Archive for June, 2011
AGM – Parwich Memorial Hall
Posted in Memorial hall, Societies on Thursday June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fashion Show & Sale
Posted in Memorial hall, Pre-school on Thursday June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last few tickets remaining for the Stepping Stones Pre-School fashion show and sale will be available to purchase from the Stepping Stones Pre-school cake stall at the Wakes village market this Saturday. If you can’t make it on Saturday and require tickets please call Gill on 731.
Road works next week?
Posted in Parish Council, Roads on Thursday June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some people have received notification of upcoming road works in Parwich next week. A Parish Council rep is discussing with the County Council having the work delayed until after Wakes Week. We will post more information about what is planned and when it will be happening as soon as possible.
Pilates Cancelled Tonight
Posted in Pilates on Wednesday June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pilates has been cancelled tonight as Georgie has hurt her back. Also Pilates for the Over 60′s has been cancelled next Wednesday afternoon, because of Wakes Week.
Wakes Week – Detailed Programme
Posted in British Legion, Competition, Events, Films, Oddfellows, Wakes on Wednesday June 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
To stay up to date with all Wakes activities, keep checking PARWICH.ORG or the Wakes Notice Board on The Green. This post contains the full programme of the whole week’s events, so that you don’t need to miss anything. The Blog Team will endeavour to cover as many events as possible during the week, but if [...]
Oddfellows buttonholes (last reminder)
Posted in Oddfellows on Wednesday June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A last reminder from Delia: Many of you have already ordered your red rose buttonholes for the parade on Carnival Day, but if anyone would like one who has not yet ordered, then please let me know by 7pm on Thursday 30th June. Thank you, Delia 01335 390758 / 07773 487882 / dee.pegg@btinternet.com
Spare tickets available – Buxton Festival
Posted in Classified adverts on Monday June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We have two tickets available for two events at Buxton Festival that we are now unable to go to. They are a talk by Dame Ellen MacArthur on 9th July at 10.30am and a talk by Will Hutton on 17th July at 10.30. Each ticket costs £10.00; offers considered! Please let us know if you [...]
Wanted: tombola prizes
Posted in School, Wakes on Monday June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Masquerade Ball – less than 3 weeks away
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, School on Monday June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Weather stats: 9th to 25th June
Posted in Weather on Sunday June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On this lovely day here are last week’s readings: Rainfall in mm Pressure in Mb (am) Pressure in Mb (pm) Temperature in ºC Max Min Sun 19 0.4 1007.8 1011.7 15.8 8.3 Mon 20 7.2 1011.3 1010.2 21.8 4.6 Tue 21 1.3 1006.2 1009.1 20.7 12.4 Wed 22 3.1 1006.3 1009.4 18.4 11.3 Thu 23 [...]
Jane Harris – Thank You
Posted in People, Previous posts on Sunday June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jane Harris moved to Ashbourne last week, after 36 years in the village. With her ex-husband Peter she had her three children Penny, Phillipa and Katie. She has always been a vital and active member of the community. In the early years when her children were small she always worked enthusiastically in any activities that involved [...]
Free! Beginners Running Group – Tuesday
Posted in Sport on Sunday June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
FREE! BEGINNERS RUNNING GROUP 10-Week Programme Starting 6pm June 28th Leisure Centre Then every Tuesday 6-7pm New to running? Want to get back into training after a layoff? Want to get past the walk-job stage? Why not join our 10 week beginners programme? Running is a great way to get and keep fit in its [...]
Parwich Bowls Club
Posted in Societies, Sport on Sunday June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A much better result in one league, but not so good in the other! Tuesday league – 21 June – Home – Matlock Golf Club. A lot better consistency this week against a team who we very often struggle against. The outcome this match however was never in doubt after the first two games which [...]
