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The ‘Old Man of Calke’ finally gets a name after 1000 years of being alive

 
September 2004


 

 

The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP Secretary of State for the Environment officially endorsed the new name for a very old tree at Calke Abbey on Friday 17 September during a rather wet celebration of the elevation of Calke Park to a National Nature Reserve.


The Old Man of Calke


Andy Brown English Nature, Fiona Reynolds National Trust and Margaret Beckett in front of the Old Man of Calke


Bill Cove Head Warden at Calke Abbey leads the way to the Old Man of Calke through the Park.


Andy Brown, Chief Exec English Nature, Margaret Beckett and Fiona Reynolds Director General of the National Trust plant a new tree near to the Old Man of Calke as a future ancient tree.


 

 
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