Ticket sales for Alresford’s fireworks night are off to a fast start this year, with several hundred tickets for adults and children already sold.

Members of the Rotary Club of Alresford go door to door in October selling tickets for the November 5th fireworks party.  The evening itself begins with a torchlight parade from Broad Street at 6.45 pm, before moving on to a bonfire and fireworks display at Arlebury Park.

Alresford Rotary President Steve Gapper commented:

“We’ve had a really warm reception from the people of Alresford. There’s a big demand for tickets. People really appreciate that any money that we make goes to charity.  At a time when some fireworks nights are under threat, it’s great that the Alresford fireworks night seems to be going from strength to strength.”

The Rotary Club of Alresford is aiming to raise more than £7,000 over the evening for local and international charities.

Tickets are also available from County News and Keats.

Last Christmas some of the most disadvantaged children in Montenegro Tanzania and Romania received a shoebox full of personal gifts thanks to students of local schools and through Churches Together in Alresford. To see the joy that these boxes collected by The Rotary Club of Alresford (and some 26,000 others collected in the remainder of the Rotary District) have a look at www.rotary1110shoeboxes.org.uk See more information in the About Us/ What We Do section of our website.