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Letter: Baffled over burial ground expansion

Letter: Baffled over burial ground expansion

SIR – My thanks to the A&T for highlighting the planning application at Hinton burial grounds (A&T, 13th May).

Letter: Ridiculous to build retirement flats with so many still on the market

Letter: Ridiculous to build retirement flats with so many still on the market

Letter: Ridiculous to build retirement flats with so many still on the market

SIR – The plans to build more retirement flats where the police stations were in both Hythe and Lymington is absolutely ridiculous.

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Obituary: Gordon Fillis – former governor of Colbury's Foxhills school

Obituary: Gordon Fillis – former governor of Colbury's Foxhills school

Obituary: Gordon Fillis – former governor of Colbury's Foxhills school

A WELL-LOVED member for many years of St John Ambulance and a former governor of Foxhills Junior School, Gordon Fillis, has died at the age of 93.

Forgotten army of the New Forest's 'lumberjills'

Forgotten army of the New Forest's 'lumberjills'

Forgotten army of the New Forest's 'lumberjills'

THEY were the lumberjills: members of the Women’s Timber Corps launched 80 years ago which sent hundreds to work in the New Forest during WWII.

Letter: Wheelie good for improving recycling rates

Letter: Wheelie good for improving recycling rates

Letter: Wheelie good for improving recycling rates

SIR – Before moving here I lived near Banbury, which is ruled by Cherwell District Council (CDC). It had recycled badly.

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Obituary: Tony Puzey – Purewell's 'Mr Fix-it'

Obituary: Tony Puzey – Purewell's 'Mr Fix-it'

Obituary: Tony Puzey – Purewell's 'Mr Fix-it'

KNOWN both to his customers and family as ‘Mr Fix-it’ there was little that former ironmonger Tony Puzey could not repair.

Letter: The New Forest turning its back on trees?

Letter: The New Forest turning its back on trees?

Letter: The New Forest turning its back on trees?

SIR – At Verderers’ Court recently there were impassioned pleas in support of planting trees in Burley for the Queen’s jubilee

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Letter: A brief feasibility study into reopening Ampress Halt station

Letter: A brief feasibility study into reopening Ampress Halt station

Letter: A brief feasibility study into reopening Ampress Halt station

SIR – Perhaps I could save the cost of a feasibility study into reopening Ampress Halt (A&T, 29th April)? It isn't.

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Letter: We need affordable homes, not retirement flats

Letter: We need affordable homes, not retirement flats

Letter: We need affordable homes, not retirement flats

SIR – It was very interesting attending the planning appeal at Lymington council chamber last week to consider Churchill Retirement Living's appeal.

Letter: Is it time to build a 30,000-home eco-town in the New Forest?

Letter: Is it time to build a 30,000-home eco-town in the New Forest?

Letter: Is it time to build a 30,000-home eco-town in the New Forest?

SIR – Three recent headlines suggest we have concerns regarding planning in both the BCP and New Forest District Council areas.

Letters: Horror of development at Highcliffe's Jesmond Avenue

Letters: Horror of development at Highcliffe's Jesmond Avenue

Letters: Horror of development at Highcliffe's Jesmond Avenue

"The site is a designated green corridor which is retained for wildlife"

Letter: So much loose talk from military experts on Ukraine war

Letter: So much loose talk from military experts on Ukraine war

Letter: So much loose talk from military experts on Ukraine war

SIR – Tell me I am dreaming, but what I see on the TV about the war in Ukraine is almost like watching a video game but in real life.

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Letter: Ruining the charm of the only true village in the New Forest

Letter: Ruining the charm of the only true village in the New Forest

Letter: Ruining the charm of the only true village in the New Forest

SIR – We read with great interest Dr D. J. Delany (Letters, 8th April) with regard to the proposed Pennyfarthing development off Manor Road.

Obituary: Tony Collard – Lymington hairdresser and ballroom dancing champion

Obituary: Tony Collard – Lymington hairdresser and ballroom dancing champion

Obituary: Tony Collard – Lymington hairdresser and ballroom dancing champion

LONGSTANDING Lymington hairdresser and sailor Tony Collard has died at the age of 86.

Letter: Can't anyone stop the motorhomes wild camping at Keyhaven?

Letter: Can't anyone stop the motorhomes wild camping at Keyhaven?

Letter: Can't anyone stop the motorhomes wild camping at Keyhaven?

SIR – Is there no authority who will take responsibility for the large numbers of assorted motorhomes parked up along New Lane and Saltgrass Lane?

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Barton House – the post-war haven from hell for eastern European refugees

Barton House – the post-war haven from hell for eastern European refugees

Barton House – the post-war haven from hell for eastern European refugees

THE clifftop residence in Barton which housed refugees from 1954 to 1991.

Restoration plans for New Milton's rare wartime gun turret

Restoration plans for New Milton's rare wartime gun turret

Restoration plans for New Milton's rare wartime gun turret

A RECENTLY-rediscovered rare gun turret used to help defend New Milton during the Second World War could be restored for display.

Letter: Arrogance of county council on Lymington parking plans

Letter: Arrogance of county council on Lymington parking plans

Letter: Arrogance of county council on Lymington parking plans

SIR – This plan strikes me as a reversal of what these people at Hampshire County Council were put in position to do – serve the people.

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Letter: Why the New Forest really needs wheelie bins

Letter: Why the New Forest really needs wheelie bins

Letter: Why the New Forest really needs wheelie bins

"I can visualise so much improvement that not having wheeled bins would be against individual rights for a healthier environment."

Obituary: John Fawcett – New Forest deer expert

Obituary: John Fawcett – New Forest deer expert

Obituary: John Fawcett – New Forest deer expert

A DISTINGUISHED scientist with a lifelong love of New Forest deer has died at the of 92.

Letter: New Forest residents are being restricted by authorities

Letter: New Forest residents are being restricted by authorities

Letter: New Forest residents are being restricted by authorities

SIR – I write with dismay at the attitude of both Hampshire County Council and the New Forest park authorities.

Letter: Will village roads be safer thanks to new Highway Code?

Letter: Will village roads be safer thanks to new Highway Code?

Letter: Will village roads be safer thanks to new Highway Code?

SIR – Thank you for your recent article highlighting the difficulties faced by Bashley residents, in particular when trying to walk in the village.
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