Posted in Arts, Events, People on Friday February 22, 2013| 1 Comment »
Gill Radcliffe launches new website displaying her paintings
Gill Radcliffe will be opening her studio during Spring Bank Holiday weekend, May 25th to 27th as part of the Derbyshire Open Arts 2013 event. In support of this Gill has today launched a new website www.gillianradcliffe-art.net showing 181 of her paintings.
Posted in 2013, People, Posts of Note, School on Sunday February 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
Ray Williams was Headteacher of Parwich Primary School from 1985 to 2007. During these 22 years, Ray’s inspirational teaching and wise leadership of the school profoundly touched the lives of so many people. It was very fitting that a celebration service was held yesterday at the school. Former pupils, teaching staff, governors and others who knew Ray gathered to celebrate the life and achievements of a very special man.
School photographs had been set out, showing the many pupils from Ray’s time at the school. People spent time spotting people they knew and reflecting on the large number of former pupils who had benefited from Ray’s teaching.
Current headteacher Caroline Rodgers welcomed everyone and provided some opening words. She then invited everyone to gather in The Celebration Garden where an oak tree was to be dedicated to Ray. Dennis Lacock talked about the significance of the tree and likened the planting of acorns to sowing knowledge and wisdom in the minds of children.
Ray’s wife and brother laid earth round the base of the tree and the oak was dedicated to Ray.
Back in the school, Margaret, Haley and Jenny made a warm tribute to Ray, talking about their experiences working with him in school.
A tribute was also made by former pupil Chloe.
Ray’s wife Margaret thanked everyone for coming and said it meant a great deal to her and the family. She mentioned that in April, Ray’s son Gareth will be cycling 1,600km from Adelaide to Canberra over 10 days in Ray’s memory. The funds raised will go directly into research and support projects aimed at finding a cure for cancer. You can find out more about this great cause and read Gareth’s blog during his ride by clicking here.
In her opening words, Caroline highlighted just how giving Ray was as a person. On this sunny afternoon, we had an opportunity to reflect on this and to give thanks for having met such a wonderful person.
Posted in Events, People, School on Friday February 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2013, Alsop, Church, Farming, Local Links, People, Posts of Note, Pub, Shop, Weather on Tuesday January 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
If you missed last night’s BBC1 Inside Out programme on our area, you can watch it again – for the next 7 days only – by clicking this link. There’s a little bit about us at the start of the programme, and then the main feature begins at around the 11 minute mark. Plenty of familiar faces!
Posted in Alsop, Farming, People, Pub, Weather on Sunday January 27, 2013| 1 Comment »
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Posted in People, School on Thursday January 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Dear Parents and Friends of Parwich School,
As the weather forecast for this weekend (Saturday 19th January) is for heavy snow we have decided to change the date for the ‘Celebration of Life service’ for Ray Williams. This service will now take place on Saturday 2nd February.
If you would like to be part of the service in anyway or would like to pay tribute to Mr Williams, please contact Caroline Rodgers at headteacher@parwich.derbyshire.sch.uk to discuss this further.
Many thanks
Caroline Rodgers
Posted in People, School on Wednesday January 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2013, Church, People, Posts of Note on Sunday January 13, 2013| 1 Comment »
One of Parwich’s longest standing residents died at New Year, our sympathy goes out to Val and her family.
The Funeral for my Dad, Sam Flower, will be held at 11am on Wednesday 16th January at St. Peters Church Parwich followed by lunch at the Memorial Hall to which all who attend the funeral are invited.
There will be a private cremation at Markeaton in the afternoon.
Val Kirkham
Posted in People, School on Friday January 11, 2013| 1 Comment »
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Dear Parents and Friends of Parwich School,
As promised we have now finalised the planned Celebration Service in memory of Ray Williams.
If you would like to be part of the service in anyway or would like to pay tribute to Mr Williams, please contact Caroline Rodgers (headteacher@parwich.derbyshire.sch.uk) to discuss this further.
Many thanks
Caroline Rodgers
Headteacher, Parwich Primary School
Posted in People, School on Wednesday January 9, 2013| 5 Comments »
Posted in 2012, Church, Flora, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday December 16, 2012| 4 Comments »
Posted in 2012, Church, People, Posts of Note on Friday December 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A service of thanksgiving
for the life of
DONALD A G SHEILDS DL
will be held at
St. Peter’s Church, Parwich
at 2pm on Monday 10th December 2012
All the Team here at PARWICH.ORG extend our sympathy to Mrs Sheilds and her family. She and Donald have supported our community unfailingly over the last 30 years plus that they have lived in the village.
