The Tale of Two Travellers' Sites ; a Hundred Mighty Oaks Are Chopped Down to Make Way for Caravans




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FOR more than two centuries, families have picnicked beneath the branches of the magnificent oak wood at Noak Hill.

In more recent times, the mighty trees have screened nearby houses from the noise of the M25.

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The Tale of Two Travellers' Sites ; a Hundred Mighty Oaks Are Chopped Down to Make Way for Caravans

Preservation orders had been placed on them to protect them by law. Yet a band of travellers who rolled in last year have chopped down 100 of the oaks and covered the entire area with asphalt.

The Irish families ignored attempts to move them and have started a legal bat...

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