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Alton was throbbing with activity this weekend as people from far and wide flocked in for the town’s annual Yuletide Festival. Alton was alive with the Christmas spirit on 4th December as traders from across the south gathered early on Sunday morning and began setting up for the town’s biggest event of the year. It...
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Christmas trees will soon be on the agenda, and Garthowen’s Chris Feldon gives us a guide to what’s what when it comes to the most important of Christmas decorations – the tree! Firstly though, we must finished off the year with a whistle round the garden. PROTECT FROM FROST! If weather permits then get...
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The grand opulence of the Edwardian period is to be recreated when Chawton House Library celebrates the festive season with an Open House Weekend on 17th and 18th December. The historic house will be decorated with swags, garlands, trees and baubles, and visitors will mingle with Edwardian costumed staff; sample traditional fare, including mulled...
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Thousands of light bulbs are being offered for sale by Alton Town Council, in an effort to raise funds for the town’s Christmas Lights Display. Each year the council replaces all the 1,000+ bulbs that decorate the town centre each December, to ensure a higher quality of display. However this means that the...
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This year’s Alton Yuletide Festival on the 4 December is set to be busier than ever, thanks to the biggest publicity campaign in the event’s five year history. A regional radio campaign and over 20,000 flyers delivered to every home in Farnham and Petersfield should attract visitors from far and wide, event planners...
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Christmas in Alton officially gets underway on Friday 25th November when the town’s glittering display of Christmas Lights will be switched-on at a ceremony starting just before 6pm in the Market Square. The event will include all the traditional elements such as carols, music, seasonal messages and panto characters, and will again take place...
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Square Packed for Lights Switch-On
Over 1000 people attended the switch on in the market square. Photo by Martin Saban-Smith Alton’s Market Square was packed out this evening as the town began to summon up the Christmas spirit once again! Families and people on the way home from work crammed themselves into the historic market square to witness this...
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