Comments on: Shakespeare’s Mulberry To The Rescue!

By: Cowtown Pattie

Cowtown Pattie — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:57:39 +0000

Fascinating story, and I am rooting (no pun intentional – sort of) for your fabulous Mulberry tree to survive demolition. In my native Texas, we have several famous ancient trees. My favorite is the Muster Oak tree in LaGrange, TX, still alive on the courthouse square.
https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/websites/FamousTreesOfTexas/TreeLayout.aspx?pageid=16091

By: Joan Byrne

Joan Byrne — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:19:29 +0000

To destroy a mulberry tree is criminal

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 19:02:34 +0000

Excellent idea, Jill Wilson: donate to save the Bethnal Green Mulberry, and donate a Shakespeare mulberry cutting to Victoria Park or another East End location.

Let’s multiply the mulberry trees!

By: paul loften

paul loften — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 13:24:30 +0000

I went to school nearby the Mulberry . I also had a temporary job working at the Chest Hospital in the early 70’s . I would often sit on a bench close to and facing the old Mulberry and eat my lunchtime sandwiches . I know it has been through a lot in its long life so I have pledged a small donation in the hope that it will survive and continue.

By: Rachel Blaylock

Rachel Blaylock — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:27:35 +0000

Will be sharing far and wide! What a great idea to fund the legal fees!
A quick glance at Crest Nicholson’s twitter account, looking at the ‘tweets and replies’, reveals bad customer service and their customers getting together to bring a class action against them. The company doesn’t seem to have a good track record.
Thanks you to those battling to save this historic tree.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 08:27:24 +0000

I will pass this on to all my theatrical friends and colleagues who I hope will be able to contribute to the campaign.

I also hope lots of people who haven’t got their own garden or who live abroad will nevertheless buy a cutting which could then be planted somewhere appropriate in the East End such as Victoria Park. Wouldn’t it be great to have a grove of mulberries planted there to support their venerable friend in the nearby Chest Hospital grounds?

As a designer myself I can’t understand why Crest Nicholson haven’t made a central feature of the ancient mulberry tree and left it in situ, and in peace. It seems a tragic irony that the tree survived the Nazi bombing only to be under greater (and unnecessary) threat for it’s life now from a British company.

Hopefully there is still time for them to do some imaginative tweaking to their design to allow the beloved tree to survive and thrive for another few hundred years…