![]() ![]() Some of the main trunk is there but the branches have been sawn away. ![]() Mr Coles said: ‘It’s the saddest thing I’ve seen in Glastonbury. Although that specimen died, it was replaced the following year and stood firm until this week. ![]() Yesterday he recalled watching a tree being planted on Wearyall Hill in 1951 for the Festival of Britain. Glastonbury mayor John Coles, 66, took part in the annual cutting ceremony last week using the tree at St John’s Church. ‘It’s a great shock to everyone in Glastonbury – the landscape of the town has changed overnight.’Įvery winter a sprig of thorns from one of the town’s trees is sent to the Queen to be used as a table decoration on Christmas Day. ‘When I arrived at the Abbey this morning you could look over to the hill and see it was not there. ‘It is the most significant of all the trees planted here and can be linked back to the origins of Christianity. The 100-year-old tradition will see the thorns sit on Her Majesty's dinner table on Christmas Day ![]()
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