Posted in 2008, Arts, People, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Friday June 20, 2008| 2 Comments »
‘Poppy Fields’ painting by Ruby Hickmott is being donated to Project Parwich. The original picture will be hung in the new Hall. If any individual/organisation would like to purchase a limited signed print (A3/A2 size) for raising funds etc these will be available upon request. You can e-mail Ruby or ring her on 323.
Posted in People, Photography, Project Parwich on Friday June 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
Well for all of us that still don’t know the identity of Who is this?, here is a further clue:
Posted in People, Tom Chambers on Saturday June 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The actor, who plays Sam Strachan in the BBC TV drama, and grew up in Parwich, opened the £2.2m centre in the Rykneld Road private hospital, which includes an MRI scanner and a CT scanner.
MRI means magnetic resonance imaging and the machine uses radio waves and magnets to create clear pictures of parts of the body.
The CT scanner takes 64 pictures of a patient’s body, from different angles, allowing detailed images to be built up for quicker diagnosis.
The MRI scanner can be used on up to 15 patients a day, whereas the CT scanner can investigate up 50 people a day.
Thank you to Stuart for sending this article in – as published in the Derby Evening Telegraph.
Posted in People on Saturday June 14, 2008| 1 Comment »
Posted in People on Friday June 13, 2008| 2 Comments »
Posted in News, People on Thursday June 5, 2008| 11 Comments »
Apologies that it’s been a while since the last post but there is really good news…
Carolyn has continued to make excellent progress, so much so that she will be coming home in around a week’s time!
Carolyn has asked me to put the following message on the website, which she wrote using her new-found skills with her left hand:
Feel free to leave comments on this post for Carolyn, she gets to read them all!
A further update to follow by the end of next week.
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.
Posted in 2008, British Legion, People, Posts of Note on Tuesday June 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Carl for sending in this blog and the photos.
Thanks to all those who supported the Wild West Night at The Legion, everyone made it a fantastic evening. Thanks to Chris for providing the excellent entertainment and also thanks to all those who donned their costumes – they were all great. Tony Marshall took the main prize for his excellent “sherrif’s attire”!!
The next event is being arranged for Saturday 19th July – details to follow.
For more photos click (more…)
Posted in People, Photography, Project Parwich, Young people on Monday June 2, 2008| 21 Comments »
PARWICH.ORG received this photo today. The person who sent it will donate £5 to Project Parwich, provided that someone can guess the identity of the young man in the picture.
Please leave your guesses in the comments box!
Please click on the image to enlarge it.
Posted in News, People on Sunday May 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
From Graham and Amanda:
This post should have been written a week ago, but events transpired against us. However, we just wanted to let everyone know that we were fortunate enough to visit Carolyn in the stroke recovery unit of the DRI recently, and were obviously delighted to see her again, and to see at first hand what a remarkable recovery she is making.
All who know Carolyn will be very pleased to know that she has lost none of the characteristic strength of character which will undoubtedly ensure a full recovery. Although she is having a little difficulty with speech at the moment (a good time to have an argument with her), she demonstrated unbidden her ability to count to 20 in perfect diction, and to stand up without aid.
We laughed and shared jokes about Parwich life, – she certainly hasn’t lost her sense of humour. I ribbed her mercilessly about the rather trendy line in footwear (black and white trainers with a pink skull motif!) and alluring surgical stockings she’s been given in hospital, and she seems very adept at careering around the corridor of the hospital in a motorised wheelchair with a very appropriate “No.1” written on the back of it.
She appears comfortable in the DRI, who are looking after her well and helping with her rehabilitation therapy, although she is understandably frustrated not to be back in Parwich. Judging by her progress, we are sure it won’t be long before she is back with us here.
Posted in News, People, Tom Chambers on Wednesday May 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Community Champions Awards took place last Sunday at Pride Park in Derby. Tom presented the “Learning Against The Odds” Award to 16-year old Laura Clark, who has persisted with her studies despite suffering from Crohn’s Disease.
Click here for a photo, and also to watch video clips from the awards.
You can also a find a detailed report of the day on the Derby Evening Telegrapgh’s website.
Posted in Arts, People on Monday May 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Parwich artist Lewis Noble has a new solo show starting this weekend at Ainscough Contemporary Art in Dartmouth, the show will run for three weeks.
It is an exhibition of new studio paintings and work completed on location in California and Derbyshire.
Palm Trees, Woodland Hills, L.A. – Watercolour & Mixed Media on Gesso Panel 30x30cm 2008
Posted in Gardens, People, Project Parwich, Young people on Tuesday May 13, 2008| 3 Comments »
If you go down to the woods today you will see – gnomes – and lots of them.
