten windows. Hopefully within the next 18 months we will have a purpose-built, user-friendly modern accessible community hall - watch this space!!!
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of St Germans in south-east Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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The Polbathic Community Hall houses a snooker club and is the rehearsal venue for the famous Polbathic Players who perform their own scripted pantomime each year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the first two weekends of February.
The 2010 pantomime Lost Land of Narkurs, skillfully crafted by Kim Byles and Tony Bowditch, has been nominated by the Cornwall Drama Association for best panto of 2009/2010 and its villain for Best Actor in the musicals section.
The community hall was originally installed by World War I veterans - having survived the trenches of Belgium, the war-torn lads of the village wanted somewhere they could meet - a "home from home". They purchased a tin hut from Tregantle in 1921 and had it moved and erected in its current position. The soldiers decreed that no alcohol be served and the hall quickly became a popular community meeting place.
Nowadays the hall is host to BarnDances, private parties, Murder Mystery events and shows...plans are afoot to raise money to rebuild the hall as it has seen better days - the roof leaks, there is wet rot and rotten windows. Hopefully within the next 18 months we will have a purpose-built, user-friendly modern accessible community hall - watch this space!!!