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Used to live in a town with a pub called the Orange tree that had a large sycamore in the front. I kept trying to convince the landlord to get me to climb it and hang orange football's off it to look like oranges. I still reckon it would look awesome but he wasn't having any of it!

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Used to live in a town with a pub called the Orange tree that had a large sycamore in the front. I kept trying to convince the landlord to get me to climb it and hang orange football's off it to look like oranges. I still reckon it would look awesome but he wasn't having any of it!

 

Inspired Sir :thumbup:

 

Now there's a challenge !

 

 

 

 

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The Wild Service tree was also known as The Chequers Tree and was the provider of an ingredient for brewing (a substitute for Hops, IIRC). :001_smile:

 

It was the bletted (half rotten) berries which have a high sugar content so added strength to the barley malt.

 

I was told the word chequer in this context was derived fro latin for "the strength to the grain".

 

One of the reasons this tree was considered an ancient woodland indicator was that the seed doesn’t ripen well enough to germinate so trees in woodland originated in a time when the climate was hotter except I knew of a large one which was probably only 200+ years old and in an oak wood where I doubt it was planted.

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Ones I know:

Yew Tree Inn - Cliffords Mesne, May Hill, Glos. 👍👍👍

The Royal Oak - Meavy, Dartmoor. 👍👍

The Linden Tree - Glos. ?-never been in there.

The Swingle Tree - Callington (not strictly a tree obv).

The Fox and Elms - Tuffley, Glos.

The Cherry Tree - Plymouth.

 

To be continued... :thumbup1:

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