Fortune-telling in English town beside trees (7,5)

I believe the answer is:

reading palms

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'fortune-telling' is the definition.
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'english town beside trees' is the wordplay.
'english town' becomes 'reading' (I've seen this before).
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'trees' becomes 'palms' (palm is a kind of tree).
'reading'+'palms'='READING PALMS'

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