A charity shop, whose windows was smashed over the weekend, has had its window boards painted up by volunteers from a youth project. St Michael's Hospice Charity shop had its windows broken on Saturday night and teenagers, who went on a rampage through the town, are suspected. The window has now been boarded up, but because the glass is a particular type it has to be specially made up and could take some time to be made. The cost of repairing the window is estimated to be around £1000 pounds. Alton and District Youth Council volunteered to paint the boards to remind customers that the charity shop is still open for business. Janice Trayner, the manager of the shop, said: "I'm so pleased they have painted our board. The shop window is very important to us, it brings customers in and we've noticed a drop since the window was smashed. "We've won best window awards for at least the last five years and they are the life-blood of the shop. "We found out about the window on Sunday morning at the Alton show. We raise £273 at the show and then we came back to this. The window will cost around £1,000 to fix, because it is special glass which we have to get in a from specialist manufacturer in Poole. The glass was original 1920s and wasn't safety glass."
