STOP PRESS ! NOTICE OF MEETING No 5 - MUMBY CHURCH

10am SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2025 at MUMBY CHURCH, HOGSTHORPE ROAD, MUMBY, LN13 9SD

 

The next EMESS meeting will take place at the above address this coming Saturday.  Mumby is on the A52 on the way to Chapel St Leonards.  Would you like to come and help us get this venue ready for training in heritage skills ?  It is a redundant church and former community centre and so it already has toilets and a kitchen, plus lots of space.  Come in your old clothes with gloves, kneelers if you need them, brushes, etc, and bring a packed lunch !

 

Please contact Trevor Oliver by phone : 07801 065291, or by email : millstonerestoration58@gmail.com, or by replying to this blog. 

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