Click here to read all of Esther’s diary posts on one page. Friday, 5pm. Panic is irrational. Though kitting up when instructed, it was far too soon and sitting in a wet wet-suit for half an hour on a cold overcast evening wasn’t a good start. Already shivering, and the unexpected entry plan just about [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Swimming underwater: Part Ten
Posted in Arts, Esther Underwater, People on Sunday July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Sixth Message from Afghanistan
Posted in Afghanistan, Previous posts on Sunday July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Major Benjamin Imgham writes: Before sitting down to write this article, I took a minute to reflect on the last six months. There is no doubt that it has gone exceptionally quickly, but having only completed half of my tour there is the pervasive sense of disappointment in missing out on so much back in [...]
Weather stats: 24th to 30th July
Posted in Weather on Sunday July 31, 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 24 0.0 1013.3 1012.6 21.7 8.4 Mon 25 0.0 1011.4 1014.1 22.9 9.4 Tue 26 0.0 1014.8 1018.7 22.8 9.5 Wed 27 0.0 1021.9 1022.9 20.2 12.1 Thu 28 0.0 1022.7 1022.4 24.4 [...]
What’s on Where this Week – July 31st
Posted in Events on Sunday July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Day Time Event Location Sunday 10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts Sunday from 6pm Summer Party at the Legion BBQ – 6.30pm & Music – 8pm Memorial Hall Monday- Friday … Lewis Noble Art School Parwich Tuesday from 6.30pm Parwich Panoramic 5 Fell Race Children’s race from 6.30 adults – 7.15pm [...]
PARWICH BOWLS CLUB
Posted in Sport on Saturday July 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The poor form continues! We have not won a match for ages now. Tuesday league 26 July – Away – Whitworth Park. I suppose if there is such a thing as a good loss this may possibly be considered one! Whitworth Park are second in the league and we were not looking forward to the [...]
7-16 yrs old – A week of drama in Parwich
Posted in Memorial hall, Young people on Friday July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all young people between the ages of 7 and 16 Would you like to have fun, make new friends and make a play in a week? Would you like you like to work with theatre professionals and learn some great skills? Would you like to build your confidence and enjoy being creative? If this [...]
Parwich Panoramic – Tuesday evening
Posted in Events, Sport on Friday July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kitchen Base Units Needed
Posted in Classified adverts, Parish Council, Societies on Friday July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Parish Council are looking for some kitchen base units for the Pavillion, which were ruined as a result of flooding last winter. So if you are replacing your kitchen or have a few units tucked away in a garage and you no longer need them, please let one of the Councillors know or email [...]
Parwich Parish Council
Posted in Parish Council on Friday July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Parish Council had their first meeting last Tuesday. All agendas will be posted on the blog in advance of the meetings and the Minutes will also go online once they have been ratified at the following meeting. The next meeting is on Thursday 8th September at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall Meeting Room. Parish Councillors [...]
Swimming underwater: Part Nine
Posted in Arts, Esther Underwater, People on Friday July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to read all of Esther’s diary posts on one page. Wednesday evening. 51 minutes is not bad for my first open water dive. I was (not literally!) holding my breath the whole time, waiting for the dive to be over. Is this good for a first dive? It’s not exactly the Red Sea [...]
Sunday – Summer Party at The Legion
Posted in British Legion on Wednesday July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Weather Stats 17th to 23rd July
Posted in Weather on Sunday July 24, 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 17 11.7 994 993 15.9 11.2 Mon 18 10.3 993 999 15.5 11.7 Tue 19 2.2 1001 1007 18.9 10.8 Wed 20 0 1008 1009 17.4 10.7 Thu 21 2.2 1011 1018 [...]
Vintage & Modern Tractor Rally – Today
Posted in Events on Sunday July 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday 24th July – 1-3pm Vintage and modern tractor rally Admission Free – Car Park – £2 On the field behind the Chapel Chapel Lane, Tissington. Four or five vintage lorries ………………………………….Horse and cart rides. ………………………………..Refreshments and a raffle. ………………………………….Proceeds to Tissington Chapel fund …………………………………and St. Marys Church.
What’s on Where this Week – 24th July
Posted in Events on Sunday July 24, 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 11.15am Mattins Alsop Church Sunday 1-3pm Vintage & Modern Tractor Rally Tissington Sunday 2.30pm Methodist Service Parwich Church Monday 6.30pm Bowls Club Practice Night Bowling Green Monday 7pm Parochial Church Council Meeting Parwich [...]
