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By 1987 the original oak tree was a hollow shell surrounding a new sapling grown from one of its acorns. This young tree blew down in the 'Great storm' of 15/16 October 1987. Slices of it were sold off by the London
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At length, I well remember after a conversation with Mr. Pitt in the open air at the root of an old tree at
Holwood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice on a fit occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring forward the abolition of the
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