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Sadly we’ve just had the last Zumba class for the moment. Numbers have dropped to the point where the class is not viable for Lizzie. I am really sorry about this as I have enjoyed it so much. I am absolutely no good at dancing but it has been such a privilege to learn dance [...]

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In milk! If anyone can help with suggestions as to what I can do with my excess of high quality, very locally produced raw Jersey milk, please ring me on 191 or email the blog team. What you thought was a friendly wave is, in fact, a signal of desperation!! Fiona H

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Does anyone know what is happening at the Legion on New Year’s Eve? Is it Chris Hoolie as reported on the Blog or a Twenties night as advertised on the notice board?

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Thank you to all who came to my Christmas shopping and festive floral demonstration evening at the Memorial Hall on 5th December. Your support is much appreciated and I hope you enjoyed the evening as much as I did. Thank you and Happy Christmas, Delia P  

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I have a voucher for a family ticket for steam and diesel train rides and railway attractions at the midland railway Butterley. It expires on Sunday so needs to be used this weekend it is free so if you are interested give me a ring on 01335 390494 Lynda

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THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD This great, classic film starred Errol Flynn as the swash-buckling and daring hero, with Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian, and with Basil Rathbone. It won 3 Oscars including Best Film score for the marvellous music by Erich Korngold. With a budget of $2 million, it was the most expensive [...]

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We are going for a few days to Venice later this year. Can anyone suggest a nice modest hotel or somewhere to stay? We shall be arriving fairly late at night, and I am not sure how easy it is to get to places after the water transport has ended. Any other tips would be [...]

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We have received the following comment and e-mail from an imminent visitor to our area. If anybody is able to assist her, could they please contact the blog team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk. A group of 22 family and friends will be staying at Uppermoor Farm, February 11th-14th, to celebrate my 50th Birthday. I would like to [...]

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Don’t forget to put your clocks back an hour tonight as we return to GMT from British Summer Time.

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I think she probably left it in the village somewhere.  If you see it, could you give me (Lynne) a call on 474.  It’s deep metallic pink and has lots of brightly coloured bits of plastic attached to the spokes of the wheels.  Thank you!

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Thank you to one of our readers for sending this in.

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Colin B asks: I have a mystery sound recorded in Parwich in recent weeks. What is it? CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE MYSTERY SOUND.

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British Summer Time ends tonight at at 2am (Sunday 25th Oct), when the clocks go back one hour, so 2am becomes 1am (Greenwich Mean Time). Tomorrow we get an extra hour in bed and lighter mornings, but darker evenings.  The current system will continue to 2011, when the Government are reviewing it.  What are your [...]

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My huge thanks to Wildgoose and all their delivery people for their kindness and consideration for my young horse. He’s recently had an operation and for his rehabilitation programme he has to be hacked out on hard surfaces in walk- for a horse who has just spent 3 months on box rest recovering, this is [...]

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If you have a log burner and have bought yourself a briquette maker to make firelighters out of old newspapers, here is my top tip.  Drying them out in the top oven of the Aga is inadvisable as they may dry out more quickly than you think and then spontaneously set on fire as you [...]

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Did anyone happen to take a barbecue gas canister from outside the memorial hall at the end of July (after the school summer party on the last day of term)?   The half-full tank was replaced by an empty one – no doubt by someone thinking it had been abandoned.  If you have the canister, please [...]

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Update 28th Aug – Cuddles found safe and well! Julie and family send their thanks to all who were looking out for him. Please can you help! Our much loved family pet, the cat Cuddles, is missing, we have not seen him since late last week, around August 22nd.  He was last seen in Creamery [...]

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Happy July 4th to our adopted Americans, including parwich.org’s own recent roving reporter (though the more distant roving of her family restricted her role):

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Village SOS is a major new initiative from the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC. They will be searching for six UK villages with a great enterprise idea to benefit their community. They are also looking for six enterprising individuals to act as Village Champions and help them achieve their ambitions. There will be a [...]

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Did you, or anyone you know purchase a dinner/tea service from Oxfam in Ashbourne? If so, then you will have noticed that one cup is incorrect. If you can reply to lynnpoppy@live.co.uk or re-visit the shop, then your correct, matching cup can be handed to you.

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 Thank you Christopher for being part of the Parwich.org blog team.  We’ll miss your blogging, but if you do have withdrawal symptoms you can always send a post in.  We’d love to hear how your new job is going.  Good Luck & Best Wishes from us all.

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Derby Evening Telegraph are seeking nominations for their 2009 Community Champions awards.  Evening Telegraph editor Steve Hall said: The Community Champions awards gives us the chance to recognise the work of those who have helped improve the lives of others and asked for nothing in return. The nominations last year were fantastic and I’m sure [...]

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Christmas cards with a religious theme are wanted for recycling into new cards – Liz Round of Thorpe knows a nun who would be grateful for any such cards which you can give her. So instead of throwing them away, please give them to me, and I will take them to Liz. Christopher p.s. Sainsbury’s [...]

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(Click here for Part 1.) The second half of our Parwich News Review of 2008 starts where we left off: slap bang in the middle of Wakes Week. We hope you’ll enjoy our month-by-month summary, which covers the period from July to December. WARNING: it’s quite a lengthy summary!

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It had its ups, it had it downs – but life in Parwich during 2008 was rarely uneventful. On the downside, we lost the Spar shop, the Methodist chapel and the direct bus service to Derby, and much of the village was battered by freak floods. On the upside, we gained a shop in the [...]

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Wills serve many purposes over and above ensuring your worldly goods end up going where you want them to.  They affirm our relationship to the world, and are an opportunity for us to have positive consequences even when we have died.  Not least we would know a lot less about local and family history with [...]

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Don’t forget to put your clock back by one hour tonight! At 0200hrs (or 2am BST) on Sunday 26th October 2008 the clocks go back one hour, as we return from British Summer Time to God’s Time (at least nearly God’s Time, as the correct local time should be a little later than GMT). To find out more about why this happens [...]

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When we first moved to the village we were intrigued by the swan that always was present on the water on the left-hand side of the B5056   between the Bentley Brook & Bradbourne Mill.  It obviously didn’t take us that long to suss out that it was plastic, albeit pretty realistic looking.  Visitors who came [...]

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At this time of the year some of you may have surplus vegetables growing in your garden.  So if you have any good recipes that you are willing to pass on, please email them into parwich@hotmail.co.uk   If you have more ideas for courgettes you could  add them to the comment box below.  So if you [...]

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Thank you to Chris E. for forwarding the following grant opportunity.  Is it something that local groups could consider (e.g. The Memorial Hall for its work in developing the new Hall plans out of lextensive local consultation; the Village Action Group, perhaps to strengthen aspects of the Village Plan; or even the Parish Council to explore [...]

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Thanks to Colin B for writing in. Colin says: Here is the view looking west from the top of Parwich Hill, where the mobile reception is splendid. I have marked the location of the phone mast. So whenever you need to make a call, just run up the hill. If you cannot be bothered to [...]

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I’ve been toying with whether or not to put this blog on our website because it really is beyond our area, but hey if you don’t want to read it just keep scrolling.  If however you fancy a few days away keep reading. We have just come back from a long weekend in Carcassonne in [...]

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Don’t forget to put your clock forward by one hour tonight! At 0100hrs or 1am on Sunday 30th March 2008 the clocks go forward one hour ‘as civil time moves from Coordinated Univeral Time (almost identical to Greenwich Mean Time) to British Summer Time (BST)‘.  To find out more about why this happens see these [...]

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