What’s on Where this Week – 26th June
Posted in Events on Sunday June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Day Time Event Location Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion Parwich Church Sunday 10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts Sunday 2.30pm Methodist Service Chapel Anniversary Parwich Church Monday 6.30pm Bowls Club Practice Night Bowling Green Wednesday 2pm Pilates for the Over 60s Memorial Hall Wednesday 6.30pm 7.30pm Pilates followed by Pilates for the [...]
Baby Swallows
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday June 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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Thank You from Flaxdale House
Posted in Gardens on Saturday June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition 18th June – A big thank you Mike & Gill R would like to thank all those who visited our gardens and the exhibition of paintings on Saturday and helped to make it possible to contribute over £900 towards the charity, Derwent Rural Counselling Service. We could not have achieved [...]
Local business wins Environmental Quality Mark
Posted in Environment, Local Links, News, Peak Park, Sustainability on Saturday June 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to John and Marion F-S, who have been awarded a Peak District Environmental Quality Mark for Tom’s Barn and Douglas’s Barn. Click here for the full news story, and click here for Marion’s report of the awards ceremony on the Tom’s Barn blog.
Wakes stall for First Responders
Posted in First Responders, Wakes on Saturday June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sue H writes: Parwich First Responders will be having a stall on Wakes Saturday (July 2nd). There will be biscuits to buy and the dollies on which to practise resuscitation skills. We hope people will come and have a go. We are very interested in getting younger members of the community involved in volunteering with [...]
Open Gardens: a thank you
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Thursday June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On behalf of the Horticultural Society, Nia would like to thank everyone who was involved in making last Sunday’s Open Gardens such a successful event, raising over £1400 on the day.
Searching for Ratty in the Bletch Brook Valley
Posted in Environment, Events, Peak Park, Walks & Rides on Thursday June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A free guided walk through wildflower-rich hay-meadows, and the chance to search for the elusive “Ratty”, is on offer on Monday July 4th in the Bletch Brook Valley, between Parwich and Tissington. Peak District National Park ecologists and experts from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust will lead the walk, looking out for rare species including the [...]
Pilates for Parwich
Posted in News, Pilates on Thursday June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph, there’s a feature on the work of “Parwich Fit 4 All”. Here’s a copy of their original press release. Parwich Fit 4 All are celebrating a grant of £500 from the John Weston Fund, administered by Derbyshire Community Foundation, to help subsidise Pilates exercise classes in the village. For [...]
Operation Red Rabbit
Posted in Church, Events, School, Young people on Wednesday June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Operation Red Rabbit is the 2011 Peak Five schools’ fun day. Exclusively for the children of Fitzherbert and Parwich primary schools, and offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of several local sponsors, the day will include exciting craft and sports activities, suitable for all primary aged children. Hosted in the grounds of Tissington [...]
School newsletter 30
Posted in School on Wednesday June 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PTA Afternoon Tea: Thursday June 23rd
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, School on Tuesday June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pilates, no evening classes tomorrow
Posted in Pilates on Tuesday June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow’s evening classes for Pilates have been cancelled because Georgie is away. Next week, 29th June, it is all back to normal.
Feeling pretty!
Posted in Music, People on Monday June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a clip of the Terra Nova School Staff Choir, performing a well-known selection from West Side Story on Sunday afternoon.
Open Gardens and Children’s Horticultural Show: more pictures
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Previous posts on Monday June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of JF-S, here’s our second gallery of photos, starting with the Children’s Horticultural Show and continuing with photos of the Open Gardens.
Belgian biking club visits Parwich
Posted in Church, News, People, Photography on Monday June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A group of Belgian bikers – members of the Belgian BMW Club – paid a fleeting visit to Parwich as part of their Midlands and North Wales 2011 tour. Nearly forty enthusiasts from Flanders, on more than twenty motor bikes, took a look at the village and church. Pictured are some of them posing outside [...]
Terra Nova School Staff Choir at Open Gardens
Posted in Gardens, Music, People, Photography on Monday June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Ed L for sending us a photo of this prize-winning choir, captured in concert at the Drummond residence yesterday afternoon. Please click to enlarge.