Posted in 2012, Out & About, People, Posts of Note, Pub on Friday December 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Janet and Steve were in London this week (don’t ask Steve about his shirt) for the ‘10 Years On‘ celebrations of Pub is the Hub, an organisation promoting rural pubs initiated by HRH the Prince of Wales. They were very happy to receive recognition at these celebrations for the Sycamore’s role in the local community.
Janet Gosling, Landlady of the Sycamore Inn
Posted in Classified adverts, People on Sunday November 25, 2012| 3 Comments »
A warm welcome to Richard B, who has recently moved into the flats across from the Sycamore. All will want to join in wishing him all the best here.
Richard is looking for some essentials in setting up his new home, including washing machine, electric cooker and a bed. If any one is looking for a home for any of these items locally either speak to Janet in the Sycamore or contact Richard directly on tel. 0743 210 6929.
Posted in People on Sunday November 18, 2012| 3 Comments »
A rumour has reached PARWICH.ORG that a certain Parwich resident will be making her television deb-ut tomorrow, on BBC1 from 12.15pm to 1pm, hunting for bargains in Derbyshire. Who could it possibly be?
Posted in 2012, Arts, Ornithology, People, Posts of Note on Saturday November 17, 2012| 1 Comment »
This weekend sees an exhibition of Esther Tyson‘s work in the Memorial Hall. It includes paintings of birds and woodland locally, work drawing on her diving off the Dorset coast and work from her recent time in Nepal. Thank you to John FS for the photographs taken at last night’s opening.
You can still get along this afternoon or tomorrow (see poster for times). For more photos (more…)
Posted in Local government, People, Police on Friday November 16, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The Labour candidate, Alan Charles, was elected as Derbyshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner. Nationally there was a very low turn out of 15.6%, though locally in Derbyshire Dales it was slightly better at 19.1%.
See the BBC website for the Derbyshire results.
Posted in 2012, Farming, News, People, Posts of Note on Sunday November 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
The missing ram Gary (or is it Bary?) was spotted this afternoon by Joanne J. Although somewhat taken aback by the size of the tup, this intrepid detective secured him in the garden of Hallcliffe until Sandra C was able to attend the identity parade. He has now been taken back into custody.
Asked for an explanation of events Bary (or is it Gary?), replied with a sheepish “no comment”. It was noted however that whatever he had been tup to over the last few days had left him somewhat lame. Is he pulling the wool over our eyes or do ewe know where he has been?
Sandra would like to thank Joanne, Paul and Caroline for their help.
Posted in 2012, Church, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday October 21, 2012| 2 Comments »
Rosie Elizabeth Conway was christened at St Peter’s this morning. Here she is, heading for the reception after the ceremony, accompanied by proud grandparents, aunt and uncle.
Posted in 2012, Arts, Crafts, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday October 9, 2012| 3 Comments »
Parwich’s Hayley (of Forever Forged) can be seen this week on BBC2’s Paul Martin’s Handmade Revolution. The programme started yesterday (Monday 8th October), and you can see Hayley and her metal “handmade” sign in the opening shots. She will then be appearing on the programme with Paul on Wednesday 10th at 15.40.
Remember, you can always catch up via the BBC iPlayer.
Posted in 2012, Parwich Panoramic 5, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday October 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Graham J writes:
Darren Holloway, a local runner who was runner-up in the Parwich Panoramic 5 in 2011, tragically died this weekend whilst taking part in the Ian Hogson Fell Race in Patterdale, Cumbria.
Darren was only 42, and he was a bit of a local hero to all of us who tried to run a bit. He was second in Parwich behind Chris Nicoll in our 2011 run, and third this year, when I had the privilege of presenting him with trophies for that, and for best Over 40’s veteran.
Daz always had something nice to say about Parwich in his blog “Laid Back Fell Runner”. Not only was he seriously fast; he was a lovely man and true gentleman, who loved the sport and the mountains with a passion. He will be sadly missed by all of us who only remember seeing his smiling face on the start line, and his heels thereafter.
– Graham J.
Posted in 2012, History, People, Posts of Note on Monday October 8, 2012| 3 Comments »
Thank you to Nancy C who sent us these fascinating photographs of Harry Trager, an American soldier who spent time in Parwich, at the then Red Cross Hospital (also known locally as the Care Centre) after breaking his leg in a fall from a train in October 1942. These pictures are shown with the permission of Harry Trager’s granddaughter, and more information and photographs can be see at the Blog US Army Railway Units of the Past.
