This is Alton

Henry Harrison is a 16 year old Explorer Scout with the 8th Alton Scout Group based at ‘The Cabin’ at Anstey Park. He is undertaking a huge walk of 250 miles over the East Holidays to raise money for the group. We went to meet him in Holybourne to talk about the group and...
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Alton will be down to one petrol station only until April following the closure of Sainsbury’s petrol station which started a  refurbishment on Monday 27th February. The petrol station on Drayman’s Way has been closed by Sainsbury’s to have essential work done to replace the underground pipework. Whilst all this is going on, the product...
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The Lions Leap Year Quiz held Friday (March 2nd) at the Royal British Legion Club (RBL) in Anstey Park provided a testing time for a wide range of teams from Alton, Four Marks and Holybourne. After an enjoyable but mind teasing trial with only a break for a very tasty curry, provided by Lion...
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There is more going on than ever before in Alton this year, if the brand new 2012 Alton Events leaflet launched this week, is anything to go by. First launched two years ago, the eye-catching pocket-sized publication highlights some of the town’s biggest and most interesting events, in an easy-to-read diary style and encourages...
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Alton Lions have provided funds to enable an embryo Four Marks Community First Responder group to progress a key element of their training programme. Community First Responder Schemes are teams of volunteers who are trained to a nationally recognised level and provide life saving treatment to people in their local communities. They are trained...
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Spotted today on the HCC Website: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 that Hampshire County Council owing to works on the highway considers that the closure to the road as specified below should come into force without delay: ROAD TO BE CLOSED: Boyneswood Road, Medstead between...
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Paul Williams, a train driver from Beacon Hill, is busy training for the Virgin London Marathon on April 22nd to raise much needed funds for Home-Start WeyWater. Paul is clocking up the miles training on local roads and sends regular blogs for the scheme newsletter. After visiting a sports shop recently for new running...
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This year, Alton Organ Society celebrates its 45th year of organ concerts which are held at St Lawrence Church, Alton. The Society was founded by the then Organist and Choirmaster, Cyril Diplock, shortly after the church organ had a major restoration in 1966. To celebrate this major organ re-build, Francis Jackson (then Organist and...
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In Westminster Hall on 28th February, Damian Hinds, MP for East Hampshire, led a debate on widening access to Jam Jar bank accounts as a way of helping families on lower incomes to improve their household budgeting, avoid penalty charges, and build up a savings pot. Jam Jar accounts are bank accounts which allow...
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