Thank you Patti for the following:
Whilst I was writing the post ‘In celebration of a village wedding’ to thank the lovely people whose help towards the wedding was so greatly appreciated, it made me reflect on how lucky we all are to live in our wonderful village and I would like to share my own, very personal thoughts with readers of our village blog.
Our village is worthy of all those and other complimentary comments that visitors often make. Nature has provided us with a beautiful backdrop but it does take people and the community to provide the heart and the soul of the village. Parwich is the way it is today because over the generations scores of people have given their time and money to contribute to the general welfare of the community at various times.
We have had formal groups such as The Parish Council, the Parochial Church Council, The Village Action Group, Memorial Hall Committee and the Wakes Committee who work on behalf of the entire community and smaller groups and individuals who contribute to things they are interested in such as Historical, Horticultural, Women’s Institute, Mothers Unions, Scouts, Brownies, Guides, football clubs, and theatrical groups just to illustrate a few.
We have had groups whose campaigns have resulted in buildings and structures that we can all use such as public housing, hospitals, care centres, bowling greens, and sports pavilions and memorials halls. Not all of these groups or buildings are still here today but in their time served a purpose relevant to the community at that time.
A village is a living community that only survives by responding to its changing needs. However without the selfless, generous contributions that we all make, however small and unsung, we would not have this picture book village that makes such an enviable backdrop for our children’s weddings.
Patti Beasley
PARWICH.ORG 
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