Archive for June, 2010

Comments – an update from the blog team.

Posted in About this site on Monday June 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The blog team are currently reviewing our policy on comments. In particular, we are reviewing our policy on anonymous comments, and comments left under pseudonyms.

A meeting was held on Sunday morning, at which a number of options were discussed in detail. Our discussions will continue during the week, and a further meeting will be held on Friday at which we hope to reach a solution. As soon as a decision has been reached, we shall publish a new commenting policy, which will be implemented with immediate effect. Until that happens, we must regrettably continue to suspend the commenting facility on this site. We apologise for the inconvenience, and we thank you for your patience.

If you wish to make your opinions known on this subject, please e-mail the blog team at parwich@hotmail.co.uk. Although we would prefer not to comment on specific situations, we would like to stress that we are specifically seeking to address the general issue of anonymous and pseudonymous comments.

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Childrens’ Show

Posted in 2010, Events, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Monday June 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »

There were some wonderful entries in the Parwich Horticultural Society Childrens’ Show this year. It was clear that a lot of hard work and imagination had gone into the entries. Many thanks to the children (and parents!) who worked so hard to create such a fine set of exhibits. Well done especially to all those who won prizes!

Below is a gallery of the entries. Click on each picture to enlarge it.

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New Memorial Hall In Action

Posted in 2010, Events, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The new Memorial Hall was put to good use during Parwich Open Gardens this Sunday. It was great to see so many people buying plants, playing tombola, enjoying tea and scones in the main hall and drinking up the sunshine on the new terrace. Hard-working volunteers in the kitchen enjoyed the extra space and found the continuous hot water and ‘4 minute’ dishwasher to be of enormous use given the demand.

Below are a few pictures showing the new facility in action. Note the Children’s Show will be covered in another post.

Click on each image to enlarge.

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Parwich Open Gardens – Photo Gallery #1

Posted in 2010, Events, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here is the first of several photo galleries of Sunday’s Open Gardens and Childrens’ Horticultural Show. The weather remained fine and sunny throughout, ensuring that plenty of visitors turned up to enjoy the fourteen gardens on display. This was also the first major public event to take place in our new Memorial Hall, and trade was brisk throughout the afternoon, with many people opting to take advantage of the sunny patio area on the south side of the building.

Please click on each image to enlarge it.

Garden #6 – Orchard Farm.

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Weekly weather round-up

Posted in Weather on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here are last week’s readings. Considering the time of year, there have been some pretty chilly nights…

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 13th

17.1

1020.0

1013.5

17.9

9.1

Mon14th

0.4

1015.8

1024.7

15.7

9.6

Tue 15th

0.0

1026.2

1027.6

18.9

5.7

Wed16th

0.0

1027.2

1025.9

22.4

4.4

Thu 17th

0.0

1025.5

1024.3

23.0

6.2

Fri 18th

0.9

1021.5

1020.9

17.1

9.4

Sat 19th

0.0

1019.4

1020.6

17.2

6.9

Total

18.0

Average

18.89

7.33

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In Dispute

Posted in Ornithology on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »


JF-S

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A Wren at the Cricket Field

Posted in Ornithology on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »


JF-S

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What’s on Where this Week

Posted in Events on Sunday June 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »

What’s on Where this Week
Date Time Event Location
Sun 20th   Father’s Day  
Sun 20th 10am United Family Service with Parwich Methodists and St Peter’s Parwich Church
Sun 20th 11.15am Alsop Family Service Alsop Church
Sun 20th 2-6pm Open Gardens & Children’s Show Around Parwich
Tue 22nd 9-11.30am PTA Coffee Morning Memorial Hall
Tue 22nd from 10am Removal of Church Bell for Renovation Parwich Church
Tue 22nd 7.30pm First Responders Training Night Memorial Hall
Wed 23rd 6.30pm Pilates Memorial Hal
Sat 26th   WAKES WEEK
Sat 26th – Fri 2nd July		 Parwich
Sat 26th 9.45am Odd Fellows Parade Start from
The Sycamore
  11am Church Service Parwich Church
    Village Market The Green
  6pm Carnival from School & around village
    Band Concert & other music
Hog Roast & Fair		  
Sun 27th 11am Campsite Service
with the Campers, Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s		 Cricket Ground
Sun 27th 11.15am Mattins Alsop Church
  12, noon Fun & Games with the campers Cricket Ground
  6pm Treasure Hunt Village Green
  8pm BBQ Parwich Legion

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Photos for sale.

Posted in Flora, Gardens, Photography on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

To coincide with Parwich Open Gardens, a selection of floral photographs are being put on sale. These photographs have all been taken in Parwich, and they can be purchased framed or unframed. All proceeds will be donated to Parwich Horticultural Society.

