Sat facing The Green, the Village Hall, was built as The Tilford Institute in 1893/4 to a Sir Edwin Lutyens’ design and erected in memory of Charles Archibald Anderson of Waverley Abbey, near Farnham.

In 1895 the Institute opened as a club for entertainment, with a paid membership, but also available for private hire. In 1933 the name of the building changed from the “Tilford Institute” to the “Tilford Village Hall”. Throughout the 2nd World War local dances, with live bands, continued. In the mid ’80s a number of local bands used the hall as rehearsal space including The Innocence in the Summer of ’84 and This Breed of Heroes.

Ready! Village Hall, Tilford

About the same time the building was listed as being of architectural interest. It is still used by bands for rehearsals and performances to this day.

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Village Hall, Tillford
The Innocence, with Gibson on sax, rehearsing in Tilford Village Hall. Picture courtesy of Bruno Bannerman
The Innocence rehearsing in Tilford Village Hall. Picture courtesy of Bruno Bannerman
Village Hall, Tilford