Queen Kelsie set to reign over Buxton

Buxton’s carnival royalty for 2014/15 was chosen at a selection event at the town’s Working Men’s Club on Sunday.
The 2014 Buxton carnival royalty - Queen Kelsie Johnston, Rosebud Esme Anderson and attendants Amy Brittain-Cartlidge, Matilda Anderson, Evie Howe and Alexandra Farlam. Photo by Arthur Packham.The 2014 Buxton carnival royalty - Queen Kelsie Johnston, Rosebud Esme Anderson and attendants Amy Brittain-Cartlidge, Matilda Anderson, Evie Howe and Alexandra Farlam. Photo by Arthur Packham.
The 2014 Buxton carnival royalty - Queen Kelsie Johnston, Rosebud Esme Anderson and attendants Amy Brittain-Cartlidge, Matilda Anderson, Evie Howe and Alexandra Farlam. Photo by Arthur Packham.

Fourteen-year-old Kelsie Johnston is this year’s queen, with Esme Anderson as Rosebud. The attendants are Amy Brittain-Cartlidge, Matilda Anderson, Evie Howe and Alexandra Farlam.

The blessing of the wells and the crowning of the festival royalty, at St John’s Church, will take place on Sunday July 6 and the carnival parade is the following Saturday July 12. Photo by Arthur Packham.