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Alton Town Centre came alive on Valentine’s Day as the annual Pancake Race took to the streets for the thirteenth year! MC for the event, Deputy Town Clerk Greg Burt ‘milked’ his time on the megaphone cajoling entrants to the race so the organisers didn’t end up with ‘egg’ on their faces through lack of support!...
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In January, a new volunteer based organisation set-up in Alton won a Government grant worth £80,000 to help fund a range of energy efficiency work within the Alton community and build on the experience and knowledge of the Alton Local Energy Campaign. Dubbed ‘Energy Alton’, a new advice centre on the High Street was opened on Saturday 11th February...
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Building work that will deliver a new Waitrose food store and regenerate the area around Alton’s railway station is to begin on 20 February. The supermarket is expected to open its doors in Autumn 2012 giving shoppers in Alton and the surrounding area a much needed alternative to the current supermarket offering. The new...
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Alton Operatic and Dramatic Society (AODS) will this year be staging the top-notch witty classic ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ and the superb local all-singing all-dancing group’s performances cannot be missed. With numbers like ‘Wunderbar’ and ‘From This Moment On’ to wrap their voices around, AODS have plenty of opportunities to show off their talent. Set in Baltimore, 1948 we meet actor-manager...
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Alton’s Town Mayor will be turning the tables on residents next month, when instead of residents asking him questions, he is holding a Charity Quiz Night whereby residents will be asked the questions! However on this occasion Quizmaster Roger Tibble will be asking the questions rather than Town Mayor Robert Saunders. Planned for 7.30pm...
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We can’t pretend to be art critics here at This is Alton, but we can appreciate good art when we see it, and we were treated to an avalanche of colour on Friday night when we went along to the private viewing of Wayne Jefferson’s exhibition ‘Under Southern Skies’ at the Allen Gallery. A...
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On the bitterly cold morning of Saturday 4th February, friends and family of the late Bob Evans, a former Alton Town Councillor and stalwart of the Alton Victorian Cricket Tournament gathered at the bench that has been installed on The Butts in his memory. Barbara Burfoot, Mr Evans’ sister dedicated the bench to Bob and in her...
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Visitors to the Open Days at Chawton House Library, during the February half-term holiday, will find themselves face-to-face with actresses of the eighteenth-century as they explore the house. Some famous women depicted in the portrait collection will be brought to life by the ShadyJane Theatre Company. Today they would grace society magazines but there was...
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On Saturday 28th January, town councillors visited the new Finnimore Pavilion to view the progress of the new building and This is Alton was again given access to the inside. The building is most certainly taking shape internally now, and the councillors were treated to a tour of the building by arcitect Michael Weakley....
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