Erection date: 7/7/1973
Lord Porchester, chairman South East Planning Council, planted this tree, July 7th 1973.
It would have helped if the plaque had said what the tree was commemorating.
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
The plaque is behind the seated lady - we couldn't very well ask her to move.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Lord Porchester tree
Racing Manager to Queen Elizabeth from 1969 until his death. A very close fr...
Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual ceremony at this cherry tree, in August.
2015: we read that this horse chestnut has suffered rot and the Highgate Society has replaced it with a beech tree.
The tree to Yvonne Fletcher is in the background of our photo, with poppy wreaths around the trunk.
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