The Coppice - Page 2

cashman · 14-11-2007, 21:57

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

I know the trees seem to be unpopular are they not there tho to help prevent landslip or something

doubt it, probably they were Free or summat.

WillowTheWhisp · 14-11-2007, 22:34

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Originally Posted by cashman

doubt it, probably they were Free or summat.

They were free actually.

A little while ago I was talking to someone who was involved in the planting.

cashman · 14-11-2007, 22:36

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

They were free actually.

A little while ago I was talking to someone who was involved in the planting.

thought that was the case, but wasn't 100% the old brain cells aint what they used to be.

Eric · 14-11-2007, 22:48

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Originally Posted by cashman

thought that was the case, but wasn't 100% the old brain cells aint what they used to be.

Sobriety will help with this problem too

Len · 14-11-2007, 23:24

For those that aren’t aware. In our gallery we have a small collection of recent-ish images of the coppice and its monument / shelter.
You can find them here or click on the image below.

MargaretR · 14-11-2007, 23:27

Thanks Len wish I had the feet to walk up there

Bonnyboy · 14-11-2007, 23:31

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Originally Posted by Len

For those that aren’t aware. In our gallery we have a small collection of recent-ish images of the coppice and its monument / shelter.
You can find them here or click on the image below.

As far as monuments go it's a bloody disgrace Len. A crying shame. I have not a clue what it was erected for initially, I'm not Accy born and bred but......Someone needs a major kick up the arse.

Doug · 14-11-2007, 23:32

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

I know the trees seem to be unpopular are they not there tho to help prevent landslip or something

I think the buggers just went made at some point, there are cart loads up Fern Gore. What bothers me is the fact that most of them on the Coppice seem to coniferous, not all that brilliant for wildlife and the needles can suffocate the ground so that wild flower and fungi can’t fight back. Who can remember the old days when the coppice was naked, and who can remember Woodnook and Priestley Clough covered in Bluebells and other wild flora as the seasons progressed. We had some fantastic wild places when we where kids, my best memories are the Bluebells in the midst of Oaks, Chestnuts and Sycamores down Woodnook and Skylarks flitting the heavens above Brindles Field off Miller Fold (now cover in weak trees and scrub) Blooming marvellous.

cashman · 14-11-2007, 23:35

cheers Len had'nt seen them photos, reminded me what a bloody mess they are when was over with the dog last summer.

Doug · 14-11-2007, 23:35

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

As far as monuments go it's a bloody disgrace Len. A crying shame. I have not a clue what it was erected for initially, I'm not Accy born and bred but......Someone needs a major kick up the arse.

Cheer's Len.....it make you feel that people don't care about what they have......it is a shame, what I fear is that it will all be lost unless something positive is done soon.

garinda · 14-11-2007, 23:44

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

Removed - NO
Renovated - YES
And remove some trees while your up there, far too many of them they spoil it

I agree, the trees will/are spoiling the view.

However what I did used to find strange is that we all called it the Coppice, even when it was denuded of vegetation, and coppice of course actually means a cultivated thicket of small trees or bushes.

Bonnyboy · 14-11-2007, 23:46

The picture is so stark, when you walk past that monument ( I still dont know what it's for) it has no presence. You walk by the thing as though it is not there, or sit on it to have a ciggy as I do. Lots of towns would exstatic at having such a viewpoint to display their monument.

Bonnyboy · 14-11-2007, 23:51

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Originally Posted by garinda

I agree, the trees will/are spoiling the view.

However what I did used to find strange is that we all called it the Coppice, even when it was denuded of vegetation, and coppice of course actually means a cultivated thicket of small trees or bushes.

I'm as sure as i can be that it's heavily planted to stop land slippage, could well be wrong but it always seems wet an slippy up there.

MargaretR · 15-11-2007, 00:11

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Originally Posted by garinda

I agree, the trees will/are spoiling the view.

However what I did used to find strange is that we all called it the Coppice, even when it was denuded of vegetation, and coppice of course actually means a cultivated thicket of small trees or bushes.

I once heard that it was derived fro the south african word - copje - meaning small hill

pic named ' Race for the copje'

Race for the Copje by G D Giles - Cranston Fine Arts Aviation, Military and Naval Art

garinda · 15-11-2007, 00:23

Don't know whether it's been on here before, but here's a panoramic view taken from the Coppice.

Accrington | Panorama from the Coppice