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Article: 200-year-old trees to be chopped down.
- Article from:
- Northampton Chronicle and Echo (Northampton, England)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2008
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Centuries-old trees in a Northampton street are being cut down to protect houses built only 25 years ago.
Six 200-year-old oak trees and one 120-year-old ash tree are being chopped down in Green Lane in West Hunsbury.
Mavis Wilmshurst, who lives in neighbouring Greenglades, said she was horrified at the decision.
The retired nurse said: "I thought they were just going to cut parts of them but then I realised they were going to chop them down completely.
"They have not made any attempt to underpin the houses to protect them. One of the houses has been under-pinned and the tree is still standing so why can't they do that with all of the affected houses?"
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