What’s on Where this Week Date Time Event Location Monday School Begins Parwich School Tueday 7.30pm Council Meeting Memorial Hall Wednesday 8pm Memorial Hall Committee Meeting Memorial Hall Saturday 8.40-9.15am Saturday Morning Rubbish Collection Alsop Sunday 2pm Nadin Cup Competition Bowling Club Sunday 6.30pm Evensong Parwich Church
Archive for May, 2009
What’s on Where this Week
Posted in Events on Sunday May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Weather on a Sunny Sunday
Posted in Weather on Sunday May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s weather data: Rainfall in mm Pressure in Mb am Pressure in Mb pm Temperature in ºC Max Min Sun 24th 0 1016.3 1018.6 22.8 4.7 Mon 25th 1 1016.0 1012.8 20.2 6.0 Tue 26th 3 1006.8 1015.9 17.0 8.0 Wed 27th 4 1016.7 1012.6 16.5 6.7 Thu 28th 0 1019.0 1024.4 23.4 12.5 [...]
Special Sunny Saturday
Posted in Events, Photography on Saturday May 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What a beautiful day! It was one of those days when the weather was so perfect that everything felt special. The barbeques came out, people enjoyed their gardens and the pub beer garden was put to good use. Morning interest was provided by the first Cycling Plus Sportive event which chose to come through Parwich [...]
Save a Life – Make time to call in.
Posted in First Responders on Saturday May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an incredibly important opportunity that Martin, Jean & The First Responders are providing for us all. None of us ever knows when we might be faced with an adult, child or baby choking, a heart attack or a family member or friend who suddenly loses consciousness. On Saturday 13th June, between 10am & [...]
Trip to Lincoln – 9th June
Posted in Societies on Friday May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Places are still available on the Over 60′s trip to Lincoln on Tuesday 9th June. Everyone is welcome and tickets for non-members are £10. The bus leaves The Green at 8am and there will be plenty of time to explore Lincoln. This fascinating city is a mix of Roman, Norman and Medieval. With the modern [...]
Next Parish Council meeting (Parwich)
Posted in Parish Council, Shop on Friday May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The next Parwich Parish Council meeting is at 7-30pm Tuesday 2nd June. Click here to access the agenda as a pdf. Don’t forget that the public can ask to address the meeting at the start, and that you can attend the meeting as an observer. They will be discussing, among other things, the Flooding survey, [...]
£25,000+ for the new Memorial Hall
Posted in Memorial hall on Thursday May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Memorial Hall committee have just heard the fantastic news that they have secured a grant of £25,000 from the Local Authority schools/Parwich School towards the building of our new hall. The funding committee are very encouraged that grant sources are impressed with the plans for a new hall to serve the community and are [...]
Village SOS
Posted in Uncategorized on Thursday May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Village SOS is a major new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC. They will be searching for six UK villages with a great enterprise idea to benefit their community. They are also looking for six enterprising individuals to act as Village Champions and help them achieve their ambitions. There will be a [...]
In flight
Posted in Ornithology on Thursday May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Curlew in flight – JF-S
June’s newsletter from PC Ian Cooper
Posted in Police on Thursday May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update from your local Officer June 2009 Over the past month it has been fairly quiet. We’ve had just one incident involving thefts. Overnight on 9th May 2009, someone stole aerials from cars parked at The Dog and Partridge, Thorpe. We have, in recent months, had a couple of incidents involving prowlers within [...]
The Stunner
Posted in News on Thursday May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Aplogies that The Stunner post is a day late, but other events took over. However, having just popped down to our shop and picked up the News Telegraph, I can report that Parwich (as far as I can see) doesn’t feature very prominantly in this week’s paper. So this will be a very short post!! Click [...]
You can kiss goodbye to the trees!
Posted in Memorial hall on Thursday May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have received a post from Keith Parsons expressing his personal views about the Memorial Hall, which we have printed in full. In the interests of balance we have included some relevant responses and they are at the bottom of the post.
Our email account parwich@hotmail.co.uk
Posted in About this site on Wednesday May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Recently someone had an email to parwich@hotmail.co.uk bounced with an error message, saying the email address was not valid. They contacted a member of the blog team directly, and we suggested they try sending it again. The second time it came through OK. This may have been an isolated incident, but do let us know [...]
