The times, they are a changing...............

[sloth]

Found an old photo showing huge oak I shot a couple of years ago. The first from 1895. Scene has barely changed but the new owner has recently fenced around the tree.

 

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Crikey! That's a monster, any story/history behind it?

[Graham]

Crikey! That's a monster, any story/history behind it?

 

There isn't anything noted of its history. It measures about 36' round. The area was medieval deer park with remains of a Saxon boundary ditch and would, presumably, have been an area of wood pasture of which this remains.

[chris23a]

What a fascinating thread, keep them coming!

[Graham]

Another one. Circa 1905-10. The plane was planted in 1901.

 

 

[David Humphries]

The Judges walk, in Hampstead North London

 

A double avenue of trees (mostly lime, but also horse chestnut, beech and oak) that got its name from a period when the courts were moved away from the central area of the city in the 1660's due to plague & then the great fire.

 

Sessions were held in marques in the Hampstead area and the judges would walk & deliberate there verdicts under these trees.

 

Painted by John Constable in the 1820's whilst he was living locally and also photographed & drawn at various times over the last couple of centuries.

 

 

 

The below images from John Constable - The complete works, HAMPSTEAD HEATH - 2014 .

[David Humphries]

The Judges walk, in Hampstead North London

 

A double avenue of trees (mostly lime, but also horse chestnut, beech and oak) that got its name from a period when the courts were moved away from the central area of the city in the 1660's due to plague & then the great fire.

 

interesting to see how the four lines of trees have disappeared over time leaving two partial lines that have been randomly re-planted up after various storms etc....

 

 

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[sloth]

Boy things have changed there! Looked nicer before...

[David Humphries]

Boy things have changed there! Looked nicer before...

 

Agreed

 

 

 

No modern context shot here, but I came across this great image earlier of street hawkers selling wood,

taking advantage of a coal porters strike in 1914

[Gary Prentice]

They look like the sort of size used for pit props.

[David Humphries]

Yep, could be

 

 

 

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