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Cats Protection’s Farnham and Wey Valley Branch is asking local cat lovers to consider giving up their time for Lent. Each year, branch volunteers work tirelessly to find new homes for hundreds of cats and kittens in the area. However, with demand for their services growing on a daily basis, the charity says they...
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The Alton Ramblers paid host to the Hampshire Ramblers on Saturday, 11th February for their Annual General Meeting held at the recently enlarged Beech Village Hall. The visitors were welcomed by many of the Alton Ramblers offering a hot drink prior to joining in the morning walk, ably lead by Roy Kirby. The route...
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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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As Valentine’s Day approaches, the local branch of the UK’s largest national cat charity is appealing to people to spare a thought for the many homeless felines who need to meet that special someone. Cats Protection’s Farnham and Wey Valley Branch currently has dozens of felines in its care who are all desperate to...
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The gardens at Chawton House Library in Chawton, near Alton, will be open for all to enjoy on Sunday 19th February, from 10.00am – 4.00pm, when there should be carpets of snowdrops in the Wilderness and elsewhere. For the same price as the usual garden entrance fee, members of the public of all ages...
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A new Ukelele Club has started in Alton at the Queen’s Head pub. Meeting fortnightly on a Tuesday night from 7.30pm, organiser Sarah Chakraborty is keen to encourage Ukelele playing and what a great instrument it is to play. She said ‘It started really because I feel it’s great to meet other people to share an...
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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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The Alton Concert Band are a relatively new band in Alton, formed in 2010. They meet for rehearsals on Wednesdays at The Friends Meeting House, in Church Street, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Additional players would be most welcome, and there are vacancies for instrumentalists in all sections. So if you haven’t played for a...
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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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