Archive for October, 2008

Meet The A52s!

Posted in 2008, A52s, British Legion, Events, People, Posts of Note on Monday October 20, 2008| 1 Comment »

If you took a Tuesday evening stroll along Smithy Lane this Summer, you may have heard the sound of clinking beer bottles, manic strumming, improvised accordions and uncontrollable laughter. This, ladies and gentlemen, was the sound of The A52s creating music. In the first week, the band learned some notes. In the second week, they tried putting them in the right order. As the weeks went by, these top musicians learned enough notes to do a debut gig! Terrifying huh?! We think so too!

The band turned down frantic offers from lesser venues such as the NEC and the O2 Arena, opting instead for the prestigious yet intimate Parwich Legion. The band will appear 8.30 to 9ish on Saturday 8th November. Make a note in your diaries for an evening of fine entertainment. Free admission (in fact, the band may be paying you)!

The A52s is Parwich’s foremost folk-rock band, comprising 4 musicians at the top of their game (which happens to be Snap):

The A52s Publicity Shot

The A52s Publicity Shot

Rob ‘Squeezebox’ Francis (concertina accordian, guitar & vocals)
Lewis ‘Bassnote’ Noble (piano accordian, guitar & vocals)
Chris ‘Deliverance’ Radlett (banjo, 12 string guitar & vocals)
Mike ‘The Ax’ Hughes (guitar & vocals)
The A52s In Full Effect

The A52s In Full Effect

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Adult Education places still available

Posted in Out & About on Monday October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Brian Mullan of the Ashbourne Adult Community Education Centre for sending us details of this year’s courses with places still available, included are art, computing (open, CLAIT, ECDL, ITQ, web design, greetings card design), Spanish, English for speakers of other languages, first aid at work, maths for adults, tap dance, yoga and tai chi.  Click here for information on days and costs (pdf format).

For more details or to register contact: Ashbourne Adult Education Centre, Cokayne Avenue, Derbyshire, DE6 1EJ, tel 01335 345 613, email ashbourneace@hotmail.com

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Healthy Eating Week

Posted in School on Monday October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

This week Parwich Primary School is holding a Healthy Eating Week.  Perhaps the School will be able to add some comments to this post or email ideas to parwich@hotmail.co.uk to help the rest of the community.  Also all you ‘non-school children’ out there might have ideas on how we can all eat more healthily.

(If you fancy a go at growing your own vegetables, seeds can be bought at discount rates through Parwich & District Horticultural Society; the Suttons Seeds catalogues will be given out at the Society’s up coming AGM or contact Mike Hart on tel. 456.)

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Morrisons ‘Let’s Grow’ vouchers

Posted in Gardens, School on Monday October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Primary School are collecting Morrisons ‘Let’s Grow‘ vouchers, so if you get any please put them in the School letter box (or post them to Parwich Primary School, Parwich, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1QJ).

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Last week’s School Newsletter

Posted in School on Monday October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Better late than never


click on letter to see as pdf

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Hoe Grange wins tourism awards

Posted in Ballidon, Local Links on Monday October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Although technically not in our area, Hoe Grange Farm is only a matter of yards beyond the Ballidon parish boundary.  Hoe Grange Holidays based at the farm, recently won two East England Enjoy Excellence Awards from East Midlands Tourism:

  • Access for All – Bronze
  • Website – Bronze

Of general interest is their website’s useful Local Events page, listing a good range of Peak District events, though unfortunately they do not link on to the relevant event websites.  Gold award winners in Derbyshire include Kedleston Hall (best Large Visitor Attraction), Buxton Festival (best Tourism Experience) and East Lodge Hotel at Rowsley (best Small Hotel).

Note.  Also we have a new holiday let in our area, The Roost in Parwich. (See the holiday cottage links in the righthand column on most pages.)

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Bonfire Night in Parwich

Posted in Events on Sunday October 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »


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Derby Quad

Posted in Films on Sunday October 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

I was up dating the parwich film pages here at PARWICH.ORG and noticed that the cinema at the new Quad centre in Derby is up and running.  This is the awaited replacement for the much loved old Metro Cinema.  Those who have already been do let us know how you have found it, or give us your thoughts on the other cinemas in driving distance.

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More Democracy in National Parks

Posted in Peak Park on Sunday October 19, 2008| 1 Comment »

The response to our first on-line poll at PARWICH.ORG is heartening.  So far 37 people have responded of whom:

  • 30% don’t know if our views as residents are taken into account by our National Park Authority, and 62% believe they are not.
  • 87% believe there should be some direct elections to the National Park Authority Board.

We will forward the results to Defra in response to their consultation on this, so see what others think and continue to have your say by clicking here, the more people who contribute the more they have to listen.

