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Shepherd's Bush Village Hall is a Victorian building located on
During the Great War, the Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Regiment was formed, an amalgamation of the Bushmen and the West London Volunteer Corps, named the 20th (Hammersmith) Battalion County of London Regiment. It was composed of four companies, and two of these, the ‘A’ and the ‘B’ Company met at the Drill Hall.www.indyrs.co.uk
Retrieved April 2012 The Bushmen (presumably a punning reference to field regiments raised during the
:A-singing some refrain,
:A good song makes you swing along,
:Let it go! Might and main,
:We are the merry Bushmen on the march again,
:A good sport every man,
:Light and Hearty, we’re an optimistic party,
:The jolly Old Bushmen on the march again."
Retrieved April 2012Fulham Chronicle 2 April
Retrieved April 2012 2012 Shepherd's Bush Village Hall is not a listed building but it falls within the Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area, an area designated by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham as worthy of special protection.
The West London School of Dance at Shepherd's Bush Village Hall
Retrieved April 2012
Map of Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area
Retrieved April 2012 {{coord, 51.50573, N, 0.22438, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Victorian architecture in England
Shepherd's Bush Village Hall is a Victorian building located on Wood Lane
Wood Lane (A219 road, A219, formerly A40 road, A40) is a street in London. It runs north from Shepherd's Bush, under the Westway (London), Westway (A40) past Wormwood Scrubs where it meets Scrubs Lane. The road is wholly in the London Borough of ...
in Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Although primarily residential in character, i ...
, London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, built in 1898. It was originally constructed as a drill hall for the 1st City of London Volunteer Artillery, but now serves the community as the home of London Vocational Ballet School and West London School of Dance. It was owned by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham until March 2012 when it was sold to the Wigoder Family Foundation.
History
The building was originally constructed as adrill hall
A drill hall is a place such as a building or a hangar where soldiers practise and perform military drills.
Description
In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, the term was used for the whole headquarters building of a military reserve unit, ...
. The foundation stone, since damaged by shrapnel (presumably during WW2), at Shepherd's Bush Village Hall reads as follows:
:''This drill hall was built for the use of the 1st City of London Volunteer Artillery E.D.R.A, by Stephen A. Walker, Captain No 10 Company. W. Shearburn, architect, Dorking''.
EDRA stands for "Eastern Division Royal Artillery".
WWI
During the Great War, the Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Regiment was formed, an amalgamation of the Bushmen and the West London Volunteer Corps, named the 20th (Hammersmith) Battalion County of London Regiment. It was composed of four companies, and two of these, the ‘A’ and the ‘B’ Company met at the Drill Hall.www.indyrs.co.ukRetrieved April 2012 The Bushmen (presumably a punning reference to field regiments raised during the
Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...
) had their own marching song, which was composed by a local volunteer, Mr Alfred Whittell:
:"We are the merry Bushmen on the march again,:A-singing some refrain,
:A good song makes you swing along,
:Let it go! Might and main,
:We are the merry Bushmen on the march again,
:A good sport every man,
:Light and Hearty, we’re an optimistic party,
:The jolly Old Bushmen on the march again."
Modern era
The hall was used in the 1960s as a rehearsal facility forDoctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
.
In early 2012 the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham () is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London. The borough was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham. The borou ...
, owners of the Shepherd's Bush Village Hall, announced that the building had been sold to the Wigoder Family Foundation, a charitable foundation established by British entrepreneur Charles Wigoder
Charles Wigoder (born 2 March 1960) is an English telecommunications entrepreneur, associated with building both Peoples Phone and Telecom Plus (The Utility Warehouse) into substantial and successful businesses.
Biography
The son of The Right ...
with the aim of supporting a wide range of charitable causes.
The Council stated that it intended to spend the proceeds of the sale on front-line services, and to reduce its outstanding debt which at the time stood at £133 million. Among the charities which will continue to rent space in the Hall are The West London School of Dance who currently occupy the ground floor hall of the building.Shepherds Bush.Blog 2 April 2012Retrieved April 2012
Retrieved April 2012 2012 Shepherd's Bush Village Hall is not a listed building but it falls within the Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area, an area designated by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham as worthy of special protection.
See also
*History of Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham centred on Shepherd's Bush Green. Originally a pasture for shepherds on their way to Smithfield market, it was largely developed in the late nineteenth and early tw ...
*List of units of the British Army Territorial Force 1908
The following is a list of units transferred to the Territorial Force on 1 April 1908, or raised in that year under the terms of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, and the associations by which they were administered. The County Associ ...
*Territorial Army (United Kingdom)
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel who retain a statutory liability for service. The Army Reserve was known as the Ter ...
Notes
External links
The West London School of Dance at Shepherd's Bush Village Hall
Retrieved April 2012
Map of Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area
Retrieved April 2012 {{coord, 51.50573, N, 0.22438, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Victorian architecture in England
Village Hall
A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as:
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...