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Arrivals & Departures

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Thursday January 19, 2012 | 3 Comments »

JF-S

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Frosty Sunday

Posted in Photography, Young people on Tuesday January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This lovely ‘Frosty Sunday morning’ photo was taken by Chloe W.  She and her friends were on a walk up the fields when she managed to snap this scene.

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Not a bad place to live – part 2…

Posted in Photography on Saturday January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

As the air was clear and the sun was bright, our roving reporter headed up the hill by Town Head and made his way to Minninglow to take a few pictures. Particular thanks to Frank R and son, who kindly allowed their photograph to be taken whilst they were moving their sheep to a different [...]

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Not a bad place to live!

Posted in Photography on Friday January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Out walking this afternoon – glorious sunshine so you don’t notice the chill in the air, after all it is January.

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A Hitchcock Horror

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

JF-S

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In Flight

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Friday January 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Guess who got a new camera for Christmas and it’s a big one! JF-S says, “I’m not there yet, but on the way”. Well done John, a great start. Click to see more tits in action.

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Christmas Cheer – A Goldfinch

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Tuesday December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

JF-S

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Christmas Walk

Posted in Photography, Walks & Rides on Sunday December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

This is the 4th year some of us have got together to do a Christmas morning walk. Everyone brought a contribution for the “picnic”, there were plenty of nibbles of lots and lots of mulled wine. Thanks to JF-S for the photos

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Merry Christmas to you all

Posted in Photography on Sunday December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I took this photo at 8.30 this morning, a glorious sight to wake up to on Christmas morning; the sunlight bouncing off the trees on Parwich hill.

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Christmas Eve’s Crib Service

Posted in Church, Photography on Saturday December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Andy explained that the Bible tells us that Jesus came into this world as a light into the darkness. The questions is… What type of light? In these photos, Andy is attempting to answer this question using a home made flame thrower!

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Christmas lights of Parwich

Posted in Photography on Thursday December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

These photos are brought to you by JF-S. Please click to enlarge.

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The Parwich Guizers – a photographic history.

Posted in Arts, British Legion, People, Photography, Pub, Societies on Thursday December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Rob Francis writes: You seek them here, you seek them there. For 25 years, they have mysteriously appeared then disappeared at Christmas. This is a unique Parwich tradition inherited from Biggin-by-Hartington through Ambrose Wilton and Jack Cundy, who as boys traipsed along the railway, returning via The Newhaven Inn – back in 1936. Click here [...]

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Monday’s Christmas Lunch and film in the Memorial Hall

Posted in Memorial hall, People, Photography on Monday December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to JF-S for these photos.

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The Eco Committee & 150 Year Anniversary Garden Update

Posted in Environment, Gardens, Photography, School, Young people on Monday December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For a large-sized, printer-friendly version of these photos, please open the current school newsletter PDF.

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Pamper Evening and Christingles

Posted in Photography, School on Monday December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For a large-sized, printer-friendly version of these photos, please open the current school newsletter PDF.

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The Magical Christmas Box

Posted in Photography, School, Young people on Monday December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This year’s Christmas production was fantastic! The children and staff worked extremely hard to make it enjoyable for all. Well Done to everyone who took part. For a large-sized, printer-friendly version of these photos, please open the current school newsletter PDF.

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Carols on the green

Posted in Events, Photography on Friday December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to JF-S for these snaps from yesterday evening.

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Delia’s Christmas Shopping Evening: Photo Gallery

Posted in Events, Memorial hall, Photography on Monday December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Thanks to JF-S for sending us these photos of Delia’s evening of Christmas shopping and festive floral demonstrations, which took place in the Memorial Hall on Monday evening.

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The Sun

Posted in Photography, Weather on Thursday November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

837 sun rise 857 sunset Today 24 Nov 2011 – JF-S

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A new arrival at the Jubilee pond

Posted in Photography on Wednesday November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Inscribed in memory of Len and Shirley Gibbs of Lenscliffe, this bench was installed beside the Jubilee pond last week. “What a nice gesture” says JF-S, who took these two photos. Please click on each to enlarge.

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A work of Art!

Posted in Photography on Monday November 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Colours in our Old Dutch Hay Barn – JF-S.

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Spider, Spider

Posted in Gardens, Photography on Monday November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I saw this in the garden and thought that the colours of the spider were lovely – is it a common orb weaver?

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Fireworks Galore

Posted in Events, Photography, Societies on Sunday November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It was a super Bonfire Night last night, and the fireworks went on for ages – a fabulous event. Thank you to the Carnival & Rec committee for organising it, to C4P for the food and anyone else that helped. Photos by JF-S

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Have you seen this guy?