Plant fair at Osmaston
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow (Sunday) at Osmaston Park, there will be a summer plant fair, featuring “quality plants from highly respected specialists and growers offering herbaceous perennials, alpines, shrubs, climbers, cottage garden favourites and lots more”. The event will bring together many of the top Midland and Northern plant nurseries. Entry is £2.oo, parking is free, and the [...]
Parwich Bowls Club
Posted in Societies, Sport on Saturday July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not a good week at all. We lost in both leagues. Unfortunately we do not seem to be able to put a consistently good run of wins together in either League. Tuesday league – 19 July – Home – Ashwood Park. Up until this season Ashwood Park have always been at least a top half [...]
Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Meeting
Posted in Police on Wednesday July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Steering Group Meeting Minutes Tuesday 12 July – 7.30pm - Bradbourne Village Hall Sgt Edwards (SE) opened the meeting and thanked all present for their attendance. The minutes were also read out. Priority Profile/Issues for Tissington SNPT Parking at Tissington – Road markings are now in place and are having a [...]
Tom Chambers, Hello, the National Lottery & Top Hat
Posted in Tom Chambers on Tuesday July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tom is in the news this week, on Saturday evening, 23rd July, Tom is special guest on live The National Lottery Draw and he is also in Hello Magazine, talking about his new show, Top Hat . Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen star in Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ legendary Hollywood hit of the 1930s. One [...]
No more Saturday Bulk Rubbish
Posted in Services on Tuesday July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Leaflets have been dropped off at every house informing everyone that the Saturday Bulk Rubbish finishes on Saturday 27th August. This means that Alsop get their final collection on 6th August and Ballidon on 13th August, but there will be no further collections in Parwich. From Monday 1st August NO cardboard can be put in [...]
July Meeting – Parish Council
Posted in Parish Council on Tuesday July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Parwich Parish Council Crookbank Farm, Lane Head, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8RB 01298 872000 lesleybramwell50@hotmail.com AGENDA FOR THE MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY 26th July 2011. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION At the START of the meeting ten minutes will be made available for members of the public to ask questions or comment on Parish Council matters. [...]
A couple of local news stories
Posted in Farming, Local Links, News, People, Sport, Wakes on Monday July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted in the news: an informative write-up of the Hill Race in the Ripley & Heanor News, and a curious tale of painted sheep in the Stunner, furnished with quotes from Parwich’s Ben Chadfield.
AGM – Memorial Hall – Monday
Posted in Memorial hall on Monday July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
No Evening Pilates until September
Posted in Pilates, Societies, Sport on Sunday July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pilates has now finished until September. Unfortunately because of a serious back injury a few years ago, Georgie has decided that she can no longer run the evening Pilates sessions, so the committee are now looking for a replacement teacher. Thank you to everyone who has supported Pilates this year.
Weather Stats: 10th to 16th July
Posted in Weather on Sunday July 17, 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 10 2.7 1016.7 1018.3 21.8 6.7 Mon 11 0.0 1018.2 1021.7 23.3 9.3 Tue 12 0.0 1021.0 1022.2 19.8 12.3 Wed 13 0.0 1020.8 1021.9 17.7 9.8 Thu 14 0.0 1020.6 1020.1 23.7 [...]
What’s on Where this Week – 17th July
Posted in Events on Sunday July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Day Time Event Location Sunday 10am Family Service Parwich Church Sunday 10am Ashbourne Highland Gathering The Rec, Cokayne Ave, Ashbourne Sunday 10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts Sunday 11.15am Holy Communion Alsop Church Monday 6.30pm Bowls Club Practice Night Bowling Green Monday 7.30-9pm AGM – Parwich Memorial Hall Management Committee Memorial [...]
Parwich Panoramic Five – Next Race – August 2nd
Posted in Competition, Memorial hall, Pub, Sport on Saturday July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bowling Weekly
Posted in Sport on Saturday July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By a quirk in the fixtures computer we played Chatsworth in both Leagues this week. Inevitably the results in each match were very different. Tuesday league 12 July – Away – Chatsworth. Some matches although they are lost are still really excellent, this was one such match. The venue at Chatsworth helps. Anyway we only [...]
