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Caz · 23-09-2003, 16:48

All I know is what I got from the Telegraph a couple of months ago.

The tree is in a conservation area, and is subject to a preservation order. But after  other trees nearby, and in other parts of Hyndburn were condemned due to disease, the Vicar decided to call in the council. When it was checked they found it was diseased, but not with the same fungal disease that caused the other ones to be  condemned. It is apparently decaying  internally.

Whilst the tree could potentially last for a long time yet, there is the possibility that it could collapse without warning, and it is being felled on safety grounds.

It is supposed to be felled sometime between October & March, so let's hope there isn't an accident during the conker season.

23-09-2003, 16:48	#10
Caz God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Accrington Posts: 2,210 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 974	Re: HORSE CHESTNUT TREE IN CHRIST CHURCH GROUNDS. All I know is what I got from the Telegraph a couple of months ago. The tree is in a conservation area, and is subject to a preservation order. But after  other trees nearby, and in other parts of Hyndburn were condemned due to disease, the Vicar decided to call in the council. When it was checked they found it was diseased, but not with the same fungal disease that caused the other ones to be  condemned. It is apparently decaying  internally. Whilst the tree could potentially last for a long time yet, there is the possibility that it could collapse without warning, and it is being felled on safety grounds. It is supposed to be felled sometime between October & March, so let's hope there isn't an accident during the conker season. __________________ Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. - Edmund Burke I am not young enough to know everything. - Oscar Wilde