what tree is this please?

[Spymaster]

Have you got photo of them in leaf?

Here you go

 

[Spymaster]

I fucking hate pollarding, they look all mutant until the leaves come out.

Mrs Spy calls them Space Trees.

 

[two sheds]

That bark looks like London Plane

 

[Spymaster]

Google says this is a London Plane though:

 

[Calamity1971]

London plane
Trees along Hamilton Terrace

 

[Calamity1971]

Google says this is a London Plane though:

 

[campanula]

Yep, we have a lot of these pollarded planes in my town. I think they are amazing.

 

[two sheds]

Only an idiot wouldn't spot them as London Plane

Eta: Also they aren't really pollarded are they? Not sure what you'd call that where they just cut the fingers off.

 

[Calamity1971]

Only an idiot wouldn't spot them as London Plane

Eta: Also they aren't really pollarded are they? Not sure what you'd call that where they just cut the fingers off.

Only and idiot gets coppicing and pollarding mixed up

 

[Spymaster]

London plane
Trees along Hamilton Terrace

Cheers for that. Didn't realise they're that old. We were watching the craftsmen giving them haircuts today. Extraordinarily skilfull work.

 

[two sheds]

Only and idiot gets coppicing and pollarding mixed up

Ooooooooooooooo they not coppiced you being naughty

 

[Calamity1971]

Cheers for that. Didn't realise they're that old. We were watching the craftsmen giving them haircuts today. Extraordinarily skilfull work.

Quite a wedge at the time. Mind, it does look a bit err, well to do.
You should have seen me cutting my fringe yesterday, poetry it was

 

[Calamity1971]

Ooooooooooooooo they not coppiced you being naughty

Spring 1973


Taken in spring 1973 the next photograph shows clearly how they were pollarded.

 

[Spymaster]

You should have seen me cutting my fringe yesterday, poetry it was

Pics?

 

[Calamity1971]

Pics?

Get a copy of viz and look up terry fuckwit.
And no...

 

[two sheds]

Only and idiot gets coppicing and pollarding mixed up

Ahh so I was right first time they were pollarded

 

[Calamity1971]

Ahh so I was right first time they were pollarded

 

[Calamity1971]

Eta: Also they aren't really pollarded are they

Apologise goddamit .
This better not turn into the new swede or turnip wind up

 

[two sheds]

Well I was referring to them having their fingers cut off which isn't real pollarding as we tree hexperts know it. Pollarding is beheading at head height.


Nothing like coppicing though. No, not coppicing.

 

[Calamity1971]

Well I was referring to them having their fingers cut off which isn't real pollarding as we tree hexperts know it. Pollarding is beheading at head height.


Nothing like coppicing though. No, not coppicing.

Hexpert now are you
Yes, the spring pic of 73 didn't match the description and I apologise for sloppy journalism on their part.

 

[two sheds]

Ho yus. I've coppiced I have.

They died but I have coppiced.