The photographs can be viewed and purchased in the Memorial Hall on Sunday afternoon. Additional copies can be ordered, using the order forms provided in the hall. Alternatively, you can place your orders by calling Kevin on 390503.

A limited number of early orders can be processed on Sunday. All other orders will be processed by Sunday June 27th.

Price list.
Framed (small): £20
Framed (standard): £23
Framed (large square): £25
Unframed: £6

Unframed prints will fit a standard 6 x 8 inch picture frame. (Those from John Lewis at least!)

Other sizes (full A4, full A3 etc) are available by request.

There are six photos in total: euphorbia, lily, poppy, rose, sidalcea and iris. (more…)

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Oddfellows – Buttonholes

Posted in Oddfellows, Wakes on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

If you would like a red rose buttonhole for the parade on Wakes Saturday (26th June) please contact Delia on 390758.  They cost £3.50.

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Diary Entry for Parish Magazine

Posted in Events on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

If you would like your event to be included on the village diary page in the Parish Magazine, please email the details to Jane or parwich@hotmail.co.uk by Wednesday 23rd June.

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PTA Coffee Morning – Tuesday

Posted in School on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

PTA Coffee Morning
Tuesday 22nd June 9.00 (school drop off time) – 11.30 at the Memorial Hall

Please drop in for coffee, tea and cakes, support the school and have a look at the new hall!
Homemade cakes and other produce for sale.

Donations of cakes, biscuits, jams or any other produce will be gratefully received. Please give any cakes etc. to school, Sam Lomas or Mandy Noble to pass on or bring them on the day.

Hope to see you there!

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Our Church Bell

Posted in Church on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

On Tuesday of this week (22nd) our 19th century bell in the Church is being removed for renovation work. The fixings of the bell have become worn out, and the bell was in danger of falling on our heads! We would like to thank all of you who have supported the Church through our concerts and other events; this has enabled us to raise the necessary £4000+ to have the repair work done.

Do come along on Tuesday morning from 10am onwards to see how it is going to be removed from the tower, with ropes and pulleys and two willing parishioners, and wave to it on its way to a Leicester bell foundry.
Many thanks to you all.  Martin

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Comments suspended

Posted in About this site on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

It is with regret that the blog team are temporarily suspending the facility of leaving comments. We have an emergency meeting tomorrow at which we will look at the various options.

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Open Gardens Tomorrow

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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Where am I? What am I?

Posted in Gardens on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

On Sunday at the Open Gardens (2-6pm), see if you can see this little fellow.  He really is quite obvious in one of the gardens.

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Parwich Bowls Club

Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Friday June 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Week commencing 14 June 2010.
Oh dear. Two away matches, two defeats. At least the sun was shining both days!

Tuesday League – Away – Buxton Park.
As mentioned last week it was just as well we had had a good win. Buxton are top of our league and their green is very ‘tricky’ indeed.  Last week we won and our opponents got 59 points. This week the scores were reversed. We lost 59 to 81.  The score was not as bad as we had anticipated though. We are half way through the season (can’t believe it) so the fixtures are reversed. Let us hope we can get a few points back at home next week.
Next match – Home – Buxton Park B – 22 June 6.30

Thursday League – Away – Tideswell.
Again this is a really lovely venue and although we lost it was a gorgeous sunny day.  We lost the doubles games 2 to 1, but won the singles 4 to 2. This gave a aggregate score of 132 to 121.  At the start of play we were fifth in the league so hopefully with this reasonable away score we will stay in that position. All will be revealed in the fullness of time.
Next match – Away – Wirksworth – 24 June. 1.30 ish.

The friendly against Ellastone was marred by the rain, but the food was great!  No matches this weekend as it is all hands to the pump for ‘Open Gardens’.  It’s still not too late for baking scones for the cream teas!
John B

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Bikers having fun

Posted in Photography on Friday June 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

On Wednesday, this group of bikers were enjoying the sights of Parwich and were photographed by JF-S, a former biker himself.

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Final Photo Diary

Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Friday June 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The Memorial Hall has now been handed over to the committee, and as with any new development there are of course a number of  issues that still have to be sorted.  This period of time is called snagging in the trade and has been going on throughout this week.  

To update you on the hole in the car park, the leak in the heating system is sorted, and the complete commission of this will take place on Monday.  There will be a complete new car park relaid shortly.

The landscaping that was featured in an earlier photo diary was halted, as the committee are not happy with the quality of the soil, plants and planting by the contractors.  This issue is being pursued by the committee in conjunction with Peak Park.

The photo below shows the rear with the newly seeded grass crete, by the Legion.  This section will be taped off for the next few weeks to allow the grass seed to grow.

