HARDLY a day goes by when I don’t get stopped by someone in the town or at my workplace for them to tell me of their disgust at nearly being hit by a bicycle on a pavement. It’s the sheer ignorance, the speed, the lack of manners, no bell and thinking
IT seems that, re the front page (Andover Advertiser, 17 October), that local/ national press and local/ national politicians – those who consider themselves in disagreement with UKIP – do not appear capable of mounting a substantive, coherent POLITICAL
PLEASE can we use the letters page of your newspaper to thank the very generous people of Andover for their donations at the Farmers’ Market on September 21. The sum of £178.83 was raised. This money continues to help the band fund its free
WHOEVER is responsible for the changes to the traffic management systems at the Weyhill Road/Andover Business Park roundabout should be handed his or her cards immediately. However, if the purpose of the change was to create a horrendous bottleneck
I THINK the gardening department of Andover council offices is to be congratulated. There has been a really excellent floral display throughout the town and the roundabouts have done extremely well again this year. Well done to all concerned
MRS Louise Bulloch and her family would very much like to thank their neighbours, friends and family for their help, kindness and support after the fire at their house on Sunday, October 12. Fortunately no one was in the house at the time.
HAVING seen the article and photos in last week’s Advertiser I would like to wish the Reverend Jill Bentall a very happy retirement. Jill has worked long and hard for various parishes over the years and I first met her in the 1980s, before she
I READ with both amusement and annoyance, not in equal measure I hasten to add, at the article you published in last week’s Andover Advertiser entitled: “Cycle route views sought”. For those many Andoverians who regularly write to your paper lambasting
THROUGH your page can I please convey my heartfelt thanks to a man called ‘Matt’? Matt stopped to assist me on Friday, 10 October after my car became undriveable after hitting a huge pothole. He took over my call to my breakdown recovery as
I AM getting very fed up with people putting down our wonderful Andover. Yes Andover, our Andover. It is fantastic and the sooner people stop complaining about the empty shops and start looking at what is in the existing shops the better! To
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO — 25 OCTOBER 1889 ADVERTISEMENT TELEPHONES A Good Reliable TELEPHONE for Long Distance, such as House to Stables, Private House to Office or Works, fixed complete at very moderate cost. Success guaranteed
St Mary the Virgin Church, Abbotts Ann The church of St Mary the Virgin in Abbotts Ann is a rare, virtually original, early Georgian church designed by John James, one of the most esteemed architects of the day. He worked with Sir Christopher
THERE’S loads of spooky half-term fun on offer at The Lights this year. Little ones aged two to 12 can dip in and out of a whole host of Hallowe’en-themed creative workshops from storytelling, drama, dance and craft to cooking and musical theatre
PULL on your wellies and join the Riverford team on the farm for its annual Pumpkin Day tomorrow. Children’s activities at Upper Norton Farm in Sutton Scotney include pumpkin carving, worm digging and vegetable games, or they can roll up their
AN Andover jeweller has told how he tried to fight off a hammerwielding gang during a dramatic smash-and-grab robbery on his Andover shop. David Mellor, owner of David Mellor and Sons Jewellers in Waterloo Court, was injured in the drama as he
ANDOVER poets Bobbie Coelho and Sharon Vennall have won first and second prizes in the Andover section of this year’s Big Up Words poetry competition. Bobbie Coelho, from Andover, who has been writing poetry for many years and has produced two
24 OCTOBER: The Bootleg Shadows, at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, at 7.30pm. 24 OCTOBER: Solid Gold Country Legends, at The Lights, Andover, at 7.45pm. 24 OCTOBER: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with Francois-Xavier Roth, at The Anvil
24 OCTOBER: Full of Life Event — Securing the Grey Vote, at The Lights, Andover, from 11am to 2pm. 25 OCTOBER: Autumn Fair, in aid of Local Guide Dog’s ‘Name a Puppy’ Fund, at St Thomas’ Church Hall, Charlton, from 2pm to 4pm 27 and 29 OCTOBER
DIRECTED by the Godfather of grunge folk, Wild Willy Barrett, this dynamic quartet are booked to make an arena performance at The Lights on Friday, 31 October. For this tour they are introducing an “oo-la-la” connection as Parisian chanteuse Marie-Laure
YOUNGSTERS from across Andover have joined forces to help the town’s shopping centre commemorate the First World War. Children from six schools have been participating in the outreach project as part of the “tWW1tter” campaign organised by The
SINGER-songwriter, guitarist and former member of Squeeze, Nick Harper will be appearing at The Lights in November. And readers have a chance to win two pairs of tickets to the performance on Saturday, 8 November at 7.45pm. In 1996 Nick met
