BULB PLANTING AT MARC'S SHRINE IN 1998

BULB PLANTING AT MARC'S SHRINE IN 1998

October 1998





At the time Fee was a member of the now defunct Mailing List 'Till Dawn' as were Bolan fans Jim Ryder and Doc PC.

After visiting The Tree in September 1998 Fee wrote an email raising her concerns for the health of The Tree and saying how the site looked rather neglected.

Bolan fan Karen suggested planting bulbs.

There was a collection and Bolan fans set off to plant the bulbs at the site in October 1998.

This was before the newspaper article saying that 'The Bolan Tree' would be felled by 2002 if not before. (Please see the next section for that!)

Jim Ryder contacted the local paper who agreed to write an article. Jim's wife Steph took the photograph which was used.

As you can see Fee's daughter Ellie aged 10 came along and helped. For her it was simply another visit to the Tree site. A place she'd been visiting since she was a year old. Fee had visited the Tree site every year since Marc died with one exception - 1989.
The reason?
The birth of Ellie in August 1989.
When her son Rohan Marc was born in December 1980 he was nine months old the following September.
It was a hard task taking a baby in a pushchair on the 260 mile round trip journey using trains and the London Underground, but Fee's dedication meant that she made it, but taking a one month old baby in September 1989 was too much of a challenge and Fee with deep regret, remained at home with her thoughts on that one year.

Below: a few photographs from the day. The photos were taken by Fee, other than the ones in which she appears which were taken by Steph Ryder.

 

 

 

Above Left: TAG Founder Fee Warner with Ellie Warner (aged 10). Above Right: The woodworm in the dead section of the Bolan Tree.



Above: The Bolan Tree in October 1998


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