Balloon Launch
Posted in Previous posts, School, Young people on Saturday July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday 14th July 2011 at 2.15pm 150 Royal Blue Balloons were released celebrating 150 years of education at Parwich Primary School. Many thanks to those people that purchased a balloon and helped make the afternoon such a fantastic success. Caroline Rodgers, Headteacher.
Trip to Felley Priory Garden & Hebbs Farm
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The coach was completely full as we set off to Felley Priory Garden, situated a few miles from Heanor. The weather was kind, and a pleasant morning was spent by all wandering through the 2.5 acre garden. There were some very unusual plants but luckily the gardener was on hand to help identify any that were not [...]
It’s Gotta Go!
Posted in Classified adverts on Friday July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Avril is selling her Peugeot 206 coupe cabriolet which she’s had from new and is in very good condition. Its only done 26,500 miles (!) and has been kept garaged. Its automatic with a 1.6 litre engine that does about 39 miles to the gallon. MOT’d until 18th March 2012, it also has road tax [...]
Vintage & Modern Tractor Rally
Posted in Events on Friday July 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On Sunday 24th July – 1-3pm Vintage and modern tractor rally Admission Free – Car Park – £2 On the field behind the Chapel Chapel Lane, Tissington. Four or five vintage lorries ………………………………….Horse and cart rides. ………………………………..Refreshments and a raffle. ………………………………….Proceeds to Tissington Chapel fund …………………………………and St. Marys Church.
Operation Red Rabbit
Posted in Church, Previous posts, School, Young people on Thursday July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 13th July saw Operation Red Rabbit, the 2011 Peak Five School’s Fun Day swing into action. A full school day of activities for the children of Parwich and Fitzherbert Primary Schools, organised by our local churches. The day was generously sponsored and supported by many local individuals and businesses. Thank you to all of [...]
Swimming underwater: Part Eight
Posted in Arts, Esther Underwater, People on Thursday July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to read all of Esther’s diary posts on one page. Dorset: day four. More Theory, and a very long day. I crammed the last section, and I was still late leaving. Review #5, an exam and a further written examination: done and passed. My brain is fried! I’m staying at The Villa on [...]
End Of Term Party: Wednesday July 20th
Posted in Events, School on Thursday July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As in previous years, it would be great if parents/families could please bring along donations of party food for everyone to share. If you are wondering what to bring, this may give you some idea. If you could bring a couple of items from the list, enough for your own children/family (or maybe a little [...]
Summer Party at the Legion: Saturday July 30th.
Posted in British Legion, Events, Music on Wednesday July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Y-Not Festival 2011
Posted in Events, Music, Pikehall, Y-Not on Wednesday July 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Update: Click here for previews of all this year’s acts. This year’s Y-Not Festival takes place between Friday August 5th and Sunday August 7th, on Mouldridge Lane in Pikehall. There are three stages this year, and a line-up which includes Maximo Park, Feeder, The Go! Team, Jamie Woon, Viva Brother, New Young Pony Club, Art [...]
Properties for sale or rent
Posted in Housing on Wednesday July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up. NEW: Fernlea House, Main Street, 4 bed detached, £735,000. NEW: Mouldridge Lane, Pikehall, 6 bed equestrian, £640,000. Pikehall Lane, 3 bed bungalow, £565,000. Bluebell Cottage, Monsdale Lane, 3 bed detached, £425,000. Spenedge, 2 bed detached, P.O.A. (01335-390773) NEW: Sycamore [...]
150th Anniversary Balloon Launch
Posted in Events, School on Wednesday July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
REMINDER: the balloon launch takes place tomorrow (Thursday), so this is your last chance to buy tickets! Continuing with their 150th anniversary celebrations, Parwich Primary School are holding a Balloon Launch. On Thursday 14th July, starting at 2pm, each of the fifty children will launch a balloon to celebrate education at Parwich Primary School. Each [...]
The Big Butterfly Count
Posted in Environment, Gardens on Wednesday July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As this year’s Big Butterfly Count is about to get underway, here is some more information about the project, which might appeal to anyone with an interest in nature conservation. The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey, which aims to help in assessing the health of our environment. 10,000 people took part last year, [...]
Swimming underwater: Part Seven
Posted in Arts, Esther Underwater, People on Tuesday July 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Click here to read all of Esther’s diary posts on one page. Dorset: day two. I found my way to the medical centre over in Parkstone with one minute to spare. Blood pressure, pulse, heart and lungs. The result: fit for diving, with no restrictions. The Doc examines guys that dive to a depth of [...]
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