2007 December 25th Village romance for Christmas day proposal.   Multiple generation local farmer Gregory Whealdon often seen with his girlfriend Kate who works at Flagg Nursery chose Christmas day to pop the question proper. A true village romance set to be a splendid village wedding, dates not confirmed its likely to be a summer wedding.  

2007 December Pillars of the Community Joan Windross and Frances Roberts died.   Pillars of the community Joan Windross and Frances Roberts died in the days before Christmas. Bitter cold and icy weather had struck the village late in 2007. In a strange turn of fate they both shared the same birthday, may 27th and both had attended the same school, Withington High School for daughters of gentlemen. Joan Windross had moved to the village almost twenty five years earlier from the Chinley area.She was both a church treasurer and church warden, very active in village events and pro-active with the return of the dressing of the wells to the village. A particularly special memory will be the embroiled history panels in the church.Joan instigated the panels which took eight years and many villagers to finish, meetings and cups of tea abound the hand stitched panels depict history from the dinosaurs to the present day and can be found in the Lady chapel of St John the Baptist church Chelmorton. Frances Roberts moved to Chelmorton almost fifteen years ago with her husband Les Roberts. Frances had been a reader at the church, she took minutes for the Village institute meetings and helped her husband with his role as a parish councillor for Chelmorton. Frances was also a member of the Friendship club, the air ambulance attended when she was unwell but she still attended the Friendship club Christmas dinner.

2007 October/November village Plan - 35 villagers turn up Debbie race saw a great turn out for a meeting at the village institute Chelmorton to look at the future for a village plan. The meeting was chaired by Helena Stubs from Derbyshire Rural Community Council who focused on the likes of Peak Park and Derbyshire District Council taking notice of village plans, the plans can bring people together and they can generate community spirit. Peoples likes and dislikes were aired to a smart yellow summary sheet. Peace and quiet, the pub, mix of people, community spirit, strong farming community and rural setting all scored high.Improvements requested listed speed limit for the ditch, playing fields, a shop or post office, good public transport and fewer cars parked on the street. Dislikes listed the village Geese, lack of facilities for youngsters and the loss of the school. Steering groups targeted for a village playfield, activities for the children and the role of the church in the village. Very sadly as time runs into the future the plan would falter, put on hold in February 2008. The Parish Council for Chelmorton holds a number of vacancies and over run with existing workload were unable to facilitate funding bids at that time but watch out for the future.

2007 Chelmorton Chase Five Mile One Thousand feet Fell race - Tenth Year Birthday Party. Tenth anniversary race for Chelmorton. Runners and spectators sang Happy Birthday at the start line outside Primitive Hall before the off. Lady Hollinsclough flagged them away. Birthday presents galore, every finisher was give a T shirt, designed in a school competition at lady Manner for the tenth birthday of the race. Festivities continued with a Staffordshire Out Cake feast.  Bright sunshine and dry ground delivered splendid conditions for a mid-day race over Chelmorton Low, representing clubs that included Buxton, Shelton Striders, Pennine, Dark Peak, Glossop, Macclesfield, Matlock, Staffordshire Moorlands and further afield Altringham and Chesterfield. One of the highest events in the Peak District the Chelmorton Chase drew an excellent field including Mark Williams, Nicholas Bassett & Ed Murden. Mark took the front from the start and showed his Pennine Fell Running colours to the end. Ed Murden, home in third place running for Shelton Striders secured a team win that saw Shaun Cooper and David Thornton score top place points to win the team prize and take it away from last years top team Macclesfield. Amy Mellor running for Buxton AC was first lady swiftly followed be Annemarie Claye also for Buxton AC. Digital photos and race times were coming out of the computer almost before runners finished the race, ten years in the making, local marshals had become experts, Alan Atkin directed the top of the Low, Burner Hulley took the road styles beyond the Rakes and Arthur Gratton was on five wells gates.   Climax of the run was climbing the Low at over a thousand feet. Access granted by the Allen family, many other local land owners helped, the Whealdon family provided fields for the youngsters race and car parking kept vehicles down in Primitive Field out of Main Street. Tracey Worth Lady of Hollinsclough comments. ' There is always a great atmosphere as the race finishes down the village Main Street where locals and supporters alike cheer the runners home. But the tenth birthday bash was very special. Children at lady manners school designed the anniversary T Shirts and everyone enjoyed free refreshments at Primitive Hall which included local Staffordshire oat cakes and hartington cheese for the post race birthday party. This year saw a greater number of youngsters in the field race and a short hill climb is proposed for the youngsters in 2008'

