England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty (General)

by fredb , Thursday, October 22, 2009, 14:44 (5510 days ago) @ slowhands

When I was a kid there used to be a small sign on the R/H side of the road about half way down to Monmouth, it was there to commemorate the planting of an oak tree by one of Nelsons admirals, Admiral Robinson, and the tree was called the Robinson Oak, the date of planting etc was on the sign. There is a bit of a car park on the L/H side of the road where people stopped so they could cross and walk up to the oak tree. The sign rotted away and people forgot about it, I still know which tree it is, but it's no longer of interest to anyone, or is it?
They were worried that there might be a shortage of oak trees of the size to build warships, so the planting of oaks was encouraged, they didn't forsee iron and steel ships.