Parwich Open Gardens – Photo Gallery
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Photography, Previous posts on Sunday June 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This year, eighteen Parwich gardens opened their doors to visitors – and with the rain thankfully holding off, this turned out to be another very successful event. As well as the various horticultural delights, villagers and visitors alike got to enjoy the splendid children’s show in the Memorial Hall, along with delicious cream teas and [...]
Open Gardens – follow the signs!
Posted in Gardens on Sunday June 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There’s an additional visual treat in store for visitors to this year’s Open Gardens, as Lynette C and John H have created a wonderful array of numbered signs for each participating garden. We’ll be displaying the full set on the blog in due course.
What will I become?
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Sunday June 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thank you to Rebecca for identifying this colourful caterpillar… I know what this is from bitter experience, a mullein moth, or will be, but not in my garden as I have declared war on them. If you want to see what they do to verbascum leaves pop by. The following information comes from the Gardeners [...]
Weather Stats: 12th to 18th June
Posted in Weather on Sunday June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are last week’s readings: Rainfall in mm Pressure in Mb (am) Pressure in Mb (pm) Temperature in ºC Max Min Sun 12 20.2 1015.2 1006.3 11.9 1.4 Mon 13 0.9 1006.3 1010.1 18.2 10.2 Tue 14 0.0 1015.4 1013.5 21.0 3.9 Wed 15 3.6 1012.9 1010.2 18.4 11.4 Thu 16 0.4 1008.8 1011.0 19.7 [...]
What’s on Where this Week – 19th June
Posted in Events on Sunday June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Day Time Event Location Sunday 10-4pm Lewis Noble Exhibition The Studio Sunday 10am Family Service Parwich Church Sunday 10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts Sunday 11-4pm Cullen Hall Plant Sale & Open Garden Brailsford Sunday 11.15am Family Society Service Alsop Church Sunday 2-6pm Open Gardens & Children’s Show, plus Open School [...]
Parwich Bowls Club
Posted in Societies, Sport on Saturday June 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oh dear not at all good this week. Two losses. Tuesday league 9 June – Away – Whitworth Park. Really strange match this. Both teams won two games each, but we each had extreme highs and extreme lows in the games. As a result the match scores were very low for both teams. Whitworth just [...]
Weekend of Gardens & Art
Posted in Arts, Gardens, Societies on Saturday June 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend sees two days packed with Gardens Open and Arts in Parwich , with cream teas, cakes and a BBQ. Saturday Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – 10am – 6pm Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm Sunday Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm Opens Gardens & Childrens’ Horticultural Show [...]
Flycatcher
Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Colin B says, Our resident bee eating spotted flycatcher has found a good place to perch.
Wind Turbine – Reply to Questions Raised
Posted in Environment, Farming, Planning, Sustainability on Friday June 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On Tuesday 17th May Robert Gosling of Hill Top Farm organised an open exhibition regarding his proposals for a wind turbine to be located at his farm. He originally sent a letter into Parwich.org explaining the reasoning behind this plan. This post is the reply from Robert Gosling to questions raised on Parwich.org and also to questionnaire [...]
Flaxdale Garden & Arts Day – Tomorrow
Posted in Arts, Gardens on Friday June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bric-à-brac If anyone has any suitable items that would otherwise go to a charity shop, we could put them on our bric-à-brac stall tomorrow. Any unsold items will be sent to a charity shop. Do call us on 390433 if you can help. Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – Tomorrow – 10am to 6pm Every [...]
Lewis Noble Exhibition This Weekend
Posted in Arts, Events on Thursday June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lewis Noble has sent us the following message: I am holding an exhibition of my work in the studio this weekend, June 18-19th. You are all very welcome to come along! Anyone who wanted to get to the London show but couldn’t make it, now’s your chance. The studio will be open from 10am-4pm both [...]
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