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View Poll Results: What should happen?
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Restore the monument, shelter and paths
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Remove the monument and shelter and leave it alone
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19-11-2007, 16:12
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by magpie
The trees need to come down: there are far too many and it spoils the view:
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The original name of the coppice is North rake. Look at all the old maps. It was also originally wooded. The bare coppice everyone remembers fron the 50s, 60s and 70s wasn't how its always been and was an eyesore. Just look at the pic. If it hadn't been planted it would have all started eroding like the "eagle" or devils bit as we used to call it. It didn't help that we always used to slide down the side on cardboard every summer, scorching all the grass.
I personally think the coppice is iles better than it used to be, just needs a little trim for all the shortarses to be able to have a view and all the vandals want hanging by their wotsits.
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19-11-2007, 19:09
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Re: The Coppice
No that is not a eyesore the current coppice is a eyesore. Stick a few trees on a nice monument for peels and the pals and bang restored . When they were going to do the Hollywood style 'Accrington', They were going to make a pals walk this should be one idea.
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19-11-2007, 19:16
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#78
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Re: The Coppice
entitled to yer opinion ChrisMg, but i do not think it was an eyesore in 50s/60s, what it is now is an eyesore.
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19-11-2007, 19:40
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Re: The Coppice
I agree the monument and shelter need sorting, but a wooded coppice is better than a bare eroding coppice.
Even with whatever trees there are there, Larch, conifers whatever, theres a damn site more wildlife living there now than before.
Trees eyesores! I just don't get it.
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19-11-2007, 19:51
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Coffin Dodger.
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by Ianto.W.
Restore it, and plant some Dessiduous and native trees, scrub out the phoney conifers when possible. This will encourage wild life to return to the Coppice, you will not find any wildlife amongst these small leafed or needle leafed trees. Birds won't nest in them rabbits cannot feed beneath them as they block all the light from the floor canopy, nothing grows under conifer / fir type trees, They are not native to our shores in the 'main', the are set ot like an army . Take a look at 40s 50s photographs and see the difference,you can actually see the Coppice as it should be.
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that i thinks explains it Chris, the "type" of freebie trees planted there are not much good for wildlife.
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20-11-2007, 19:41
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by ChrisMG
The original name of the coppice is North rake. Look at all the old maps. It was also originally wooded. The bare coppice everyone remembers fron the 50s, 60s and 70s wasn't how its always been and was an eyesore. Just look at the pic. If it hadn't been planted it would have all started eroding like the "eagle" or devils bit as we used to call it. It didn't help that we always used to slide down the side on cardboard every summer, scorching all the grass.
I personally think the coppice is iles better than it used to be, just needs a little trim for all the shortarses to be able to have a view and all the vandals want hanging by their wotsits.
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Just a question: is that Peel Park in the foreground? Stanley's old ground?
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20-11-2007, 19:45
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Coffin Dodger.
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by Eric
Just a question: is that Peel Park in the foreground? Stanley's old ground?
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yep Eric, with the peel park boozer just behind, obviously taken after the ground was closed.
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20-11-2007, 20:00
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by cashman
yep Eric, with the peel park boozer just behind, obviously taken after the ground was closed.
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I think I figured out the last bit myself
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21-11-2007, 01:58
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Re: The Coppice
And the picture of the Coppice and Peel Park ... I put it on my desktop. Memories. It don't get much better. Its a keeper.
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19-12-2007, 12:39
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Re: The Coppice
The Trees have brought the deer. If the trees go then so would the deer along with lots of other wild life.
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19-12-2007, 12:53
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Re: The Coppice
I cant believe how many people want to remove the tree's to be truthful.
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19-12-2007, 12:54
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Re: The Coppice
That's because we are old fogeys who grew up with a pre-tree Coppice in our childhood whereas you young uns only know it as it now is.
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19-12-2007, 17:23
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Coffin Dodger.
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by blazey
I cant believe how many people want to remove the tree's to be truthful.
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probably cos they are horrible,worse than triffids if nice trees had been planted more sparingly, it would have probably enhanced the coppice n many would not then bitch.
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19-12-2007, 18:53
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
That's because we are old fogeys who grew up with a pre-tree Coppice in our childhood whereas you young uns only know it as it now is.
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I've been up the coppice once, and I dont recall the view or the trees. I kind of recall a view of a motorway though
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19-12-2007, 18:59
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Re: The Coppice
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Originally Posted by ChrisMG
I personally think the coppice is iles better than it used to be, just needs a little trim for all the shortarses to be able to have a view and all the vandals want hanging by their wotsits.
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What year was that pic taken Chris ?????
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