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Memorial Hall – Everyone Welcome
Posted in Events, Memorial hall on Saturday September 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Lost terracotta pot
Posted in Classified adverts, Flora, Memorial hall on Monday September 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A terracotta pot, approximately 6 inches tall with black writing on the front was left behind in the Memorial Hall at the end of yesterday’s Flower and Vegetable Show. It had been holding a mixed bunch of herbs and if anyone knows where it was put could you please let me know.
With thanks, Rita
Updated 8/9/10: Rita would like to thank the Horticultural Society for keeping her pot safe and returning it to her.
Horticultural Show: photo gallery
Posted in 2010, Flora, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Sunday September 5, 2010| 7 Comments »
After taking a year’s break in 2009, Parwich’s annual horticultural show returned in fine style on Sunday, with another stunning display of local vegetables, fruits, flowers, pot plants, cakes, loafs, flans, biscuits, jams, chutneys, eggs and other assorted goodies.
Three excellent new categories were introduced this year, two of them (the trifles and the sculptures made from bar snacks) being specifically designed to showcase the skills of Parwich’s menfolk. There were also plenty of entries in the horticultural photography competition, which saw the memorial hall’s brand new display boards being put to use for the first time. Thanks are due to the organisers of the Parwich Panoramic Five, for raising most of the funding for these new boards.
Prize giving took place at 3pm, with Jo Larkin presenting the winners with their trophies. Full results will follow shortly. The day then concluded with the traditional auction of produce, as officiated by Robert Bunting.
Many thanks to the Horticultural Society, for organising such a well-run and popular event.
Landscaping of the Memorial Hall
Posted in 2010, Gardens, Memorial hall, Posts of Note, Societies on Friday August 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Today the planting was completed (well almost) at the Memorial Hall. There are 8 plants outstanding, which will be planted when the grass seeding is done in September. All bar one of the beds has been muched and this final one will be covered over the weekend, once we have planted the hundreds of snowdrops that were donated by different people in the village.
It is super to see the final phase completed ready for the Official Opening on the 25th September, to which everyone is invited. Again a huge thank you has to go to the Horticultural Society for their massive financial contribution towards the planting and to those individuals and groups that donated the 5 trees.
Bits & Pieces regarding the Hall
Posted in Memorial hall on Thursday August 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Now the hall is finished, any bits and pieces that were being rehoused during the build can be returned, if you have things like tables, chairs, crockery etc please either drop them into Janet at the Pub or give her a ring on 212.
The landscaping of the hall will be done tomorrow. The landscaping company, Pople will be out about 8.30am and planting will take much of the day. It would be greatly appreciated if people could avoid using the car park.
New Memorial Hall official opening
Posted in A52s, Events, Memorial hall, Music on Thursday August 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Memorial Hall official opening
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, Music on Saturday August 7, 2010| 3 Comments »
Parwich Panoramic Five raises £448.55
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, Sport on Saturday August 7, 2010| 1 Comment »
The increased entry this year (107 runners in the senior event and the junior events more than doubled) has had a positive effect on the money raised from the race evening from £ 313.00 in 2009 to £ 448.55 this year, which will go toward the Memorial Hall as it did last year. It is envisaged that this will go towards display boards, for use by Stepping Stones and other groups.
There are so many people to thank that it would be a difficult task to list them all, but special thanks go to all the marshals, the first aiders, the ladies on registration who kept working on the timesheets long after the race was over, all our roving photographers and Sandra who organized a raffle which raised £65.00.
We received a lot of positive feedback from the runners who commented on the quality of course marking, marshaling and slick registration. Thanks to all – we are already looking forward to next year.
Memorial Hall Management Committee Meeting
Posted in Memorial hall on Wednesday July 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Parwich Memorial Hall Management Committee Meeting
7.30pm – 9.00pm Thursday 29th July 2010
The Memorial Hall
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of previous meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Update of User Groups and Representatives
5. Signing of Minute Book
6. Day to day running of Hall
To include (if any)
Finance update
Bookings update
Health and Safety issues
Entertainment Licence
Projection screen for meeting room
Hall cleaning/janitorial issues and ideas
7. Building the Future
To include:
Update from the Design and Planning Group
Update from the funding Group
Feedback through dialogue/questionnaire/survey for the BLF Monitoring
8. AOB
Date of next meeting
Quilting Workshop – 17 July
Posted in Crafts, Events, Memorial hall on Tuesday June 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Update on Landscaping at the Memorial Hall
Posted in Memorial hall on Tuesday June 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
It was clear that on the day of planting there were problems with the standard of the plants and soil. The committee immediately expressed their dissatisfaction, and from that moment have been liaising with the Landscaping Company and Wildgoose, but unfortunately things always take longer when you have to pursue things in a professional manner.