Sgt. Roby Bradshaw, Pfc. Harry R Trager and Commander Diana Hardy
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Posted in 2012, Arts, Memorial hall, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday October 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thank you to Kevin S for these great photos of this afternoon’s celebrations at the Memorial Hall marking the unveiling of Hayley Powell’s new sculpture ‘The Dance of Life’:
Full gallery: (more…)
Posted in Arts, Events, Memorial hall, Music, People, Young people on Saturday September 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Here are the approximate times for Sunday’s celebrations (they may alter slightly on the day) in the Memorial Hall:
Everyone is welcome to all or part of the Party, no charge!
Posted in Memorial hall, Music, People on Wednesday September 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Two local singers will be appearing at the Memorial Hall this Sunday:
Fresh from the Y-not Festival and the Wirksworth Festival Hazel B will be welcoming people as they arrive at the Village Tea Party at 4pm and then playing a set at approximately 6pm.
She will be followed by a very well know local singer (at approximately 7pm) Don Keyworth, who needs no introduction.
All are welcome and there are no admission charges.
There will be wine and fruit juice and nibbles!
But also the Legion will be open for drinks from 6pm.
Posted in 2012, Arts, Events, Memorial hall, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday September 18, 2012| 1 Comment »
Parwich Memorial Hall has commissioned a sculpture by local artist blacksmith Hayley Powell. Everyone will know her cuckoo by the Cuckoo Gate in Monsdale Lane (if not go and have a look). Here is a reminder of the unveiling of this in 2006 at a village picnic, that was very well attended despite a clash with the Wimbledon Men’s Final:
Hayley made the cuckoo sculpture when still an A-level student at QEGS; she has since then taken her degree and is now working full-time as an artist and blacksmith (trading as Forever Forged based at Claymills Victorian Forge near Burton on Trent).
Here are some more recent photos of Hayley and her work.
Posted in People on Sunday September 2, 2012| 7 Comments »
After almost 5 years and 2000+ posts I am taking a “sabbatical” until at least next Spring. I have a busy time over the next 6 or 7 months, some travelling but also various projects that seem to always get put on the back burner. My computer will probably sigh with relief and its life expectancy will be extended significantly.
For those of you who send information directly to me, please now direct it to parwich@hotmail.co.uk and keep the posts in. Thanks JaneB
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note, tagged travel on Sunday August 19, 2012| 3 Comments »
Patti B writes:
Fame at last. Your obsessed dressage correspondent has finally made it and has reached the dizzying heights of a photo on page 33 of Hello! Magazine. A smallish picture, on the bottom left of the page.
Actually – don’t let’s get carried away – it’s my medal cake that’s in the magazine. (That must have been the guy so rudely elbowing me out of the way to take a photo – only my good manners prevented me from giving him an equally rude mouthful – good job I didn’t!)
Still, it was a lovely surprise and I shall be giving away autographs at some future obscure event for an indescribably huge fee! I can also be seen helping to serve lunch in Parwich Memorial Hall every other Monday, so come along and join the fun – great food for just £5.
Patti B
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note on Sunday August 12, 2012| 4 Comments »
Please find attached some piccies of where I was working, just in case you wonder what I have been doing for the last few weeks….. Val S
My Olympic role was to manage a team of 10 staff who had to get information on events from the sports’ organisers and venues to journalists at the Main Press centre (MPC) so that they could write about, or commentate on, Olympic events.
My desk was in the centre of the newsroom behind what were effectively 3 walls of shelves – known as ‘the press pigeon holes’. At the back of me was a wall of the building, so I was effectively penned in – but there were doors! (more…)
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday August 12, 2012| 2 Comments »
Thanks to our dressage correspondent Patti B, who snapped these three shots aboard the party boat…
Patti’s medal cake at the dressage party
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Friday August 10, 2012| 3 Comments »
My day at the Olympics from JaneB
There have been some fantastic posts sent in from our various Olympic correspondents, so instead of doing a written post I have created a photo diary with captions of my day at the Olympics on Wednesday, which gives an overview of the whole Olympic Park.
When I was a child, as a family we went to Crystal Palace on several occasions to the Three A’s athletic meetings and watched athletes like David Hemery, David Jenkins and Alan Pascoe, future Olympic medalists. So in 2012 it was great to go to the London Olympics with my Dad.
