Memorial Hall
The Grade II-listed Memorial Hall is one of the village's largest buildings; it was built in 1923 as a memorial to the miners killed in World War I. Initially it was used as a meeting hall and community centre, before being converted in the 1920s to a cinema and ballroom and renamed The Majestic by the locals.
Built in Edwardian style with several rooms, it was perhaps a little too grand for a small community and experienced financial difficulties in the late 1920s. Nevertheless, it continued to operate a cinema and ballroom for many decades afterwards.
The building had been disused since the 1970s despite several attempts in recent times to restore and redevelop the building, none of which got beyond the planning stage. In 2009, however, work began to redevelop the building as residences. This project stalled, but has recommenced with windows being installed in October 2011 for the first time in years. Expected completion by summer 2012
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