2008 August Derbyshire Library van twice a month. Around two thousand books, twice a month, magazines and audio books pluss local pamphlets all available around eleven, Main Street and then at the Ditch, a great resource but it needs using, more customers on the Ditch than Main Street. Yougsters section is tremendous, get your books ready for a visit from the little ones.

2008 August Missing long hair. Have you seen, desperate to find long haired cat, answers to the name George or Georgina in Chelmorton, please call 01298 85496.

2008 Family service at Biggin 31st August. Joint parish service for the last days of August, Chelmorton villagers including John and Gill Fountain, David Race and Carl Lomas arrived at Biggin church in bright sunshine for the joint service with vicar John Goldsmith and Dean Mary Goldsmith. The flag of Saint George flew outside to welcome all to the church and a splendid morning coffee event followeed.

2008 SOS Save our unsafe Spire. Jean Jackson, Irene Otty, Richard Simmonds and Mrs Walsh joined vicar John Goldsmith to launch an SOS appeal, Save our Spire. Chelmorton Parochial Church Council is urgently seeking one hundred and twenty thousand pounds. Quoted - 'The spire is now unsafe and the peal of bells is silent. The cost of repairs will be one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, demolition would be much more expensive' A series of fund raising events begins and the PCC are looking for funds from national and local organisations and Trusts. Local residents have been told it is imperative they give support so the PCC can act quickly and undertake necessary repairs. Events kicked of very well with a an afternoon tea party at Ditch Cottage in mid August. A fashion show is planned for September 24th at the Railway Inn, a Race Night at the Institute. The Official Appeal launch is set for Harvest Service on October 5th. Send donations, ideas and offers of support to the PCC. Church warden is Irene Otty 01298 85235

2008 Summer green while mobile phones fail. The famous stone built telephone box hd seen much of the early year in drab grey undercoat, it got a fine coat of shiny green paint for summer bringing it back to its former glory. Believed by many to be the only one of its kind, cut stone walls, it makes for a fine talking point in the village where a number of mobile phones fail to make a signal reception.

2008 Summer solstice stones in Chelmorton.  Travelling out beyond the Ditch its possible to see standing stones on the horizon to your left, they came into full view for summer solstice and are making quite a feature on the hillside.  

2008 May 1st Deadline for Combs Brownies Annual Quiz in memory of Joan WIndross. Joan Windross lived almost twenty five years in the village of Chelmorton, a great friend to Combs Brownie group, each year their was a prize quiz organised and even after her death in December 2007 she lives on. The quiz is based on place-names and was written by here twenty one years ago. Combs Brownie pack are making a donation to St John the Baptist Church in Chelmorton. The quiz winner will be judged May 1st.

2008 Stan Caley. The family of Mr Stan Caley thanks everyone for the their kind messages of sympathy, donations and cards following his death.   Particular thanks to Rev Goldsmith and James Kirkwood for the service on February 22nd. Donations have been divided between the National Association for the Relief of Pagets Disease and the British Heart Foundation.

2008 March 2nd - Mothers Day family service.   Reported in the Peak Advertiser - Village Mums of Chelmorton were treated to posies of fresh flowers in the family service of St Johns Chelmorton. Vicar John Fountain orchestrated a full church with help of the village team for a flower filled celebration of Mothers Day. Vicar John delivered a sermon expertly aimed at the younger members of the congregation, he talked of years past when little ones walked the fields to find flowers for Mum. Irene Ottey and Anne Mayo provided the modern day floristry skills to help the youngsters make posies for their deserving Mums. The children friendly service began with a poem read by Lilly Howard and tea break biscuits were richly baked with real butter by young Jamie Prout. Mums and all joined in for a Lord of the Dance hymn, extra posies for all, even church warden Howard Clarke had a bouquet going home.

2008 February - March Lent Group.   The 2008 church lent group took different steps to be held in different locations around the Taddington diocese from Monyash to Hartington. Vicars John and Mary Goldsmith, Vicar John Fountain and reader David Race formed a formidable power house of theology to discus issues of lent with parishioners who attend the various events, the first Hartington church bash ended with tea and biscuits and a power cut that showed how successful the new batter back up safety lighting in the bell tower was. The second was no repeat, lots of light and even better chocolate buiscuits.

2008 February 29th Leap Year.   No word of young ladies in the village making proposals of marriage but strong winds were turning wheely bins upside down and not days earlier a plus five earthquake hard rocked many villagers from their sleep at one in the morning.

2008 February Stanley Caley.   Valentines day brought sad news to the village with the death of Stanley Arthur Caley, age ninety he died at Stepping Hill Hospital Stockport, resident of the Argyle home in Buxton since an illness in 2005. Mr Caley was born in Chelmorton living locally all his life, his wife Gertrude died in 1995. He farmed Far Ditch Far from 1949 until 1975 when he retired to the Croft Bungalow.

2008 Last days of January for first lambs and snowdrops. Two small black lambs arrived beyond Town End fields in Chelmorton for the last days of January, snowdrops were sprouting by the telephone box and in mixed warm and icy weather their would be snow again in March to see the frist daffodils turn yellow.

2008 January David Gould Chelmorton History.   Fifty years in the village inspired David Gould to produce the first history book of the village of Chelmorton, a wealth of detail listing families and their dwellings from twighlight years to the present day. A Short History of Chelmorton by David Gould, seventy A4 pages spiral bound at local stores including Brierlow Bar Book Shop or contact David directly on 01298 85492 The book is a wealth of knowledge and a must read for any villager or individual interested in local social history in the Peak District.

2008 Derbyshire Life issue on Chelmorton arrives. The February dated issue of Derbyshire Life hit the streets of Chelmorton in late January with a good number of pages on the village. Some of the photos were a little dated and the article much focused on architecture, the shape of the village like the skeleton of a great whale but locals reported of village life. Harry & Anne Mayo were reported to face up to the responsibilities of married life arriving in the village in 1967 as a retreat to the country. Justin and Julie Satur featured at the Church Inn formerly the Blacksmiths   Arms. Church warden Howard Clark and Canon Mary Goldsmith spoke of the church while Margaret Morgan talked of her calligraphy work.