Camberley Mail from Camberley, Surrey, England • 1

4- i 4' 775 111 NEW OR USED HONDA See our ad (Incorporating tht Nowi and Mail) TUESDAY JANUARY 19 1988 No 6023 Price lOp PAffiES 0F VACANCIES and HOMES AND CABS FM SALE him mm Hospital elderly 'badly treated' A 67'YEAR-OLD man preparing for marathon journey from John OGroats to Loafs End has been for a trial run TO I utheTemktehe will Mr Ken Tsngm of Caswefl Cms Fsrubmough hopes his rtpwfll ib £2S0j800 to help After nsiag flu emm- for the first urn at Ilngimiad shopping centre Faraboreagh where the event was kerne pub-Irind Mr TeagW fa set for an Pensioner injured as thief snatches her bag AN elderly woman fell to the ground as she struggled with a youth who snatched her The 71-year-old woman who fives in Fleet but is not being named by police suffered slight grazing and cuts to her knees Police are now appealing for witnesses to the robbery which happened as the woman was walking along Church Road Fleet near its junction with Avenue Road at about 330 pjn on Tuesday STRUGGLE She was approached from behind by a youth who tried to pull her light-brown handbag from her During the struggle the woman fell to her knees and the youth who did not speak to her ran off with die handbag down Avenue Road towards Etvetham Road He is described as between 16 and 22 about SfL 1Kb tall of fight build and clean-shaven He had fair hair and was wearing light-coloured trousers an anorak and a pair of fight-coloured training shoes The handbag contained keys a cheque book credit cards a silver powder case a purse with £15 and other imsmHmmBassmmmsKniBS Apra start 1 am mor by SYLVIA WATSON MARKS and SpencerTesco have won a crucial part of their battle to build twin superstores on the Sandhurst Camberley border After months of consultations with more than a dozen bodies Bracknell Council the planning authority has finally given outline permission for the development on 76 acres of prime land border to wgfiDSM! mm B9mSaHsSSnaSraMSB st" he said "I am very woa ft ml tie I am raring to go" Money Mr Teagle with his wife Margaret is wished good luck by the Mayor Coun CaHan watched by Mr Peter Wilson ing London Road The Nevertheless the aoolkatioa for Us dedkation to helping HEALTH authority officials are to investigate a complaint abont the treatment of geriatric patients at Faraham Hospital The complaint was nude by Mrs Sylvia Edwards of Swift Road Upper Hale who worked at the hospital as a temporary cleaner before Christmas Her engagement was for three weeks but she said she left after two weeks because she found it "too distressing" Mrs Edwards telephoned the authority to complain because she found working at the hospital "heartbreaking" "I should have worked for three weeks but I could only stick it for two" she said "The people in that hospital are old and I think they should be treated with more respect DISCUSS "It may be that they are short-staffed but I thought to myself that people were just being treated as numbers" Mr Leslie Ditchbum director of nursing sendees at the hospital said he was not prepared to comment until he was fully aware of the allegations He and district nursing advisor Mrs Irene Rowe were to meet with Mrs Edwards to discuss the matter If there was any snthstance to the allegations the nutter would be handed over to the district health authority be said Mr Frank Dunnett the authority's general manager said: "It is our responsibaity to see what the complaint and then investigate: "We are always concerned about complaints particularly were patients care is for the omer auaued people "I was present when Ken "I think it is nurrtlW For somebody disabled to cover afl flat mfleage for the benefit of other dissMcd people fa terrific" said Coun Gdhm Mr Teagle wants to raise money for the International Aid for the Disabled Travellers Mr Harold WIsoa msnsg-ing director and founder of the charity the only fnterna- win be referred to the Secretary of State The approval is subject to a long list of conditions and specifications relating to roads and drainage landscaping noise deliveries and other matters Opinion was sharply divided at the development committee meeting on Thursday with councillors living around Sandhurst fully in favour and saying the scheme was an opportunity not to be missed FOLKS have issued this starting Photo-fit Omm of a man wanted connection with the vicious stabbing ef an Aldershot bricklayer outride a pub on Christmas Fve They say the attacker spoke with a Scots accent and behaved to be known as "Jimmy" And they tbink he the owner ef a dial red Rover 1SS car which was fitted with a new eidmust system at an Aldsnhot garage Just hours before Ac assault The man they arc looking for is described as aged about 25 and Sft tin tsJL Any meclumc who carried out work on a car of that description or anyone ebe with information should contact Dct Insp Ar-noid Lewis on Fsraham 716262 Al caBs wDl be treated in strict confidence The man was on the foreeourt of the Cricketers at Wrccdeshem when Mr KB nanagan (32) of Park Road Aldershot was stabbed five times in the back His first said he would travel from John 0Groafs to Land's End and I wss not amazed he fa the type of person I wish I had a dozen ef" said Mr Wuson "He is devoted to his work He spends afl the time eating drinking and brathuw for disabled people" Mr Teagle who fa vice-president of the charity estimates the trip win take 32 days is the wheelchair that has cvuylMng Anything you would Ike to ask tor fa there" ssid Mr Teagle Rushmoor Mayor -Cava Cats who was at Kings-vwfnlof ssmarattonfor orgsniiation providing fntoramtloB for the dis-abo praised Mir Teagle the local authority's satisfaction The Meadows site where the