Posted in People on Saturday October 11, 2008| 6 Comments »
Many thanks to the Prof for uploading this excellent video to YouTube.
You’ll feel like you were up in the air with Denise! Toe-curling stuff!
To view this video clip in full screen mode, please click here, and then select the “full screen” button (which is second from the right at the bottom of the video window).
Posted in 2008, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday October 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
These photos were taken last Sunday: when the weather was fine and clear, and the autumn colours just starting to emerge.
Please click each image to enlarge it.
Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Here are this week’s crop of Chambers clippings, starting with the local press…
Ashbourne News Telegraph
Derby Evening Telegraph
Matlock Mercury
…and continuing with the national press: (more…)
Posted in News on Saturday October 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The take over of Hartington Cheese Factory (previously part of the Dairy Crest Group) by Long Clawson Dairy Ltd has been referred to the Competition Commission (formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission) this week. They are gathering evidence and invite comments from interested parties by 24th October.
Their report may not be available until March 2009, prolonging the uncertainty for the 180 employees. To find out more see the Competition Commission’s News Release.
Posted in Police on Saturday October 11, 2008| 1 Comment »
Derbyshire Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a vulnerable missing person, Gemma Nicholls, who is believed to have travelled on public transport from Norfolk to the Derbyshire area over the past few days. She has an ’emergency shelter/tent’ with her so may be camping in the open, on a campsite or staying at a B&B.
She is a white female, 5’8″ tall, aged 27 years, with collar length blonde hair, blue eyes, slim build. She was last seen wearing a white long sleeved t-shirt with a short sleeved pink t-shirt over the top, black jogging bottoms and carrying a large rucksack.
If you are out walking and see this person or have any information to assist police enquiries, please call 0845 164 1644, quoting Incident number: 746 of 8/10/08.
Thank you.
Trisha Mellor,
Community Intelligence Unit
Posted in British Legion, Events on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in British Legion, Events on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in 2008, Environment, Peak Park, Planning, Posts of Note on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Since our previous post on Tuesday, the final draft of the Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal is now available on-line.
This draft is to be presented to next Friday’s PDNPA Planning Committee Meeting(10am Fri 17th October at Aldern House, Bakewell). You can see the draft on the following links:
Members of the public may arrange to speak to the Committee by contacting Democratic Services by telephone on 01629 816362 or 01629 816382 or email democraticservices@peakdistrict.gov.uk by midday on Wednesday 15th October.
For those not online Parwich Village Action Group has left a print out of the draft at the Sycamore Inn. Do leave your comments below.
Posted in About this site on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Some of the information you can access via PARWICH.ORG is in pdf format (e.g. the School Newsletters and Memorial Hall Management Committee minutes). This format was designed so that people can access documents in exactly the layout they were written, unaltered by the various web browsers. Also it is a quick and easy way to convert documents for the Internet and means they can be printed out readily in the layout intended.
However, to read pdf.s you need the appropriate reader software. Most new computers now come with Adobe Reader already loaded, otherwise it can be downloaded for free by clicking on the icon below. If you have Adobe Reader, but are having problems with some pdf files, check you have the latest version. They are currently on Version 9, and you can update older versions by clicking on:
click here to download the latest version
of the free software Adobe Reader
Posted in School on Friday October 10, 2008| 1 Comment »
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Posted in 2008, Photography, Posts of Note on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to the contributor who sent in these photos of the developing autumn colour at White Meadows:
as usual click on each image to enlarge (more…)
Posted in Parish Council, Transport on Friday October 10, 2008| 1 Comment »
Parwich Parish Council want to know our opinions on the level of demand for taxis (Hackney Carriage and Private Hire) within our area. Derbyshire Dales District Council are assessing this issue:
The District of Derbyshire Dales is largely rural and with that comes particular issues of demand for taxis. Generally, towns with a population of 10,000 or more might support a Hackney Carriage rank but the bulk of demand will tend to be in response to phone calls and principally met by Private Hire Vehicles.
We are seeking to contact each Parish Council within the District in order to gauge the level of demand and quality of taxi service they are experiencing. Also, this is an opportunity for each area to voice its opinion and experience of taxis within the District.
