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From Our Files: ‘Sweet’ attack dogs...big job on droppings...officer reductions




50 YEARS AGO

TWO dogs which appeared before Hythe magistrates last week after it had been alleged that they were dangerous met with a comment from one of the magistrates of “Oh aren’t they sweet!”

The dogs, an Alsatian and a Labrador-cross, wagged their tails and quickly made friends with the three justices who were to determine their fate.

The dogs’ owner had denied not keeping them under control after it was alleged they had bitten a six-year-old boy after he and his father had wandered onto a copse through a broken fence from a campsite where they were staying.

His father told the court that the dogs had “come at us with no warning” adding: “They were on my son before I could get to him.”

The owner had not asked how the boy was and just walked off. He later claimed that he had been threatened on his land and so would set the dogs on anyone who came into the copse.

He denied his dogs had bitten the boy and said he had probably cut himself on barbed wire. He was found not guilty.

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MISS Jean Cobb, a Brockenhurst parish council member, wants the old familiar figure of the street sweeper with broom and bucket to return to the village because she says there are too many cow and pony droppings in it.

She said residents are complaining about the village being unhygienic. Mr Jack Hull said residents see ponies as part of village life but this year there had been a “vast number of cows”.

A street sweeper used to pick up droppings but has stopped doing so as he is now part of a different cleaning gang.

Mr Hull said the answer was to install grids all round the village to stop the animals getting into it.

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THE first celebration ever to take place in Britain of the Hindu water ceremony Somvati Amas was held at Warren Beach, Beaulieu, last week.

Lord Montagu greeted the leader of the Swaminarayan sect, His Divine Holiness Shree Pramukh Swami who is at present touring Britain. He was accompanied by 11 of his monks and distinguished guests.

Hundreds of members of the sect came from London and Southampton for the ceremony, during which nearly 300 coconuts were thrown into the sea. A shrine was set up on the shore, and the spiritual leader and his followers bathed in the Solent.

25 YEARS AGO

from our files week 40 2024, 25 years ago, CUTTING crime, phasing in identity cards and cutting immigrations were just of the weighty issues tackled by Shadow Home Secretary Anne Widdercombe when she visited Mudeford. The MP was speaking to Mudeford and Wingfield Conservative Club. She said she recognised the value of the Bobby on the Beat in Christchurch and the New Forest saying policemen who lived where they patrolled understood the needs of the community and reduced the fear of crime.
from our files week 40 2024, 25 years ago, CUTTING crime, phasing in identity cards and cutting immigrations were just of the weighty issues tackled by Shadow Home Secretary Anne Widdercombe when she visited Mudeford. The MP was speaking to Mudeford and Wingfield Conservative Club. She said she recognised the value of the Bobby on the Beat in Christchurch and the New Forest saying policemen who lived where they patrolled understood the needs of the community and reduced the fear of crime.

CUTTING crime, phasing in identity cards and cutting immigration were just some of the weighty issues tackled by Shadow Home Secretary Anne Widdecombe when she visited Mudeford.

The MP was speaking to Mudeford and Wingfield Conservative Club. She said she recognised the value of the bobby on the beat in Christchurch, and the New Forest saying policemen who lived where they patrolled understood the needs of the community and reduced the fear of crime.

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Hampshire Constabulary is considering reducing the number of officers in the New Forest towns and villages in order to increase resources in larger cities.

The Hampshire Police Federation argues that the cutbacks, including the possible removal of some 35 constables from 164 officers in the force, will mean a deterioration in security for New Forest residents.

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THE new development on the Hillcroft site in New Street, Lymington, should be named Hillcroft Place, according to town councillors.

Hillcroft Mews had been suggested by the New Forest District Council but members of the town council’s planning committee favoured ‘Place’ as there was no equestrian connection within the site.

The NFDC is now opting for ‘Close’.



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