In the early morning of Saturday 18th May, one of our new part-funded street trees in Tyrwhitt Road was wantonly snapped in two, by person or persons unknown.
The incident has been reported to the Met Police and recorded under Crime Reference Number 3210967/13
If you have any information about this crime, please contact the Brockley Safer Neighbourhood Team in the first instance:
http://content.met.police.uk/Team/Lewisham/Brockley
It is our intention to have the tree replanted as a priority.
Thank you.
Anthony, Nicola, Eamonn & James
Tree Wardens
The Brockley Society
This is the post that prompted us to launch the Brockley Street Trees blog. A beautiful flowering cherry that had graced our street for many decades is removed in an hour and the stump tarmac'd over.
http://brockleycentral.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/tree-bugger.html
More shocking were the (tiny minority) who commented that the street looked 'tidier' without it ... We were convinced that the majority would mourn the loss of such a spectacular tree - even if the blossom was loud and blousy!