In order that our experiences and views can be included in Parwich Parish Council’s response, please leave a comment below or email them directly on ppccl@fsmail.net by 25/10/08.
Posted in Events on Friday October 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Our local PCT (Derbyshire County NHS Primary Health Care Trust) are holding an open event to give out information and find out about what people want in relation to NHS Dentistry provision and the planned new Ashbourne health complex including the new hospital that will replace St. Oswald’s:
1pm to 4pm Saturday 11th October
Ashbourne Leisure Centre, Clifton Road
The event will give people an opportunity to find out more about the new facility and to ask any questions they have about the project to GP staff and key members of the project planning team (including managers of Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust (PCT), who have commissioned the services, and Southern Derbyshire Local Improvement Finance Trust Company (LIFT), a public private partnership, who are responsible for the design, planning, development and maintenance of the new building for the PCT).
The event is open to anyone interested in coming along. People will specifically be able to: (more…)
Posted in School, Tom Chambers on Thursday October 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Hi Team,
ON BBC 1 EAST MIDLANDS TODAY initially at 6.30pm and then 10-30pm there is to be a clip about Tom and their visit to Parwich yesterday (8th Oct)
They are also visiting a few people to do a run about Tom next week and his banter with rival Austin ‘England Rugby Ace’ Healey.
So thanks ‘cos being at work and at Townhead (we are facing BBC West Midlands) we can’t see nothing.
Stuart
Updated 11pm Thursday
East Midlands Today at 6-30pm showed an excellent interview with Stuart and Rosemary and another with Tom’s drama teacher at Repton. Parwich School was included at the end, though the interview with Mickey was not shown. It was not repeated on the 10-30pm bulletin. Click here to see the clip:
Posted in 2008, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday October 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to our Local Weatherman for these photos of drystone walling taken on his morning constitutional today in Monsdale Lane:
Posted in School, Tom Chambers on Thursday October 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in People, Tom Chambers on Thursday October 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you Stuart for sending us these photos:
Clare, Nikki, Fiona and Georgie, the Rosette Girls
Tom’s fiancée and her bridesmaids attended the show last Saturday and made Tom Rosettes per the enclosed photos. Austin’s children who attended too, loved the Rosettes, Ah Austin did not have any BUT HE STILL WON. For more photos (more…)
Posted in People, Services on Wednesday October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Whereas many of you will know Simon Wheeldon returned from Ashbourne to his home village of Parwich some months ago, did you know he offers building and landscaping services…..?
At the moment, Simon has found himself with some free time on his hands and is available for jobs of all sizes. So, if you have any general building works that need urgent attention (e.g. stone work, dry lining, plastering, patio / garden works etc.), you know who to call…..!
Simon can be contacted on 390571 or 07527 391090.
Don’t forget to check the local business directory for alternative building services and all sorts of other businesses.
Posted in Films on Wednesday October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Police on Wednesday October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
On Monday night a car was parked on one of our lanes. Some one stopped to ask if everything was OK; the man in the car said he had just pulled over to make a phone call. However the man appeared awkward, even shifty.
This is very probably nothing, but if you are concerned by any incidents make a note of the details and any car registration number. It is OK to ring the Police on 0845 123 33 33, or Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111. The Police are happy to get information that leads nowhere if it also means the occasional phone call that leads to something.
Posted in News on Wednesday October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
There is not a lot of news from our immediate area in this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph:
Here are some other items that people might find interesting: (more…)
Posted in Out & About, Sport on Wednesday October 8, 2008| 1 Comment »
Whether you are an Upard or Downard, you will be interested in the feature length documentary “Wild in the Streets” by Hollywood film-makers Jimmy Zalcman and Peter Baxter that is to be premiered in Ashbourne’s Empire Cinema on Friday 17th October. This film explores Ashbourne’s Shrovetide Football. To see a trailer for the film go the the official Wild in the Streets website.
Tickets will be available through the Coach & Horses, Nigel’s Butchers or members of the player’s committee. Is this also something for parwich film to show?
Posted in Events, Pub, Societies on Wednesday October 8, 2008| 1 Comment »
Posted in Events, School on Wednesday October 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Don’t forget to reserve your tickets by Friday 10th October!
