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Due to the popularity of our last ‘Spot The Difference’ feature, we’ve decided to run another one. This time, we’ve made it very very hard. Click on ‘Continue Reading’ and take a careful look at these two photos. Although they may look identical at first, there is in fact a subtle difference between the top photo [...]

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Why is Creamery Lane, so called? Which Parwich house was a YHA youth hostel in the 1930s? Daisy Bank Farm was initially developed soon after 1838 in order to hire out horses. What were these horses used for? Put the following shopkeepers at the old Parwich Shop in the correct chronological order: Goulden, Wibberley, Birds, [...]

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What was the exact title of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s 1971 Christmas single? The Christmas Star (Poinsettia) originated from… a. Cuba, b. China, c. Mexico d. Brazil Which Wallace & Gromit movie, set at Christmas and first aired on 24 December, won the 1995 Oscar for best Animated Short Film and which recurring character [...]

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Where in Parwich was the tithe barn, it later became Tyburn or Tithe Barn Cottage, and is now a ruin? Now the water supply is disconnected, what is the Hampson Memorial currently used for? (Official use only, please.) How is the date of Parwich Wakes established? What do Robert Bunting and Batman have in common? [...]

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In Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge’s dead business partner? From the Christmas Carol “Good King Wenceslas”, where was Good King Wenceslas the King of? What was the title of the song and the name of the artist for the Christmas Number 1 in 2000? He’s known as Father Christmas in the [...]

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Presepe in Italy refers to what Christmas tradition? Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus? The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in London? In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms? What animal is Snowball [...]

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In Main Street, Parwich Mrs Brownson had a general store, what is this building now? Where was Gerald Lewis’ market garden? Where in Parwich would you find a plaque announcing that the Success, Rushy Cliff and Nancy Consols Lead Mining Company Ltd intend to prosecute trespassers? What were the names of the three pubs in [...]

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Which house in Parwich was in the early twentieth century a commercial cheese factory? What was this factory’s retail outlet in Ashbourne, which continued to trade well beyond the closure of the factory, called? What is Saint’s Hill now better known as? Who is the writer who created Peak Practice? What was the first Parwich [...]

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Which famous mathematician was born on Christmas Day in 1642? Who wrote Auld Lange Syne? The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film? Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation? What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847? [...]

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We have planned a series of Quizzes over the Christmas period.  Some sections will have Christmas related questions as below and others local knowledge questions.  Add your answers as comments each post, and we will let you know how you are getting on after a day or so. Which country traditionally provides Britain with a [...]

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The competition closed this evening with four very close entries.  The correct answers are: Fair Oak, Monsdale Lane Blue Bell Cottage, Monsdale Lane Church Farm, Creamery Lane Orchard Farm, Monsdale Lane No. 5 Chestnut Cottages The Old Shop, The Square (or School Lane) The Cottage, Lenscliffe Walnut Cottage, Dam Lane (or Shaw Lane) The Hall, [...]

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There are only a few days left to enter the competition. Click here to print out the pictures. So far we have had just one entry, who just fell short of ten out of ten.  However if no one else enters he will win. Click on the poster to find out more. Also if you [...]

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Don’t miss out on our competition. Click here to print out the pictures, so you can go round the village to locate the lights.  So far we have had no entries, which means if you enter, you stand a very good chance of winning. Click on the poster to find out more. Also if you [...]

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Don’t miss out on our competition.  Click on the poster to find out more.

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Get your Summer holidays off to a flying start by entering the ‘Lights of Parwich‘ competition. Print off the pictures so you can locate ‘the Lights‘ and email your answers to parwich@hotmail.co.uk. Click here for details of the competition.

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Lots of people have looked at this brain teaser published on Saturday, but I’m not sure how many of you got the correct answers.  All the answers are to do with pounds, shillings & pence and the sum of the answers comes to 32 pounds, 7 shillings and 81/2 pence.  Be sure to say the answers out loud, it [...]

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 Another teaser, but no clues this time. 

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After all that turkey and pudding, let’s exercise the mind.  What are the next two numbers in the sequence?     For a clue, but if you don’t want to know don’t click here.

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