Today, 20 tons of topsoil were delivered. Some of the beds have been excavated to remove the soil, whilst others have had smaller amounts of soil removed before being topped up and the beds at the rear are having their soil levels generally raised. The beds excavated by the community notice board were done so in an attempt to remove as much of the existing bindweed as possible and minimise this problem. The landscaping company has removed the majority of the shrubs; new ones will be sourced, inspected, planted and bark mulch will be added to all beds. It will be several weeks before the planting is redone.
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.
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.
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.
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…)
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.
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
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.
First Night in the New Hall
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Thursday June 10, 2010| 6 Comments »
Thank you to Patti B for this report on how the first meeting in the new Memorial went:
Well, the AGM last night gave many of us the first opportunity to see the new hall. The overwhelming feeling and comments from those attending were ones of sheer pleasure with the hall and all its details.
‘Amazing’, ’beautiful’,’ I never expected it to have all this’,’ we must have the best village hall in England’ were just a few of the comments.
People wandered around examining everything from the ‘state of the art’ kitchen to the toilets – six in total complete with a baby changing station.. There were many comments about the feeling of space in the lobby, ‘dramatic’ was a word heard more than once. The lobby, with its natural limestone floor, forms a natural centre with the hall, toilets, meeting room and kitchen leading from it.
The hall has a beautiful oak floor and is light, airy and luxurious. The high ceiling is lined with acoustic panelling and lit with bright, practical pendant lights. People commented on the quality and attention to detail.
‘I never expected such a high quality interior’ was one remark.
There are also wall lights for background lighting for entertainments. We were able to try the new chairs, which were very comfortable –no need to bring a cushion now and they can all be stacked on a trolley and wheeled away to a storage room when not needed. The new tables, which can also be locked together to form a stage, were also in use for the first time
The electric blackout blinds and high window openers in the meeting room were definitely a bit ‘toys for the boys’ with several men needing to satisfy their button pressing manias.
The totally stainless steel kitchen is large, impressive and professional with an extensive range of appliances such as a fridge, freezer, range cooker, dishwasher and warming ovens. One village resident was totally overwhelmed and said she wished it were hers.
The meeting room, which interconnects to the main hall, has folding glazed oak doors leading to the outside terrace. It is a more intimate room with a carpeted floor, which will have many future uses.
We were not able to go outside because work is still in progress but we could see the outside paving and landscaping and there was already talk of getting a barbecue to go out on the terrace.
It was evident from all the very positive responses that Parwich and its surrounding villages now have a new village hall to be proud of.
Week 37 – Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Wednesday June 9, 2010| 8 Comments »
Tonight’s AGM will be the first meeting in the new Hall, so it is an opportunity to see inside. The lobby, the hall itself and the toilets are all that can be seen this evening.
The building will be officially handed over to us on Friday this week, though the grounds will not be handed over until next Friday (18th June), just in time for Open Gardens and the Children’s Show on Sunday 20th June.
The Hall Memorial can be booked through Janet at the Sycamore Inn (tel. 390 212), though there may be changes on the Committee following this evening’s meeting.
Memorial Hall AGM
Posted in Events, Memorial hall on Wednesday June 9, 2010| 1 Comment »
Week 36 – Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Saturday June 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This week has seen a lot of finishing work inside and outside the Hall as well as the planting in the grounds (see last week’s post for the list of trees planted).
Week 35 – Photo Diary
Posted in Memorial hall, Photo Diary on Saturday May 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The dry stone walls have been going up around the site over the past few weeks, with the hard landscaping nearing completion.
Also the soft landscaping should start after the Bank Holiday. Five trees, two Sorbus Sheerwater Seedling (mountain ash) and three Betula utilis jacquemontii (white barked Silver Birch) will be planted. All the trees have been kindly donated. The rest of the planting scheme was planned with the landscape architect from Peak Park and will be carried out by a landscaping company.
Week 34 – Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Thursday May 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
It seems like there have been hundreds of men on site this week, from all trades. An extra job that Wildgoose is doing, is to put in three sections of concrete piping just in front of the site; to carry the water down the culvert. The oak timbers at the rear are finished, all the external oak doors are in and glazed. Internal and external wall lights are now in place. The cabins went on Tuesday and this has meant that the front of the site is now being leveled, ready for the car park and at the rear work is ongoing creating the steps, ramp and patio.
A rogues gallery of some of the people on site!
New Memorial Hall Boosted with Village donations.
