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Classic cars sell for £1.5 million! H&H CLASSICS has successfully sold almost 100 classic and performance cars, worth some £1.5 million at its final physical auction of 2023. Jaguar, a brand synonymous with British motoring heritage, featured prominently in the sale which took place at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. The highlight of the day was the 1954 Jaguar XK120 Coupe, previously owned by Patsy Burt, Britain’s renowned female racing driver, which fetched £113,850. And a 1964 Jaguar E-Type 4.2litre Coupe, that had been converted from left- to right-hand drive and fitted with a replacement engine, changed hands for £100,500.
A new ‘community forest’ for Derbyshire DERBYSHIRE’S Heartwood Community Forest has set down roots with the first tree being planted late last year as part of the Government-funded initiative to improve access to nature by providing more green space in areas of the county with fewer woodlands. Coun Carolyn Renwick, of Derbyshire County Council, planted an oak tree on the council’s countryside site on former colliery land in Glapwell, to mark the start of the forest’s creation along the eastern and southern fringes of the county. It’s one of two new Community Forests – the other being created in Tees Valley – to join the existing network of 13 England’s Community Forests. 14 Reflections January 2024
Above: This 1954 Jaguar Coupe was sold for £113,850 at a Buxton auction late last year.
England’s Community Forests are located in and around large towns and cities, providing regeneration, championing green infrastructure and creating high-quality environments for millions of people. Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest will occupy a central position between the National Forest to the south and the Greenwood Community Forest in Nottinghamshire, to join up these two woodland areas. Trees will be planted on pockets of available land stretching over a geographic area of approximately 289 square miles within communities along the eastern border of the county and areas in the south of the county including: • Amber Valley: Alfreton, Somercotes, Heanor, Ripley, Codnor. • North East Derbyshire: Clay Cross, Dronfield, Eckington and Killamarsh, Sutton, Wingerworth, Shirland. • Bolsover: Barlborough, Clowne, Bolsover, Shirebrook, Pleasley, South Normanton, Pinxton, Tibshelf, Glapwell. • Chesterfield: Birdholme, Boythorpe, Brampton, Brimington, Chesterfield, Loundsley Green, Newbold, Staveley, Whittington. • Erewash: Breadsall, West Hallam, Horsley, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Sandiacre. • South Derbyshire: Etwall and Repton, Hilton, Melbourne. • Derby. The project aims to plant
300,000 trees on publicly accessible land by March 2025, supporting the county council’s ambition to help facilitate the planting of a million trees by 2030. Coun Renwick said: “Derbyshire is wellknown for being home to the rolling hills of the Peak District, but our county is also characterised by communities in former coalfields and industrial heartlands. “Heartwood Community Forest will bring together these urban areas, where more than three-quarters of the county’s population of 797,000 people live, helping to provide more green space for residents, boosting biodiversity, improving air quality and access to nature. “The next stage is to link up with local landowners to look at where we can start planting and encourage groups and individuals to get involved in creating woodland havens in their communities.” £50,000 has been awarded, as part of the Government’s Nature for Climate programme, to fund initial development work for the new Community Forest. If you are a local landowner with land available to plant trees in the Heartwood area, then the county council would like to hear from you. Email heartwood@ derbyshire.gov.uk for more information. Forestry Minister Rebecca Pow said: “I look forward to seeing the progress as Derbyshire Heartwood Community Forest starts to take shape and become a woodland for generations to enjoy long into the future.”
Above: A map showing the full extent of the new Heartwood Community Forest. To advertise call 01246 550488