The photos below show where we were at the beginning of October, through the exceptionally snowy winter to today. 
 

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A message from Andrew and Rachel

Posted in People on Thursday June 17, 2010| 2 Comments »

Thankyou so much for all your cards, messages, phone calls, visits and offers of practical help. We have been overwhelmed by all your expressions of love and support, and they have been a great comfort to Andrew, and me.

What a wonderful village we live in, Parwich is a very special place and you are all very special people. Thankyou, thankyou for your friendship and for helping Andrew through this very difficult time. He has had his first ten days of chemotherapy, with all its side effects, but he is gradually starting to eat again and to feel a little better. It lifts his spirits every day when I take him your cards and messages, and share the life of the village with him. All being well, he will be allowed out of hospital for a week or so before starting the second month of chemotherapy, possibly next week.

We send you all our love and so many thanks. Rachel.

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Car-sharing via PARWICH.ORG: would you find it useful?

Posted in About this site, Transport on Thursday June 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »

One of our readers has suggested that we start up a new section on this site, dedicated to car-sharing requests.

So, for example, if someone is going to Derby, Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock – or even further afield – they could post the information here, along with a phone number or other contact details.

This would also work the other way, so that anyone needing a lift could also post a request. Requests could also be posted on behalf of friends, neighbours and relatives who do not have internet access.

Examples:

  • Spaces available in car going to Ashbourne at 10:00am on Friday 25th June – John, tel. xxx
  • Lift wanted from Derby station at 6:00pm on Thursday 24th June – Mary, tel. xxx

As for sharing of any petrol costs, this would be left to the discretion of the drivers and passengers.

Our reader says:

This would be ecologically and environmentally sound, cheaper for some, companiable for others and convenient for all.

The blog team are more than happy to trial such a service – but before we make a start, we’d like to know whether or not you would find it useful.

Please let us know what you think by completing our poll.
Note that you can tick more than one option.

If you would NOT find the service useful, please tick the last option only. In this instance, the “negative” votes are just as helpful to us as the “positive” votes, so please don’t hesitate to answer honestly!

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Memorial Hall: Chairman’s Report to AGM, 9th June 2010

Posted in Memorial hall on Thursday June 17, 2010| 6 Comments »

1) Committee and Sub-groups – your volunteer teams have yet again shown fantastic commitment through their time given to fund raising and ensuring good detail design and quality in the build.

2)  Day-to-day running of Hall

  • Cinema – continued success using the Church, with thanks to them for allowing this to continue.
  • Insurances for new Hall now in place so Hall and Committee members are suitably protected
  • Bookings’ Secretary is again taking bookings and reports that there has been a good level of interest for when the Hall is finished.
  • Stepping Stones will finish their term at Bradbourne, to give them time to move all their equipment back in the summer holiday for a September start in Parwich.
  • Booking rates have increased as reported last year – local rates have increased by £1 or £2, non-local have increased by £5 & a new commercial rate has been introduced. (more…)

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Memorial Hall Management Committee Meeting

Posted in Memorial hall on Wednesday June 16, 2010| 1 Comment »

The next meeting takes place in the Memorial Hall from 7.30pm to 9pm on Thursday June 17th. Here is the agenda.

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Missing Crockery

Posted in Memorial hall on Wednesday June 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

We seem to be missing some cups and saucers and pudding dishes from the village hall. If anyone has them or knows their whereabouts could you please let me know

Thanks Val K Tel:458

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Parwich featured in this week’s Stunner.

Posted in News, Wakes on Wednesday June 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

On page 13 of this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph, there’s a splendid half-page advertisement feature dedicated to this weekend’s Parwich Open Gardens, and to the Wakes Week activities which commence at the end of the month. Containing a full preview of the forthcoming activities, and accompanied by quotes from various Parwichians, it’s well worth reading. Copies are available from the shop, or you can read the e-edition by following this link.

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Pilates

Posted in Sport on Tuesday June 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This term there will only be one Pilates class, starting at the new time of 6.30pm, on Wednesdays.

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World Cup at the Legion.

Posted in British Legion, Events, Sport on Tuesday June 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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Music for a summer’s evening.

Posted in Arts, Church, Events, Music on Tuesday June 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »


Please click on the poster to order your tickets, from http://parwichconcerts.express.iristickets.co.uk

Click here to find out more about the De Parys Trio.

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Goldfinch

Posted in Ornithology on Monday June 14, 2010| 1 Comment »

These birds must have enjoyed the hard winter, as there are masses around the village. JF-S.

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Review of the Sycamore Inn

Posted in Local Links, Pub on Monday June 14, 2010| 8 Comments »

A blog called “Get to the pub.com” has published a lengthy and enjoyable review of the Sycamore Inn.
Please click here to read it.

