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Old 29-10-2007, 11:18 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Canadian seeks id of an English tree


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 28/10/07 16:32, in article
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This may seem silly, but I want to identify a tree that appears in the
background in three photos I took in 1963 in England (I am now in
Canada). The tree is quite distinctive in shape.

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Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it?

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Sacha
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South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'


http://www.oldstox.com/664sideways.jpg

could be an Oak or possibly an old Elm Tree
http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/O...0Last-Hunt.jpg
the circuit is now known an NIR Northampton International Raceway

http://www.mkpics.smugmug.com/galler.../5145700/Large
plenty of images to check through.
Derek