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  • Nether Wallop Parish Council June Meeting

    Nether Wallop: Pippa Grob AT the June Meeting of Nether Wallop Parish Council with Cllrs Michael Atkins, Ian Carpenter, Janet Pettitt and James MacDonald-Smith, Hampshire County Cllr Andrew Gibson, the clerk and one member of the public present

  • Brain drain to Australia is a scandal

    THE Exodus Scandal (as I see it).   A friend of mine some years ago told me that two of his relations who were both GPs had emigrated to Australia and I thought no more about it.   Another friend of mine whose daughter has qualified

  • 'War itself should never be celebrated'

    REF Letters: ‘Still time to mark centenary of war’ (Craig Fisher, 13 June).   To celebrate heroic fighting is one thing, but war itself should never be celebrated. Neither should those who took us there.   Winston Churchill

  • Service to mark war anniversary

    I WOULD like to inform your readers that a Service of Commemoration for the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War will be held at Andover War Memorial Hospital on Saturday, 2 August, at 2pm. All members of the public are cordially

  • Music brings life to town

    I WALK this town most days, partly because it helps alleviate the variable pain levels my back presents me most days. These walks give a view of this town motorised transport can never give.   I did once write and ask the question

  • Abbotts Ann Parish Council June meeting

    Abbotts Ann Rosemary Groves AT the June meeting of Abbotts Ann Parish Council the following items were discussed:   Appointment of Responsible Financial Officer (Treasurer – RFO): It was agreed that the roles of RFO and parish clerk be

  • Reunion for 1 Wessex Mortar

    SEEKING all former Territorials and Reservists who served in 1 Wessex Mortar Platoon at Andover or Basingstoke to tell them of an Annual Reunion at Newburgh House, Winchester on Saturday, 27 September, 2014, noon for 1pm.   Dress

  • Dispelling myths of Europe exit effects

    CATHERINE Bearder MEP, you and your ilk still do not get it, do you?   Millions of decent, previously main-party voters have told you Europhiles that we are sick and tired of this unelected, undemocratic, autocratic, unaccountable

  • School reunion

    THE Charlton School reunion will be on Saturday, 19 July, from 6.30pm at The Royal Oak, Charlton.   Please come along and meet your school friends.   Mrs Barbara Bridge (née Ponting), address supplied

  • Looking for nice and effective

    YOUR 13 June edition of the Andover Advertiser prompted the thought that there are a lot of nice people in our United Kingdom population.   But the problem is that there appears to be a shortage of nice, effective people. Otherwise

  • What is going on with club?

    SEVERAL months ago your lead story, front page, was about the possible closure of the Wykeham Club.   Shortly after your story, the club closed its doors. I was told this was a ‘shortterm arrangement’. This was at least three months

  • Page is a good read

    Your letters column offers a wonderful medium for all to exercise their opinions, make comments on current affairs or just blow their own trumpet.   For me there is often an observation that makes me smile or laugh out loud – like

  • Outstanding Sir George will be a hard act to follow

    IN response to Gerald Stoodley (last week’s letters), I would like to add my praise for Sir George Young, who has been an outstanding local MP, a man of great integrity and energy, who has been genuinely interested in local issues.

  • Thruxton June Parish Council Meeting

    Thruxton    John McKenzie AT the June meeting of Thruxton Parish Council with the chairman Cllr Charles Milner–Williams and Cllrs John Davis, Janet Graham, Mike Windsor and Ray Bradbury in attendance the following topics were discussed:  

  • Back Through The Pages

    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 21 JUNE 1889 TO CORRESPONDENTS We have received letters from members of the St. Mary Bourne and Longparish cricket clubs, relative to some misstatement made somewhere by someone, of which we have not the

  • Councillor walks out in absence row

    A COUNTY councillor walked out of the Andover Museum joint management committee over a fellow member’s absence. Cllr Tony Hooke left the meeting last Thursday after it was revealed that Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) leader Cllr Ian Carr would

  • Sisters remember dad with fundraiser

    TWO sisters who wanted to say thank you to the air ambulance service that airlifted their father to hospital in an emergency, collected more than £1,700 in a six-hour fundraising event at Tidworth’s Royal British Legion Club. Sadly, their dad,

  • Abbotts Ann cactus causes a stir

    A COUPLE from Abbotts Ann were shocked and delighted when their garden cactus bloomed an incredible 29 flowers. The plant is not known for sprouting such a high number of flowers, and neighbours and visitors have been calling in to see the unusual

  • New £2.9m Andover bus station nears completion

    WORK on the new £2.9million Andover bus station is close to completion following a year-long closure and major refurbishment. Next week the futuristic-looking station welcomes its first paying customer in the form of local charity Test Valley Community

  • Drive-through restaurant receives opposition

    OBJECTIONS have flooded in for a proposal for a new drive-through restaurant and retail units. Richard Fitzgerald has applied for planning permission to build on Approach Andover, in New Street. He wants to demolish part of the buildings, while

  • Communities get together for fun in the sun

    SUMMER fairs and festivals have been bringing smiles to the faces of the area’s residents and raising money for charity and a village hall fund. At the weekend Wherwell Church Fete offered its attendees a Pimms tent and a lunchtime hot dog barbecue

  • Small business fair in Andover High Street today

    ANDOVER’S High Street has been transformed today for a small business fair which is being held to showcase local enterprise. The Small Business Fair is taking place between 10am and 4pm and it is hoped the event will build on the success of previous

  • Theatre Dates

    20 JUNE: The Upbeat Beatles by John Wilson Music, at the Plaza Theatre, Romey, at 7.30pm. 20 JUNE: Jaleo Flamenco — A Compás, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 7.30pm. 20 JUNE: The Simon and Garfunkel Story, at The Lights, Andover, at 7.45pm.

  • Diary Dates

    21 JUNE: Family Fun Day, in aid of Tiny Tickers (babies’ heart foundation), with ‘4 Toons’ (live music), children’s disco, auction, face-painting, dance, stalls and raffle, at The Swallow, Pilgrims Way, Andover, from noon to 5pm. 21 JUNE: Summer

  • Residents urged to recycle

    ANDOVER residents have been asked to recycle more household waste as part of a national awareness week. National Recycle Week runs until Sunday, and Recycle for Hampshire is asking people to make sure they are recycling as much as possible.

  • A diamond return

    A SPORTS MAD couple who met in a village pub returned to the same watering hole to celebrate 60 years of marriage. Tony and Lilian Vincent first clapped eyes on each other at The George, in Vernham Dean, and instantly bonded over their shared love