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Tyne and Wear HER(9878): Heaton, Armstrong Park, shoe tree
- "This is a unique local tradition spontaneously carried on by the local community in Heaton. The tree is decorated with shoes that have been thrown over the branches. This novelty …
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Where the Shoe Tree Grows
- "In August 2020 the Woodland Trust shortlisted a sycamore in Armstrong Park, known as the ‘Shoe Tree’, for its English ‘Tree of the Year’. Our representative in the competition certainly …
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So that's shoe business, folks
- Chronicle Live, 23 JAN 2002. "It's back in bloom - Tyneside's famous shoe tree is sprouting again.....For years, pairs of shoes, boots, and trainers have been thrown into the branches …
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Tyne and Wear HER(9878): Heaton, Armstrong Park, shoe tree
- "This is a unique local tradition spontaneously carried on by the local community in Heaton. The tree is decorated with shoes that have been thrown over the branches. This novelty …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![](/uploads/thumbs2/heaton_history_group.png)
from https://heatonhistorygroup.or…
Where the Shoe Tree Grows
- "In August 2020 the Woodland Trust shortlisted a sycamore in Armstrong Park, known as the ‘Shoe Tree’, for its English ‘Tree of the Year’. Our representative in the competition certainly …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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from https://www.chroniclelive.co.…
So that's shoe business, folks
- Chronicle Live, 23 JAN 2002. "It's back in bloom - Tyneside's famous shoe tree is sprouting again.....For years, pairs of shoes, boots, and trainers have been thrown into the branches …
Added by
Simon Cotterill