Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
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I'vfe just walked round to Cherry Tree to buy a paper and noticed four of the new trees have been dug up. Two of them had previously been vandalized and the two outside the newsagent mysteriously sawn off, so I wonder if they're going to replant them. There's one very lonely tree all on its own on that side now. It's a shame they couldn't have kept the original ones really, they were lovely old trees.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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The original trees were removed when footway work was carried out .
Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
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Yes I know why they were removed. Just a shame they couldn't have found some way of keeping them.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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After protests they were replaced
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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looks like cross purposes here, colin is saying that they were not there this morning.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Its the new ones that have been damaged .It costs approx £500 to replace a tree.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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'Tis a sign of the times.
When those now mature street trees were planted little more than gas-supply pipes for street lighting ran under the pavement, now all sorts of pipes, cables and trunking utilise the convenience of running off-road under the pavement.
The idea of the tree-lined street is a thing of the past, for many if not all streets.
More thought has to go into their planting these days; specimen planting included in traffic calming measures (chicanes etc.) and landscaping of any small grassed plots that dot the street scenes of cities and towns.
The £500 replacement cost should really be factored-in from the get-go and more care and attention paid to the care and protection of each new tree planted.
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P.S.
It's high time that Councils got in on the act to plant fruit trees, again with a commitment to maintenance. So many gardeners are employed, but all they are asked to do is cut the grass and plant out bedding that is bought-in in bulk...[that reminds me, how is Marek doing, I wonder?]
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Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
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Plenty of tree lined streets in London. Walk around Kensington and there are huge plane trees everywhere, they seem to manage ok with their underground services.
And yes to clarify it's the new replacement ones in Cherry Tree that were dug up yesterday, presumably because they were all damaged.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Perhaps the trees should be given a protective frame of iron railings, to protect them, would probably save expense of replacing regularly. Hope they are replacing with cherry trees
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Good Point Mrs Hollingsbee,but even with that in place they still get damaged.
Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
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If anyone's interested, these trees are not going to be replanted. They've now tarmaced over the patches where they were, so Cherry Tree Avenue is no longer an avenue. Does anyone else think this is very sad? I suppose most people won't even notice.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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not really surprised after seeing the carnage of the trees at or near priory station.
the got rid of a lot of wildlife.
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I have just taken a 'stroll' down memory lane, Oops! Sorry. Cherry Tree Avenue using Google Maps. The trees are there, hence the confusion. I am not surprised at the shock of losing them, not just regarding the street name (think Sevenoaks after the '87 gale) but these trees could have played a part in the lives of many local people since they were planted. The view from Minerva Avenue must now seem quite stark, but in line with what I have said before with a little imagination and a little help from friends something could be done, even now.
All along this road runs the local edict;parking, no parking, parking, no parking... At each of the transition points and here and there in front of the shops could the pavement no be made to 'bulge to accommodate trees? Plus there is at present (or way back when Google did it's thing) a section of wasted space to the street-side of the red posts at Kwik-Fit.
[that's probably enough interference from me on this point]
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I have had the same in the front garden it is a very nice tree but when it drops it goes over the car
etc
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Never had a car when the children were small Had to push a pram with two small children through the flower blossom .No Gardners where I lived,It used to stick to the pram wheels
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