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Weekly weather round up

Posted in Weather on Monday June 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Last week’s readings:

 

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 6th

7.6

1013.3

1013.0

20.7

13.0

Mon 7th

0.0

1012.9

1010.2

17.9

11.2

Tue 8th

8.5

1006.3

1003.6

14.6

11.0

Wed 9th

2.2

1004.6

1010.6

17.0

11.0

Thu 10th

0.0

1011.4

1012.3

14.6

10.8

Fri 11th

0.0

1010.2

1012.7

19.1

8.9

Sat 12th

0.4

1014.2

1021.7

21.6

9.7

Total

18.9

 

Average

17.9

10.8

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What’s on Where this Week

Posted in Events on Sunday June 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

What’s on Where this Week
Date Time Event Location
Sunday 2pm Pikehall Harness Racing Pikehall
Sunday 2.30pm Parwich Methodist Service Parwich Church
Wednesday 9.15am Horticultural Trip to Wentworth Castle Gardens, Barnsley (302) Depart
The Green
Wednesday 6.30pm Pilates Memorial Hall
Friday   Ashbourne Festival
Friday 18th-Sun 4th July		 Around Ashbourne
Sunday   Father’s Day  
Sunday 2-6pm Open Gardens & Children’s Show Around Parwich

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Evening clouds.

Posted in Photography on Saturday June 12, 2010| 1 Comment »

This evening’s clouds behind Knob Hall almost look like a firework display.
Are we celebrating something?


(Please click to enlarge)

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World Cup at the Legion

Posted in British Legion, Sport on Saturday June 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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Hole in the new car park.

Posted in Memorial hall, News on Saturday June 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

In case anyone is wondering why there is suddenly a hole in the new Memorial Hall car park, it appears that pressure to the heating system had dropped, and engineers from Eco vision have traced it to a possible leak to one of the bore holes.

More tests are to be carried out, but meanwhile the system will still work on three bore holes.

– Patti B.

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Bugged by Unwanted Calls?‏

Posted in Services on Saturday June 12, 2010| 5 Comments »

Our thanks go to Keith Parsons for submitting this post:

I don’t know about anyone else in Parwich, but personally I get at least one unwanted marketing telephone call every day.

I don’t like being rude to these people who have a sad job making cold calls for a living.

They probably get lots of abuse and phones slammed down in the middle of their pitch. Not a fun way to earn a living.

But I also don’t want to receive their nuisance calls.

Did you know there is help at hand?

The Telephone Preference Service is free and allows you to opt out of receiving unsolicited sales or marketing calls.

Its quick and easy to register your phone number. You can find all the details on www.tpsonline.org.uk

I registered my phone number today, but have yet to find how effective it is.

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Late night crash

Posted in News, Roads on Saturday June 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

We understand that a single vehicle was involved in a collision with a wall in the centre of the village last night.

Our particular commiserations to the owner of the wall as she has only just got rid of the builders who had been working on the property almost continuously since the flooding and as this is the second time recently the wall has been hit.

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No charges to be made relating to Lionel’s death

Posted in People on Saturday June 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The Police have passed their file on the death of Lionel Webster on to the Coroner’s Court.  Though arrests were previously made, the Crown Prosecution Service have decided that no prosecutions should be made.  The inquest hearing will take place in the next month or so.

Lionel Webster was brought up in Parwich, and always had a friendly word for customers in his jeweller’s shop in Ashbourne Market Place.

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School newsletter 33

Posted in School on Friday June 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »


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Best win of the Season

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday June 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

PARWICH BOWLS CLUB – Week commencing 7 June 2010.

We came so close to winning both of our matches this week. However, we did have the best result in one league.

Tuesday League – Home – Bakewell.

  • Our best win of the year so far. Everybody played really well and following on from last week we missed getting a maximum score by one point.
  • We won by 83 to 59.

Hopefully when the league results for all teams are in we may move up a place in the league.  Our next match is against the team who are top of the league, so perhaps it’s just as well we have had a couple of good wins.

Next match – Away – Buxton Park B – 15 June 6.30

Thursday League – Home – Matlock Golf Club.

  • We only have 14 regular players and today we managed to put out a team where 12 people all played a game. This meant that 6 people played in the doubles and 6 in the singles.
  • It was a very close match indeed and we lost by the closest of margins 118 to 119.
  • The Golf Club were one point behind us in the league and although our points totals will now be the same they have a better points ‘against’ tally so they will overtake us in the league.

Next match – Away – Tideswell – 17 June. 1.30 ish.

We are all going to have a friendly game at Ellastone Bowls Club on Sunday. These matches are really enjoyable, and the tea provided is usually very tasty!

John B.

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