But how did he get up there in the first place?
[Bonus school-of-journalism marks go to the BBC staffer writing the article for referring to the Rolling Stones as “the famous British band”.]
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I believe he climbed up it on June 12th, 1967
Perhaps it was the dreaded Kite-Eating tree from the Peanuts cartoon strip? It is alleged that certain members of popular beat-combos of the 1960s have remained high as kites ever since those happy times….