Viva Brighton Issue #58 December 2017

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INSIDE LEFT: ELM GROVE, c 1938 ..................................................................................... Did you know that <strong>Brighton</strong> is seen by arborists as being the elm capital of England? We live in the city with the largest collection of mature elms in the UK, with estimates ranging from 40,000 (Daily Mail, Aug <strong>2017</strong>) to 15,000 (official 2015 figures, according to Wikipedia). There are two reasons the trees are so prevalent here: the city’s isolated position between the sea and the Downs makes it less prone to invasion by the bark beetles that spread the disease; and the authorities and an army of local enthusiasts are highly active at spotting diseased trees and taking action to save them from dying. Most of the city’s elms were planted in Victorian and Edwardian times: they are hardy trees which can tolerate the chalky soil and salty air. Elm Disease (aka Dutch Elm Disease) was identified in 1921 and spread to England in 1927; by 1940 it had largely died out. A second, more deadly, strain arrived in Britain in 1967 and has so far killed over 25 million trees in the country. In this picture, from the James Gray collection, workmen cut down an elm outside Elm Grove School, around 1938. We can only assume it was infected by the disease. The tree was one of a number lining the street, donated by the Earl of Chichester, and planted in 1892 when this part of Elm Grove was laid out by Amon Henry Wilds, which is when it took on its current name. Before that the road, with few houses either side of it, was known as ‘the Racecourse road’. The school, now known as Elm Grove Primary School, was built in 1893, shortly after the Education Act in which the government declared free education was to be universally available to children. The chopping down of the tree has created great excitement among this bunch of kids: a couple are bent down to curiously examine the process at close hand, another bunch seem to be playing ‘chopping’ in the background. The little girl to the left of the picture – the star of the show – is more aware of the camera. Perhaps she is still alive today. Alex Leith Many thanks to the Regency Society for the use of this picture: you can see the whole of the James Gray archive at regencysociety-jamesgray.com ....98....
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