Posted in Events, Photography, Young people on Saturday November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

This guy looked as bit lost as he was seen staggering down Creamery Lane about 30 minutes ago. If you see him,  do help him, as he’s going to be the star tonight.  Give your vote and support  to “Guy in Lights”, better than X Factor & Strictly, from 7.30pm, Live on Alsop Road. It’s [...]

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Trick or Treat

Posted in Photography, Young people on Monday October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Love it or hate it, Parwich does “Trick or Treat” well, it is good-natured and friendly. Tonight there was a real buzz in the air, you could hear children’s voices full of excitement and their footsteps echoing up the path. Lots of effort had been put into the costumes and the enthusiasm of the children was [...]

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Has Spring come early to Parwich?

Posted in Flora, Gardens, Photography on Wednesday October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

JF-S snapped these shots today, apple blossom and primroses in our garden, Lou’s primulas and John’s ceanothus. Put these with today’s “April” showers, do we know where we are? Yes – 19 days to Halloween and only 73 days to Christmas!!

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Tonight – Old Parwich in Pictures

Posted in History, Memorial hall, Photography, Societies on Tuesday October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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It’s a girl!

Posted in Pets of Parwich, Photography on Friday September 30, 2011 | 13 Comments »

Mother and calf are doing extremely well.  It’s lovely to think that now there will be two beautiful cows on Creamery Lane.  The only problem is the name, it has to begin with P and have a floral connection. And she’s called…….

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Help – What am I?

Posted in Environment, Photography on Friday September 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »

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Butterflies

Posted in Photography on Thursday September 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Common local butterflies, enjoying the warm spell. – John F-S.

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Chatsworth Beyond Limits Sculpture Exhibition 2011

Posted in Arts, Out & About, Photography on Sunday September 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »

This year’s Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition opened on Friday September 16th, in the gardens of Chatsworth House. There are 26 works on display, including pieces by Damien Hirst, Rene Magritte, Lynn Chadwick and Marc Quinn, and the exhibition runs until October 30th 2011. Please click on each photo to enlarge it. 23. Damien Hirst – [...]

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Congratulations to the happy couple

Posted in People, Photography on Friday September 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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The Strongman Competition – Video

Posted in A52s, Competition, Events, People, Photography on Wednesday September 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Many thanks to Tim Yeomans for videoing last Saturday’s outstanding Strongman Competition. Tim has edited the whole three hour event down to a marvellous 10 minute film which captures the spirit of this event; the strength and determination of the competitors, the music of The A52s and the enjoyment of the crowds. Let’s hope that [...]

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Over 5000 images in our Photo archive: so which are the most clicked of all time?

Posted in About this site, Photography on Tuesday September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The PARWICH.ORG photo gallery has always been our most popular page on the blog. Since it was set up, the main PHOTOS page has received over 16,000 page views – and following the most recent set of updates, we have now have over 5000 photos archived, dating back to December 2007. To mark this milestone, [...]

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60th Horticultural Show: photos and results

Posted in Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Previous posts, Societies on Sunday September 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Visitors to this year’s 60th Horticultural Show were treated to another fine display of locally grown flowers, fruits and vegetables. Other categories included eggs, cakes, scones, biscuits, pies, quiches, bread, jams, chutneys, canapes and photographs. The prize-giving ceremony, which was presided over by Nia Linnell, saw Tony Marshall taking home no fewer than five trophies: [...]

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Parwich Strongman Competition: a first glimpse

Posted in Events, People, Photography, Previous posts on Saturday September 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »

Congratulations to Andy Fletcher, the winner of this afternoon’s Parwich Strongman Competition. Andy, who hails from Belper, held off a determined challenge from Parwich’s Tom Slater, who was only one point behind him as the competition reached its final round. The two contenders eventually went head-to-head, in a nail-biting race to place an increasingly heavy [...]

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60th Horticultural Show – this Sunday

Posted in Competition, Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Societies on Tuesday August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »

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Y-Not Festival 2011 photo gallery

Posted in Music, People, Photography, Pikehall, Previous posts, Y-Not, Young people on Sunday August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Hanging Basket Competition – The Results

Posted in Competition, Flora, Gardens, People, Photography, Previous posts, Societies on Friday August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Mr Bill Whitfield, of Leatherbritches Nursery, has very kindly judged the baskets for us again. He looked at 29 baskets altogether and it was quite a task for him to decide which one to put in 3rd place.  Here are the three winners. Michael Hart, Secretary of the Horticultural Society. First prize – Two of Jack Cundy’s three [...]

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A Pastoral Scene

Posted in Photography on Tuesday August 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »

This photo comes from a book called Derbyshire part of the series, King’s England, written by Arthur Mee and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1937.  It shows the back of Orchard Farm in the left hand corner, with a view that is somewhat different today.  The photo appears to have been taken close to the track on Monsdale [...]

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