What it is to be a tree in our council parks.
Headington Park in Oxford now looks like a logging camp.
Even a small red fern, which had jasmine round it and was attractive, has been cut down because it leaned.
Another mature chestnut looks to be doomed and ready for the chop.
If you're old or don't stand up straight, you're likely to come down.
If we lose our common native trees, such as horse chestnut, we'll lose wildlife, such as squirrels, and birds, including woodpeckers - they need old trees.
It will become a soulless place and people will use the University Parks, where they leave old trees alone.
ROBIN SPOKES Bath Street St Clement's Oxford
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