Parwich Primary School staff are organising a
‘Curry and Quiz’ night
on Friday 17 October from 7.30pm
Parwich Memorial Hall
Tickets will only cost £6.00 each (over 16’s only), but they are currently selling slowly. Please think about coming!
The event is to raise money for an Indian Music Workshop in school.
A raffle will be held on the night and you are invited to bring your own drinks and glasses.
Click here for a booking form.
Posted in Environment, Peak Park, Planning on Tuesday October 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Sue Adam of the Peak Park for letting us know that the draft Parwich Conservation Area Appraisal is to be submitted to the Peak District National Park Authority’s Planning Committee for approval on Friday 17th October.
The final draft is not yet available on the Peak Park Website but it should be on-line by the end of this week with the Agenda & Reports for this meeting. Presumably it will be much as previously circulated with the amendments outlined in our earlier post of 8th August.
Do add your thoughts and comments below. Once the Committee adopt it, it will be taken into account for future planning recommendations and policy decisions. Members of the public may arrange to speak to the Committee by contacting Democratic Services by telephone on 01629 816362 or 01629 816382 or email democraticservices@peakdistrict.gov.uk by midday on Wednesday 15th October.
If you want the Parwich Village Action Group to speak at the meeting leave a comment below or contact Peter T on tel. 287. The village’s biggest concern so far has been that the Officers strongly oppose extending the Area to include all the village.
Posted in Opinion, Parish Council, Peak Park on Tuesday October 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Last Friday the Peak District National Park Authority debated the Government initiated consultation on whether there should be direct elections to National Park Boards. They came to the conclusion that given the majority of members come from elected bodies there is no need for any change, however they are keen to encourage local debate on these issues.
Although local people are much better represented since the creation of the 6 Parish Council Representatives, still less than half the members of the Peak Park Board live in the Park. Also although over 70% of them do come from some 18 different democratically elected councils (though with parish councils often not enough people stand for elections to be held), they are not elected by their constituents as Peak Park Board Members.
At present we have a complex hierarchy of local government, and would yet more elections just further confuse the web of Parish, District and County Councils and the National Park Authority?
However, can any of the 18 councils represented on the Peak Park Board individually have sufficient influence to make real use of their currently indirect democratic pressure. As one person said, in relation to the Board’s preference for the status quo, “would turkeys vote for Christmas“? What are your views? (more…)
Posted in British Legion, Events, Oddfellows on Tuesday October 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in History, Out & About, Societies, Transport on Monday October 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s Local History Society trip was a great success. We started at Middleton Top, where the stationary engine was working. When the Cromford & High Peak Railway (now the High Peak Trail) was build in the late 1820s, to join the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge, they did not have a set idea of what a railway should be. (more…)
Posted in People, Pub, Tom Chambers on Monday October 6, 2008| 3 Comments »
East Midlands Today is broadcasting short interviews with Stuart, Phyllis, Shannon, and Nikki & Giles when they were watching ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in the Sycamore on Saturday. There are also some general shots of the village and of the pub interspersed with clips of Tom and Camilla’s jive, which has got them through to the next round.
Click here to see the clip.
Posted in School on Monday October 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in 2008, Environment, Farming, Peak Park, Posts of Note, Services on Monday October 6, 2008| 1 Comment »
Many thanks for the following information from Lynn Burrows, the Peak District National Park Ranger for our area:
The Peak District National Park Authority’s Area Team in the Parwich, Ballidon and Alsop en le Dale area
The Peak District National Park Authority’s Ranger Service provides a crucial link between the authority and the local community – relaying information, complaints and compliments. We also carry out much of the work on the ground in local communities for the National Park Authority.
The Peak District National Park Authority has two main jobs:
This is supported by a third aim which is to help sustain the communities that live within the Peak District.
As rangers this means that we are involved in a wide variety of activities and in the recent past I have carried out the following type of work in your area: (more…)
Posted in Events, Roads, Transport on Monday October 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Shirley’s Driving School are hosting a road safety event at 7:30pm on Tuesday (October 7th) at the Bluebell Inn, on the A515 at Tissington.
