During the 1970s, Saturday dances adopted a different form with the Hall being used for a Disco for local teenagers.  A Federal Government grant in 1978 enabled a major upgrade of the Hall, with addition of a new roof, kitchen and toilet facilities.

At the height of summer on 16 February, 1983, a bushfire raged through the Adelaide Hills causing substantial destruction and death, and the Hall became a refuge for those locals who had lost houses in the inferno that became known as Ash Wednesday.  For the rest of 1983, The Hut (a Stirling community group) used the Hall as a clothing and furniture outlet for locals whose possessions had been destroyed in the fire.  The Hall also functioned as an “Op Shop” 1984-96, operated by the Piccadilly volunteer Country Fire Service (CFS). 

In 1994 the Hall was registered as a Council-listed Heritage Site. It was repainted in 1996, cracks repaired, front, side and rear doors replaced, and a new jarrah floor fitted.   

Inside the Hall a memorial commemorates Hills lads who fought in The Great War (1914-18).  Many of their names such as Bonython, Curtis, Gore, Lampert, Schocroft, Sprigg, and Udy are now familiar as road names within the Piccadilly district.

The Piccadilly Hall is a community asset.  It is a significant part of our local heritage, run and maintained for the community, by the community.  Revenues from hire of the Hall are an essential source of funding towards its upkeep. Maintenance and upgrading of the Hall continue as donations and funds raised through community use permit.