[Archers] BBC: 600 Year-Old Yew Tree in England

[michael sheppard]

GREAT movie!  Especially if you're one that values the history of the wood
in the instrument or weapon you use!

Saphir

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:21 AM, John Atkins <cogworks at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> To play off of Mungo's post here, and specifically "if the tree could talk,
> what would it say?" question, let me recommend the movie Red Violin.  While
> it is about a violin it does play off of the question "if my antiques could
> talk what stories could they tell?".  Trust me, you will enjoy this movie.
>
> cog
>
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> [mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Garth
> Groff
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:21 AM
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> isenfir at virginia.edu
> Subject: [Archers] BBC: 600 Year-Old Yew Tree in England
>
> Noble friends,
>
> The BBC recently featured this brief story about the Wakehurst Place yew, a
> 600 year-old tree in England:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-16288408 .
>
> So what's important about an old tree? For one, it was apparently
> deliberately planted around 1391 as an early landscaping project.
> Second, a great many important events happened around that time, and if
> trees had eyes and memories, it would have been witness (sort-of) to a lot
> of important stuff. Finally, we archers have, or should have, deep respect
> for the yew, since yew staves were used for the great English longbow. Set
> aside for a moment the fact that English yew is twisty and doesn't make
> good
> bows, and that nearly all yew bows started with continental wood, it
> reminds
> us of how valuable this slow-growing and rare tree was.
>
> Yours Aye,
>
>
> Lord Mungo Napier
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