development is planned borders York town Road Laundry Lane Tank Road London Road and River Blackwater MarksTesco want to use 35 acres for two retail storesand restaurant together with access service roads car parking for around 2J00 cars a petrol station and landscaping works The remaining 41 acres would become public open space and the companies are willing to transfer that land to Bracknell Council Conn Arthur Arnold committee vice-chairman and a Sandhurst representative told coBcagues mat modern living demanded the type of development before them There were enormous highway benefits to be gained and most people in Sandhurst wanted the development which would allow the area to tUpuKh-needcd pasaT' from Crowtborne warned that building a new road did not necessarily solve' traffic problems Opposition teamed a punctured lung PIECE OF WOOD Woman vanishes on way to dentist A MTDDLE-aged woman has mysteriously disap Imp Keith Cockburn of Fleet police said it was fikdy people had been in the area at the time of the snatch and may have seen die man before or after the offence Anyone who can help with their inquiries should ring Fleet police on Aldershot 24545 Ahfaoueh now for Mr Flanagan was hi intensive peared on her way to the dentist Mrs OHve Berrow (52) left aevcral davs fbaawine nmior sunerv mm mm mue aramvMrvvmwmj mmmMmmi nminjH He was stabbed when he went to beta a friend Mr John Futtiek abs aged 32 of Cbbbetts Way Faraham who had been stabbed fa the groin A third man Mr Steven Tomfa of BeB- her sheltered accommodj lanon mFsfnboroueh Toaster starts blaze A FAULTY electric toaster started a fire at a house in Maple Gardens Yateley on Thursday Mr Thomas Hawkins who Eves alone at the houierwashf' the garden when the fire started at about 1 JO pa He rushed indoors when he spotted the smoke and managed to unplug the toaster in the kitchen but the flames spread to the rest of the house Firemen got the blaze under control within 30 minutes Mr Hawkins a security guard was unhurt Most of the ground floor of the end-terraced' house was damaged by the fire and rooms on the first floor were affected smoke On the other side one or two dissenters claimed the Sandhunt-Crowthome" bypass which the consortium has promised to complete as part of the package would open up new areas to more development elsewhere Councillors heard there was still opposition from the and Friends of the Earth They claim the development will destroy much of the rare mea-dowland on the former Ministry of Defence site Part of the land has been declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest by the NOC and nature lovers say urn meadows there are a nationally rare and threatened habitat A vital condition of the permission states the development must not open for business until the bypass is first built to after 8 am last Wednesday She never arrived for her 10 Bja appointment at her dentist in Salisbury Road Fan-borough and has not been being hit on the head with a piece of wood The assaults happrnsi during the afternoon when the pub's Iandbrd Mr Nick Dovea had aa extension for a Christmas party for Hale Densdtkm of Faraham A nmaber of men were asked to leave Urge want to know she is safe" Before going to stay at Broadhurst Mrs Berrow was living in Giffard Drive Farnbcfough Mr Brown described her as a quiet polite person She certainly wasn't worried about going to the dentist's We talked about it the day before "She hadn't done this kind of thing before and it is certainly not the weather to be outside for long periods" said Mr Brown Yesterday Mrs Berrow was PO raiders net £6875 THIEVES broke into Fleet Post Office on Thursday night and stole £6875 all in coins Police are asking banks and businesses to contact them if anyone tries to exchange large quantities of coins The haul comprised £6000 in £1 coins in red doth bags £625 in 50 pence pieces £200 in 20 peace pieces £20 10 pence pieces and £30 in five pence pieces Nappy gift for Duchess AN Aldershot nappy manufacturer wont be caught napping if rumours of the Duchess of York's pregnancy turn out to be true Mr Jonathan G3brook a director of Nursery Line in Grosvenor Road sent 210 disposables to Kensington Palace on Friday with best wishes after they started takfn They did so but waited i WORRIED Mrs Berrow a widow was wearing a mauve coat with a white fur collar and black' boots and wss carrying a black handbag She has black shoulder-length hair brown eyes and is Sft 2in tan Mr Ptftnck left they set about Urn Mr Lewis believes tbe troubknukers are from a group of mien possibly Hefts stffl The deputy warden- at rian breaks OUQ Broadhurst in Trunk Road since Just before Christmas Mr Cecfl Brown said: "We are very worried about Mrs Berrow We know she did not have much money on her and silence over she needs her "We have alerted the police It's passible she could be staying' with friends but we just UFO sigircing Bingo's low key visit THE UFO sightings reported in last week's "News" have finally prompted a man to recount a close 'encounter which left him truly scared for the first time in his life Coun Dr John Warren said he was not enthusiastic about die application or about comments which had been made It seemed to him that Sandhurst members were strongly motivated by the urge to complete die bypass between Nine Mile Ride snd Owhrooor Coun Warren member for Winkfidd said such a road would expose a big area to potential development and urged people to consider very carefully the implications involved Part of the proposals include a multi-million pound package of improvements to the local history network with a new link road between London Road and marshall Road Contributions to the Sahdhurst-Crowtbome bypass