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Alsop en le Dale and India – historic photos

Posted in 2008, Alsop, Church, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Thursday October 23, 2008| 1 Comment »

Jean Allen, of Croft Avenue, who lived for many years at Woodeaves, just outside Fenny Bentley, has shown me some splendid photos of people from Alsop en le Dale dating back to the 1920s. Her father, Charlie Allen, was stationmaster at Alsop when the trains still ran on that line. These provide a remarkable glimpse of Alsop church and parish, from a time when there was a Sunday School and choir!

See them below, or click here (which includes a full screen option) –

I have also uploaded onto Youtube some photos from our link diocese in India, Patna, which date from the late 1800s. These were shown to me earlier this month by the Bishop of Patna, Philip Marandih, and show scenes from the early years of the Christian missionaries among the Santal tribe in the village of Taljhari. Click here to see them.

Christopher Harrison

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Ideas for this Bank Holiday Weekend.

Posted in Alsop, Arts, Events on Thursday August 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Sat to Sat 30th – Well Dressings at Eyam & Foolow.
Sat – Mind, Body & Soul Fair at Hartington Village Hall – 10am-6pm
Sun & Mon – Craft & Gift Fayre at Hartington Village Hall – 10am-5pm
Sun – Bradbourne Fell Race – 10am
Sun – Secret Gardens of Bakewell – 2-6pm – Within the centre of town, but free bus available from Rutland Square. Tickets from any garden – £4
Sun & Mon – Burrows Garden Open Day – Brailsford – 10.30am-4.30pm
Sun & Mon – Transport Extravaganza at Crich Tramway Village – 10am-5.30pm.
£11adults, £10 concessions, £5.50 children, £30 family ticket.
Mon – Book Fair – Pavilion Gardens Buxton – 10am-4pm
Mon – Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard at Alsop – 11am-4pm

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In the “Stunner” this week…

Posted in Alsop, News, Pikehall on Saturday July 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Page 6: There is some speculation as to the future of the Co-Op and Somerfield supermarkets in Ashbourne, now that the Co-Operative group is set to buy out the Somerfield chain nationally. After the merger, will both competing stores survive? A Co-Op spokesman explains that no comment can be made until late September at the earliest.

Page 16: A notice advertising Brassington Carnival, which takes place tomorrow (Sunday July 27th). Nigel Clough of Burton Albion FC will be judging the floats and fancy dress at noon, followed by entertainment on the school field. This will include the BMW brass band, a fun run, a Tug or War, various stalls, refreshments and a licensed bar. There is an open air service on Miners Hill at 6pm, again featuring the BMW band. The carnival marks the start of Brassington Wakes Week; for more information, see the Brassington village website.

Page 32: A feature on last Thursday’s harness racing event at Pikehall, accompanied by a colour photograph.

On the website: An article which we missed from last week’s round-up, which contains the draft dates for next year’s caravan rallies in Alsop (Oxdales Farm) and Parwich (Foufinside Farm and The Croft). The article notes that the number of rallies has dropped significantly over the past 12 years, although numbers now appear to have stabilised.

As always, copies of the Ashbourne News Telegraph are available from the Sycamore shop, priced at 45p.

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Alsop, Ballidon and Pikehall on Wikipedia – but where is Parwich?

Posted in Alsop, Ballidon, Local Links, Pikehall on Saturday July 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »

It’s interesting to see that Alsop, Ballidon and Pikehall now have dedicated pages on Wikipedia. Will Parwich be far behind, one wonders?

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Concert next week.

Posted in Alsop, Arts, Church, Events on Friday July 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »

click on poster to enlarge

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First Community Forum Meeting with the Police

Posted in Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall, Police on Friday June 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »

This is a two in one meeting. Firstly, it is your chance to share your concerns with Derbyshire Police & work together to resolve any problems. The aim is to try and do this by having Community Forums, one on each Beat. This is a further opportunity to influence how your area is policed.

Secondly there will be a presentation by The Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership about their role and responsibilities, which includes Safety Camera operations (Speed and Traffic light cameras).

The Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Team is only named like this because Tissington is in the centre of our area, which includes Mappleton, Thorpe, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Bradbourne, Ballidon, Kniveton, Alsop en le Dale, and Pikehall. For this first Community Forum the venue will be at Tissington Village Hall because of it’s central location.

If you are interested in attending please click here for further details & to download the form which needs to be returned by July 4^th.

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Tea & Cakes

Posted in Alsop, Arts, Eating Out on Monday May 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget Tea & Cakes (homemade) in Alsop Churchyard today 11am to 4pm

Also this is the last day of the Derbyshire Open Arts weekend with exhibitions in Lewis’ studio (opposite Parwich Hall) and at Ruby’s house (Church Walk). Look out for the balloons.

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A few ideas for this weekend

Posted in Alsop, Arts, Events, Gardens, Out & About on Friday May 23, 2008| 1 Comment »

Derbyshire Open Arts – Sat – Mon at various venues across Derbyshire, but locally call in & see Ruby Hickmott, Lewis & Mandy Noble & Laura Stevens

Hognaston Flower Festival – until Wed 10.30-6pm – Definitely worth a visit

Wirksworth Well Dressing – Sat – Tue & their carnival on Mon at 1pm

Artists & Designers Fair at Pavilion Gardens Buxton – Sun & Mon 10am-4.30pm

Ashbourne Town Band Concert – Memorial Gardens, Ashbourne – Sunday 25th -3pm

Craft and Gift Fayre at Hartington Village Hall – Sun & Mon 10am-5pm

The Burrows Garden Open Day at Brailsford – Sun 10.30-4.30pm

Sheffield & District Orchid Society Annual Show at Cavendish Hall, Edensor – Sun 11am-5pm, Mon 10.30am-4pm

Tea & Cakes at Alsop Church – Mon 11am – 4pm

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What more Cakes!

