During the year 1909, Mickle Trafford were the proud owners of a new school located in School Lane, this then left the old school (which is currently the Village Club) vacant. The rector of St Peters in Plemstall , the Reverend J Hooker Toogood was looking for solution to provide a church that was accessible to the residents of Mickle Trafford, when Plemstall Lane became isolated due to bad weather or floods. He decided convert the school into a church.

The church was built on the old playground at the rear of the school, and when it was completed is was known as Saint Andrew’s Church.

If you look inside the Village Club today and at look roof  you can the resemblance between the woodwork you can see at St Peter’s Church, this is due to the Reverend Toogood had a large influence in its building and design.

During the outbreak of the First World War, there was a rifle range constructed alongside the church, the exact date of construction is not clear, but it was know to be between the years 1914 and 1918, this rifle range was used for purely for practice. As the requirement for the range declined, the villagers built a stage at one end of the room, and was for many years, used for village dances and many community activities (this is the first time the property was used as a Village Hall).

In 1982, the village started to be developed by many extensive housing projects, with the new families

moving into the village, and with the existing residents,  there soon became a need for a communal meeting place.

The Parochial Church Council had spent great deal of money for extensive repairs to the roof of Saint Andrew’s Church, and was considering the complete demolition of the building.

(Above / Left) The layout of the Old School pre 1900's - (Above / Right) The layout of the Old School post 1900's

After many consultations between the Parish Council and the residents an agreement was made that the buildings could be upgraded to become a Village Hall, this would involve the Parochial Church Council agreeing to undertake to restore the old buildings and maintain them,  In this way the Church and the Parish council acted as trustees and leased the property to the Village Hall Management Committee, this then  provided a building that could be used by the growing community of Mickle Trafford as a communal meeting place.

After a great deal of restoration work was completed the Village Club as it is know today opened  in

September 1984, and very quickly became the centre for all community events, which included many dances, functions and new year celebrations as well as daily communal meeting place where villagers could meet up and have a drink or two.

Twenty Five years later the Village Club is still here and provides the same communal meeting place as it did when it opened in 1984, it has a bar which is open 7 days a week and offers cost effective drinks of both alcoholic and non alcoholic varieties, we frequently hold many events, including live entertainment, quiz nights, bingo nights, bridge and much more.

The Village Hall taken in the Year 2000