‘Embroidery around the World’ Tonight Thursday – 18th June 7.30pm for Members 8pm for Non-Members In the Memorial Hall Everyone Welcome ‘Embroidery around the World’ with Kathleen Mason has proved to be a very entertaining meeting with other WIs. She has a delightfully amusing way of getting her message across and enthrals everyone with her [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Don’t miss the WI Talk tonight
Posted in Events on Thursday June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Odd Fellows film on Friday
Posted in Films, Oddfellows on Wednesday June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Open Gardens on Sunday
Posted in Gardens, Young people on Wednesday June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Call for tombola prizes and plants
Posted in Gardens, Young people on Wednesday June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich & District Horticultural Society are calling for contributions to their plant stall and for tombola prizes for the Open Gardens & Children’s Horticultural Show Day (Sunday 21st June 2009). Prizes and/or plants can be left at Hallcliffe House in advance or brought to the Memorial Hall on the morning of the Show. Many thanks [...]
Tune in to Ashbourne Radio 96.7FM
Posted in School on Tuesday June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tune into Ashbourne Radio tomorrow morning (Wednesday) at 7.30 (or thereabouts) when there will be a news item on Parwich Primary School’s participation in a world-record-breaking charity walking bus event. School pupil, Jack Goldsworthy, will be on the radio to tell us all about it. The event itself will be the subject of an article [...]
Properties for sale or rent.
Posted in Housing on Tuesday June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up. Hope Croft, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £365,000 Lenscliffe, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £550 pcm Pikehall, 6 bed farmhouse, £699,950 Smithy Lane, Parwich. 2 bed cottage, £595 pcm The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will [...]
School newsletter
Posted in School on Tuesday June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please click to enlarge. For more information about tomorrow (Wednesday) morning’s attempt to break the “walking bus” world record, please click here.
B5056 update
Posted in Roads on Tuesday June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Highways have confirmed that their current plans are for the B5056 temporary closure to start tomorrow (Wednesday) and continue over Thursday and Friday. It is hoped that it will be open over the weekend (18 June 09: Update: the road will not be re-opened over the weekend), but then closed again on Monday and Tuesday [...]
B5056 closure now Wednesday
Posted in Roads on Monday June 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The temporary closure of the B5056 has been put back to Wednesday (17th June). This closure is for investigation of the landslip north of the Bentley Brook Inn, prior to undertaking repairs at a future date. It is likely to be closed into next week (so this will implicate Sunday’s Open Gardens traffic in the [...]
Last week’s weather
Posted in Weather on Sunday June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week’s data from the weatherman on the hill: Rainfall in mm Pressure in Mb am Pressure in Mb pm Temperature in ºC Max Min Sun 7th 20 1000.9 1002.3 11.6 7.8 Mon 8th 0 1004.7 1006.1 15.5 7.0 Tue 9th 0 1004.2 1006.3 16.0 5.3 Wed 10th 8 1008.2 1006.7 16.2 8.9 Thu 11th [...]
What’s on Where this Week.
Posted in Events on Sunday June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Date Time Event Location Wednesday 6pm & 7.15pm Pilates Memorial Hall Thursday Embroidery around the World with Kathleen Mason a WI event Memorial Hall Friday Teacher Training Day No school for Children Parwich Friday 6pm Parwich v Whitworth Park Bowling Club Friday 8pm World Film Premiere Parwich Oddfellows Parade 2008 [...]
Pikehall Harness Racing
Posted in Events, Pikehall, Sport on Saturday June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow (Sunday June 14th) sees the first of this year’s two Pikehall Harness Racing fixtures. The first race starts at 2pm, and admission is £8 (plus free admission for children under 14). If you’ve never attended one of these events before, then it’s an experience which is well worth sampling. Click here for the official [...]
Thank You First Responders
Posted in First Responders on Saturday June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to the Parwich First Responders who gave up their time on this sunny day to teach some of their skills. A steady stream of people visited the Memorial Hall to learn what to do in the event of choking, heart attack or unconsciousness. The event was very well set up and has given many [...]
Children’s Horticultural Show Schedule
Posted in Gardens, Young people on Saturday June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich Children’s Horticultural Show is on Sunday 21st June. Entries must be brought to the Memorial Hall between 9-30 and 11-30 am on the Sunday morning. (Note: the Geranium classes are only open to children attending Parwich pre-School and Parwich Primary School.) The Show will be open for viewing from 2pm and exhibits can not [...]
The Parwich Panoramic ‘Five’
Posted in Environment, Memorial hall, Pub, Sport on Friday June 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A group of running enthusiasts (well Paul D, Don and me) are organising an event in aid of The Memorial Hall rebuild to be staged on the evening of Tuesday 4th August. There will be a series of fell runs for juniors (under 8’s, 10’s and 12’s) followed by the inaugural running of the “Parwich [...]
Tomorrow – Just 5 Minutes of your time could Save a Life.
Posted in First Responders on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Buzzy time of Year
Posted in Photography on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Thank You from Rebecca & Sandra
Posted in People on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A big thank you to everyone who sponsored us for the Moonwalk. We raised an incredible £2024.80! When we first filled in our application forms we estimated raising £200 each; later Colin persuaded us to have a joint target of £1000 which we thought was quite high-so the final sum exceeded all our expectations. So [...]