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Government review on the Living Working Countryside

Posted in Housing, Peak Park, Planning on Sunday October 19, 2008| 1 Comment »

Many thanks to Chris E for pointing out the following:

Gordon Brown had asked Matthew Taylor MP to carry out review looking at how land use and planning can better support rural business and deliver affordable housing.  The full report can be seen at the Communities & Local Government website.

Its recommendations include

  • a community led affordable housing initiative;
  • a trialling of new planning policy in one or more National Parks to limit the increase in second homes;
  • new planning policy which accepts that all forms of business can be appropriate in the countryside;
  • planning policy should have a flexible approach to home based work spaces.

The government has yet to respond.  It would seem that what we have been attempting to achieve in Parwich is ahead of Government policy.  Are there opportunities here for our communities; is it possible that we can persuade the Government to support directly local projects as examples of good practice?

For the full CLG press release: (more…)

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The week’s weather

Posted in Weather on Sunday October 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Thank you again to our weather man on the hill:

 

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 12th

1

1022.2

1017.8

17.8

9.4

Mon 13th

0

1013.9

1015.9

18.0

9.8

Tue 14th

7

1018.2

1015.5

14.6

10.5

Wed 15th

7

1012.7

1012.5

12.3

11.5

Thurs 16th

2

1012.3

1018.8

12.1

6.4

Fri 17th

0

1019.5

1019.2

14.2

4.0

Sat 18th

0

1018.0

1016.1

15.3

7.3

Total

17

 

Average

14.9

8.4

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Tom & Clare’s wedding day

Posted in Tom Chambers on Sunday October 19, 2008| 8 Comments »

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Psst… don’t look over your shoulder…

Posted in A52s, People on Sunday October 19, 2008| 14 Comments »

…but THE A52s are coming.

You heard it here first!

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Smoothly into first position

Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The judges’ points put Tom’s American Smooth on this evening’s Strictly Come Dancing in joint first postion, impressive considering it is part of his Stag Do, and he must travel up to Derbyshire in the early hours of Sunday morning. This is only half the final score. Find out the results on Sunday at 8-10pm on BBC 1.

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Horticultural AGM

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Saturday October 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »


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Strictly Chip Butties at the Sycamore

Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

For the first time the male and female celebrities are competing against each other in tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing, at 6-40pm on BBC1. The programme will be shown on the super sized TV at the Sycamore with chip butties to follow and the TV cameras present. Tom and Camilla will be dancing the American Smooth this week. An excellent wedding present for Tom would be to:

You can only vote this evening after the dancing is finished at approximately 8pm up to 9-30pm (see BBC website for details). The results will be announced on the Sunday Show (8-10pm BBC1).

Finally, here’s this week’s round up of Chambers press clippings: (more…)

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Big Lottery Fund visit to Memorial Hall

Posted in 2008, Memorial hall, News, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Friday October 17, 2008| 4 Comments »

This afternoon’s meeting with Justine Ball, our grants officer for the Big Lottery Fund, was very positive. She met with several of the Project Team: Mike Gerard-Pearse, Brian Beasley, Val Stevenson, Nick Stevenson and Peter Trewhitt. First she looked round the Memorial Hall and the site, and then we moved to the School to access their internet and projection facilities.

We discussed the consultation process, the additional future uses of the Hall that have been identified (e.g. after-school activities and adult education classes) and our strategies to obtain matched funding / in kind donations. Some additional detail was required and several of our outcome measures need rewording to fit into their format, but overall Justine was very complimentary of high standard and thoroughness of our application.  (more…)

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It Takes Two

Posted in Tom Chambers on Friday October 17, 2008| 1 Comment »

Tonight’s ‘It Takes Two‘ on BBC2 kicked of with the story of Tom and Clare’s romance, in the build up to Saturday’s competition and to Tom and Clare’s wedding.   Best wishes to both Tom and Clare from all at PARWICH.ORG.

The highlight of this for me has to be Stuart yodeling; it left Tom with a tear in his eye.

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Ashbourne-Patna partnership: Vicar’s visit to India

Posted in 2008, Church, Posts of Note on Friday October 17, 2008| 1 Comment »

The Bishop of Patna, the Rt. Rev’d Philip Marandih, has long been trying to get me to visit his diocese.   So when the director of schools for Derby Diocese suggested that I join a trip to India, designed to set up and develop links between schools in Derbyshire and in India, including Patna diocese, I readily accepted her invitation.  A few days ago I returned from a tour which took me through the flooded areas of Bihar state, one of the poorest parts of India, to some tribal villages which have been left virtually untouched by India’s recent economic growth. 

Christianity was first brought to these peoples – the Santali tribe – in the 1860s, and the first church was built there, in the village of Taljhari, at about the same  time as St. Peter’s church in Parwich was being rebuilt.  Fenny Bentley school is making links with two schools in this area, one in the tribal village of Barharwa, where it costs only £800 to build a new classroom, and one in the city of Patna, where email links are likely to be better.  My tasks during the visit included speaking and preaching on several occasions, and giving three talks to a conference on the Church’s engagement in society in another tribal area, this time in the diocese of Eastern Himalaya. 

