Our Friday morning event has gone from strength to strength, with more residents popping in for advice from Citizens Advice, Social Housing & the Local Area Co- Ordinator who attend every week, with Age Concern and Ward Councillors attending on a monthly basis. A delicious free breakfast of porridge, granola or just a cup of […]
Tang Hall Big Local is celebrating 10 years of working in this brilliant community, over the years there have been parties, events, workshops and talks and the photographer Elly Ross has been at them all, capturing magical moments. Ten of the best photos that represent who Tang Hall residents are and what has been achieved […]
Local resident and orthopaedic surgeon, Kurt Haendlmayer has been running workshops on stress, sleep, and wellbeing. Available to all Tang Hall residents Kurt’s advice is designed to help in small, practical ways to improve your health & well being. Kurt’s wealth of experience as a wellbeing practitioner has proved invaluable in helping people feel and […]
If you’ve been down to Tang Hall Community Centre recently you may have noticed the fabulous new plant shop run by the lovely team from the Blueberry Academy. Pop down for pansies, petunias, lavender or hellebores and plenty of advice. Pay as you feel tea/ coffee is available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday, 10am- 2:30pm […]
The fabulous Tang Hall Big Local Residents Dance Festival went with a shuffle ball change! York Dance Space put on a fabulous show, we got our dancing shoes on and had some seriously funky fun. Movema put on an incredible display, and got everyone moving, with some brilliant, if funny results. Professionals were on hand […]
Plans for the fabulous Tang Hall Big Local Residents Dance Festival are well on the way, York Dance Space and York Vintage Dance Group are putting on a fabulous show, so get your dancing shoes on and join us on Saturday 1st July, 1pm- 3pm, for some seriously funky fun. There’ll be professional displays to […]
The Family Fun Day was held on the 5th November, the weather was not kind, but attendance was great. The Giant Helter Skelter could be seen from a distance and there were various superheroes, animals and princesses courtesy of the face painters. Local resident Bernie waxed lyrical about Tang Hall through the years in the […]
It was brought to Tang Hall Big Local’s attention that in October 1952 the artist LS Lowry visited York and stood on Melrosegate bridge and produced a painting of the Railway Line running up Fifth Avenue, a print of which was displayed on a history board and a lovely link to the year Queen Elizabeth […]
The Tang Hall Centenary Party finally happened, on Saturday 18th June the weather almost smiled and a street party was held on Fifth Avenue. The idea came to local resident Bernie Oxberry when she was reading the book ‘East of York’ by Jane Burrows and the realisation that 2021 was Tang Hall’s Centenary year, ‘Covid […]
Now viewed as one of the highlights of the festive period Tang Hall Big Local Make & Take on the 10th December was once again a brilliant afternoon of creative fun, residents made beautiful wreaths for front doors with Heather, Sanako helped create origami Christmas cards, a variety of pom pom decorations in Festive guises, […]
