Manchester City Council stepped
up the felling of trees and in response the ‘Save Alex Park Trees’
(SAPT) campaigners mobilised to having a physical presence. There is currently a
small tented group resident.
Though SAPT , supported by 100s of local residents have
managed to halt
most of the felling, most people who got to the park were shocked and angry
about what they saw. This Green Party member had similar feelings.
It was commented that the park had become ‘a graveyard of
trees’.
Some of the images and video of the week are below. They
are from the area called ‘Sycamore Avenue’ (running along the Claremont Road
side of park). It’s gone now.
Residents filmed the footage below just after the felling began.
Residents filmed the footage below just after the felling began.
To get further information and to help, you can contact organisers on their website.
Images from http://savealexandraparkstrees.wordpress.com/ and individual contributions.
They are Nazis pure and simple. The older jewish lady's comments were particularly poignant and heartening to hear, a true ambassador for the trees of this city. Mr Bernstein as Chief Executive of this city the onus is on you
ReplyDelete- you should be well and truly ashamed of yourself. Please exit Manchester you have no place here.
they are contemptuous of the planetary resources and do not understand the benefits of trees. They are not "Nazis" though, and to misuse the term doesn't help.
ReplyDeleteThe Peace Garden in the city centre has now been cleared of trees. A number of mature trees on Booth Street East have been felled in recent weeks.
ReplyDeleteAlso plans for the forthcoming Brunswick PFI shows they intend to fell dozens of 50 year old trees this year around Grosvenor Street and particularly in Gartside Gardens (next to Kincardine Road). One third of the park is being built on -- mainly private houses.