The Conker canker codswallop story
CONKERS are running out! Every year we get the same story. The Conker Help Enabling Environmental Safety EuRope (CHEESER) issues a dire warning each season, usually just before the World Conker Championships kicks off in October. Other than Mac Clifford, the WCC are the next best media manipulators in the business:
2008: “Millions of conker trees face being wiped out by deadly new disease” – Mail
2009: “Gardeners are to use garlic to fight bleeding canker, the tree disease that threatens to wipe out Britain’s horse chestnuts” – Guardian
2010: “Scientists are one step closer to curing a deadly disease that threatens to wipe out conker trees in Britain” – Telegraph
2011: “The conker canker: disease fells avenue of horse chestnuts” – Indy
2012: “Conker fights could soon be a thing of the past due to deadly bacteria” – Metro
Are we running out of conkers? Whose pulling our strings..?
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
