ALTON is expected to welcome its first farmers market on the first Sunday in April.
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Concern at disappearance of white-tailed eagle as tracker found near PetersfieldIf things go to plan, the town will head an East Hampshire programme which will see markets on the first Sunday of every month, on a rotational basis, in Alton, Petersfield, Whitehill and Horndean.
It was good news for members of Alton's Promotion and Marketing Forum who had been angered last autumn when Petersfield stole a march by hosting a farmers market despite a long-standing request by Alton to do so.
A full version of this story can be found in the Alton Herald of January 28, 2000.