Please don’t move the blue tape
Posted in Memorial hall on Tuesday May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An asbestos survey has been done today in the Memorial Hall and where samples have been taken large patches of blue tape have been placed over the sample area. Please do not disturb the patches as they maybe required for cross referencing once samples have been analysed at the lab.
Parwich garden featured in The English Garden magazine.
Posted in Gardens on Tuesday May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the current (June 2009) edition of The English Garden magazine, you can find a six-page photo-feature on the garden at Creamery Cottage. The feature (“Peak of perfection”) starts on page 42 of the magazine. At the end of the article, there’s a plug for Parwich Gardens Open Day on Sunday June 21st – so [...]
Hoodlums in Parwich Garden
Posted in Gardens, Ornithology on Tuesday May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
PEACOCKS Since Saturday my garden is being trashed and my poultry terrorised by the hoodlum antics of a pair of Peafowl. The worst part about it is that they seem to be thoroughly enjoying themselves here and are showing no signs of moving on. Will the owner please come to claim them as soon as [...]
JUNIOR TENNIS COACHING
Posted in Sport, Young people on Tuesday May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich Tennis Club has just secured the services of Gareth Richards to provide 6 weeks of tennis coaching to the children of the village. The dates are: 6, 13, 20 June and 4, 11, 18 July. 10am – 10.40am will be for 5 – 7 yr olds 10.40am -11.20am will be for 8 – 11 [...]
Tissington Well Dressings 2009 – photo gallery.
Posted in Photography, Well dressing on Monday May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our thanks to John F-S, Kevin S and Ben B for supplying these images – and do pay particular attention to the “Samson” well, as Parwich’s very own Jane B had a hand in its construction! Jane’s well dressing diary posts can be found here, here and here. Please click each image to enlarge it.
How did you spend your weekend?
Posted in People, Photography on Monday May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What JFS reveals: You need a drink on a hot Sunday
Michelin-starred art.
Posted in Arts on Monday May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottinghamshire’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, is displaying two new works by Lewis Noble in its main dining room. The restaurant recently scored 5/5 in the Daily Telegraph, where Jasper Gerard wrote that Sat Bains “is the most wildly inventive chef to emerge from Britain since Heston Blumenthal.“
Questions for June 4 election candidates
Posted in Local government on Sunday May 24, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The following issues raised here at PARWICH.ORG will be forwarded to all the local candidates for the upcoming County Council elections and to the four MEPs that are standing again. We have not contacted all the European election candidates as there are some 80, but if there are any others you particularly want to respond [...]
The weekly weather summary
Posted in Weather on Sunday May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s weather data: Rainfall in mm Pressure in Mb am Pressure in Mb pm Temperature in ºC Max Min Sun 17th 3 1007.1 999.8 12.5 3.4 Mon 18th 8 1002.9 1006.3 14.0 7.0 Tue 19th 3 1009.7 1007.8 12.7 6.4 Wed 20th 10 1012.6 1011.5 16.0 6.0 Thu 21st 4 1009.6 1010.0 16.7 7.1 [...]
What’s on Where this Week
Posted in Events on Sunday May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Date Time Event Location Sunday & Monday 11am-5pm Derbyshire Open Arts all across Derbyshire including venues in the village 4 Church Walk & Flaxdale House Sunday-Wednesday Tissington Well Dressings Tissington Monday 11am-4pm Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard Alsop Church Monday 6pm Introduction to Bowling Come and find out [...]
Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard tomorrow
Posted in Alsop on Sunday May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow sees the penultimate Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard at Alsop-en-le-Dale, everyone is welcome anytime between 11am – 4pm. The weather looks like it is going to be gorgeous, so come and relax, enjoy the views and sample some of the delicious cakes.
Looking for a Osteopath?
Posted in Services on Saturday May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Steve Marshall of Peak Osteopathy has been recommended before by other members of the village and I have to endorse this, having had him sort out several of my different neck and back problems since Christmas. He has now moved from Alport to Wirksworth. His new clinic is next to the Town Hall on Coldwell Street [...]
Hazel hurdle available
Posted in Classified adverts on Saturday May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Does anyone want a hazel hurdle, 6ft x 6ft ? Its propped up outside our garage if you want to look at it. Rebecca, Knob Hall – 390318
Derbyshire Open Arts – this Weekend
Posted in Arts, People on Saturday May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From today until Monday there will again be the Derbyshire Open Arts Festival, this will see around 130 artists exhibiting their work at a range of venues throughout the county. For a brochure click here. This is a really fantastic weekend – a chance to enjoy some great art and also to explore some different [...]
