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The 'pettiest neighbours ever' are still at war three years after a row that saw one side of a Fir Tree chopped in half, residents told MailOnline.
Bharat Mistry and his family were 'gutted' when his next door neighbours called in tree surgeons in summer 2021 to cut half the branches of the 16foot tall Fir Tree that had stood on his Waterthorpe property for 25 years.
The drastic action came after a year-long dispute between Mr Mistry and his neighbours Graham and Irene Lee, both in their 70s, in the leafy Sheffield suburb.
But neighbours on their street last week said the two couples, who had previously been friendly with each other, have not patched things up in the three years since their falling out.
The 'pettiest neighbours ever' are still at war three years after a row that saw one side of a Fir Tree chopped in half. The tree is pictured last week
Bharat Mistry and his family were 'gutted' when his next door neighbours called in tree surgeons in summer 2021 to cut half the branches of the 16foot tall Fir Tree that had stood on his Waterthorpe property for 25 years. The tree is pictured in 2021
Mr Ministry previously alleged that Mr and Mrs Lee had complained birds in the tree were making too much noise and making a mess of the drive of his bungalow in Brier Close - a quiet cul-de-sac where houses sell for between £160,000 and £220,000.
Mr Lee reportedly then hired a tree surgeon to cut half of the tree down.
Pictures of the sliced tree went viral in 2021 after it was anonymously sent into Jeremy Vine's Channel 5 TV show and was made into memes on social media.
It was even turned into a tourist attraction by locals who would visit the street just to see the tree.
'The tree used to be normal but then they had a disagreement,' one local woman, who wished to be anonymous, said last Thursday.
'Which is why it was later cut down. I don't know what it was about, but they couldn't resolve
