From Our Files: Airport anxiety...platform problems...commoning cash call
50 YEARS AGO
THIS is the magnificent One Ton sailing cup brought home to Lymington by the joint owners of Gumboots – Jonathan Rogers, Derek Pitt-Pitts and Jeremy Rogers.
Gumboots was participating against 13 nations in 31 boats and finished three-and-a-half ahead of its nearest rival.
The impressive French cup was originally presented in 1899. This is the first time Great Britain has won the cup as a one-ton cruiser race.
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“EXTREME concern” with the very serious environmental implications of the development of Hurn airport has been expressed in a statement issued by West Parley Parish Council.
A study ‘Maplin, Review of Airport Project’ makes it clear that the role of Hurn international air transport will be increased and many who are anxious about the environmental disturbance fear that the growth of Hurn will lead to unacceptable noise levels for at least 15 miles around the airport.
Others who make use of Hurn as a convenient airport, or would like to do so, see its development as something to be encouraged.
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HIGH platform shoes were blamed for a road accident between two cars in Butts Ash Lane, Hythe magistrates were told.
A 19-year-old machine operator pleaded guilty by letter to driving without due care and attention. In it he said that he had caused a collision because: “My foot slipped onto the accelerator. If I had not been wearing platform shoes, this would never have happened.”
He was fined £30.
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“YOU are a polite lot aren’t you? “ Radio One disc jockey Tony Blackburn told the crowd that had gathered to see him open Sperrings’ new store in Station Road, New Milton.
He was expressing surprise that no one had attempted to rip his clothes off for souvenirs, has had been his experience in the north.
In return, he added, he would not tell any jokes. He signed autographs and posed with photographs with fans before being driven off in a red Ferrari.
25 YEARS AGO
CHRISTCHURCH councillors have agreed to continue part funding with other Dorset districts a European officer.
The Christchurch contribution for the year from November will remain at the current level of £2,000.
The office holder, Simone Kruger, gave a presentation to Christchurch’s Policy and Resources Committee in which she outlined the benefits of closer links with Europe.
These included a £5,000 grant towards the games of friendship held in the town, help for local businesses and possible aid for Highcliffe Castle under a cultural programme.
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MORE financial support for commoners is urgently needed if they are to have a long-term future.
Chairman of the Commoners Defence Association Mike Cooper said they were going through a very bad stage at the moment and that a cash injection was vital if they were to survive.
NFDC members were told the majority of people agreed there was an urgent need to strengthen the position of commoners who represented a cultural tradition which shaped the character of the Forest landscape and supported its special ecology.
Mr Cooper said: “There has got to be an incentive so that sons carry on where their fathers left off.”
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POLICE are warning residents of the New Forest not to leave their front doors open during the summer months despite the hot weather.
Sway Bobby Gordon Jameson told the A&T: “We have reports of walk-in burglaries every summer.
“Even when you are in the house the front door should be closed. People just walk in off the street, pick up a handbag, or a wallet and walk out again.”
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A PROPOSAL by Mr A Janes for alterations and additions to a cliff top house at Barton-on-Sea has been rejected by New Forest Development Control.
Members did not like the central two-storey flat roofed extension at the front which one objector had described as a “monstrous carbuncle affecting the appearance of this attractive sea front”.
