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Every Autumn I see kids doing what we did at their age, collecting the fruit of those trees ready for 'the season'.

Which season? the one and only great conker season that's which season,

I don't know the age of these trees but they do belong to our and our children's history why should they be removed? The centre of Accrington has already been removed in stages, this is just another stage that shows no real thought, everyone that still uses our town centre has so far been able to navigate around and enjoy them, replace them with what?

Twiglets that will be vandalised? A giant redwood to cause controversy for a future generation?

Those trees ain't broken don't try to fix them.

Could it be?

They aren't evergreens and someone has worked out that cutting them down will save X amount of pounds sweeping up the leaves every Autumn?

If they were diseased yes remove them, as it is they are the only part of the centre not cocked up by interfering short term idiots.