To read more about the theft, which took place in the early hours of this morning (Thursday), please click on the following items: Ashbourne News Telegraph: Ashbourne’s market stalls stolen. BBC News: Ashbourne has entire market stolen by thieves. Derbyshire Dales District Council: Ashbourne market hit by depot break-in.
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Ashbourne’s entire market stolen by thieves
Posted in News, Police on Thursday January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Escape to the Country
Posted in Housing, News on Thursday September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Rumour has it that the BBC programme Escape to the Country is in Parwich today. Apparently Fernlea is to feature as the ‘mystery house’ in a new episode to be broadcast in October. Certainly it will get the property good coverage.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
News from our MEP
Posted in News on Thursday May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Newton Dunn our MEP has sent in an update about what is happening in the European Parliament. Although this is news from outside our area, he is our local MEP and some of you might like to read about what he is doing.
Delightful News!
Posted in News, People on Sunday April 24, 2011 | 10 Comments »
We are thrilled to report that Janet had a little baby girl just before 11.00am on Sunday morning! Both mother and baby are doing well. When Steve returns from the DRI we’ll try and bring you further details of this wonderful Easter birth. Update: Her name is Rosie, and she weighed in at 7 pounds [...]
A very special visit.
Posted in Events, Flora, News on Friday April 1, 2011 | 14 Comments »
UPDATE: We hope you enjoyed this April Fool’s post. Needless to say, not a word of it is true! PARWICH.ORG is delighted to announce some very exciting news for the village. The Prince William and his new wife, Catherine, are planning to spend some time in Parwich as part of their honeymoon tour of the [...]
Academic appointment for Memorial Hall architect
Posted in Memorial hall, News on Monday February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Readers of PARWICH.ORG may be interested in the appointment of Julian Marsh as Professor of Architecture at Sheffield Hallam University. Working two days a week, he will be responsible for research into sustainable architecture. He will continue in practice in Nottingham. Julian was responsible for designing the exterior elevations of Parwich Memorial Hall and the [...]
We’ve Made It To Half A Million!
Posted in About this site, News on Saturday January 15, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Our village website has just passed a historic milestone today. This blog, set up to serve a few hundred people in and around Parwich, has just received half a million visits. The site has been extraordinarily successful since it was officially launched in March 2008. The blog plays an important role in keeping the community [...]
Himalaya Walk In Support Of WOW
Posted in News on Tuesday December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We have received the following message from Sue H: Last February some of you attended a coffee morning with a craft and plant sale. I was helping my friend Carol raise over £3,000 for the charity Wellbeing Of Women by doing a sponsored walk in the Himalayas. (I stress that she covered her own flight [...]
Over Sixties Carol Service – CANCELLED.
Posted in Church, Events, News, Societies on Tuesday December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John H writes: I’ve just been informed that the Over Sixties Group Carol Service planned for Thursday has just been cancelled. Several of the groups have advised that they will not be coming because of the weather, and the current lack of parking space in the village due to the lying piles of snow has [...]
Friday’s toddler group cancelled.
Posted in News, Pre-school on Friday December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Gill H writes: We have decided to cancel today’s Toddler Group Session due to the weather conditions. An extra session has been booked for Monday 2-4pm when we will be making Xmas decorations.
School closed on Friday.
Posted in News, School on Thursday December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Due to the continuing adverse weather conditions and hazardous roads, school will be closed on Friday 3rd December. We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday morning. Thank you Caroline Rodgers Headteacher Parwich Primary School
Parwich school closed on Thursday December 2nd.
Posted in News, School on Wednesday December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Due to the adverse weather conditions, school will be closed on Thursday 2nd December. The school hopes to reopen on Friday 3rd December. This information will also be announced on Radio Derby and Ashbourne Radio. A full comprehensive list of all school/college closures is available on the BBC Derby site.
Hares in the Derbyshire Dales
Posted in News, Peak Park on Monday October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This post is perhaps not strictly with the remit of parwich.org but I am sure most people gain great pleasure from seeing the hares in our area, and may be interested in this book, published today. If anyone has seen it do post your reaction in a comment. Information on the book is contained in [...]
Parwichian in today’s Daily Telegraph.
Posted in News, People on Tuesday September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Telegraph readers might be interested to know that there is a feature on Kevin S’s company Petscreen on page B6 of today’s business section, complete with a colour photo.
Demotion or promotion for Parwich band?
Posted in Music, News, Pub on Wednesday September 22, 2010 | 9 Comments »
This week’s Stunner has a couple of Parwich references; on p.5 there is a photograph of Janet behind the bar, accompanying an article on the 2011 Good Beer Guide which includes an entry on the Sycamore Inn. Also on p.7 there is a short article about this Saturday’s official opening of the new Memorial Hall, [...]
Fallen Tree on Dale Road: Please Take Care!
Posted in News, Roads on Friday August 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Graham J for the following bulletin. If you have more news to share on this incident, please let us know via comments or email. As at 08:30 this morning a tree has fallen across The Dale road between Parwich and A515 in the wood below Upper Moor Farm. It has fallen across the [...]
This week’s stunner
Posted in News on Thursday August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since we have stopped doing a regular feature on the Ashbourne News Telegraph, they have altered how they put out their e-edition. You can still see it on-line but you have to subscribe (55p per edition or £20 for a year, click here for more details). Some of the articles are still posted for free access on their [...]
Funding to support rural broadband
Posted in Local government, News on Friday July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the East Midlands Development Agency issued a press release about grants that rural communities and businesses can bid for to support “in upgrading existing Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) infrastructure, and enable the early use of next generation solutions”. For the full press release
When there’s snow way through…
Posted in News on Sunday July 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For those of you thinking things had gone quiet on the local superhero front, here’s a shot from our roving reporter in Alaska. Following several weeks of practice this winter on Parwich Pond, our turbo-talented trucker Roberto Buntingo decided to help out the hapless lorry drivers who get themselves into trouble on the frozen lakes [...]
