Today marks a passing of history. For many years, Benga house had a persimmon tree in it’s front garden, with a beautiful seat around it which was a rather comfy place to sit and eat lunch. It’s been sick for a number of years and last week it was finally decided that it had to go.
Our volunteers Maria and Ernie under the Persimmon tree
I had read somewhere in our documents a passing reference to the fact that the tree was the only link back to the orchard that stood on the property before the Hart’s built their house here. So I decided to do some sleuthing to see if that was correct. Off to the photo files!
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