This evening the coordinating committee of the Village Action Group met. Chair, Peter Trewhitt said “Despite our previous achievements, over the last year we have been in danger of being seen as the Village Inaction Group. However that is to change“. The committee have organised the following: 8pm Monday 21st of April Sycamore Inn A [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Parwich Village Action Group
Posted in Environment, Housing, Services on Monday March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Parwich Film wins Oscar
Posted in News on Monday March 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Saturday night (29th March) there was a bash at the Whitworth Centre in Darley Dale to celebrate the work of Derbyshire Film. The project is finishing in its current form, having helped establish 12 local film groups including Parwich Film. Also various ‘Oscars’ were presented by Derbyshire Film to mark the occasion. Arnold, Sandra, [...]
All day Derbyshire breakfast
Posted in Eating Out, Out & About on Monday March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, I met friends for lunch in Byways Tearooms in Bakewell. Inspired by Jane B’s ‘Well and truly replete’ post, I thought I would report back on the experience. I have been before, otherwise Byways is easy to miss, off the main street in Water Lane, and then up what seems quite a steep stairway. [...]
‘Parwich’ as a Surname
Posted in People on Sunday March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was ‘surfing the net’ looking at relevant links for the Parwich Film section, got sidetracked and came across a film director called Pete Parwich (not Big Pete and not Posh Pete, but Pete Parwich). The site for Nordic Film Days Lübeck in northern Germany (http://www.luebeck.de/filmtage/99/program/filme/120. html) says the following about him: After studying in [...]
Parwich on Facebook.
Posted in Local Links on Sunday March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who are registered with Facebook might be interested in joining a group called “I come from a place called PARWICH“. Aiming “to re-unite the people that spent their youth in the small village of Parwich”, the group currently has 35 members – most of whom are “ex-pats” – and is adminstered by [...]
Direct Bus to Derby Stops
Posted in News, Services on Sunday March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The direct bus service from Parwich to Derby that went every other Friday has been discontinued (as of 23rd March 2008). For the people that used the service this is a big loss. Now if people want to get to Derby by public transport (as well as to anywhere else) they have to change at [...]
Do post your comments!
Posted in About this site on Sunday March 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We are getting lots of positive feedback on the site both in emails to the team and face to face. This is great, but we would be even more chuffed if you put your comments in the comments section under the relevant post or on the relevant page. This is a community website, but it [...]
Clocks go forward tonight
Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t forget to put your clock forward by one hour tonight! At 0100hrs or 1am on Sunday 30th March 2008 the clocks go forward one hour ‘as civil time moves from Coordinated Univeral Time (almost identical to Greenwich Mean Time) to British Summer Time (BST)‘. To find out more about why this happens see these [...]
Old Photo of Alsop Church
Posted in Church on Saturday March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Click on photo to see a larger image This photo of St Michael & All Angels Church, Alsop-en-le-Dale is hanging inside the Church and was sent to us by The Revd. Christopher Harrison. This Norman Church still retains it’s original Norman nave, doorway and font. What does the number 1695 on the photo refer to? [...]
Great Morning
Posted in Church on Saturday March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just had a super morning helping to clear up the Churchyard. There were about 10 of us getting stuck in, the yew has been well pruned & now the cross has been revealed, providing a lovely vista from the path. Gravestones have been stripped of unwanted ivy, saplings removed, roses pruned and just a good [...]
Thinking of seeing a film?
Posted in Films, Societies on Saturday March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As well as having another film showing coming up next Friday, the 4th April, Parwich Film has added to its links section a number of other film societies in easy reach of our villages and the independent cinemas in the towns and cities that surround the Peak District (there are a surprising number). Also the links section [...]
Church Cleanup – Tomorrow
Posted in Church on Friday March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow, Saturday we are doing a cleanup of the Churchyard, if the weather is awful then we will be concentrating on other jobs that need doing inside, so there is no excuse not to be there! We have a lovely Church which is always open to the public and this is pretty amazing when so [...]
Website Team Grows
Posted in About this site, People on Friday March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Mike Atkinson, Jane Bennett and Peter Trewhitt (pheadair) are joined by four new bloggers: Christopher Harrison (the Vicar), Mike Hughes, Lewis Noble and Mandy Noble. Mike H has already mastered the Word Press software and the others will be trained shortly, though Lewis and Mandy already have experience of Word Press, so they may be [...]
Last night’s AGM at St. Peter’s
Posted in Church, Events on Thursday March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich Parochial Church Council had a positive meeting last night. Jonathan Marshall stepped down after six years as church warden. His dedicated input has been much appreciated, and it is heartening that he offered to take over as PCC secretary, fitting it in between his travelling the world’s railways. Helen Pitts and Martin Compton were [...]
