HERO: broke beam
What’s missing? Trees are not being replaced in our streets
Herne Hill’s Street Trees Need Your Help
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Jones and his family at Buckingham Palace in 1946
Jones did more to save us from disaster than many who are glittering with trinkets Prime Minister Winston Churchill on RV Jones and his contribution during World War Two
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A small tree near my house was blown over in one of the winter storms. I emailed Lambeth Council to ask them to remove it and to replace it when the time was right. I was dismayed by the reply, which in essence said the Council is not delivering a planting or replacement programme at this time, due to widespread “spending reviews”. The reply went on to say the site I had identified would be recorded for future replacement, should the Council resume tree planting at a later date. I reported this to our Committee, and Laurence Marsh and I decided to see what could be done about this. We feel strongly, as I am sure other Herne Hill Society members do, that the presence of street trees adds greatly to the pleasant
Herne Hill-Summer 2014
environment of Herne Hill. And of course they have other benefits, including the absorption of harmful air pollutants. So we have decided the first thing to do is assess the size of the problem and this is where we need your help. We would be grateful if as many of our members as possible, in both Lambeth and Southwark, could let us know where there are empty tree pits in their street, or other sites where a tree would be appropriate, or details of trees that are ailing. Please contact sheila.northover@gmail. com (or 020 7274 2638) or laurence@marsh62. co.uk (or 020 7737 0658) if you would be interested in joining us in this project. The more help we can get the better! Sheila Northover Railton Road
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