I have nothing but praise for the organisation of the Olympics, it is something in Britain that we should be proud of. In the weeks leading up to the Olympics the British press desperately tried to leap on any potential negatives, now of course the papers are full of the triumphs of the event.
The evening of athletics was unforgettable, but for me it was more than the races, it was the whole atmosphere and positive attitude that made spending the day in the Olympic Park so totally unique.
Left click on any photo to open as a full screen slide show. (more…)
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note, Sport on Tuesday August 7, 2012| 1 Comment »
We will be updating this post as the day progresses, so please keep checking back for the latest news. Thanks to Patti B, our live Olympics reporter at Greenwich Park!
12:58 Well, here we are again at Greenwich Park. Weirdly the atmosphere is more subdued and there are quite a few empty seats – they must be for officials, as this is an important day for enthusiasts.
There are 32 riders today: the top seven teams and top 11 individuals from last week, who will be hoping to go forward to the kur on Thursday. The horses are struggling a bit with this more technical test and we are seeing more mistakes and unacceptable tension.
As we are lying in pole position, the Brits won’t be riding until this afternoon – so watch this space. We are bags of nerves here, but we know that Carl and the Ice Queen (Charlotte) are on good form. More later…
13:41 – Here we go.
Five minutes now to our first Brit: Richard Davison from Uttoxeter. At 56, he is our oldest rider and a non-team individual. Suddenly the arena is buzzing and a sea of red, white and blue is appearing. Need to concentrate now…
13:59 – First Brits test.
Bit of a sigh here: Richard’s horse, like many of the horses so far, was tense and spooky. Is it because they are no longer in awe of their surroundings, and so have time to notice things? Who knows – that’s what makes riding so unpredictable. Beginning to feel anxious about our team’s chances later on…
14:11 – Spooking.
Just spotted what is spooking the horses: a new camera at floor level (to show horses’ foot fall) that wasn’t there last week. Unfortunately, Richard’s score will not be high enough for him to have a shot at the Individual medals on Thursday. All that training, dedication and money spent to no avail. Richard will be gutted. He has done so much for our sport.
14:49 – Wow.
Ohhh. Sick with excitement here. Didn’t dare post before, in case I jinxed it, but our most popular rider Carl Hester has just gone and he was brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Inspired riding, to break the 80% barrier. The stand is nearly falling down with clapping. Need to spend a penny, but daren’t go now….
15:32 – Is that a glimmer I see before me?
Laura B and Alf have just ridden a great solid test; I daren’t say anything, but there is definitely a golden glow in the sky. The Ice Queen – Charlotte – with nerves of steel is our next rider. Forgive me if I don’t post straight away, but I could be too busy kissing everyone if she performs to her usual outstanding level!!!
16:00 – Nearly there
Oh my – the Germans have just gone. Come on, Charlotte: an amazing, talented, hard working rider, riding Valegro, who belongs to Carl and Roly Luard. Hang on there….!
16:13 – It’s ours. Gold for GB.
We’ve done it. We’ve done it. It’s taken us 100 years to win a gold medal in dressage, but we’ve done it now. And – we are here!!!!! Two more riders, but the team gold is ours. Much bubbly will be drunk very shortly. Over and out to Parwich.
17:23 – Just cracking open the bubbly now.
Our faces are set in a permanent rictus. Thanks for your supportive comments. Hope the Parwich blog felt part of it. Now on to Thursday and the Individual medals. Would that be too greedy? Much love to everyone at home. Patti B
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday August 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Games wise life continues to be very busy although we are clearly on the home run now. Today I spent all morning sorting out the results from the ‘flat’ canoeing which is now taking place out at Eton Manor as the rowing has finished. The room that I work in has 40 photocopiers in 5 banks of eight. They spring into life when some-one at a venue sends through a result or other necessary info so today canoeing was going balmy and the system wasn’t set up properly.
Canoeing has different race categories – C1, K1 etc, different genders and different race lengths so it is very easy to mix up race results – men not women, wrong distance etc. The semis, fairly obviously, involve the winners of the heats but we do actually have to be accurate about who is in each of those – correct gender, classification, distance etc – if not, chaos ensues…which it did…..I had it correct by 5pm, having started at 6.30am, but if anyone watched it and the commentators were confused well, erm, just pass that buck in this direction. Disaster!
