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The 8th Celebrating Cromford was a roaring success with residents and visitors enjoying the varied activities, music and stalls. Cromford's Olympic torchbearer Ian Page arrived to light the beacon to a rousing welcome from DaleDiva. The group entertained with a medley of songs before the start of the traction engine tug. |
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Traction Engine Tug The Cromford Football and Cricket teams pulled the 8ton Fowler Tiger traction engine from the Community Centre to the Bell Inn on Cromford Hill. Built in 1917 and weighing 8 tons, the engine belongs to Dave and Sue Cope of Cromford. |
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Groove 66 entertained on Friday evening in the Bell garden, playing a mix of classic soul, ska, disco and pop music from the 60s to the present.
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The lock up and pigsty looking festive. |
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Milly's stall helped to raise funds for the Derwent Valley Donkey Sanctuary on Intake Lane, Cromford. 
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The magical pig and her piglets. 
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Snapshots around Celebrating Cromford. |
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 Photos: Y Daykin |
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Pizzas at Quarry Cottage.
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Display of stationary engines
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The lock-up in Swift's Entry. |
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Banners in window and on the school railings. |
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Cromford "Crazy Olimpycs" on the school playing fields.
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Competition to recreate the Cromford Pudding. |
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 Judges were Tony Carline and Dawn Bannister |
One reason Richard Arkwright chose Cromford for his new cotton mills may have been his love of puddings. In a letter recently discovered at Scarthin Books, he wrote to his business partner Samuel Need: "the bakers in these parts make a pudding without comparison of any I ever had in all my travels." The recipe has sadly been lost. The competition to recreate the puddings was won by Chris Smith in both the sweet and savoury categories. |
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Saturday was rounded off with live music on Scarthin. |
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Sam and Kylie's mobile Mini-Zoo |
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One of the Open Gardens with a view of the playing field.
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Cromford village website email website |