Jane Harris’ garden has long been a source of attraction for gnomophiles. It has a reputation far and wide as Derbyshire’s Premier Collection of Garden Gnomes. They come in all shapes and sizes, and are known to multiply when no-one is looking.
The Collection is of particular interest to those of a whimsical and youthful nature, and visitors to the wonderful village of Parwich are often drawn to this collection.
This year Jane is extending a warm invitation to those who visit it to show their appreciation by making a donation to – hurrah, hurrah – PROJECT PARWICH.
Thanks, Jane!
– submitted by Patti Beasley
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, People, Photography, Project Parwich on Thursday May 8, 2008| 5 Comments »
Not content with setting up The Horns and looking after her family, Jo-anne Jewett has been busy writing a book to help “empower” normal women by dispelling the myths about make-up and teaching them how to achieve a professional look themselves. The book, which is due to be launched at Bennetts in Ashbourne in July, is called:
‘The Beautiful Truth’
Make-up-is-easy
Don’t believe the hype!!
More about the book later, because not only is Jo-anne launching her book but, inspired by the “before and after” photo sessions that were done for the book, she is also taking a more hands-on role and fulfilling her original passion as a make-up artist and training coach. The models for the book are not actually models, they are ordinary women, aged from 13 to 68 and mostly from Parwich! Do you recognise the person in the before and after photos below….?!
Posted in Housing, People, Planning, Services, Transport on Thursday May 8, 2008| 1 Comment »
Thank you to Peter Trewhitt for providing this interview with Simon Spencer, Councillor for the Dovedale and Parwich Ward of Derbyshire Dales District Council
Simon Spencer should be well placed to understand our local issues. His family have lived and worked in the area for sometime, the family firm, Spencer’s Bakery of Ashbourne, having been founded in 1826. Although born in New Zealand, he came back to Ashbourne when only six months old, and has lived here ever since. Attending Osmaston Primary School, he quickly became familiar with the Parwich and Dovedale area helping his grandfather and later his uncles with their daily bread deliveries. Also his connection with Parwich included annual trips to Parwich Wakes: “It was a really good day out.” (more…)
Posted in 2008, Gardens, People, Posts of Note, Societies, Young people on Wednesday May 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Di Turnbull for sending in this post.
What a great time we had planting up the border outside the hard play area.
Cloe, Courtney, Josh and Dan helped to put down the stone around the access paths and seating area a few months ago and were keen to help with the design and planting of this area too. And what a help they were – fantastic! We planted through the weed-suppressing membrane, adding fresh compost and fertilizer, covering the plants again with the bark chippings. Keen to learn, their enthusiasm never wavered in the three hours it took to make the area look attractive. Josh did, however, remind us of the importance of being finished by 6.20pm, for ‘Doctor Who’!
They all said that they were going to ask others to take care not to walk on the area and to keep it looking good. A sense of ownership? – I think so.
Posted in People, Societies, Sport on Tuesday May 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Val & Glynis for sending in this post.
This weekend it was Parwich’s turn to host the annual tour match vs Cromer Tennis Club. (On alternative years Parwich visit Cromer) The weekend started with a friendly get-together in the Sycamore on Friday evening to catch up on the news and events of the past 12 months. Following on from the club’s junior tennis coaching on Saturday, there was a social tennis competition between the two clubs, which lasted late into the afternoon.
Val Stevenson arranged a near mystical match play to ensure that everyone got to play with all the other players of the opposite sex – in the tennis sense – so mystical in fact that Val herself won! Good weather and good tennis meant a fun day in which Parwich’s unconventional play often beguiled the more polished Cromer players. For example Chris Harrison’s electric net play!
The day was rounded off with a lively dinner in the Coach and Horses at Fenny Bentley.
The “Match Proper” for the Burgess Trophy took place on Sunday morning, and turned out as close as ever. Towards the end, Parwich were 4-6 down with two rubbers to play. Then youngsters Oon Yarlett and Zander Drummond won their set and nail-bitingly Di Bunting and Rob Drummond won the final set. At 6-6 Parwich had taken the match – won narrowly based on the overall number of games won.
Following the match, chilli, crumble and Pavlova were enjoyed in the Thornton Pavilion, washed down with champagne kindly supplied by Cromer. Colin Sims toasted both the Centenary of Cromer TC, which they celebrate this year and Parwich TC’s 10th Anniversary, which was last year. To date the Burgess Trophy has been competed for eight times with both clubs having wond on four occasions! The ninth match will take place in Cromer in early September 2009, on their beautiful grass courts.
