Comments on: How Old Is The Bethnal Green Mulberry? https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lindsay https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1227109 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:36:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1227109 Any news on the decision yet?

]]> By: Jane Walto https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226980 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:47:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226980 I have a live long connection to the tree and the hospital; my father was house Governor 1958-1980
He had the inkstand of mulberry wood in his office, and actually got one of the preservation orders on the tree in the 1970s; he told me and others the story of the tree
I have been patient; visitor; and employed at the hospital…
And in 1974 the person who picked the best crop of mulberries it ever had
For the hospital staff kitchen (union rules stopped gardeners or kitchen staff from doing it!)
And I’ve eaten from the tree
Many a year when there was fruit
The tree was ancient in the 1960s
My father ensured building work at the hospital avoided its routes
And a sluice was poisoning it got moved
I believe he was instrumental in its preservation status
I love a copy of Paul Bommers Print of the tree

]]> By: wendy mukluk https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226498 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:49:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226498 i live in madison, wisconsin, usa but am deeply concerned and in love with the Bethnal Green Mulberry. i have signed shared the petition on my facebook and i hope it got signatures.
good luck and love,
wendy

]]> By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226458 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:33:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226458 How interesting to read about the Romans, Mulberry trees and Colchester. I live in Colchester, Britain’s First City, and there is a very ancient mulberry tree in the garden of the property where my shop is. The tie beam in the roof of my shop has been dendrodated to 1290 to 1386 and was put in our roof circa 1400, so could our mulberry have come from stock brought here by the Romans, what an intriguing thought, I shall have to alert the lady who helps with Heritage Open Day Tours by giving a short talk about the mulberry, as this could be included next year possibly. Thank you GA.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226409 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:39:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226409 Fingers (twigs?) crossed for the meeting on Thursday. I do hope the beloved old tree survives to live on for a few more centuries!

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226347 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:02:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226347 The new inhabitants of most of these ‘luxury flats’ will doubtless not be true Eastenders and their only interest is owning a property in ‘trendy Bethnal Green’.
They will have no idea what that hospital and it’s serene grounds meant to those of us whose grandfathers, fathers and other family members were patients there.
I sat in the grounds close to that beautiful mulberry tree with my brother on the morning my father passed away there….admiring the wonderful building in which he had been afforded such care and dignity during his last days.
Developers like Crest Nicholson are ripping the heart and soul out of my old neighbourhood and virtually no social housing is being built for people who were born there.
Let us hope that Tower Hamlets Council save the tree and thank you Gentle Author for highlighting its’ plight.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226336 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:02:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226336 This tree has to be saved, it is much more than a tree.

]]> By: Annie G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226329 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:25:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226329 One tree; is it too much to expect it to be respected and saved? How old is it? Too old to be be pissed about by developers.

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226328 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:14:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226328 I say save the tree – Dear Crest N please give way there could be lots of good PR for you. Kew Gardens technology could be implemented, save cuttings for a Bethnal Green Mulberry 2. Poet John Barrett Poetry Soc Shirehampton, Bristol

]]> By: Denise https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/09/17/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry/#comment-1226305 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 05:35:46 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=168987#comment-1226305 Gentle Author

I am aghast…
The creatures who sign the death warrant for this living marvel which is, when all is said and
done, a living masterpiece, have hate in their hearts.
These faceless creatures are not ‘ developers ‘, they are ‘ profiteers ‘!
Their unprincipled treachery will lay your country bare …

And, where is their willingness to supply and build public housing ?

They are mercenaries, Gentle Author.

Fight them at every step.

Denise

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