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<\/a><\/p>\nOn Saturday 12th<\/sup> November 2011, the Baker Family gathered in Scammonden to donate and plant 1000 trees, as a memorial to the Bakers who are no longer with us, on an area which was part of Deanhead Farm, which Frank Baker and his family farmed for nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We were guided and helped by Guy Thompson of the White Rose Forest Partnership and also helped by members of the Longwood Scout Group ( who were spending the weekend in the activity centre).<\/p>\n The area is in the field bordered by Sledge Gate and the old farm lane ( now part of the Kirklees Way).<\/p>\n In the centre of this area were the remains of a stonecote, built by Frank Baker in the early 1930\u2019s as a hen cote, and the Baker family have had the walls and floor strengthened and a stone built into the wall engraved BAKER STONECOTE. This will, in future, become a viewpoint overlooking the valley, the church, Scammonden Water and the M62 motorway.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The trees planted were Oak, Rowan, Alder, Hawthorn, Ash, Red Oak and Scots Pine.<\/p>\n The area planted covers 1 acre ( 0.40 hectares) and we have located a large stone boulder at the top of this area, engraved BAKER ACRE, and this can be seen from the junction of Sledge Gate and Kirklees Way.<\/p>\n Guy Thompson<\/p><\/div>\n Peter Baker David Baker Richard Baker<\/p><\/div>\n Keith Baker<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>