Posted in Alsop, Church on Monday May 5, 2008| 1 Comment »

It was like a summer afternoon as we basked in sunshine at Alsop church. There was a worrying moment as raindrops fell & an umbrella was unfurled, but as Sheena said this was enough to drive the rain away. By 4pm it was positively hot. Attendence was very good this afternoon and there were 6 of us from Parwich putting the world to right. I have been forbidden to disclose the conversation. I can however say that “posh” coffee was served & the cakes were delicious. Roll on the next Bank Holiday.

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Tea & Cakes

Posted in Alsop, Church on Monday May 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget that between 11am and 4pm today tea & cakes are being served at Alsop church.

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What to do this weekend?

Posted in Alsop, Arts, Church, Events, Out & About, People on Wednesday April 30, 2008| 4 Comments »

This weekend there are lots of local events to choose from & if you plan carefully you can do everything.

Thursday to Wednesday – Tissington Well Dressings – Food is served at The Stables and certainly over the weekend lunches and Teas are also in the Village Hall (I speak from experience when I say that these cakes are good).

Thursday to Monday – 10am-4pm – Bradbourne flower festival & ‘affordable art’ show with refreshments provided. The artists include national & local people. Our own Ruby Hickmott, will be showing some specialist pieces and more of her artwork can be seen at the end of the month in Parwich as part of DART. The flowers in the church I am sure will be impressive, it is rumoured that the men are also having a go. The event is to help raise funds to replace All Saints’ chancel roof. So come along, enjoy a great day out, visit this delightful Saxon church, remember to admire the views towards Parwich & you may pick up an art bargin – the next Damien Hirst!

Sunday – 3.30 – Parwich Methodist Chapel – Everyone is invited to the final service with refreshments being served afterwards. All future services will be held in Parwich Church.

Bank Holiday Monday – Tea & Cakes at Alsop Church – 11am – 4pm. The cakes last month were delicious, looking forward to sampling again.

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Has anyone lost their cat?

Posted in Alsop on Tuesday April 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »

PARWICH.ORG has received this message from Carrie Gordon:

FOUND!!! Small black tomcat.

He appeared yesterday in the Alsop area. Very friendly, very hungry but seems healthy. We’ll take him to the cat rescue centre in a few days if no one claims him.

Call 390651.

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Alsop in the winter fog.

Posted in Alsop, Photography, Weather on Tuesday March 25, 2008| 4 Comments »

Our thanks to Rob Francis, for agreeing to share these striking images with us. They were taken on the Sunday before Christmas, just below Alsop car park on the Tissington trail.

As Rob says: “The conditions were strange to say the least. One of them has the image on the photographer ( ie me) projected unto the fog – eerie!”

Update: In the comments, Peter T explains that this phenomenon – both the shadow and the rainbow circle that surrounds it – is known as “the brockenspectre and the glory“.

Please click on each photo to enlarge it.

More photos: (more…)

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Well and truly replete.

Posted in Alsop, Church, Eating Out, Out & About on Monday March 24, 2008| 4 Comments »

Easter Monday, what shall I do today? Well checking the blog site gave me one idea, bearing in mind that I have a partner who is currently on crutches & can’t walk more than 200 metres. So I decided to go and start the process of testing out various eateries (purely I add for the benefit of this website – and at great sacrifice to myself!) For lunch we headed up to Edge Close Farm Tea Rooms, and having looked at their blackboard menu that included Roast Pork & Stuffing, Homemade Soup & other deletable dishes, we both opted for an All Day Traditional English Breakfast. The plate was full – including locally sourced bacon, sausages & oatcakes all washed down with Earl Grey Tea. We declined the homemade cakes & puddings (including the crumble and custard) because dessert was going to be taken at Alsop Church. (As advertised on this site.)

There we were greeted by Christine & her helpers & torn between which cake to choose – they all looked super & the ones we tasted were. The sun was blazing and we sat outside overlooking the valley, where else could be more perfect. It was lovely to see so many people coming and going and just enjoying themselves. If you missed out of this super afternoon I’ve included the details of the tearooms below & you can go to Alsop Church for Tea & Cake on any Bank Holiday Monday.

Edge Close Farm Tearooms (01298 85144), Flagg.

Winter Opening- Sat & Sun – 10am-4pm
Summer Opening (from April 10th)
Thu & Friday 11am-4pm
Sat & Sun – 10am-5pm

I will “force” myself to go out and test some other establishments & if you have any recommendations do email us.

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Bank Holiday Refreshments

Posted in Alsop, Church, Services on Friday March 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

On Easter Monday make your way to Alsop Church, refreshments are on sale from 11am -4pm. To quote Christine, an Alsop resident,

Monday will see us serving steaming mugs of freshly brewed tea and filtered coffee, with plates of luscious cakes for you to choose. We look forward to seeing you all.

Tea & Cakes are served at the Church every Bank Holiday Monday.

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Alsop en le Dale page

Posted in About this site, Alsop on Wednesday December 19, 2007| Leave a Comment »

We are making a start on creating an Alsop en le Dale page.

To view it either go to the Directory or click here.

If you would like anything adding, changing or removing, then please get in touch – either by leaving a comment, or by contacting parwich@hotmail.co.uk

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