and aa improved junction between London Road and the M3 fink road Surrey Heath Council has not opposed the proposed development but Rushmoor and Hart Councils have raised objections They say it would threaten the future of shops and centres in their areas specifically Aldershot Faraboiougb Yate-ley and Blackwater In their 21 -page report punning officials said although the development's impact would be felt within other shopping centres the extent was difficult to predict However it was generally accepted that' superstore "the area was needed and that the MarksTesco plan offered a real improvement to shop- eg facilities which could not achieved satisfactorily within surrounding town centres IS NOW ON Minimum 25 SAVING ON LEADING MAKES OF FURNITURE AND BEDS including: Missing boy is found dead THE body of a 13-year-old mentn IN handicapped boy has been found by police just hours after he disappeared from a special hostel in Crowtborne Patrick Hind was discovered by police lying by the railway track not far from Ravens-wood Village where he was being cared for He had been killed by a train Police are investigating and British Transport Police have been informed The coroner has been notified and a postmortem will be held DISCOVERED Patrick was reported missing from the community for the mentally handicapped on Wednesday evening His body was discovered by the line at Crowtborne at 8 am next day Police say there are no suspicious circumstances but they are investigating Patrick's parents live in Crowtborne EX-BEATLE RJngo Starr aad ae one was only whan the araaMir signed his mane in ma VBSnmns book mac amp in the IDgh Street visor in a computer company His encounter came shortly before Christmas 1986 and apart from telling his wife who laughed at the storey he has kept it to himself Although he realised Heathrow was nearby aeroplanes had been a hobby of his for 20 years and he knew full well the object was neither a plane nor a helicopter Even so he checked with Heathrow to find outif any craft were up around 4 am that day but Heathrow did not know of any "When I waited for this object to come down I thought if it does it win land right on those pylons It is me only time in my life Fve been really scared'' said Mr Wan (46V Mr Brian Wall of BickneD Road Frinuey has described how he was followed along the M3 from the outskirts of London to Lightwater by a brightly lit object in the sky "It seemed to be attracted by tbe lights of my car As I got out of the car this thing came down There wasno noise I got quite scared I must admit It must have hovered there for five seconds until it vanished in about a second" he said The object was lit up with different coloured lights he said It could have been a mile away from him it was difficult to judge but the most fascinating thing wss its speed "It travelled at a terrific speed" said Mr Wan a super- the mcatity of nm FAMOUS BLUE CROSS DAY SATURDAY 23rd JANUARY! 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WORRIED councillors have turned down plans for a 50-bedroom hotel near the end of main runway at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborought after saying they feared a possible air disaster The reason given for refusal however was over-development of the site on tbe busy A325 next to the Swan pub The scheme would have involved the demolition of die Swan and five adjoining said it would lepresent overdevelopment in the' area parking would be inadequate on the site with customers- likely to park on the A325 and the loss of bouses was contrsry to borough policy They also said that future road puns would be affected by toe hotel and the flow of traffic on the A325 disrupted SPACES Developer Mr Peter Ford-ham who owns two of the houses oa the site said after the meeting that he would be appealing against the councirs dfrisjon "The grounds for refusal "We arc only seven spaces short of their car parking requirement and if they had told us about nut we could have done sornething about it The other grounds were irrelevaat "The RAE could re-open its gate near the site and increase the traffic going on to the road fourfold As for the safety aspect Heathrow has a hotel sad mere are people hV-ing on the site already If it is OK for them to be there now why it not OK to build a hotel there? "A plane could land short of the runway and take out die hotel but it could also come down further to tbe right and take out the cpnegt Where do you draw the UneT ment of the Environment over Rushmoor Council pinwjng committee's rejection ASHAMED Tory councillor John Deben-ham described the idea as madness He said: 1 would like to see this plan rejected out of hand It is not the interests of tbe area "What the applicant is proposing is a hotel which will be fuU at air show time I dunk it is madness to site it this area A plane has come down in the area of the Swan and one has come down on the nearby sheds Anyone who wants to put a hood here should be ashamed of himselfM His colleague Coun Brian Oliver said: aiThere is no way I am going to agree to a 50-bedroom hotel smack in the middle of the runway Other councillors pointed out that the risk of crash was a hazard of life is Farnborough Although he was against me scheme Coun John Marsh said: "Frying and Farnborough are synonymous It lias been here for as long as there has been frying in this country People know that and nave to accept it" The plan had been submitted by a group of presidents who hoped to seU the idea to a major hotel chain Rcfuriiig the scheme planning permission councillors PARK ST CAMBERLEV TeL 25601 299 FLEET RDH FLEET TeL 625222 OF CAMBERLEY TEL0276692122 Now the developer has said he win appeal to the Depart he It Jf 4.