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Jul 2022
Last Updated: 30/06/2022
Stray trees vandalism: Harrogate man offers to pay for new ones
The uprooted trees belonged to a batch paid for by Guy Tweedy to commemorate thalidomide victims, dead babies and a local headteacher.
Harrogate businessman Guy Tweedy has offered to pay for new trees on the Stray to replace the ones vandalised.
The Stray Ferret published a video last week showing teenagers ripping up two young trees.
They were part of a batch of 55 cherry trees paid for by Mr Tweedy to commemorate thalidomide victims, two babies and a local headteacher. They were planted six or seven years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfs3KfGMWWA
Mr Tweedy, who is also a thalidomide campaigner, has emailed Harrogate Borough Council offering to pay for replacement trees. He said:
"I wonder if whoever did this realises the significance of the trees and how upsetting it is to people.
"Sadly this is not the first time this has happened. How do we stop people from doing it? I don't know what the answer is."
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