Hanging Basket Competition
Posted in Flora, Gardens on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Landscape Photography Competition
Posted in Peak Park, Photography on Friday June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We do not always know which of the Peak Park press releases should be posted here, although we try to select those with a links to our immediate area. This one is perhaps more general – but given yesterday’s national publication of two Parwich photographers, there may be some interest in it: PR 596: 12 [...]
Thanks from Colin Swindell
Posted in Local government on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following was forwarded to us for publication from Colin Swindell, who was the second-placed candidate for the Dovedale division in the recent County Council elections: As the Labour Party Candidate in the County Council Elections held on 4th June, may I express a heartfelt thanks to the many people who helped me to achieve [...]
B5056 Temporary Closure
Posted in Roads on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t forget that from Monday the B5056 will be closed for up to two weeks while Highways investigate the subsidence just north of the Bentley Brook Inn. Click here to read the Highways notice.
Wakes Saturday Market
Posted in Wakes on Friday June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Wakes Market will be as usual on the afternoon of Wakes Saturday (27th June). For more details and to book your pitch please contact Barbara on tel. 279. Also local groups wanting a stall let Barbara know. Don’t miss this fund raising opportunity.
Parwich Panoramic – Book 4th August
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, Pub, Sport on Thursday June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Three Norman treasures.”
Posted in Ballidon, Church, Local Links on Thursday June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All this week, The Guardian has been running a series of pull-out supplements entitled “Great British Walks”. Today’s supplement, which is themed around castles and churches, contains a step-by-step description of a walk from Parwich to Bradbourne and Ballidon, intended to take ramblers past three churches of Norman origin. The guide also recommends that walkers [...]
Open Gardens & Children’s Show
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Young people on Wednesday June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Available in the Sycamore or online, the Stunner is almost completely devoid of Parwich news this week but I did find one local gem: p.21 Time to Volunteer – a fabulous photo of and article by our very own Debbie Webster – all about the rewards of helping in charity shops.
Friday’s Film
Posted in Films on Wednesday June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Live and Work Rural
Posted in Peak Park on Wednesday June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update from Adele Metcalfe and Dan Yates, Live & Work Rural Officers at the Peak District National Park Authority Since April this year, following the completion of the Peak District Community Planning project, we have both been working on the new Live & Work Rural Programme. This is a £1.253 million scheme involving the East [...]
Letter to our MEPs
Posted in Local government on Tuesday June 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Congratulations to the five MEPs elected for the East Midlands: Roger Helmer, Conservative Emma McClarkin, Conservative Glenis Willmott, Labour Derek Clark, UKIP Bill Newton Dunn, Liberal Democrat On behalf of the blog we have emailed all five with the following letter, hopefully encouraging them to engage with the site and respond to the issues raised [...]
June Church Magazine
Posted in Church on Tuesday June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the image below to access the June 2009 Church Magazine for the parishes of Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington.
Ashbourne restaurant recommendation
Posted in Eating Out on Tuesday June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A friend of mine emailed me to say that her son and girlfriend are staying in Ashbourne next week and looking for somewhere nice to go out for dinner that’s not too pricey. Any recommendations? Lynne on 474.
Parents meeeting at School
Posted in School on Tuesday June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow, Wednesday 10th June at 7pm at Parwich School there is a meeting for parents of current pupils and former pupils to plan marking the two staff leaving this term. Mrs Black in particular has served 24 years at the School. It is hoped that former pupils will also want to get involved. (This is [...]
Teaching jobs in Parwich
Posted in Classified adverts, School on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As can be seen from today’s School Newsletter the two up coming vacancies at Parwich Primary School are now being advertised by Derbyshire County Council. Both have a closing date of 28th June. Click on the links below for more details of each job: Key Stage 1 Teacher – Permanent – Full time – DCC/09/2615A [...]
Call for Plants and Prizes
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Young people on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich & District Horticultural Society are calling for contributions to their plant stall and tombola prizes for the Open Gardens & Children’s Horticultural Show Day (Sunday 21st June 2009). Prizes and/or plants can be left at Hallcliffe House in advance or brought to the Memorial Hall on the morning of the Show. Many thanks to [...]
Former Spar Shop change of use
Posted in Planning, Shop on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Peak Park planners are currently considering a re-application for “change of use from retail shop to domestic residential” for the old Spar Shop in Parwich. The application and plans, which can be see on-line at the Peak Park website (application number NP/DDD/0509/0370), are for a single dwelling with the rooms upstairs unchanged and the [...]
School Newsletter 37
Posted in School on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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European election results
Posted in Local government on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The five MEPs elected for the East Midlands are: Roger Helmer, Conservative Emma McClarkin, Conservative Glenis Willmott, Labour Derek Clark, UKIP Bill Newton Dunn, Liberal Democrat The four sitting MEPs that stood were re-elected, and the fifth seat was won by Emma McClarkin for the Conservatives. The turnout in the region was 38% overall, but [...]
History Society visit Bonsall
Posted in History, Out & About on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Parwich Odd Fellows 2008 Parade
Posted in Films, Oddfellows on Monday June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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