Praise for Our Newsletter

Thank you – and all involved – for the latest edition of the Society’s newsletter. Members could not wish for higher quality, either in content or production.

Helen and Luath Grant-Ferguson 

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Facebook/Twitter introductory session with Phillippa Heelis

Jackie, Jan, Martyn, Mike Heelis and Barbara Rayner attended this excellent session on 10th August when Phillippa enthused us with the potential of social media sites to further the aims of the Alton Society.

Twitter (which turns out to be a much more serious service than its name implies) offers us particularly exciting possibilities and Martyn undertook to explore these and report to the September committee meeting.

Meanwhile, why not start your own individual Twitter account www.twitter.com , as I have done during the past year or so, subscribing to feeds such as Civic Voice, CPRE, etc. in addition to anything else that happens to interest you. Key message: There is much more to Twitter than following the banal thoughts of celebrities...

Many, many thanks to Phillippa for sharing her time and expertise so generously,

James

This is what can happen...

In spite of protests, The St Swithun's Way historic long-distance footpath has been diverted around Treloar College's grounds at Holybourne, to allow space for a huge new car-park.

This extraordinary prison-camp like fence has been erected around three sides of the square. It is not clear whether this is to keep ferocious pupils in, or marauding ramblers out.

What is clear is that it is a disgrace to Alton's custodianship of its historic heritage

We failed here, but this is the sort of nightmare the Alton Society exists to try to pre-empt.

Local Authority Cuts

Does anyone understand what the implications of the Local Authority cuts announced today are going to be for Alton?