Comments on: How Old Is The Bethnal Green Mulberry ? https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 21 May 2021 19:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: cyclingshepherd https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/#comment-1379554 Fri, 21 May 2021 19:35:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186841#comment-1379554 So pleased to read that the tree will survive!

Congratulations to all who fought in and contributed to this campaign. Well done.

]]> By: Saige (Jane) England https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/#comment-1377238 Thu, 06 May 2021 21:21:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186841#comment-1377238 This ancient tree sheltered, nourished, touched by our ancestors. How ironic that it is threatened by those who would be gone long before its natural span. When we hold a knife against this tree risk cutting our own throats. When will we learn to live alongside nature rather than destroy?

]]> By: Ian P https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/#comment-1377207 Thu, 06 May 2021 11:15:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186841#comment-1377207 I am very impressed by the intelligent & thoughtful way the expert witness has reviewed the evidence. It would be catastrophic to try and move this, clearly ancient, tree. In my opinion as a long term professional plant and land specialist there is no way it could survive.
There is no justification, given the space, to put ANY building on this site when it could easily be mildly re-sited to allow this wonderful tree to live on! I hope the obviously correct result is obtained.

]]> By: Dave Crosbie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/#comment-1377198 Thu, 06 May 2021 09:49:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186841#comment-1377198 A fascinating and intriguing article.
When so much history and culture are attached to something so evocative as this tree and at a time when so much of our societal fabric is being destroyed it is , in my humble opinion, an act of blatant vandalism to destroy such an icon of a past age.
I can only hope that in light of the irrefutable evidence shown that the future of the Mulberry is assured and it can flourish and stand proud and safe.

]]> By: Laura Williamson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/06/how-old-is-the-bethnal-green-mulberry-x/#comment-1377190 Thu, 06 May 2021 08:38:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186841#comment-1377190 This is an absolutely brilliant piece. I confess to being very perturbed indeed by the erm…confusion…over “plastic clay” and “clay with plastic” and hope the actual facts will now be given due weight.

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