Sowerbutt's Oak

The Ghost blended with the great oak tree that grew on the edge of the Essex field. As a sapling, the tree had witnessed soldiers wearing redcoats marching with their muskets and building defences against a Napoleonic invasion. More recently, old men wearing Home Guard armbands had admired the tree as they took part in training exercises and manned roadblocks. They, too, were armed with muskets – the same muskets.

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