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Gosh, what incredibly handsome people - erm, maybe not..!
• Because High Peak Radio is a 24/7/365 operation, we rarely get everyone in the station at the same time. The other day, we made a special effort - and broke the record for the most people in the building! So we took a photo, and now here's a Christmas card - from us to you! Ho-ho-ho!
"Deck the Halls" at Chatsworth House
• Always a sucker for festive jollity, David took himself off to Chatsworth House and their celebration of Old Carols. (No jokes about mature ladies called Carol, please!)
Hadfield remembers
"Thank you, Henshaws, for a wonderful night out!"
• Imagine the looks on the neighbours' faces as Val Wilkinson and her guest stepped into a bright pink Hummer M&M limo recently! They were whisked off to see "Madame Butterfly" at the Buxton Opera House, thanks to sponsorship from Henshaws.
Y10&11 Students from Chapel-en-le-Frith High School visit High Peak Radio
• Left to right: Christopher, Norman Taylor (Sports Reporter), Paul Jenner (Sales Director), Jack, Amy Jo and Mark. The students are visiting a number of venues in preparation for work experience next summer.
• All the students thought the visit "great". Mark (below) said, "It was good seeing all the equipment and how it is done. I would like to read the sports!" Amy Jo (above left) said, "I would like to play the romantic music." None of them liked the idea of getting up early to do the Breakfast Show. (So Leighton can breathe a sigh of relief! Ed)
Guide Dogs Get Together In The Dome
• Around 20 guide dog puppies and their walkers enjoyed a social get together in the Buxton Dome recently, as part of Guide Dogs Week, a celebration of Guide Dogs for the Blind’s 80th year.
And now over to our pig-racing correspondent...
• David reports on pig-racing at the Hayfield Show. If we ever need an agricultural reporter, young man, we'll call you. (Photo by Louis Simmonds, assisted by Ryan Fryers, both of Hayfield)
June Latchem becomes our first "Cornerstone of the Community" winner...
• ...and Barry presents her with a commemorative certificate and a bottle of High Peak Radio champagne. In the background, the helicopter waits to take her on a thrilling ride.
Runners-up in the Clearview Photography Competition 2011 (in no particular order)
• A Clear View of... Freshfields Donkey Sanctuary, Buttercup Donkey, photographed by Leah Hinchliffe (age 9)
• A Clear View of... Freshfields Donkey Sanctuary, Donkeys in Buttercup Field, photographed by Hayden Hinchliffe (age 6)
• A Clear View of... Mother and Foal, photographed by Michelle James (age 11)
• A Clear View of... Green Meadows, before they started building Buxton Water Bottling Plant on Water Swallows, photographed by Shannon Turner (age 14)
• A Clear View of... Exmoor Ponies, photographed by Sarah Taylor (age 8)
PJ Friday - enough said!!
Chapel Lane Park gets a brand new play area
• The Friends of Chapel Lane Park recently celebrated the opening of the brand new play area. The sun was shining as Mayor David Lomax and High Peak Radio's Leighton Morris cut the ribbon and declared the area open.
• High Peak Borough Councillor Victoria Mann (Hadfield North) said: "This is the culmination of 18 months' hard work". The project was funded by the Groundwork lottery grant.
• Councillor Edward Siddall (Hadfield South) said: "This is not the end of the fund raising, though - we are looking to put new goal posts on the park, and more benches and pathways".
Buxton Billerettes celebrate their 1,000th performance - at Buxton Carnival on 16th July
• (above) The original 1975 group, featuring founder Bill Weston (#1)
• (below) Some of the many other groups who have performed under the title.
Barry Jarvis at the recent open day of Swains Go Kart Centre in Harpur Hill
Buxton company invests £250,000 in solar panels
• Selden Research has made a £250,000 investment in solar energy to help power its Buxton factory with pollution-free electricity.
• Holly interviews High Peak MP Andrew Bingham, and Selden Sales Director Mark Woodhead.
# Messin' about on the river... # www.whaleywaterweekend.co.uk
• High Peak resident, Linda Simpson, organised an acoustic evening with a strong local bias to launch Whaley Water Weekend on Friday evening, 10 June.
Ben and Norman get the Delta Force Appreciation Award from Glossop North End FC
• The High Peak Radio sports reporters get the award for services to non-league football. Pictured here with Eugene Gallager from Delta Force and GNE chairman Dave Atkinson.
Norman presents New Mills' Adam Mather with his Fantime Player of the Year Award
At Tideswell Food Festival, Craig's hoping for a decent cuppa and he's found an expert!
• Football Club, for services to non-league football for the coverage provided by High Peak Radio. Pictured with Eugene Gallager from Delta Force and GNE chairman Dave AtkinsonCraig interviews James Pogson, Director of Northern Tea Merchants (Chesterfield), during the tea-tasting demonstration James was giving at Tideswell Food Festival.
• On this Outside Broadcast, Craig is ably assisted by Station Engineer and general all-round Clever Bloke, Roger Price.
It's not Zoe Keeling, it's Zoe AMAZING!
