SLALEY is such a busy village, with a well-used and much-appreciated village hall.

The Commemoration hall committee consists of representatives from all the groups that meet in the hall, plus various other interested parties .

Two important team members are our caretaker, Reg Urwin, and the booking clerk, Ann Wright. Cleaning up after using the hall is vital, and helps keep the hall clean and tidy .

Reporting damage or breakages can help keep costs down and hiring charges competitive.

Booking an event is simple and easy to do, thanks to our great booking clerk.

Thanks to everyone who keeps the hall running so well.

COLIN Jewitt will be leading a walk around the nest boxes at Ladycross Nature Reserve to see the tawny owl young.

This will be one evening during the week beginning Monday, May 16, but the exact date has yet to be confirmed.

To book and get further details please contact Merilyn on (01434) 689889.

THE next film show is on Friday, May 20. All the Pretty Horses, an elegiac Western based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy, about three young cowboys, who ride from Texas into Mexico in search of what may be left of the Old West.

The film club will also be putting on an extra film on Wednesday, June 15.

The film is Timbuktu, set in the legendary city, whose richly diverse traditions are being trampled by fanatical jihadis, often from outside the country.

The show is at the usual time and place, but please note the change of day!

THE volunteers for the medicine run for the next two Thursdays will be Martin Pugh.