Posted in People on Tuesday May 6, 2008| 6 Comments »
We have just received this post from Anthony Dillion, can you help him?
Hi, I’m trying to find information regarding my grandfathers family.. His name was Vernon Whyatt-Hadfield and his step father was a Isaac Hadfield born in Parwich in 1868 or there abouts to a William Hadfield, William’s mother was Maude. I would love to hear from anybody interested or a member of the Hadfield family.
I am having real difficulty finding the date of death of Isaac Hadfield. Thank you.
Please email Anthony Dillon at anthony@anthonydillon.com
Posted in Events, Out & About, People, Well dressing on Sunday May 4, 2008| 2 Comments »
Yesterday for me was the finale of the Well Dressing. We went over for the afternoon to Tissington with 4 friends. It was good to see the carpark busy & was being very expertly manned by Debbie & Trevor – no cars crashed on their watch. We started at Hands well, which had the same internal design as the well I was helping with, it was smaller but with two fantastic side columns representing the battlefields of WW1.
We gently strolled up the hill, calling in to see the local art of Roger Allen, such incredible photographic like detail, that I can recognise the valleys & hills around here. We spent 25 minutes in the Methodist Church listening to the super presentation about the history of the well dressings, this is our third time there and we never tire of it – if you get the chance go – it’s suitable for all ages.
Then we visited coffin well, this bible reading was selected because it was used exactly 100 years ago on the same well but with a different design. From there we went to the village hall to indulge in some of their super cakes – 4 of us had the date & walnut – highly recommended. Outside is the Tissington Pre-school well, which is so sweet, the children have used mainly whole flowers which is much easier for their finger to cope with.
Then it was back to Town Well…
…and a gentle stroll to Yew Tree Well.
This was the well that I had spent the early part of the week on. It does look lovely, the camomile heads really make the design stand out and considering the hail storm only a small number of petals were actually lost. Being full of cake we didn’t call in at The Stables, but lots were enjoying the food. The Hall well was delightful depicting the tomb on Easter Sunday.
From there we visited the Children’s well & some of you guessed correctly, it was a Dalek, they were so determined to get this character in to their design & how appropriate “Help exterminate breast cancer”.
What a wonderful tradition this is, I feel really honoured to have been involved and proud to show it off to my friends. If you haven’t had the chance to go, why not drive or walk across today or tomorrow – a perfectly relaxing day.
Posted in Events, Out & About, People, Well dressing on Thursday May 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I have to be honest I was working today so couldn’t make the service at Tissington. The church was full and people had to stand outside to listen to the Ascension Day service. Afterwards led by the Bishop everyone proceeded around the wells where a hymn was sung & the wells blessed. There was a large number of people admiring all the work, enjoying the sun & waiting for teas. I intend to visit over the weekend, then I will put a final post on including pictures of the wells that have not already photographed.
Posted in Out & About, People, Services, Shop on Thursday May 1, 2008| 4 Comments »
“It’s French!” imports speciality foods from France and is committed to providing high quality products, not available in supermarkets in France or the UK, to people passionate about food.
The initiative has been set up by Carolyn and Simon, a local couple from Clifton, who have been visiting Parwich every Saturday for the past few years whilst their daughter has riding lessons.
As well as their home in Clifton, they have a base in Gascony in South West France. Gascony is the land of d’Artagnan, the inspiration for the character in The Three Musketeers. It is also famed for its ‘douceur de vivre’ (‘sweetness of life’). It is home to foie gras and Armagnac and is an area which has been recognised for many years as producing great food
Carolyn and Simon have personally sourced their products from small, local, artisan farmers and growers. The farms have usually been passed down through several generations and traditional methods are still employed. All of the suppliers are passionate about their products, from conception through to distribution.
The range of products is growing all the time but current highlights include….. read on….. (more…)
Posted in News, People on Thursday May 1, 2008| 5 Comments »
The latest update on Carolyn…..
Carolyn is still make good progress and her therapists are “very pleased” with her overall progress; however there is still no news on how long it will be before Carolyn can come home.
On a more positive note, Carolyn’s been out and about again – this time to the Westfield shopping centre for lunch. She has also regained a little more independence this week. She has been given an electronic wheelchair so she can now move herself around the hospital as she wishes. Although she had one attempt at running Howard over in the corridor, she’s now in full control!
Howard took in the CD with everyone’s recorded messages on this week, which resulted in laughter and a few tears. Howard tells me the messages were great, very genuine and they made Carolyn’s day. Howard has also made up an album of all the photos that have been sent. Please keep sending photos and if the opportunity to record messages comes up again please have ago. The photos, cards, messages and pictures are all really helping Carolyn’s progress and they have the added advantages of brightening up her day and helping her to still feel part of the village.
