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50 YEARS AGO

DESPITE objections from some residents and Lyndhurst Parish Council, permission was granted at last week’s New Forest Development Committee for a residential school for educationally subnormal and socially deprived children at Hill House Hotel in the village.

Objections from nearby residents have been based on the constant risk of accidents on the main road, annoyance and distress to Lyndhurst residents and visitors, noise and devaluation of nearby properties.

Principal Development control officer Mr M Jenkins told the committee that a local doctor with experience of children of this type stressed how little trouble they caused urged the committee and the neighbouring residents to show humanity in their approach to the application.

It was stressed that all the children would be supervised at all times and fencing erected where necessary.

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A PRIVATE prosecution, the first of its kind in the New Forest, was successfully defended by the Commoners Defence Association.

A retired army major alleged negligence against a commoner whose pony had charged his car at Brockenhurst.

The major alleged that the pony interrupted the free passage of his car and himself on the highway, but the magistrates upheld the submission of the commoner that there was no case to answer.

He had claimed that both offside doors of his car were badly dented, the centre pillar was distorted and that there were hoof marks on the bottom of the metal under the window.

The roof trim had been ripped off and there was damage to the boot lid. The major said when he approached the pony it cantered towards him. “In a manner, I did not take to be of a friendly nature.”

It then disappeared into the Forest.

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A WOMAN who moved to Honey Lane, Burley, in April last year has complained to the council that it is far from a sweet place to live.

She told the council that she has to wade through mud and water, and the situation is now so bad that she cannot walk to church, or take part in village activities.

Mrs Linda Rowley also complained of a nearby poultry farm and workshop and said that heavy lorries using the road had made large potholes.

Mr George Faulkner said at Burley Parish Council meeting that the farm had been there for 14 years and said people who came into villages did not always do their homework concerning surrounding property in the area.

25 YEARS AGO

From Our Files: 25 YEARS AGO: THE Millennium will be particularly poignant for a New Milton couple who became the proud parents of triplets in one century but brought them home in the next. Debbie and Jon Miller’s three sons – Ben, Sam and Adam – were 12 weeks premature when they were born in October. But it was only this week that they were considered strong enough to come home. Ben, 3lb 5oz, Sam 2lb 5oz and Adam 2lb 3oz at birth. Now the babies are at home the enormity of having triplets is beginning to sink in. “Having three was a far bigger family than we had initially wanted as we had originally planned for one pregnancy,” said Debbie. “The boys were not the result of IVF treatment but were conceived naturally, which is quite rare.”
From Our Files: 25 YEARS AGO: THE Millennium will be particularly poignant for a New Milton couple who became the proud parents of triplets in one century but brought them home in the next. Debbie and Jon Miller’s three sons – Ben, Sam and Adam – were 12 weeks premature when they were born in October. But it was only this week that they were considered strong enough to come home. Ben, 3lb 5oz, Sam 2lb 5oz and Adam 2lb 3oz at birth. Now the babies are at home the enormity of having triplets is beginning to sink in. “Having three was a far bigger family than we had initially wanted as we had originally planned for one pregnancy,” said Debbie. “The boys were not the result of IVF treatment but were conceived naturally, which is quite rare.”

THE millennium will be particularly poignant for a New Milton couple who became the proud parents of triplets in one century but brought them home in the next.

Debbie and Jon Miller’s three sons – Ben, Sam and Adam – were 12 weeks premature when they were born in October.

But it was only this week that they were considered strong enough to come home. Ben weighed 3lb 5oz, Sam 2lb 5oz and Adam 2lb 3oz.

Now the babies are at home, the enormity of having triplets is beginning to sink in. “Having three was a far bigger family than we had initially wanted as we had originally planned for one pregnancy,” said Debbie.

“The boys were not the result of IVF treatment but were conceived naturally, which is quite rare.”

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A LYMINGTON father has said he will be relieved if the man responsible for his daughter’s killing is finally brought to justice.

Sidney Greenwood (86) told the A&T about the news that a new DNA technique – which ironically his daughter Helena helped to develop – could convict the prime suspect in the case.

He was due to appear in court in San Diego, United States, on charges of murdering Helena in 1985.

At the time there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him but new DNA techniques have now been used to match his blood with skin taken from under Dr Helena’s fingernails after the killing.

Mr Greenwood said: “At the time he got away with it, but justice must be done.”

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MILFORD-ON-SEA, which is believed to be the last true seaside village in Hampshire mentioned in the Domesday Book, is set to become the only village in Britain to have its own millennium stamps.

Designed by Richard Bridge, chairman of Milford Art Group, they feature four typical views of the village which include the shops in the High Street, Keyhaven River, All Saints Church and the Millennium Hall.

They are expected to become collectors’ items, and a set is to be sent to the Royal Philatelic Collection at Buckingham Palace.

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A MAN stuck up to his waist in mud on the undercliff at Taddiford Gap feared he would have to pay for the rescue operation which involved a helicopter, coastguards, the fire brigade, police and ambulance staff.

Fifty-five-year-old Michael Fothergill was stuck for an hour-and-a-half before New Milton firemen dug him out and he was winched up into the helicopter and taken to Bournemouth hospital suffering from hyperthermia.

“When he saw the helicopter hovering over him he was trying to reckon how much he owed,” his mother Kathleen, of Hordle, said.

“I think he thought he might have to remortgage his home.”

Mr Fothergill got into difficulty after trying to make his way up the cliffs. He managed to raise the alarm with his mobile phone.



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