This is a video clip of the welcome shown to us by the Santali tribespeople of Barharwa –

 

Other video clips of the visit, and of my visit to Assam earlier this year, may be seen here.

 

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Snail Trail Postponed but….

Posted in Project Parwich on Friday October 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »

We are really sorry to announce that the Snail Trail is being postponed, there are just not enough venues because of the clash with the half term holidays.  However, it will definitely go ahead in spring so hang onto all those items and sell them in the Spring.

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Toaster – Free to a good home.

Posted in Classified adverts on Thursday October 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

We have a chrome Dualit 3 slot toaster that we no longer need, free to a good home. One of the elements has gone but they can be repaired. Please ring Rebecca on 318.

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Local democracy in the Peak Park: a survey.

Posted in Peak Park on Thursday October 16, 2008| 4 Comments »

The Government is consulting on whether people think direct elections to National Park Authorities are a good idea. What are your views?


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BLF visit Parwich tomorrow

Posted in Memorial hall on Thursday October 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The Memorial Hall Redevelopment Project continues to move forward.  Tomorrow afternoon Justine Ball of the Big Lottery Fund is visiting Parwich to meet some members of our Steering Group and to visit the Hall site.  She is the Grants Officer overseeing our application and is gathering information towards their final decision whether or not to give us the grant.

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Properties for sale or rent.

Posted in Housing on Thursday October 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.

Gardeners CottageHope CroftParwich Lees Cottage
LenscliffeParwich Village Shop

The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the USEFUL INFO page, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.

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Pie & Pea Supper for the Over 60’s.

Posted in Societies on Thursday October 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

If you are a member of the Over 60’s and want to join in the Pie & Pea Supper on November 11th at 6pm in the Memorial Hall , please can you ring Alan as soon as possible on 279.

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East Midlands Today

Posted in Tom Chambers on Wednesday October 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

 

Click on the photo to the right to see the feature on Tom Chambers shown on this evening’s East Midlands Today (BBC1 6-30pm).

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Tom on TV…!

Posted in Tom Chambers on Wednesday October 15, 2008| 7 Comments »

We understand that tonight Tom Chambers will be on the news again on EAST MIDLANDS TODAY, which starts at 6.30pm on BBC1.

Also, “A day in the life of Tom Chambers” was screened last night on “It Takes Two”, which is shown weekdays at 6.30 on BBC 2, hosted by Claudia Winkleman. Please click on the video window to view it.

Vodpod videos no longer available.

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This week’s News Telegragh

Posted in News on Wednesday October 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Here the stories from our immediate area in this Ashbourne News Telegraph:

  • p.4 An article on Tom Chambers, his wedding on Sunday, recent TV coverage of Tom and of Parwich and his preparations for Saturday’s episode of Strictly.
  • p.6 An excellent summary of Christopher Harrison’s work as priest in charge for Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington, of his work as Rural Dean and of his hopes for his new role in Nottingham City Centre Church Group.
  • p.7 Congratulations to William Bunting (of Alsop en le Dale) on his presentation of a Bishop’s Badge in Derby Cathedral last week.  The Badges are awarded in appreciation of the dedicated work of lay people who contribute to the life and health of the Diocese.
  • p.47 A plug for this Friday’s curry & quiz night in aid of Parwich School.
  • p.61 Ashbourne Town Darts results: Parwich Legion won 8-1 against the Cock Inn; Sycamore won 6-3 against the Wheel but the Legion’s second team lost 7-2 to the Rose & Crown (click here for article).
  • p.64 Ashbourne Dominoes Leagueresults with the Sycamore currently in 5th place (out of 11 teams) in their Division.

Here are some other stories that might be of interest to our viewers: (more…)

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Award Winning Artist in the Village!

Posted in 2008, News, People, Posts of Note on Wednesday October 15, 2008| 2 Comments »

Many congratulations to Esther Tyson, our recent artist addition to the village (see previous post).

She has won not one but two(!) prestigious awards for her art work, which are:

The RSPB Award for “Bullfinch Study” and the Capmark Europe Art Award (first prize) for “Early beginnings – Moorhen nest building”.

Interestingly, the Moorhen picture (see below) was based on Esther’s studies of the Parwich village pond.

Both awards were presented by Germaine Greer at the Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Exhibition 2008 at the Mall Galleries, London on the 23rd September (see photo below).

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Pick Pocket Problems in our area – Be Aware!

Posted in Police on Tuesday October 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »

During the afternoon of 13/10/08, there were a number of reported thefts of purses from shoppers in Matlock, Buxton, Bakewell & Chesterfield.