Parwich featured in this week’s Stunner.
Posted in News, Wakes on Wednesday June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On page 13 of this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph, there’s a splendid half-page advertisement feature dedicated to this weekend’s Parwich Open Gardens, and to the Wakes Week activities which commence at the end of the month. Containing a full preview of the forthcoming activities, and accompanied by quotes from various Parwichians, it’s well worth reading. [...]
Hole in the new car park.
Posted in Memorial hall, News on Saturday June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In case anyone is wondering why there is suddenly a hole in the new Memorial Hall car park, it appears that pressure to the heating system had dropped, and engineers from Eco vision have traced it to a possible leak to one of the bore holes. More tests are to be carried out, but meanwhile [...]
Late night crash
Posted in News, Roads on Saturday June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We understand that a single vehicle was involved in a collision with a wall in the centre of the village last night. Our particular commiserations to the owner of the wall as she has only just got rid of the builders who had been working on the property almost continuously since the flooding and as this [...]
This week’s Stunner.
Posted in News on Wednesday June 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s time once again for our round-up of stories from this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph. Click here to read the whole paper online. Good old-fashioned “dead tree” copies are also available from Janet in the Sycamore shop. Page 3: “Landslip road reopens.” A report on the welcome re-opening of the B5056. £750,000 has been spent [...]
Today’s Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Ashbourne News Telegraph is available at the Sycamore or on-line. To see today’s issue on-line click on the image of the front page. So far I have only spotted one local reference: a photo of Ruby Hickmott (on page 9) whose studio will open this Bank Holiday as part the Derbyshire Open Arts Event. As always [...]
The Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to read the Ashbourne News Telegraph then you can buy it at The Sycamore or read it online. P7. A lovely photograph of the concert held in Parwich Church which raised £300+ towards repairing the Church bells. 70 people flocked to see Essential Brass and Pipes in the Peaks Organist. The next [...]
This week in the Stunner
Posted in News on Thursday May 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As usual, the ANT is available on line or from the Sycamore. Normally we report on the ANT on the day it comes out but there’s always one of the blog team who forgets and reports a day late. I can’t remember which one though. The headline news this week is that Patrick McLoughlin not [...]
This week’s News Telegraph
Posted in News on Wednesday May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is that time of the week again and today’s Ashbourne News Telegraph is available at the Sycamore or on-line (click on the image of the front page to access the paper in digital format). Here some items that might be of interest. p.1 & 5 Ashbourne Mansion to be auctioned on 8th July. p.2 Plans [...]
This week’s Stunner
Posted in News, Pre-school on Wednesday April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s our pick of this week’s stories of local interest. You can read the full newspaper online, browse the week’s main news stories, or buy a copy from Janet at the shop. Page 5: “Outstanding across the board at pre-school.“ Many congratulations to Parwich Stepping Stones, who have been given an “outstanding” review by Ofsted. [...]
This week in the Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Available online or in the Sycamore, the Stunner has the following stories of local interest this week: p.1 – Ash Cloud forces school to close – QEGs has been forced to shut for some of this week because teaching staff are stuck abroad. p.2 – Spreading out the daffodils to flower – a story about [...]
What’s on Where this Week
Posted in News on Sunday April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s on Where this Week Date Time Event Location Sunday 10am United Family Service with Parwich Methodists, St Peter’s & Andy Larkin Parwich Church Sunday 11.15 Holy Communion Parwich Church Monday Summer Term begins Parwich School Monday 7.30pm Parochial Church Council Meeting Parwich Church Wednesday 6pm & 7.15pm Pilates Parwich School Thursday 8pm Quiz [...]
This Week in The Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As always the Ashbourne News Telegraph can be purchased at The Sycamore or read online. p1. – Putting Politicians under live scrutiny – Parliamentary candidates for the newly established Derbyshire Dales constituency will be at a hustings meeting on Monday 26th April, 7.45pm at Ashbourne Methodist Church. Voters will be invited to submit a question [...]
PARWICH.ORG featured in The Tablet.
Posted in About this site, Church, Local Links, News on Tuesday April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A fascinating article (“News on your doorstep”) in the current (10 April) edition of The Tablet talks about the ways that “citizen journalism” – and so-called “hyperlocal” blogs in particular – can help boost the identity of a community. The article makes special mention of PARWICH.ORG throughout, with particular reference to Andy Larkin’s recent series [...]
This week’s Stunner.
Posted in News on Wednesday April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here are our highlights of this week’s edition. As always, please let us know if there’s anything of local interest which we’ve missed. Page 2: “£3m shot in the arm for our local services“. Derbyshire County Council is to receive more than £3 million to improve services, from crucial skills and jobs programmes to arts [...]
Rare Song Thrush discovered in Parwich.
Posted in News, Ornithology on Thursday April 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
UPDATE: This hardly needs saying, but just in case there is any confusion: the following news item is complete and utter made-up codswallop. So, was anyone April Fooled? Even for a split-second? Nope, thought not…! As part of our new series of linking bird photography with sound recordings, we have recently had a major new [...]
This week’s Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s (31st Mar 2010) Ashbourne News Telegraph is available in the Sycamore or on-line. Click on the image of the front page to access the paper on-line. Recently the folks of Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon and Pikehall seem to have had a low profile in the news with the exception of the sports pages. This [...]
The Stunner
Posted in News on Wednesday March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You can buy the Ashbourne News Telegraph from the Pub or read it online. As always do let the team know if we have missed something. p1, 24 & 25 – Welcome home – The passion and the pride at the return of the 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment as they marched through Ashbourne. p2 – [...]
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