History of Edinvillie Hall
A public meeting was called on Wednesday 10th January 1945, in the Schoolhouse, to discuss the building of a 'Community Hall'. The decision was unanimous, funds would be raised to enable the building of a hall for the use of the community. After fourteen years of fundraising the community (approx 400 people) had raised £2,000 towards the cost, this, together with grants from the Scottish Home Department and the Education Committee of Banff County Council enabled the building work to go ahead on a site in a feu granted by the Scottish Malt Distillers.
The Community Hall was completed in the summer of 1959 and was formally opened on 14th August, with the oldest resident, Mr Peter MacDonald of Blairnain, laying a commemorative brick, which is still visible today. The Hall was modified and extended in 1998 to provide access and toilet facilities for the disabled. In 2009 a further re-vamping of the hall was undertaken with thousands of pounds of grant money spent to bring the decor into the 21st century.
During 2010 it was announced in the quarterly newsletter that a 'small' upgrade was planned on the fuse-board, changing it from the old style wire fuses to a modern trip switch fuse-board. Diageo's Manager of Benrinnes Distillery contacted the committee to see if they could help and duly sent their technical experts to assess the situation. The assessment showed that the whole of the wiring was no more than a long extension lead from one end of the hall to the other and during times of full usage of the halls' electrical circuit we were in danger of overload and quite possibly fire!