2007 September 6th Longnor Wakes, Chelmorton wins Motorbike race.   Longnor Wakes long become a local village tradition, horse gymkana from toddlers to adults, then trap racing before a wild motorbike race and finishing with an evening fell race. That's not to mention Hollinsclough Silver band, fare rides, the bear tent and stalls of bookies for the horse bets. In her third year Tracey Worth Lady of Hollinsclough took three first place finishers for the three ladies races on a red Honda motorcycle prepared by Guy Allots of Buxton, she was donned in pink armour and even after a finish line crash was cheered well by youngsters of Hollinsclough school. This brings her two championships of Longnor in two consecutive years. Watch out for 2008.

2007 September Buxton District Landrover Club Scatter treasure Hunt.   Courtesy of the Whealdon family the fields behind Primitive Hall became the home of Buxton Land rover club for their annual scatter treasure hunt in September 2007. Clues to be found from Bakewell to Hartington, Flash to Taddington in any route chosen which makes it a scatter. Top winner the most points scored. Tracey Worth Lady of Hollinsclough awarded the Hollinsclough trophy to the lucky winner after a long day of the Derbyshire Dales. Competitors enjoyed hot pies, tea and coffee at Primitive Hall to recover their four wheel fun.

2007 Cricket and a full church Harvest Festival family service. Standing room only in the Lady Chapel of St John the Baptist church for the harvest festival family service of September 2007. Almost thirty youngsters enjoyed the event but there was far more to come. Glorious sunshine, Vicar John Fountain rallied the youngsters to a special outdoor game of cricket and parents helped out with some rugby. Even the smallest of the youngsters took the bat. Gill Fountain had rallied more troops and a village feast followed at the Old School. Red tablecloths, fruit shoots for youngsters and a splendid barbecue completed a memory of village rural life the little ones would grow old with.

2007 28th September Macmillan Coffee morning at Chelmorton Village Institute The splendid efforts of Carol Allcock would see close to four and half thousand pounds raised before the end of the year.  Almost three thousand pounds was raised from her efforts in organising the coffee morning at the village institute in Chelmorton on September 28th. Top raffle winners included a Gallon of Whiskey to Eric Williams and a Hot air balloon Ride for Anne Mayo. Guess the name of the clown winner was Jan Lomas with 'Ian' and number of peas in a jar was Julie Salt with 427

2007 August Royal Society of Arts in Chelmorton.   Carl Lomas MBE, Lord of Hollinsclough and long term fellow of the Royal Society of Arts hosted the East Midlands regional lunch at Primitive Hall in August 2007. Much discussion of arts and commerce with the inclusion of the retired Mayor of Derby. Changing focus lunch was local lamb. Farmer David Whealdon and provided the local lamb and he and his sun Gregory gave the guests a detailed talk on hill sheep farming in the village. The father and sun team gave great credit to village life in Chelmorton, farming as a business and the problems of hill farming. The detail was very well received RSA East Midlands Chair Kenneth Franklin gave an enormous vote of thanks to the two farmers, word of their issues would go far and guests enjoyed the hearty dish of lamb.

2007 June - Rags to Riches for Irene Ottey - If you have any soft furnishings, clothing or shoes these can be converted to cash funds for the church of St John the Baptist Chelmorton. Contact Irene church warden Ottey on 01298 85360 to convert your rags to riches for church funds.

2007 April - St John the Baptist Church Chelmorton for Easter - Together on Palm Sunday for 1st April, a special version of our monthly half hour gathering aimed at all the family. Good Friday, a service of reflection on April 6th a contemplative music half hour with reflections and prayers. Family celebration of Easter Day on April 8th. A short communion service with activities for the children followed by an Easter egg hunt.