"Celebrating Cromford 2009"
Photos of Cromford in Derbyshire village festival on 19, 20 & 21 June 2009

Opening ceremony
                                            Photo:  Y Daykin

Matthew Parris, former local MP, opened Celebrating Cromford 2009 in the Community Centre,
and went on to present prizes to the winners of the children's painting and short story competitions.

Read Matthew's article on Celebrating Cromford from the Times newspaper.


Banner at Cromford Crossroads
                                            Photos:  R Smith

Right: Scarthin Promenade is 100 years old this June.

Banner on Scarthin

North St Cromford
                                  Photo:  Y Daykin
banner on shop Cromford
                                    Photo:  R Smith
Boat Inn Cromford
                                    Photo:  R Smith

Cromford Community Band
                                            Photos:  R Smith

Cromford Community Band at the opening ceremony.

Cromford Community Band

Start of traction engine tug
                                  Photo:  Y Daykin  

Cromford Football Club pulled the 8ton Fowler Tiger traction engine from the Community Centre to the Bell Inn.               

Traction engine at Bell Inn
                                                  Photo:  R Smith

Stall on Scarthin
                                            Photos:  Y Daykin

Stalls on Scarthin Promenade         

Stalls on Scarthin

Model railway
                                            Photo:  R Smith

Model railway exhibition at the Community Centre. 

static engines
                                            Photo:  Y Daykin

    Display of stationary engines.


joint service
                                            Photo:  Y Daykin

Above:  St Mary's Church and the Methodist Chapel held a combined service on Scarthin.          

Pisani chapel
                                          Photo:  Pisani
Pisani's marble works and Orthodox chapel
opened to the public.                                  

Celebrating marriage

Flower Festival at St Mary's church on the theme of "Celebration of Marriage"                

St mary's church
                                                  Photos:  R Smith

Band on Scarthin

The band "Murder City Sweethearts" playing on Scarthin

Band on Scarthin
                        Photos:  Y Daykin

DECORATED DUCKS AND DUCK RACE
pilot duck  sunflower duck  Jemima duck  stripey duck
princess duck  goth duck  silver duck

Some of the decorated ducks.

Nick Read won first prize in the Big Kids category with his pilot duck.


Duck launch
                                                 Photo:  R Smith
Finish of duck race
                                                            Photo:  Y Daykin
The duck race began below Masson Mill and finished at Cromford Bridge

Finish of duck race
                                                               Photo:  Y Daykin
Little duck lost or The one that got away.


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