I NOTE with interest the article about the troublesome tree in Tighes Hill ("Family's fury over troublesome tree", Newcastle Herald 5/8). I was immediately taken back to 1985 when myself and my family lived in Bibby Street, Hamilton.
The street was lined with paperbark trees on both sides of the road. Our house was only about a metre from the huge tree in front. One branch in particular was at head height on the footpath. Many inebriated men would walk into this branch and vent their anger on the tree.
