Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO MAGNOLIA TREE AND PERSIAN IRONWOOD TREE FORMER SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE SITE THE BARE BRANCHES OF THE MAGNOLIA TREE ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE WILL SOON BE COVERED IN FLOWERS. AN OLD STABLE BUILDING CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AND ANOTHER TREE IN THE FORMER ARBORETUM REPUTED TO BE A PERSIAN IRONWOOD IS NEARBY. THESE TREES WERE ORIGINALLY PROTECTED FROM BULLDOZERS BY JOHN MILES AN ART TEACHER AT THE COLLEGE IN THE 1970S AND THEIR TRUNKS WERE COVERED IN SIX FEET OF EARTH. JOHN MILES IS AN ESTABLISHED ARTIST AND ONE OF HIS TRIPTYCHS CAN BE SEEN IN THE NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK IN TORQUAY. HE DIED IN THE 1990S. THESE TREES HAVE SURVIVED THE BUILDING OF THE MAIN TOWER BLOCK AT THE COLLEGE THE ART BLOCK AND THE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE ALL NOW DEMOLISHED AND THE SITE IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING THE COLLEGE HAVING MOVED TO PAIGNTON. THIS SHOWS THAT THE EFFORTS OF A SINGLE (MINDED) INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS THESE TREES ARE NOW PROTECTED. 2007 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) TOM JOLLIFFE PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO TOMJV-2794 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Tom Jolliffe obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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