In 1917 the Davies Memorial Hall was opened.

In 1946 the Herringswell Village Trust was formed. The hall was donated to Herringswell Parishioners for social and recreational use, and the land was transferred into Parish ownership as a result of a swap for Herringswell Poors' Fen land. The Live and Let Live Club ran a members club from the Village Hall since the 1960’s and during the 1970’s villagers got together to build an extension as a further piece of land was gifted to the Village.

Since the mid 1970’s up until October 2007 the Live and Let Live Club operated a members social/drinking club. However, for about 5 years they had been making heavy financial losses and approached the Parish Council for assistance. It was then discovered that the Village Hall Charity had been used by the Live and Let Live Club illegally and steps were taken to resolve the issues. A meeting of Herringswell Parishioners was held in May 2007 to elect a Village Hall Committee. The Club committee chose not to co-operate and refused to hand over a full set of keys. As the Charities Commission had given strict instructions for the matter to be regularised, we gave them notice to leave the premises.

The Live and Let Live Club Committee had broken their position as Trustees in not maintaining the building. Fortunately, we had taken back possession of the building before any further damage could be caused and we are currently attempting to raise finance to refurbish the building both inside and outside.

In November 2007 the old Central Heating broke down irrepairably. We approached Forest Heath District Council and explained to them that we had been left without funds and they agreed to advance a sum of money to pay for a new boiler. This is being actioned and, once all the quotes are in for the extensive works, we will be putting together a plan.

Fund raising is progressing well and in June 2008 we were awarded £10,000 from the Suffolk Environmental Trust (SET).  You can follow fund raising progress on the Calendar page.