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tree@thehappymantree.org
- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
#noticethistree banner goes up in the tree
Somebody offered to make us a banner. We said yes. The result is a beautiful and uplifting creation. It went up around late afternoon helped hugely by an expert in tree climbing - the banner’s size meant it wasn't particularly easy to hang up. It was a magical moment when it was unfurled. We realised how powerful it was and how clear the message is . The banner has the following words #noticethistree. We feel this might be an important message to convey to all of us. The
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
Tree Visit 18th May 2020
A feeling that the tree is being threatened imminently is growing. And over 7,500 have signed our petition. We have spent the day trying to get anyone in the council and wider to tell us when they might try and kill the tree as we are hearing it might be very soon. Nobody is answering. We are getting very concerned and anxious. Please watch this space. Encourage people to follow us here on Facebook, or on Twitter @happymantree or e mail tree@thehappymantree.org to know more
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 17th May 2020
On Saturday we posted a photo of a painting made by an unknown child which they had pinned to the tree. Yesterday on Sunday we were very honoured to meet the creator of that poster. Her name is Tahlia. Tahlia said she was upset and puzzled why Berkeley Group had taken down her poster tied to the tree. (It would be helpful if someone from Berkeley Homes might like to call Tahlia and explain to her why they are stealing posters and signs from the tree. Certainly she would l
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 16th May 2020
Day 19. Chalk marks appear all around the tree. The tree is getting so much #noticethistree now. More and more. Our support is growing. Someone has put a lovely poster on the tree along side the one we did. AND whoever added it also tied twine around our poster. We like to think that is to prevent Berkeley Group stealing our poster as they have so many others. Above all this, the tree carries on being a tree, bending and swaying in the breeze, and reaching up for the spring s
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 15th May 2020
The petition to save the Happy Man Tree has now got 5,900 signatures as of this morning! The response has been truly amazing. It is heart warming. We visit the tree every day, for at least half an hour. Experiencing the tree is wonderful. Experiencing Berkeley Group is not, because they steal our homemade sign every time we put one up. Nothing they will do will stop us putting our legal #noticethistree signs up every day. We just wanted to say that. To them and to you. Plea
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 13th May 2020
13th May, day 15. we went to the #happymantree late today. And we lit 3 candles in memory of a friend whose online funeral we had attended. We feel that we began to #noticethistree around the time of her passing just over 2 weeks ago. We feel there is a connection in some way. The tree is really getting more notice. Today the Hackney Gazette published a piece. https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/woodberry-down-estate-fight-to-save-happy-man-pub-tree-1-6651059 "Thousands o
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 12th May 2020
Day 15 of our daily visits. Today's post features a wonderful painting which has been painted from a photograph of two people looking up at the tree. We have put this painting both here and as the cover photo. It really is a work of art . It is wonderful to see the tree being #noticethistree in such a way. Amazing. On today's visit we put up a new sign. Every day when needed we put up a new sign which we make while we're there. Some of the pastels have gone through the cloth
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit May 11th 2020
Yesterday we hinted at surprise and today the surprise appeared in the shape of a film maker! we had a brief conversation around #thehappymantree. We will be meeting her again. It is lovely to feel that people are continuing to #noticethistree and the idea of a film being made about and around the tree is heart warming. The photographs posted here show the first filming happening. On the petition www.change.org/savethehappymantree we've now reached nearly 4500 signatures. T
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 10th May 2020
May the 10th #noticethistree It's Sunday today at the #thehappymantree so Berkeley Group were not around to take the sign down. It is still there this evening. It's lovely to see people adding signs around the tree encouraging people to notice it. On the opposite side of the road somebody has chalked two feet, asking people to take a photograph of the tree from that position. It is also amazing to see other responses that are beginning to appear away from the tree, on other t
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 9th May 2020
May the 9th #noticethistree we visited the#happymantree today. Somebody had made new marks on the pavement that show the extent of the trees circumference and the spread of its canopy. It is surprisingly large how far the tree covers, about 10, 11 or 12 metres around. The marks delineate the edge of the tree. The signs on the pavement ask people to look up, to register and notice the leaves up above. We did that. It's a lovely feeling doing it. It feels to me as if the tr
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 8th May 2020
May 8th. #noticethistree We visited the #happymantree today, and put up a new sign as again the previous one was taken away by Berkeley Group. The cover photo here has also changed to highlight another new logo design. Again comments welcome please! Someone has drawn little circles on the pavement marking the area the tree actually occupies. It is surprisingly large, a good 10 to 12 metres around. We now know when we enter the trees' space. And when we do it is quite a fee
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 2 min
Tree Visit 7th May 2020
7th May - todays post. #noticethistree Our petition has now reached over 2,700 signatures. Please keep promoting it. It will make a difference as we believe @hackneycouncil will notice. Today we would like to highlight a poem written about the #happymantree. The writer wrote this after spending some time looking up at the tree recently. She was on her own. She was there early this morning, again on her own. She wants to remain anonymous. Here is her poem she sent in. Are you
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 6th May 2020
Today 6th May visit. #noticethistree First the headlines. The petition seems to be gathering pace. We have almost 2,000 signatures now. It has gone up 1,000 in 24 hours. It is so wonderful to see the care and attention so many people are expressing for #happymantree. Please keep liking and sharing these posts and especially the link to the petition. We visited the tree at around 1.30 today. Again Berkeley Group had taken down the sign on the tree. so we put up a new one. Thi
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 5th April 2020
#noticethistree We visited the #happymantree at around 1.30 today. For those in north London, the sky today has been incredibly clear and wonderfully blue. The tree looked beautiful against that backdrop. We took this picture, which is the new cover photo, to show off the combination of light, sky and leaves. Our sign had been taken down again by Berkeley Group. And again we put up a new one. We have now reached over 1,150 signatures on the petition asking for hackney to reve
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 4th May 2020
#noticethistree Today we have changed the cover photo to show a close up of #happymantree bark. We took this picture today. The Woodland Trust say this about the Plane Tree's bark. "The bark breaks away in large flakes to dispel pollutants, hence the tree’s ability to cope with high levels of air pollution and the reason for the trunk’s distinctive camouflage pattern". It also looks beautiful. We hope you enjoy the picture. In other news the petition has been signed by an ama
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 3rd May 2020 (second visit)
#noticethistree Todays story of the Happy Man Tree. A number of people visited the tree. The circles on the ground around the tree saying 'Look Up' now have foot prints showing where to stand. People did this. It is wonderful to look into the branches and leaves of this magnificent tree. The pictures attached show a selection of the 'looking up'. And our new sign asking people to honk in support. Many did.
The petition now has almost 600 signatures. Please keep sharing the p
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tree@thehappymantree.org
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tree Visit 3rd May 2020
#noticethistree This is an invitation to spend time with this 150 year old London plane tree in the hope that, if enough people really see its beauty and majesty, it might lead to it being seen and preserved rather than being cut down by Berkeley Homes/Hackney Council. Somebody has drawn circles 2 metres apart on the pavement near the tree asking passers by to ‘look up’. Perhaps we can all do this. To go to the tree, pause at its base for a few moments, and take in the glory
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