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Today wasn t the first time the pair had taken direct action either. When workmen appeared last week to cut it down, Sue and Monica managed to chain themselves to the tree in protest and managed to stop the works going ahead. They came last week and just turned up out of the blue and started up their chainsaws after asking people to move their cars, and we thought what s going on here? I lived in that house for thirty years my neighbours lived her for nearly 60 years, so it s old, probably way over 100 years old, and it s a beautiful tree.