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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
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. If no-one on this newsgroup can help, is there a "trees-only" newsgroup that I might try? Here's the story: I run a website devoted to the history of British stock-car racing 1955-1975. Today I watched a video clip of racing at a track at Brafield in Northamptonshire, and lo and behold, even from the in-car camera view, I instantly recognized a tree that grew at the edge of the stadium's property 45 years ago! I could e-mail jpg's to any serious tree person. If anyone wants to navigate through my rather clumsy and crowded website, here are the directions: www.oldstox.com Sub-section "Senior F1 Racing in the 1960's" (1) Search for "320", and the hyperlink jpg shows, behind two cars, the tree. Sub-section "58 Junier F2's" (2) Scroll down to the second embedded photo, of two cars, and the tree is there too. (3) Same sub-section, search for "two friends", and the hyperlinked jpg shows the tree again. I trust that the folks at uk.rec.gardening have the same attention to fine details that cricketers and stock-car fans do (e.g. "That axle stub could NEVER have been used in 1957 in Scotland ---") Thanks for any help anyone can give. |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
On 28/10/07 16:32, in article
, " wrote: 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. snip Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? -++++ Sacha, Thank you for a VERY prompt reply. My tree knowledge is abysmal, but your suggestion does "look" right to me. It never prospered in 45 years, always an uneven silhouette and scraggly branches --- maybe the din and smoke of a half-century of stock cars have hindered it ----! David Kipling BC, Canada .. Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
In article . com, barnsley writes: | | Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? | | -++++ Sacha, Thank you for a VERY prompt reply. | My tree knowledge is abysmal, but your suggestion does "look" right to | me. | It never prospered in 45 years, always an uneven silhouette and | scraggly branches --- maybe the din and smoke of a half-century of | stock cars have hindered it ----! No, no, that's not it. That IS what oaks look like, unless bred for timber. They are knobbly, ragged trees, and start getting stag-headed (which that hadn't done yet) about a 1/3 through their lifetime. See Oliver Rackham on that. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article . com, barnsley writes: | | Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? | | -++++ Sacha, Thank you for a VERY prompt reply. | My tree knowledge is abysmal, but your suggestion does "look" right to | me. | It never prospered in 45 years, always an uneven silhouette and | scraggly branches --- maybe the din and smoke of a half-century of | stock cars have hindered it ----! No, no, that's not it. That IS what oaks look like, unless bred for timber. They are knobbly, ragged trees, and start getting stag-headed (which that hadn't done yet) about a 1/3 through their lifetime. See Oliver Rackham on that. Looks like an oak to me. Ouite a good example - many are not quite as full as that - not so many branches. It's possible that one was covered in ivy. Short cut to your photo here.. http://www.oldstox.com/images/Gateley64.jpg It looks like the tree might still be there.... http://www.v8hotstox.com/nir.html |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
On 28/10/07 18:29, in article
, "barnsley" wrote: snip Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? -++++ Sacha, Thank you for a VERY prompt reply. My tree knowledge is abysmal, but your suggestion does "look" right to me. It never prospered in 45 years, always an uneven silhouette and scraggly branches --- maybe the din and smoke of a half-century of stock cars have hindered it ----! David Kipling BC, Canada . I hope I'm not misleading you, David. I'm sure others will correct me if I am. ;_ -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
In article , Sacha writes: | On 28/10/07 16:32, in article | , | " wrote: | | 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. | | Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? Yes. While I am not good at such recognition, oak trees like that aren't rare in the UK. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/10/07 16:32, in article , " wrote: 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. snip Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) '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 |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
On Oct 29, 4:18 pm, "Derek" wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 28/10/07 16:32, in article om, " wrote: 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. snip Looks like a rather wind-blasted oak tree, doesn't it? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) '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 Treehttp://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/Occasions/23-14aU%20Last-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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks very much to DEREK and to CWATTERS for links to those photos. What a treat, to my nostalgic mind, to see the skyline remain after 45 years. Are you guys gardeners who helpfully google or gardeners who also happen to know stock-car racing? And yes, I think there was ivy at work in that hedgerow. Please forgive my double-identity hotmail addresses! David Kipling BC, Canada |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
"barnsley" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks very much to DEREK and to CWATTERS for links to those photos. What a treat, to my nostalgic mind, to see the skyline remain after 45 years. Are you guys gardeners who helpfully google or gardeners who also happen to know stock-car racing? And yes, I think there was ivy at work in that hedgerow. Please forgive my double-identity hotmail addresses! David Kipling BC, Canada Gardeners who google in my case. I live about 30 miles east of Northampton but have only been there once and never to the race track. |
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Canadian seeks id of an English tree
On Oct 28, 4:32 pm, "
wrote: This may seem silly, but I want to identify a tree that appears in the background in threephotosI took in 1963 in England (I am now in Canada). The tree is quite distinctive in shape. If no-one on this newsgroup can help, is there a "trees-only" newsgroup that I might try? Here's the story: I run a website devoted to the history of British stock-car racing 1955-1975. Today I watched a video clip of racing at a track at Brafield in Northamptonshire, and lo and behold, even from the in-car camera view, I instantly recognized a tree that grew at the edge of the stadium's property 45 years ago! I could e-mail jpg's to any serious tree person. If anyone wants to navigate through my rather clumsy and crowded website, here are the directions:www.oldstox.com Sub-section "Senior F1 Racing in the 1960's" (1) Search for "320", and the hyperlink jpg shows, behind two cars, the tree. Sub-section "58 Junier F2's" (2) Scroll down to the second embedded photo, of two cars, and the tree is there too. (3) Same sub-section, search for "two friends", and the hyperlinked jpg shows the tree again. I trust that the folks atuk.rec.gardening have the same attention to fine details that cricketers and stock-car fans do (e.g. "That axle stub could NEVER have been used in 1957 in Scotland ---") Thanks for any help anyone can give. Here is a picture that looks right. so it is an oak. http://www.indexstock.com/store/Chub...Number=284073a |
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