We made the papers again..

[benedmonds]

Poplar trees chopped down - News - Ilkeston Advertiser

 

Not the best press...

But it has wound me up:

I do not hack down trees

I do not have vans

and the workmen on site, answered questions and were subject to abuse! They did NOT abuse the (member of public), even after he went off on one!

Edited June 27, 2011 by Steve Bullman
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[PhilBeech]

What a poor reply from the LA!

[Andy Collins]

Why not reply in the comment section on the page? Put your POV across politely and eloquently. Educate them as to what the term "coppicing" means.

[Sam Thompson]

“They’ve not been coppiced, there’s nothing left but stumps" Just about sums it up. People who think they know, and don't. Write a letter to the paper, as Andy say.

 

 

Then file it under "Why the public as useless" and start again.

[slack ma girdle]

Self rightous nimbys, dont you just love em.

[Sam Thompson]

Pollarding - Hard pruning involving the removal of all or nearly all of a trees branches, should be avoided on most species. The main exception being willows.

 

Just having a quick nose through your website and came across the above, can you explain that a bit? I've always been taught that pollarding when done properly is a perfectly good thing to do

[alex_m]

i like this.....

 

"Those trees were more than 70-years-old and there was absolutely nothing wrong with them."

“Those trees will take 30-40 years to get to anything like they were before they were chopped down.

 

so...30 years or 70?

[RobRainford]

I hate that! I've always had a dislike for articles in the media which makes the lot of us sound like cowboys!

 

I'm sure they would have made a similar story if they hadn't been felled and they landed on a building!

[Frankie Lawrence]

How ridiculous they are only poplars usual press twisting what they were told

[RobRainford]

They should replant 6 lleylandii!