The old oak in Tilkey meadow. The by-pass was to cross on the left and the end of Tilkey road is just out of shot to the right. I took the photo not far from Robins Brook, the footpath did and still does run along the hedge line at the top although there is no hedge there now. Cows used to graze here up to the early 1960's but Jimmy Bell the farmer sold off the herd and used the meadow for horses for a while and then decided to plough it, probably for the first time ever. The oak disappeared soon after that, it was in the way I guess. Then came the by-pass. Job done.
Date: c1966
Ref: 101/58