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Oliver Schick
Old: Fairlop Waters, out EAST!
I don't know if Aglet intended it, but pretty much where the tag is, happens to be the alleged site of a very old famous tree called the Fairlop Oak. Once regarded as the tallest tree in the country, it certainly had girth measuring 36ft at 3ft and its branches reaching circumference of 300ft. It became the location of a huge annual 3 day booze up in July reportedly attracting 200,000 people at its height. This Fairlop Fair started life as a bean feast by ship pump maker Daniel Day in the early 1720's whose workers paraded decorated wheeled boats from Wapping up through Stratford to the tree. Sadly it became a victim of its own success and bits of the tree were sold off as souvenirs and people started having bonfires in the hollow trunk until a gale blew over the 700 year old tree in 1820. The pulpit of St Pancras Church on Euston Road even comes from this tree.
http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3Fairlop%20Oak.htm
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How many police officers does it take to cut down a tree?