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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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 »
Tissington Hall in today’s Guardian.
Posted in Local Links, Out & About, People on Tuesday July 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
In the “G2” section of today’s Guardian, there’s a long and very interesting feature on the problems faced by the hereditary occupants of English stately homes.
The article is liberally peppered with specific references to Tissington Hall, and with quotes from its current owner, Sir Richard Fitzherbert. As such, it should be of great interest to many readers of this site.
County Councillor
Posted in Local government, Local Links on Thursday June 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Some of you will have seen the article in the Ashbourne Telegraph on Councillor Ray Caswell’s resignation as Town Councillor for Ashbourne, on health grounds. We are pleased that he continues as County Councillor for the Dovedale Ward which includes Eton & Alsop and Parwich, and send him our good wishes. His group leader Councillor Andrew Lewer contacted us today to say that, while Councillor Caswell is unwell, constituents can contact him on any County Council issues.
Councillor Andrew Lewer can be contacted by phone via tel. 01629 580000 ext 6022, or email andrew.lewer@derbyshire.gov.uk
Sycamore on Central News
Posted in Local Links, News, People, Pub, Shop on Wednesday June 4, 2008| 9 Comments »
The TV cameras were in Parwich yesterday at the Sycamore Inn, doing a feature on our new Shop. ITV’s Central News made a live lunchtime broadcast from the Shop featuring interviews with Janet (she said she was still feeling nervous today), Mary R and Freda K. A recorded feature also appeared on the early evening News with Janet and Freda again, and a further interview with Louise B. The evening slot also included a number of local children shopping after school.
If you want to see clips Janet has a video recording or you can view on-line by doing the following:
1. Click on this link. This will open the Central News page in a new window.
2. Select “full screen” mode, by clicking the button on the bottom right hand side of the little TV viewer window, or by right-clicking on the viewer window itself.
3. Move the blue slider (at the foot of the viewing window) along to 6:30, so as to skip the first six and a half minutes of the programme.
4. After the clip from Parwich ends, keep watching for the next couple of minutes, while East Midlands Minister Phil Hope is interviewed about current national government strategy relating to the future of village shops.
Further reading: Here’s a write-up of the whole scheme, as taken from the official website for “Pub Is The Hub” (the organisation which helped Janet set up the shop, in what turns out to be the fastest turnaround time to date).
You can find out more about “Pub Is The Hub” here. The scheme was launched in 2001, and has the personal backing of HRH The Prince of Wales.
New Interactive Peak Park Site
Posted in Local Links, News, Out & About on Wednesday June 4, 2008| 2 Comments »
Peak Experience have set up a new interactive website: My Peak Experience. This is thought to be the first website of its kind for a National Park. It is designed for participants to share their words, pictures and sound recordings of the Peak District with others around the world.
The nearest image to our area, at the time of writing this, is a photo of Tissington Hall. So if you want to share your images and thoughts with the rest of the world, do come first to PARWICH.ORG, but then secondly you might want to look at My Peak Experience, which also has a version for mobile phones www.mypeakexperience.org.uk/?device=mobile.
Other Village Websites
Posted in About this site, Local Links, Out & About on Sunday May 25, 2008| 1 Comment »
I have been doing some looking at other village websites for our MORE LINKS page, and wanted to share some local links. There are several very good sites for neighbouring villages, that are also interesting because of their ‘What’s on’ pages. Look out for events that you might want to travel to. Perhaps the most extensive sites are Bonsall and Winster, which have both been going for several years and cover most aspects of village life. It is also worth looking at the Birchover, Brassington, Elton and Youlgrave sites. (We especially recommend the Elton site, because they have a link back to our site.)
Although PARWICH.ORG is not yet the most comprehensive, it is perhaps the most active in terms of community participation and certainly the most interactive (mainly due to the Blogging approach we have taken). If you come across any other Peak District community sites do let us know about them. Also if you are interested in looking at village sites elsewhere in the country it is worth going to the A to Z directory at Villages On-Line, which has a large number of links.
A fresh assortment of links.
Posted in Church, Local Links, School on Thursday April 17, 2008| 5 Comments »
Alternative title: Isn’t it amazing what you find when you enter “Parwich” into Google?
Parwich Primary School’s OFSTED page.
This page also contains links to the school’s two most recent OFSTED inspection reports.
Parwich War Memorial.
A memorial page for the eight Parwich soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War.
Memorial Inscriptions from St. Peter’s Churchyard.
140 inscriptions from the Parwich churchyard’s older gravestones have been documented on this page.
Aerial photographs of Parwich.
7 photographs, taken in September 2007. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge. All prints are also available for purchase.
And finally, and with all due apologies…
What Text Do I Type To Make Smileys?
After consulting this guide, you too will be able to pepper your comments with those happy little faces, in a variety of “amusing” expressions.
WARNING: If over the age of 21, please use with caution!
Parwich in the Sunday Telegraph.
Posted in Local Links, News on Tuesday April 1, 2008| 2 Comments »
PARWICH.ORG notes with pleasure that our village has once again attracted the attention of the national media. In last weekend’s Sunday Telegraph Travel section, Tom’s Barn was nominated as one of “the UK’s best cottages for lovers” – although, as its owners are quick to point out on their website:
“We do stress that both our cottages are perfect for all couples at all ages and stages of their relationship.”
Click here to read the article. Tom’s Barn is mentioned on Page 3.
For a full list of the many fine holiday cottages in our area, please look at the “Holiday Lets” section on the right hand side of this page – and if you know of any omissions from the list, then please e-mail us or leave a comment.
Parwich on Facebook.
Posted in Local Links on Sunday March 30, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Those of you who are registered with Facebook might be interested in joining a group called “I come from a place called PARWICH“.
Aiming “to re-unite the people that spent their youth in the small village of Parwich”, the group currently has 35 members – most of whom are “ex-pats” – and is adminstered by Ben Laycock.
Note: if you’re not registered with Facebook, then you won’t be able to view the page.
The next cinema showing – February 15th – 7.45
Posted in Events, Films, Local Links on Monday January 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Book this date in your diary – it is the next cinema showing at the Memorial Hall. The film is about a fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
Remember February 15th – 7.45. Doors open at 7.30. Entrance Free
March 14th – This film looks at the relationship between Elizabeth I and the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (the sexy Clive Owen), it is Cate Blanchett’s fabulous sequel to her 1998 film portraying the early life of this great Queen.
Government & Local Government Directory
Posted in Local Links, People, Services on Saturday December 22, 2007| Leave a Comment »
A new page giving contact details for the local authorities and our local representatives has been posted
To go to the page look under the Directory tab above or click here
Roger Stone in the Daily Mail.
Posted in Local Links, News, People on Sunday September 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Parwich resident Roger Stone was recently featured in an article in the Daily Mail, in which he talked about the surgery which saved his voice-box.
The Red House Raid.
Posted in History, Local Links on Sunday September 30, 2007| 1 Comment »
In October 1975, Time Magazine in the USA published a news feature on the police raid that took place at the so-called “Red House” (better known as White Meadow House), which was then being used as a training centre for the Workers’ Revolutionary Party. The article has now been made available online, and makes for fascinating reading.
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