24.12.04
Merry Christmas
11.12.04
Chestnut Tree Butchery
7 December 2004
The most attractive of the four two century old large Chestnut Trees in Buckingham Park has now been butchered. It had received damage after the gales in July 2004, but it has now been destroyed as an important landmark and this was the most notable tree in the whole of the Adur district.
The most attractive of the four two century old large Chestnut Trees in Buckingham Park has now been butchered. It had received damage after the gales in July 2004, but it has now been destroyed as an important landmark and this was the most notable tree in the whole of the Adur district.
A Sweet Chestnut tree in Buckingham Park is one of the most notable Chestnut trees in the whole of Sussex. The largest is 18 metres (59 ft) high with a girth of 222 cm (over 7 ft) in the main part of the trunk, about 1.5 metres from the ground. This tree may be over 200 years old and a topographical drawing by Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (in the British Museum)of Buckingham House in 1782 shows the tree as one of several in a row. However, to really qualify as a stout tree in Sussex, the truck girth should be over 250 mm. Other large Sweet Chestnuts in Sussex include one at Petworth Park at a height of 35 metres (115 ft) and another at Cowdray Park to 25 metres high. The Sweet Chestnut is not a native tree to Britain and in its European and Asian range the tree often reaches 30 metres high.
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6.12.04
Annual Model Railway Exhibition
5 December 2004
Annual Model Railway Exhibition at the Community Centre, Shoreham.
It is a bit unfortunate I stumbled upon this on the day and I could not post this message until afterwards.
Annual Model Railway Exhibition at the Community Centre, Shoreham.
It is a bit unfortunate I stumbled upon this on the day and I could not post this message until afterwards.