Posted in Memorial hall on Wednesday May 19, 2010| 13 Comments »
The new Memorial Hall is now visibly nearing completion and already we can see how well the building fits in with village surroundings with its local Derbyshire limestone and European oak which will fade to a beautiful silvery grey.
Although all the money for the build has been raised, the last few weeks have seen a flurry of donations from both village user groups and individual villager residents, anxious to make their contribution. These are being used to provide trees for landscaping and also to renew things that will look rather tired in the new hall. The committee are hoping to have all new tables and chairs for the Oddfellows Lunch and so far have raised enough money for all the tables and sixty chairs. Another forty chairs are still needed so if anyone would like to make a contribution towards these it will be much appreciated.
Donations for the supply and tree planting have been received from:
Top Nosh
Pre-school Stepping Stones,
Tennis Club
Mother and Toddlers Group
A village resident.
Other generous donations have been received from:
The Horticultural Society,
Parwich Methodists
The Film Club
Parwich School,
BCB Coated Stone Ltd
Individual village residents.
Week 33 – Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Sunday May 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Over the last week things have been happening so quickly it is difficult to know which photos to show. Inside the oak floor has been laid and will be sanded and oiled, currently it is under hardboard to protect it, as work continues in the main hall. Please click on any photo to enlarge it.
The oak and painted doors are all hung. The photo below shows the double sliding doors, located under the messine storage, that open into the foyer. The workman on his hands and knees is laying the natural limestone floor that runs from the entrance to the kitchen. Oak skirtings will be fitted through the hall.
The kitchen has now been fully fitted, and what a kitchen! (more…)
Week 32 Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Saturday May 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This week the windcatcher was installed onto the roof. Its role is to circulate fresh air and ventilate the hall when necessary.
Internally the main floors have had their final preparation ready for the laying of the wood floor. This photo shows Bertie giving his opinion of the new hall, standing next to the floor planking.
The oak facings at the front of the hall and alongside the public footpath are in place. The stopes (stone bollards) on the footpath have been relocated to conform to disabled access regulations and this path will be open, as planned, on Monday.
As always click on any of the photos to enlarge them and thanks to Ben for these pictures.
Week 29 – Photo Diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Sunday April 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This week and throughout the weekend has been a busy time for the plasterers; the meeting room and kitchen are fully plastered and the main hall is almost completed. Acoustic board is being fitted to the ceiling in the hall to improve overall sound quality. By Tuesday the plastering should be completed, as should the outside low level roofing.
Thanks to JF-S for the photos.
Photo Diary Week 27 & 28
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Monday April 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The last fortnight has been a hive of activity inside the hall. As can be seen from the photos, the scaffolding is back in the main hall to allow the electricians to site the wiring, ready for the lights, cinema and sound system. The first fix for both electric and plumbing have been completed and the plastering has just begun. (more…)
The Snowdrop “Thieves”
Posted in Gardens, Memorial hall on Sunday April 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Andy & Jo, Phil K, Emma, Sue H & Patti for either potting up or letting us dig up parts of their garden and relieving them of some of their snowdrops. Once the Memorial Hall grounds have been landscaped, we will plant these bulbs in drifts in the bed near the entrance. If you have any spare clumps of snowdrops in your garden, please pot them up and let Jane (665) or Glynis (561) know.
Photo Diary Week 26
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Sunday March 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Again the builders have been working 7 days a week, with 6 guys in today. This week has seen the completion of the main roof, which is fully tiled and has two solar panels on the rear. The small structure in the middle of the roofline, when finished will be the ventilation system for the hall, and will be placed in situ by crane.
The carpenters have finished the floor for the high level storage above the hall, this area is designated for items such as scenery flats, costumes etc for future stage productions (calling all thespians, get your thinking caps on).
The plasters have been prepping the hall ready for plastering this week. Plumbing, electrical work and further insulation continues, as does the external pointing on the stonework.
Thanks to Ben & JF-S for the photos.
Skills Celebration Day
Posted in Church, Memorial hall, People on Wednesday March 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Skills Celebration Day
St Peter’s Church, Parwich
Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May
It dawned on us recently how blest our village is with individuals with the most extraordinary range of talents and interests – from painters, through quilters, potters, bee keepers, metal detector researchers, meteorologists, caterers, flower arrangers, to record producers! – sometimes skills quite hidden from view.
We would like to put on a day in the church celebrating some of our talents and interests – and maybe arrange lessons in these skills in the future.
Do you have an interest/talent/knowledge that you would like to share & celebrate with us? Or maybe someone you know? Maybe another member of your family?
Do please contact us – and help us celebrate the amazing diversity of human interest and enquiry.
