The Boy’s Club was resusitated and there was a strong and enthusiastic membership of boys of fourteen and over. The boys elected their own games committee. Mrs Meager and Mrs Simmons organised games for the younger boys and a girls on one evening a week.
   To celebrate the re-opening of the club, Mr Leavey invited professional table-tennis players to give a display in the hall.
   At this time a club was organised for the girls by Mrs Meager, helped by Miss Benson, then living at Ash Manor, who taught the girls handicrafts.
   Throughout the Second World War 1939-1945 the hall was in great demand. It was used as the centre for the reception of evacuees from London, also for the assembling of the gas masks when a violent storm dislocated the electric lighting and the vital task had to be completed by candlelight. The fitting of the gas masks was also mostly done in the Hall. The 35 A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions) Wardens in Ash underwent a course of instruction in First Aid, the Instructor being Doctor Ockwell, then Medical Officer of Health for Dartford Rural. Several lectures and demonstrations in connection with A.R.P. services were given. The W.V.S. (Women's Voluntary Services) working party of which Mrs F. Goodwin was in charge, met one afternoon a week to work, pick up fresh supplies of wool and wrap up the parcels for dispatching. Besides woollen comforts for the Forces, clothes were made for evacuees. Later Mrs W. Ewbank took charge of this work, and towards the end of the war Mrs W. Simmons took over. The W.V.S. membership was at that time 35, of whom nearly all were Women’s Institute members. The hall was also equipped as a "Rest Centre" by the W.V.S. members. Once a month some kind of entertainment was organised, the proceeds of which were handed over to the Treasurer (Mrs D.G. Meager) for the "Forces Comforts Fund."
   At the end of 1941 the Rev H.B. Hennell died and the Hall Committee under the chairmanship of H.B. Nicholls ceased to function.
   Soon after the arrival of the new Rector, the Rev J.D. Vigo, in 1942 a new Hall Management Committee was formed with the Rector as Chairman, and this Committee, with one or two changes from year to year is still active. The Secretary and Treasurer is Mr Dagnall Goodwin of "Cherrystones".

  After the War the Kent Education Committee equipped the hall kitchen for dealing with school meals, and the children have their dinners in the main hall.
   1948 saw the start of another Boys’ Club under the leadership of Mr G.V. Muller. For a time this was very active, but at the end of three years many of the members had left, and the club closed down.
   A local branch of the St John Ambulance Cadets was then formed under the leadership of Mr H.G. Brooks and several boys and girls of the Village joined. They are still quite active, several have entered for examinations and have earned certificates. Entertainments are arranged to raise necessary funds.
   In 1953 an entertainments committee was formed under the chairmanship of Mr J.V. Muller. The other members of the committee were Mrs M.J. Muller, Mrs E.A. Hollands, Miss Joan Pocknell and Mr H.G. Brooks . At the end of 1953 Miss Pocknell’s place was taken by Mrs D. C. Meager. The support given to many of the entertainments arranged was very disappointing and at the end of 1954 the committee decided to discontinue their activities.
   A Child Welfare Clinic was conducted in the Parish hall weekly for thirty-one years from 1920-1951.
   In that year the County Health Department, for economy reasons transferred the Clinic to a central one held had at Hartley.
   A Doctor’s Surgery is held in the hall every Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock .
   All Women’s Institute meetings and Parish Council meetings are held in the hall as also are all Village entertainments.

The Hall in 1957