• Our intrepid speedway reporter, Zoe Keeling, took herself off to a Ladies only Speedway School the other day, an event helping to raise money for Help for Heroes, NSPCC and Make A Wish Foundation.
• She won best rider of the day and got the fastest lap time. The photo shows her with Workington Captain, Chris Schramm, who was one of the trainers. Her prize is to go up with the Blades aerobatic display team for a flight to remember.
• But Zoe is scared of flying - so watch this space!!
When David met Dorothy...
• Let's face it... when you're on air after midnight, you don't get a lot of listeners - but Dorothy Walsh works late and listens long. And David Heathcote just wanted to meet her and say thanks for all the support.
Miracle baby Daniel and his mum and dad visit High Peak Radio
• Proud parents Adrian and Rachel Shaw bring their miracle baby into the studio, and talk to Tom Hilton about their fundraiser for the Special Care Baby Unit at Tameside Hospital.
• The baby's the cute little guy at the bottom of the pic. No, on the right.
TV Star Scott Wright co-hosts the breakfast show with Leighton
Chapel Primary students stop by High Peak Radio in their pyjamas for Comic Relief
Helen meets Shakin' Stevens at Buxton Opera House. So they're both shaky then?
Ben with Hayfield duo Seno, who finished fifth in this year's Open Mic UK competition.
Ben Price congratulates Megan Chadwick at the Young Achievers Awards in Matlock
Ben Price, Zoe Keeling and Norman Taylor with the 2010 treble-winning Buxton Hitmen
The famous Stanley from Buxton Car Centre! "Are you listening, Stanley?"!
Hitmen rider Craig Cook interviewed by High Peak Radio's Norman Taylor
Zoe Keeling and Craig Cook, the Hitmen's #1 rider - off to the Elite League next year
Zoe interviews Hitmen manager Jack Lee after our win over Dudley in leg one of the league semi final
Winner of the Alternative World Cup, Paul Copley, and family celebrate his mother's birthday at The Hanging Gate
Zoe chats to Adam Allott, leader of the Buxton Hitmen speedway team
It's a crazy idea - but it might just work...!
Erm - when we said "Skip the main course of the picnic..."
C'mon now - if you can have Chicken in a Basket, why not Picnic in a Skip??!
My friends will never believe this if they don't see the photos...
Will that person please stop humming "Skip to my lou"?
You know, this is one of the nicest picnics I've ever had served in a skip...
Buxton's Gregg Anderson lifts the High Peak Cup, in the company of Keiron Lugsden!
Ben Price presents Buxton's captain Gregg Anderson with the High Peak Cup 2010
Glossop's Steve Brackenridge accepts the High Peak Cup 2010 Player of the Tournament Trophy
Ben presents the Football Fantime Player of the Year Award 2009/10 to Peter Band
Peter Band, formerly of New Mills AFC, with his Player of the Year Award
Off on a Scally Rally in Italy, Audrey, Brian, Sil, Jill, John and Steve from Peak Dale
For a Scally Rally, you use a car valued at less than £500 (so Ben's car qualifies easily)
Ellie, Holly and Craig (and Mick) hit New Mills Carnival in a pink stretched limo!
The sun comes out for New Mills Carnival
The limo 5 seconds after Craig said "Did I ever tell you about the time when...?"!
New Mills Carnival procession - it's what summer in England is all about!
A slight delay before the Carnival when Holly found her lipgloss clashed with the limo...
Zoe, Ben and Helen hit Hadfield Carnival in a pink stretched limo!
The High Peak Radio staff party gets underway at Hadfield Carnival
Oh no - we're out of bubbly! (What IS Ben thinking??)
The High Peak Radio team - available for Silver Service waiting in their spare time!
Paul takes up flower arranging in Glossop at Sandra's Flowers, supervised by Sandra
Paul learns flower arranging at Sandra's Flowers, watched by Sandra and his Mum
Paul spends An Hour In Your Company with the team at Steve's Tyres and Exhausts
Paul and the team from Steve's Tyres in Buxton during An Hour In Your Company
And the winner of the High Peak Make-Over is Emma Hibbert of Chapel-en-le-Frith!
Ben Price reading the news from a bath at Barber's Bathroom (he gave them a plug...)
David Blunkett visits the High Peak studio (his dog is not impressed by Ben's socks!)
Is that a microphone you're holding, Craig or... (no, it's a microphone - phew!)
Holly Knebel, working and smiling ("versatility" is her middle name - not Doris!)
Leighton Morris meets Corrie actor Richard Fleeshman and denies they are twins
High Peak Radio engineers investigate reports of serious floor subsidance in the office
Norman Taylor - I bet he drinks... a cheeky little Chardonnay with oak overtones!
Sherri and Simon collecting for Manchester Children's Hospital: they got 3 children!
Steve Jenner at the launch of our sister station, Ashbourne Radio (a free launch??)
Sherri Clarke with winners from the Carpet Creations Red Carpet Treatment Promotion
Zoe Keeling on a Henshaws Skip Lorry at Buxton Carnival 2008 - let's skip the jokes!
