The tallest tree on the estate?

By ghost of mensforth -

I happened to notice this tree whist on top of the plateau...by the way, I've got to say a sense of melancholy and pensiveness swept over me as I stood there for the first time in 24 years...
I used to love going up there and sitting, admiring the view...but I digress: From left to right then, the tree marked by black arrow 1...where exactly is it do you think?...what type of tree is it?...Is it the tallest?...I seem to remember a massive(oak?) tree down the bottom in front of the cube flats to the east of Gunnerstone Grove...?
Black arrow 2 shows the roof of the flats which I climbed up on, one of very few people to do so, mentioned in blog post 'Types of homes'...fond memories of slim youth...
Kenton Bar Pyramid Appreciation Society

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  1. ShadesWednesday, September 23, 2009 at 8:25:00 PM GMT

    I'd entirely forgotten that the Flats weren't covered in that white eggshell finish that graced many of the designs. (Not the cubes or the bungalows, of course).

    The eggshells weren't eggs, some sort of white bleached seashells. It was applied by putting wet mortar on the wall then throwing handfuls of the shell at it.

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  2. ghost of mensforthWednesday, September 23, 2009 at 11:13:00 PM GMT

    fascinating Shades, thank you...I'd never thought of or noticed this before...if nothing else I've learned a lot from being involved in the master's blog...

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  3. ShadesThursday, September 24, 2009 at 6:17:00 PM GMT

    Also- that shell stuff hurt like fuck if you were scraped across it.

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  4. AnonymousWednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:57:00 PM GMT

    this site is class! the big oak is at the entrance of eland close, (where i live) was mint for a 'tarza' i'm looking at it right now!

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  5. ghost of mensforthFriday, October 9, 2009 at 10:43:00 PM GMT

    thank thou anonymous, the master will be pleased! you are the first person to say you like the blog, and that is nice! :) Im not convinced the photo I took is of the Eland Close oak tree though!...(for god's sake does that mean I have to go back AGAIN to check?...)

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