Door to Door Selling – Police Warning
Posted in Police on Friday May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Derbyshire police have received a number of reports over the past few days of people visiting residents, offering goods for sale such as household goods, pressure washers, tarmac, etc., and males in hi-viz jackets looking for scrap and going through storage drums at business premises. Please make a note of the registration numbers of suspicious [...]
Stepping Stones, Pre-School
Posted in Pre-school on Friday May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Stepping Stones Pre-school have been doing lots of lovely things and they would like to share some photos with us. After a walk around Parwich when the children were looking for signs of Spring, they then made these pictures of trees. The children went on a visit to Ashbourne Library for a special ‘Storytime’ after [...]
Well worth a visit – Hognaston Flower Festival
Posted in Events on Thursday May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hognaston Church Flower Festival Thursday – Bank Holiday Monday – 10am-6.30pm Tea, Cakes & Plants available The theme is ‘Past and Present’ and includes some very innovative ideas, the milliners with hats made of flowers, the dressmaker with a dummy draped in flowers & fabric and so much more. Here are some photos to wet [...]
Election Issues (fourth instalment)
Posted in Local government on Thursday May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the fourth and final instalment of our issues for candidates posts covering Environmental issues. Also please use this post to add any additional comments relating to any local issues not already covered that you want raising with the candidates. Environment Do add any comments below on these or any other issues you want [...]
Film Night – June 12th
Posted in Films on Thursday May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Winner of 8 Oscars, this amazing film needs no introduction. PG 15 Parwich Memorial Hall Friday 12th June – 7.45pm – Free Entrance. Refreshments Raffle Big screen Silent projection Hi Fi Sound Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask. The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, [...]
Tissington Well Dressings – Day 3
Posted in Well dressing on Wednesday May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today is the day when each Well has to be finished ready for the 6pm setting up. From lunchtime on Day 2 and throughout Day 3 this is probably the most satisfying and varied part of the dressing, as we are now placing different coloured petals to create the side pieces, which will complement the central [...]
Is your family safe from fire?
Posted in Services on Wednesday May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There were surprisingly few at the Fire Safety meeting last night, but we all learnt important messages. Did you know that the Fire Service will supply and fit smoke alarms free of charge, and that modern alarms are sealed units that last for 10 years (no batteries to change)? Or if you are over 60, [...]
Election issues (third instalment)
Posted in Local government on Wednesday May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although this post has some overlap with the previous instalment, it is worth looking at the factors that impact on us as rural communities separately. What do you want raising with the candidates for the upcoming elections: Community Here are some of the issues previously raised on PARWICH.ORG:
This week’s Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can read the Ashbourne News Telegraph online or buy it in the Sycamore. p.2 – Preparing for Well festival: an article on the preparations for this year’s Tissington well dressings. p.5 – Artists’ work going on show in County – an article about various Derbyshire artists showing their work over this bank holiday weekend [...]
Events this weekend
Posted in Events on Wednesday May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A brief look at some of the best events on this weekend. Tissington Well Dressings – Thursday to Wednesday – all day. Blessing of the Wells 11am on Thursday. Lunches and Teas in the Village Hall and The Old Coach House. A short film show showing the creation and history behind the Well Dressings – [...]
2 free railway tickets
Posted in Classified adverts on Tuesday May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A pair of surplus railway tickets – free to a good home! Why not enjoy a night away in Cardiff. Derby to Cardiff 4th June 11.37 Cardiff to Derby 5th June 11.45 Ring Martin on 529
Tissington Well Dressings – A family affair
Posted in Well dressing on Tuesday May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yew Tree Well, the Well Dressing that I help out on is a real family affair. The centre of operations is in a barn behind a couple of large farmhouses where 4 generations of the Carr family live, in fact they have been in Tissington for exactly 99 years. Christopher Carr helped out on this well as [...]
Road repairs and closures
Posted in Roads on Tuesday May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Parwich Parish Council for passing on the following information received from Highways: B5056 Temporary Closure: A 200m stretch of the B5056 just north of the Bentley Brook in will be closed from Monday 15th June to Friday 26th June in order to investigate the landslip. The road will be re-opened sooner if [...]
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