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Patrick Barkham “Sheffield council claim it will cost £500,000 to “save” 41 war memorial trees. They are either (a) imbeciles to accept such an extortionate quote or (b) liars. Which is it?” https://t.co/YWTf2SIDUS https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/14/sheffield-council-votes-fell-trees-planted-memory-war-dead?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true
For the last two years, with the backing of the Sheffield City Council, the multinational corporation Amey and its subcontractor Acorn have been engaged in an increasingly reckless, dangerous, and violent campaign of felling healthy trees across the city…..read on:…
Dear Mr Blomfield, I have written to you before about the tree fellings ongoing under the Streets Ahead programme. Recent events compel me to write again. The removal of such a large number of healthy street trees was always wrong,…
On 28 November, the Sheffield council showed us the lengths it will go to in its determination to fell healthy trees that cause small disruptions in pavement. The day began strangely, and ended horribly. At one in the morning, residents…
The day SCC lost the plot, decent hard working folk simply taking a stand vs. wanton felling of healthy mature trees, for corporate greed. Against waves of expert opinion, SCC refuses to budge, 2 protect #pfi profit over people #saveshefftrees…
Citywide mass eco vandalism of healthy trees #sheffieldtreemassacre with many residents woken at 1am; Meersbrook Park Rd S8, Lismore Rd S8, Abbeydale Park Rise S17, Chatsworth Rd S17. Dividend profit over valuable eco benefits #sheffieldissuper #saveshefftrees #MondayMotivation https://t.co/7bzyTL4zGA —…
11.11.17 Western Road, Crookes,Sheffield S10 1LD 10AM – 4PM A mass day long drawing/painting session held on Western Road, Crookes, Sheffield on Armistice Day. Professional and amateur artists will be drawing or painting a picture of every memorial tree on…
Throughout the saga of the Sheffield trees, much has remained murky, due in significant part to the vast, secret 25-year contract with multinational corporation Amey to maintain Sheffield’s roads, pavements, and trees. It is only in recent weeks that the…