Parwich Film has new web pages
Posted in About this site, Films, Memorial hall, Societies on Thursday March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are new pages posted under the Directory of ‘Local groups and organisations‘ on this site. Have your say about what films you would like to see in Parwich, or post your reviews of the films we have already see. Click here for the Parwich Film pages
Derbyshire Wild Life Trust
Posted in Environment on Wednesday March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Derbyshire Wild Life Trust are busy recruiting new members in our area. Do check out their website and have a think about joining?
Grand Re-opening of the Hard Play Area
Posted in News, Societies, Sport on Wednesday March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Grand Reopening of the Hard Play Area Sunday 20th April at 11am by our local Holby City Star – Tom Chambers This will then be followed by a mini tournament of tennis, 7 aside footie and netball with 3 teams formed from the major user groups taking part. Refreshments will also be available.
Reminder: Wednesday’s AGMs.
Posted in Events, Societies on Wednesday March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just in case you hadn’t spotted them on our Calendar page, there are two Annual General Meetings taking place in Parwich tonight (Wednesday). At 19:45, Parwich PCC (Parochial Church Council) holds its AGM in the church. At 20:00, the Carnival & Recreation Committee are meeting in the British Legion, where they will be welcoming new [...]
Alsop in the winter fog.
Posted in Alsop, Photography, Weather on Tuesday March 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Our thanks to Rob Francis, for agreeing to share these striking images with us. They were taken on the Sunday before Christmas, just below Alsop car park on the Tissington trail. As Rob says: “The conditions were strange to say the least. One of them has the image on the photographer ( ie me) projected [...]
A Parwich garden featured in Japanese magazine
Posted in News on Tuesday March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Readers of the gardening magazine Bises will already have seen the feature on Church Cottage Garden by the photographer Jerry Harpur in their April edition (We think?). Jerry Harpur photographed several Parwich gardens (Gardener’s Cottage, Creamery Cottage and Church Cottage) last summer and the images are beginning to appear around the world. For those who [...]
Shop Opening in reported Evening Telegraph
Posted in Events, Shop, Tom Chambers on Tuesday March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is an article in today’s (Tuesday 25th March) Derby Evening Telegraph on Saturday’s Opening Celebrations of our new shop, with an excellent photo of Janet and Tom Chambers. However, remember you saw the scoop here first three days ago. Click here to see the text of the article Copies now available in the Shop.
Shop opening hours
Posted in Services, Shop on Tuesday March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Janet is trying out the following opening hours for the new shop at the Sycamore Inn: Lunch times Evenings Monday 10am to 2pm 7pm to 9pm Tuesday 10am to 2pm 7pm to 9pm Wednesday 10am to 2pm 7pm to 9pm Thursday 10am to 2pm 6pm to 9pm Friday 10am to 2pm 6pm to 9pm Saturday [...]
Memorial Hall AGM.
Posted in Memorial hall on Monday March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Amanda Johnson for providing us with this report. The annual general meeting of the Parwich Memorial Hall was held last Wednesday (March 19th), with a succinct summary of a busy year from the Chairman (Mike Gerard-Pearse) and a clear explanation of the healthy bank balances of the Hall from the Treasurer (Ed Linnell). [...]
Pikehall Page
Posted in About this site, Pikehall, Sport on Monday March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is our aim that this site will serve the same communities that the Memorial Hall was set up to serve, so we have been creating sections on the neighbouring hamlets. However it is necessary that people in those communities get involved. We now have a page for Pikehall, click here to see it. Do [...]
Well and truly replete.
Posted in Alsop, Church, Eating Out, Out & About on Monday March 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Easter Monday, what shall I do today? Well checking the blog site gave me one idea, bearing in mind that I have a partner who is currently on crutches & can’t walk more than 200 metres. So I decided to go and start the process of testing out various eateries (purely I add for the [...]
Parwich Honey
Posted in Environment, History on Monday March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was chatting with a neighbour about bees, and we were wondering how much is known about the history of local bee keeping and honey production. The Domesday Survey of 1086 mentions the Royal Estate’s income from Parwich before 1066 as having been “£32 and 6½ sesters of honey“, suggesting that in Saxon times Parwich [...]
Early Easter Bells & First Communion of Easter
Posted in Church on Monday March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our thanks to Christopher Harrison for sending us this article. If anyone was awake at 7.00 am on Easter morning and wondered why the church bell was ringing, this was Parwich’s contribution to the ancient tradition of celebrating Easter with a dawn service (well, just after dawn). There is something very primal about lighting the [...]