Jean and Martin Compton 390529 or martin@orchidserve.com
Parwich Primary School visits the Memorial Hall
Posted in Memorial hall, School on Monday March 22, 2010| 3 Comments »
Caroline Rodgers (headteacher of the primary school) and I (Lynne Goldsworthy, chair of governors of the primary school) were taken on a tour this lunchtime of the building site that is very fast turning into the new village memorial hall. The space and facilities that the school will be able to use really amazed and excited both of us. The hall will benefit the village school children hugely and, as we were walking round the site, we were already planning what we could do with the space.
One of the most obvious uses will be as an indoor sports facility for the children – they will be able to use it for indoor badminton, 5-a-side football, basketball, hockey, netball, gymnastics, dance etc. etc. The school will also be able to use it as an extended learning facility, for assemblies, for end of term productions, the list is endless.
The teaching staff will be visiting the hall shortly to enable them to start planning for its use. Governors of the school will also be invited to have a look around to see what a fabulous facility this will be for the school. We will be the envy of all the other village schools in the area and are very excited about being able to start using the hall as early as next term!
Photo Diary Week 25
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Thursday March 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This week has seen lots of changes at the hall. Inside the pipework for the underfloor heating has all been laid on top of the insulation, and the screed, which is placed on top, is almost completed. It takes a few days for the screed to go off (harden) and then it is safe to walk on it. The electrician has been busy in the kitchen with the first fix, putting in the trunking and socket boxes. The carpenters will be working this weekend preparing the door and window openings, ready for the frames.
Outside there has been plenty of activity on the roof. The tiles have been hoisted into place on the roof and will be laid shortly as will the solar panels.
The photos show the different stages of laying the underfloor heating system. (more…)
Photo Diary – Week 24
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Sunday March 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On Saturday the woodwork for the main roof was completed, ready for the Staffordshire Blue tiles to go on this week. As the photo and the video of the main hall shows, the internal scaffolding has now been removed and the large pile of insulation has been placed, both on the ceiling and on the floor, prior to the pipework for the heated floor being installed this week. Once the pipes are in place a concrete screed will be laid over them.
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The following photos show the meeting room and the kitchen. In the first photo taken from what will be the new patio, you can see the angled glass doors leading to the meeting room, with the doorway to the kitchen and then the heating control room on the left. (more…)
Ideas for the opening of the new Memorial Hall
Posted in Memorial hall on Sunday March 14, 2010| 3 Comments »
Any helpful suggestions from the community can be left in the comments box.
Week 23 Photo diary
Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Thursday March 4, 2010| 1 Comment »
The weather continues to be very kind and if you haven’t been to the site recently you will see how well the stonework is going; in some areas it is now at roof height.
This week the low level woodwork over the foyer has been done, whilst much of the main roof is being insulated. The plumbers have just started on the first fix so things are progressing. Depending on the weather work may be continuing on Saturday.
A number of villagers have already had a look around the new building. If you are interested in having a look, either on behalf of your user group, or to get ideas for future activities and projects, or would just like to be ‘nosy’ then ring Ben (665). Ben is the committee’s day to day link with the onsite team and can be seen numerous times a day on his bike pedalling to the building site. Any visits have to be worked around the building site activities and in accordance with Heath & Safety regulations, so lunchtime, 12.30pm is the most ideal time; it will only take about 15 minutes of your time.
Thank you to Martin for the filming and Ben for the narration and to JF-S for the photo.
Memorial Hall update meeting
Posted in Memorial hall on Wednesday March 3, 2010| 1 Comment »
Can you help?
Posted in Memorial hall on Sunday February 21, 2010| 3 Comments »
Can anyone help? I’ve had 6 Memorial Hall tables in my office since December 09! 3 large and 3 small. I borrowed them after the Christmas Church Fete, and then used them in January, but unfortunately it would appear they no longer have a home! Do you have space in your garage or shed where they could go till the Memorial Hall is completed? I would be most grateful as it is a bit of tight squeeze at our place!
Thanks Debbie
Week 20 & 21 – Photodiary
Posted in Memorial hall, Photo Diary on Thursday February 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The weather continues to be our enemy, with stoning and block work only happening when the temperature is suitable. However, lots of jobs are still continuing. All the block work is almost to roof level, this means that the woodwork for the roof over the foyer and toilets is being put in place. All the internal walls are in situ, so it is now recognisable as a main hall with meeting room, toilets, kitchen and foyer. The first photo shows the end wall of the kitchen block, nearest the Legion and has been built by Phil and his brother John from Longnor. The other photo is looking down on the kitchen and shows the meeting room; the gap where it is angled will be glass doors opening onto the patio.
Thank you to Robert (Site Manager) for these photos.
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