The Bathurst Park Oak
Courtesy of: Tony Davis. Uploaded: Jan 2009
The Bathurst Park Oak
Tony wrote: "... A photograph showing what was left of the magnificent old oak tree in Lydney's Bathurst Park. It was probably taken a couple of decades before it's eventual demise. It was documented as one of the oldest trees in the country with an enormous girth and a totally hollow trunk. Many generations of Lydney children must have climbed it's branches and hidden inside it".
Dave Dunn added (Feb 2009): "The oak tree image was selected for the blazer badge by Lydney Secondary School and was chosen because it was thought to be the oldest thing in Lydney. The school use to play rugby and cricket in the park right in front of the tree".
Eric Marshall wrote (June 2009): 'The secondary school motto was "Endurance" after the tree, no doubt!'.
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