Tennis News
Posted in Societies, Sport on Monday March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Junior Tennis Coaching will start from Saturday 19th April, 10am for beginners, 10.40 for improvers and 11.20 for the U16 squad. Adult team training will take place from 12pm as organised by team captains. Sunday 20th – 10am – After the Grand Re-opening of the Hard Play Area, there will be a mini tournament of tennis, 5 [...]
Flagg Races: Easter Tuesday.
Posted in Events, Out & About, Sport on Sunday March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Flagg Races is held at Flagg Moor on Easter Tuesday, the 25th of March. The first of seven point-to-point steeplechases gets underway at 1.00pm, beginning with the famous stone wall High Peak Hunt Members’ race. The final race runs at 4.40pm. Flagg Races is unique as a point-to-point course, in that it is the only [...]
Happy Easter
Posted in Church on Sunday March 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It was a lovely service in Church this morning, beautifully led by Andrew. It was super seeing him bounding up the aisle with a sword, he made me feel positively exhausted (all to illustrate that Jesus is alive). There were lots of villagers and visitors to the service & lovely to see so many children [...]
I’m dreaming of a white… Easter?!
Posted in Photography on Sunday March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Mike Hughes for sending us this picture of a snow-clad Parwich, taken on Easter Sunday morning. Please click on the photo to enlarge it.
Lewis Noble: A Year At Chatsworth.
Posted in Arts, News, Out & About, People on Sunday March 23, 2008 |
Parwich artist Lewis Noble is to spend a year working with Chatsworth, making a body of work in response to the estate. The project starts in May 2008, and will culminate in a major exhibition in London, in May 2009. The paintings will also preview at Chatsworth, probably in April 2009. Lewis spent two months [...]
Horticultural Society Pages on this Site
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday March 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are experimenting with possible formats for pages for local groups. We can either create pages using the blogging software (WordPress) that generates most of PARWICH.ORG, or we can create them as more traditional web pages. Click here to see an example of some pages made with the WordPress blogging software for the Horticultural Society. We [...]
Opening day at the shop.
Posted in News, People, Photography, Pub, Services, Shop, Tom Chambers on Saturday March 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here are some photographs from the grand opening of the new village shop, inside the Sycamore. Our local TV celebrity Tom Chambers was on hand to congratulate Janet, as were a whole crowd of well-wishers. Inside the shop, you’ll find all the essentials, including fresh fruit and vegetables, free range Parwich eggs, tea, coffee, cereals, [...]
LEAWOOD IN STEAM
Posted in History, Out & About on Saturday March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for something to do this weekend, then you might be interested in this information sent to us by Rob Francis: Leawood pump on the Cromford Canal will be in steam this Sunday and Monday – 23/24th March. Entry is free but donations are welcome. This is a fantastic way of looking through into the [...]
Parwich in The Derbyshire Magazine.
Posted in News on Saturday March 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Following on from last year’s cover splash in Derbyshire Life, there’s a lengthy six-page feature on Parwich in the April edition of The Derbyshire Magazine, containing many colour photographs of the village and its inhabitants, as well as interviews with a wide range of villagers. The reporter has done a fine and detailed job, and [...]
Shop Opens Today
Posted in News, Services, Shop on Saturday March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Our new village shop at The Sycamore is open today. Congratulations to Janet. The opening times over the Bank Holiday Weekend are 10am – 9pm. What if everyone in Parwich bought one thing this weekend, that would get things started.
Lea Rhododendron Gardens
Posted in Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Friday March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I went across to Lea Gardens near Tansley to get the Horticultural Society’s two season tickets, and was surprised to see how many of the earlier azaleas and rhododendrons are already in flower.
Bank Holiday Refreshments
Posted in Alsop, Church, Services on Friday March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Easter Monday make your way to Alsop Church, refreshments are on sale from 11am -4pm. To quote Christine, an Alsop resident, Monday will see us serving steaming mugs of freshly brewed tea and filtered coffee, with plates of luscious cakes for you to choose. We look forward to seeing you all. Tea & Cakes [...]
Parwich Shop opens tomorrow
Posted in News, Shop on Friday March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Great News – The Grand Opening Countdown – 1 day to go Tomorrow, Saturday 22nd March our new village shop is opening at The Sycamore. Well done to Janet. The opening times over the Bank Holiday are 10am – 9pm. Watch the blog to keep up to date with the shop opening hours from Tuesday. [...]
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