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representations depicting a tree of life or as a symbol of knowledge appears to be deeply rooted in many societies. We have adopted trees as national or religious emblems such as the Scots pine, the date palm and the olive. Within our varied cultures the simultaneous invention of pottery and writing on tablets allowed record keeping and information to be transmitted not only across distances but from generation to generation. Decorated potsherds are now being found in most unlikely locations for example across the Sahara and deep within the Congo basin. Earlier examples of notation on bones and stones have been recorded as far back as 25,000 years, which now seems to be the earliest accepted date for the emergence of agriculture. "When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips."- St. Augustine Mic Starbuck FRSA, February 2015 What’s On @ ST Oswald’s Monday 1000-1200 SEQUENCE DANCE H Warnock 01355 265233 1830-2030 TAE KWAN DO P Coyle 0774 778 9855 1900-2100 (Last/month) Kings Park Community Council Tuesday 1730 & 1930 Slimming World C Ellis 0773 353 8448 1930-2130 St Oswald’s Vestry (First/month) Wednesday 0930 Slimming World 1900-2200 SEQUENCE DANCE Thursday 1000-1200 SEQUENCE DANCE 1830-2030 TAE KWAN DO Friday 1900-2000 AA Contact James or Helpline 08475 697 555 2000-2200 SEQUENCE DANCE J Barr 01698 853 652 Saturday 1000-1200 & 1900-2200 SEQUENCE DANCE H Warnock 01355 265233 StOM Page 13