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Published on: 28/09/2019 09:07 AMReported by: roving-eye
A Qlocal reader has sent in this letter regarding the Horse Chesnut trees in the area.
At the end of last year a huge perfect shaped horse-chestnut was chopped down in Crescent Rd Birkdale
Loved by everyone and admired by all including passers by from elsewhere When in flower its “candles” were massive and boys gathered to collect conkers each year.
It was a member of the community and housed birds and squirrels.
The owners neighbour put such pressure on him that he agreed to remove it.
Others contacted the council and their officer gave permission on the grounds it was not a hardwood and was a fruit tree! !!!!!
Nothing to add to that really no wonder these trees are now endangered as reported in today’s media.
We don’t need to worry about fires in the Amazon jungle Just leave it to lazy thinkers at our own local authorities
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Once upon a time the gardens along the road where I live were blessed with various species of trees which supported many different ecosystems ... but gradually the vast majority have now been felled. I've noticed that whenever a property is sold, one of the first jobs that the new resident undertakes is to remove any trees or large bushes from their garden ... they usually do this before they actually take up residence, so presumably they're not sufficiently tolerant to find out whether they might actually enjoy living alonside a tree.
Meanwhile, over at The Woodland Trust: "Whatever you want to plant, whether it’s one tree in your garden or a whole wood, we can help."
... https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/
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Originally Posted by
roving-eye
A Qlocal reader has sent in this letter regarding the Horse Chesnut trees in the area.
At the end of last year a huge perfect shaped horse-chestnut was chopped down in Crescent Rd Birkdale
Loved by everyone and admired by all including passers by from elsewhere When in flower its “candles” were massive and boys gathered to collect conkers each year.
It was a member of the community and housed birds and squirrels.
The owners neighbour put such pressure on him that he agreed to remove it.
Others contacted the council and their officer gave permission on the grounds it was not a hardwood and was a fruit tree! !!!!!
Nothing to add to that really no wonder these trees are now endangered as reported in today’s media.
We don’t need to worry about fires in the Amazon jungle Just leave it to lazy thinkers at our own local authorities
i love horse chestnut trees....i used to live on lord st and loved the flowering of the big ones they looked fantastic (now chopped down)...but i now have a bit of land, every time i see a nice conker wherever i am shopping...i just stick them about 2" down in my soil and they grow....i now have multiple trees....everybody...just plant a conker...but it will annoy the council!!
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There are literally hundreds of conkers just outside my front garden..... and probably lurking in the shrubbery.
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Originally Posted by
roving-eye
A Qlocal reader has sent in this letter regarding the Horse Chesnut trees in the area.
At the end of last year a huge perfect shaped horse-chestnut was chopped down in Crescent Rd Birkdale
Loved by everyone and admired by all including passers by from elsewhere When in flower its “candles” were massive and boys gathered to collect conkers each year.
It was a member of the community and housed birds and squirrels.
The owners neighbour put such pressure on him that he agreed to remove it.
Others contacted the council and their officer gave permission on the grounds it was not a hardwood and was a fruit tree! !!!!!
Nothing to add to that really no wonder these trees are now endangered as reported in today’s media.
We don’t need to worry about fires in the Amazon jungle Just leave it to lazy thinkers at our own local authorities
Well, if that is what the local authority officer said then they need to get another job. Horse chestnuts are hardwoods. However, unless it is covered by a tree preservation order, there is nothing the local authority can do to prevent felling on private land. Looks like another Sefton bashing exercise from Roving.
I've just been working in the east of England, and it's been a very good year indeed for conker production by our Horse Chestnut trees, though I note that the grey squirrels seem to like stripping the brown 'skin' off the nuts. However there are far too many nuts for them to cope with.
Anyone who thinks that the total number and acreage of Horse Chestnut trees in the UK bears any relation to the loss of Amazon rain forest really needs to get a grip.
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Well if ye can't go loco in Acapulco then why not go bonkers fer conkers!
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