Monthly Archives: August 2020

Allerton Cemetery and Clarke Gardens, 23rd August 2020

On a wet and windy day I met two others of the group for the first time since March and we went tree hunting in Allerton Cemetery and Clarke Gardens. We were interrupted several times by heavy showers, but at … Continue reading

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MNA UPDATE

UNFORTUNATELY ALL MNA COACH TRIPS ARE CANCELLED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE HOPE TO RE-INSTATE COACH TRIPS IN 2021 IF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES PERMIT THIS. PROGRAMME DETAILS FOR 2020 WILL BE SENT TO MEMBERS WITH THE YEARLY … Continue reading

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Hesketh Park, Southport, 16th August 2020

The Tree Register of Britain and Ireland (TROBI) has an online database of Champion trees, and very few of them have a photograph attached, although there is a facility for any member to add one. So, armed with a list … Continue reading

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Allerton Towers and Reynolds Park, 9th August 2020

Both of these public parks were once the estates and mansions of wealthy Liverpool merchants, whose fortunes were made through the slave and cotton trades. Such owners often planted exotic specimen trees in their gardens, and now, over a hundred … Continue reading

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Rake Lane Cemetery, 2nd August 2020

It is a lovely cemetery, rich in maritime history. Properly called Wallasey Cemetery Rake Lane, it is the final resting place of the Captain of the Lusitania, several Mersey Pilots, a man lost in the Thetis submarine disaster, a New … Continue reading

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