The descriptions of the offenders vary but they were of Eastern European appearance. Two offenders were arrested in Chesterfield but other offenders were still out and about stealing purses/bags. Please be extra vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police.

If you have any information relating to incidents please contact 0845 164 1644.
Derbyshire Constabulary can be contacted on 0845 123 33 33, or in an emergency 999.
Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Order magazines at the Sycamore

Posted in News, Pub on Tuesday October 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Janet asked us to let people know that they can order their magazines via the Shop at the Sycamore.  Either call in or phone Janet on 390 212.

Also last Saturday the Pub was featured in the Derby Evening Telegraph referring back to its winning the Best Community Pub Award in September:

Another Derbyshire pub which has stayed successful despite the trade crisis is the Sycamore Inn, in Parwich.  It scooped two gongs at this year’s Great British Pub Awards, for East and West Midlands Pub of the Year and Community Pub of the Year.

Janet Gosling, who has run the pub for eight years, said the business had stayed central to the village community.  In March, she and her partner, Stephen Conway, opened a shop in the pub, selling vegetables, newspapers and household goods.  (more…)

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Autumn Sun

Posted in 2008, Out & About, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday October 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »

These photos were taken in Wolfscote Dale behind Hartington on Sunday afternoon. It was glorious to see the turning leaves in the sunlight….and such a short drive from Parwich. Makes you forget all about the wet Summer!


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Best wishes to Christopher, Isobel and the boys

Posted in Church, People on Monday October 13, 2008| 4 Comments »

The rest of the Blog Team would like to congratulate Christopher and give our very best wishes to him and his family.  Not only are we losing a repected vicar, but also a valued member of the Blog Team, though our loss is Nottingham City Centre Church Group‘s gain:

       

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Vicar to move to Nottingham

Posted in 2008, Church, News, People, Posts of Note on Monday October 13, 2008| 1 Comment »

It is with much sadness that I have announced that we will be moving from Parwich in February – I have been asked to be priest in charge of three churches in the centre of Nottingham. 

St. Mary’s is situated in the Lace Market; St. Peter’s is in the heart of the shopping area, next to Marks and Spencer’s, and All Saints is near to the Arboretum and to Trent University.  Our years in Parwich have been wonderful in so many ways, but working in the heart of a major city will also offer some splendid opportunities.  

I expect that we will leave Parwich in early February – my licensing service in Nottingham is on Sunday 22nd February at 3.00 pm.   The process of finding a new vicar for Parwich will involve the drawing up of a profile of the group of five parishes, which will be put to possible applicants.  This will be overseen by the bishop and his colleagues, but the main work on the profile needs to be done here.

At least it’s not too far from here – do come and visit!   Details of the parish are at www.nottinghamchurches.org

Christopher

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October’s Alternative Film Night

Posted in Films on Sunday October 12, 2008| 2 Comments »


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Parwich School PTA AGM

Posted in School on Sunday October 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The postponed September AGM has been rescheduled to:

PTA Annual General Meeting
6-30pm Tuesday 14th October
at Parwich Primary School
all parents welcome

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Personalised Greetings @ PARWICH.ORG

Posted in Project Parwich on Sunday October 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget that in exchange for a donation (you decide how much) to Project Parwich we will create a personalised greeting card to be displayed here on the Blog.  We will seek to create the appropriate image for any event.  All you have to do is email the event and the name of the intended recipient to parwich@hotmail.co.uk (along with some idea of what sort of image you want using).

Here are some examples:

       
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Raclette Evening Fundraiser

Posted in 2008, Events, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Sunday October 12, 2008| 10 Comments »

Thank you to all who gave so generously at the Swiss Raclette Evening held on Saturday night. Thirty people attended the Project Parwich fundraiser for the new village hall. The evening raised close to £300. Exact figures will be calculated when Sue and Mike are awake enough to work the calculator!

Thanks to John F-S for the photos.

p.s. Somebody left an umbrella. Just call round for it if it’s yours!

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The week’s weather

Posted in Weather on Sunday October 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »

 

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 5th

11

998.6

1009.6

11.9

8.4

Mon 6th

0

1011.2

1010.6

13.1

2.2

Tue 7th

8

1003.9

999.2

16.7

10.4

Wed 8th

0

1012.2

1020,6

16.3

8.0

Thurs 9th

0

1027.2

1026.7

15.7

2.5

Fri 10th

0

1024.2

1022.9

17.0

9.7

Sat 11th

0

1022.2

1023.1

16.4

11.3

Total

19

 

Average

15.3

7.5

 

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Garden Gate Sale in aid of new Memorial Hall

Posted in Classified adverts, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Saturday October 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »


Updated 17th Oct 2008

Garden Gate Sale now postponed to Spring 2009
due to too may stall holders being away for the half-term break

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