Socially, I met up with Graham and Amanda on Super Saturday. Thanks for the beer! We watched the action on the big screen when they were all done in the stadium. The atmosphere was amazing and the noise for Jess Ennis deafening. An amazing night of athletics, most of which I missed as PB’s, world rankings, starting line-ups, lane draws etc whirled off photocopiers!!! Oh well.
On Sunday I had the day off and with a Wimbledon ticket from a friend in my pocket I headed out to the All England Club. I really don’t quite get how I ended up with a stressful job here but on Sunday I was out to have fun…..Pimms (but due to IOC sponsorship rules they had to call it Fruit Cup!) was £7.30 a glass, bubbly was £47.50 a bottle!! Outrageous! (more…)
Posted in People on Sunday August 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note on Sunday August 5, 2012| 2 Comments »
Olympics Day 8 – we had to pinch ourselves!
When Amanda entered the lottery for Olympic tickets, I must say I was quite dismissive of our chances of getting good tickets and told her it was more likely we would get back row for synchronised underwater basket weaving than anything good (I realise that may offend the massed ranks of underwater basketweavers – but hey….). We couldn’t quite believe our luck when we got a pair of tickets for Super Saturday in the athletics stadium!
We set off from our central London base with two and a half hours to spare and the organization is so slick we were in our seats 45 minutes later. The whole event was truly awesome in every way. London is like one big party at the moment (all the people coming through St Pancras were greeted with offers of help, maps and even free ice creams!!). The Olympic Park is enormous and the stadium was deafening. Highlights of the events we saw………our golden girl from Sheffield on her quest for Heptathlon glory (long jump and javelin), Oscar Pistorius showing the world that a positive attitude can get you a very, very long way in life and right to the top in the 400m, …..that modest Jamaican sprinter (…….what’s his name again ???????) plus all the other 100m men’s sprinters, women’s pole vault and 3000m steeplechase. It was such a day to remember, and a true adventure we will never forget.
1.The face of the games discussing with her coach how to improve her first round long jump distance.
Posted in 2012, Music, People, Pikehall, Posts of Note, Y-Not on Sunday August 5, 2012| 1 Comment »
Parwich based singer songwriter Hazel B treated the Y Not Festival to a heartfelt and true to the heart performance on Friday.
The audience was captivated by Hazel’s self-penned songs, delivered with a refreshingly honest emotion. We hope to see her play the festival again next year.
Update: Here are some further excellent photos of Hazel’s performance, courtesy of Martin H:
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Posted in 2012, Church, People, Posts of Note on Saturday August 4, 2012| 1 Comment »
Today saw the marriage of Sarah Ann Howard and Phillip Leslie Carroll in St. Peter’s Church. The bride arrived in a 1966 St Helen’s double-decker bus. The poor church warden (Helen) ringing the carillion had more work than she bargained for (an hour of bell ringing); the bride was delayed by 40 minutes, because the hairdresser arrived late. Hopefully the groom did not get too anxious.
Posted in 2012, Olympics, Parwich Panoramic 5, People, Posts of Note, Sport on Saturday August 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Dave Denton, the organiser of numerous Junior Fell Races, including those that are on the same evening as the Parwich Panoramic Five, ran in Buxton carrying the Olympic Torch. He said that it was the most wonderful experience.
We are extremely fortunate in Parwich, as he is going to bring his Olympic torch on Tuesday evening. Throughout 2012 he is hoping to raise £10,000 to enable his charity, IDEAS to either build a school in India or to convert a building to provide a permanent base for a school currently in rented premises.
If you would like to have your photo taken with the torch, David would encourage you to make a donation to the charity, however large or small. He will also be raffling the torch later this year and on Tuesday he will be selling tickets at £5 each or 5 for £20.
His charity, “IDEAS”, which stands for International Development through Education, (more…)
Posted in 2012, Olympics, People, Posts of Note on Friday August 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my day off, so I went and had breakfast at Carluccio’s and then went to see Billy Elliot, a way of relaxing away from the pressures of my Olympic work.
I have to say that if you are coming down for an event it really is worth spending the day in the Olympic Park. So far there haven’t been any queues, it just slows down a bit as you go through security. There might be a few more queues once athletics starts, but they have it pretty well sorted.
It is good to hear how many people enjoyed the opening ceremony, not only have I met Danny Boyle, I know him as I went to school with him (same bus, him boy’s school, me girl’s). I also know Seb Coe from when I was at Loughborough and met his mum and dad, so I was contemplating interrupting their joint press conference to say ‘Hi’! (more…)
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