The event is open to past and present pupils, their parents, and pupils and parents from any other driving schools.
There will be a talk from Ashbourne fire service, chips and a raffle.
Posted in 2008, Arts, Out & About, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday October 5, 2008| 5 Comments »
For the third year running, Sotheby’s of London are staging Beyond Limits: a selling exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture in the gardens of Chatsworth House.
This year’s display includes sculptures by Salvador Dali, Marc Quinn, Zadok Ben-David, Lynn Chadwick, Robert Indiana, Zaha Hadid, Richard Hudson and many more.
Our favourites this year were Marc Quinn’s giant bronze baby (“Planet”), which sits at the near end of the lake, and Robert Indiana’s “The American Love”, which sits at the far end. We were also very much taken by Jedd Novatt’s more abstract – and endlessly fascinating – “Chaos Vascos II”.
The exhibition runs until November 2nd and comes highly recommended – particularly on a clear, bright afternoon, when the sunlight displays the works to their best advantage.
(Hover your cursor over each image to reveal its title, and click on each image to enlarge it.)
Which sculpture is your favourite? Please let us know in the comments.
Posted in News, Pub, Tom Chambers, tagged Add new tag on Sunday October 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Last night BBC East Midlands was filming in the Sycamore Inn while Parwich cheered Tom on in Strictly Come Dancing. It is expected this will be shown during Monday’s local news at 6-30pm on BBC1.
Stop Press: The filming of local folks watching Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday evening in the Sycamore will be shown on BBC East Midlands in the 1-30pm slot, and more fully in their 6-30pm slot on Monday 6th Oct. If you miss it the programmes can be viewed after the broadcast at the East Midlands Today website.
Posted in Weather on Sunday October 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Autumn has definitely set in
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|
Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb am |
Pressure in Mb pm |
Temperature in ºC |
|
|
Max |
Min |
||||
|
Sun 28th |
0 |
1024.6 |
1022.6 |
15.5 |
6.6 |
|
Mon 29th |
0 |
1019.6 |
1014.0 |
13.9 |
6.2 |
|
Tue 30th |
5 |
1007.3 |
1000.5 |
12.3 |
9.1 |
|
Wed 1st |
20 |
996.8 |
1004.4 |
11.8 |
8.0 |
|
Thurs 2nd |
2 |
1004.2 |
1006.1 |
11.9 |
5.5 |
|
Fri 3rd |
1 |
1009.4 |
1017.4 |
11.6 |
4.1 |
|
Sat 4th |
7 |
1014.8 |
1004.3 |
11.3 |
1.2 |
|
Total |
35 |
|
Average |
12.6 |
5.8 |
Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Based purely on the judges’ voting, Austin’s jive scored just one point more than Tom’s, putting Tom and Camilla in second place. Telephone voting has now closed, and the final results of this round can be seen this evening (Sunday) on BBC1 at 8:10pm.
To view this video clip in high quality, full screen mode:
You can also view the full show via the BBC iPlayer.
Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Come along to the Sycamore Inn this evening (6-45 to 8pm Saturday 4th Oct) to cheer Tom on. BBC East Midlands will be filming and chip butties will follow the programme.
Stop Press: According to “well-informed sources” (guess who?), Tom and Camilla will be Couple Number Six in tonight’s draw, with their arch-rivals Austin Healey and Erin Boag drawn as Couple Number One. They will be dancing the jive, and the rumour mill suggests that the music could be a chart-topping Michael Jackson hit from 1991. (Oops, we were wrong!) Tom’s fiancée Clare will be cheering him on in the studio audience, along with all the bridesmaids-to-be; watch out for their specially made badges!
Phone lines are open between the end of the dancing (aprox. 8pm)
and 9-30pm on Saturday 4th Oct
Posted in History, Out & About, Societies, Transport on Saturday October 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Click here for more information on the two steam engines
Posted in Tom Chambers on Saturday October 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Tom has again had good media coverage this week:
Derby Evening Telegraph (more…)
Posted in Classified adverts, Opinion, People on Saturday October 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Thank you to Don for giving us this invaluable information.
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