The old oak tree in Saltash Passage

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16th February 2012 12:01:31

The old oak tree in Saltash Passage was cut down this morning (16th February 2012). It was probably well over 100 years old but has been dead for many years, maybe a victim of Acute Oak Decline which is caused by a bacterial infection.

The oak probably appears somewhere amongst these trees shown in a photo from about 1900. Many of the trees have been thinned or have disappeared completely over the years.

It's amazing to think that the tree was there before cars, radio and television. There have certainly been a lot of changes in the area in its lifespan. Trams would have rattled along the cobbled road beside the oak and church services would have been given in  the now long-gone St Peter's Church which would have stood across the way.

It's a shame to see it go and, for its long life, it was completely gone in little over an hour.

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