There is a bit of an update as relates to visitors. Non-family members will now be able to visit but this needs to be carefully organised to fit in with her family and to make sure we don’t “double up” and wear her out. I know lots of us would like to see her as soon as possible but since she will be in hospital for a while it would make sense to spread our visits out. If you would like to visit please leave a comment here, call Howard, or put a note through the door. If you’re not able to do this, please email the website with a message and we’ll pass it on. If you do get to visit Carolyn it worth knowing that even though the visiting hours are quite restricted (2-4pm and 6-8pm) it’s not unusual for her to receive treatment during visiting hours. Clearly it’s important that she receives her treatment and so, if you’re visiting and she needs to go for treatment, please be patient.
Once more, Howard has asked me to say thank you and let everyone know how much he and Carolyn appreciate what has been and is being done for them both.
Posted in Events, People, Well dressing, Young people on Thursday May 1, 2008| 2 Comments »
Over the last 4 days I have given you clues and even partial pictures, so can you now identify the well dressing that I helped to create?
Can you also spot this well dressing, created by the children. What is this a picture of (and I don’t mean the finger on the left handside)?
Remember the well dressings open today with the Ascension Day service and blessing of the wells at 11am.
Posted in Events, Out & About, People, Well dressing on Wednesday April 30, 2008| 4 Comments »
Day 4, everything has to be finished and part of the team worked until 11pm last night, rumour has it that the bottle of port helped! This morning I just concentrated on the background, thousands of camomile heads. The photo below shows the use of various leaves to form part of the hills in the centrepiece and then primulas picked from gardens to create the folds in the gown.
This evening it was time to put up all the well dressings, however just as the tractor was loaded, it broke down and the heavens opened, not only with rain but hail. Would the boards survive once raised vertically?
The pictures really do not do justice to the nailbitting agonising as we watched the men lift the 5 sections into place. Stephen was up the tree with ropes and the others were either on the ground or in the trailer. Fingers inevitably squashed various bits of clay and this wasn’t helped by the hail which unfortunately caused further saturation and meant that some of the petals & leaves slipped. When we create the dressings we work from bottom to top, so that the petals are rather like feathers on a bird and any rain will just run down the petals & drip off, but if the boards are flat when it rains then it just soaks in. Using spare flowers we filled the gaps and stood back in the near darkness and proudly admired our painstaking work.
Don’t forget the Well Dressings are open from tomorrow, with the blessing commencing at 11am.
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.
Posted in People, Tom Chambers on Monday April 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Tom’s dad Stuart for alerting us to these great photos of the lad in action, as part of The Great Walk To Beijing 2008.
1. Tom on the Great Wall of China.
2. By the remains of a tower on the Great Wall, with Gordon Chan, Adam Sutton, Cliff Richard, Allison Cratchley and Murry Bingham.
3. With Gordon Chan and Lou Dobson.
4. Walking with Olivia Newton-John.
5. With actress Alison Cratchley (from the medical drama series All Saints, which sounds like Australia’s version of Holby City).
6. With Olivia Newton-John and team mascot Magic the kitten.
According to Stuart: “Tom is on his way back now – very tired – but note the trainer special shoes are those he was playing on the court after the Open New Court day.”
Important! It’s still not too late to sponsor Tom. Click here, then select the green “Sponsor Me” button. As is appropriate when you consider Tom’s current storyline in Holby City, all funds raised go towards Olivia Newton-John’s proposed Cancer Centre.
And finally: if there are any readers who haven’t yet seen Tom’s amazing tap dancing and drumming sequence, it’s now available on YouTube. How long until they sign him up for Strictly Come Dancing, one wonders…?
Posted in Events, Out & About, People, Well dressing on Monday April 28, 2008| 2 Comments »
This blog is not X-rated, but merely a new word that I learnt whilst working at Tissington today. This was the first morning of really getting our hands dirty. The designs for the Well Dressing had been marked on the clay & now we had to outline everything in either tiny coffee beans, which are carefully placed on their side, all facing the same way
or we had to use Black Knobs – in laymans terms the cones from the Alder tree, but this sounds far less exciting. It is a pretty painstaking procedure as the cones are only the size of the tip of your little finger.
There you are hunched up over the boards, back aching, freezing cold and covered in clay – it’s fantastic. After 4 hours of this the outline was finished and we started filling in the background, either with small pieces of parsley or with the minute head of the camomile flower – making certain that they were the correct way round. I’ve probably covered about 30cm in this way, only another 5 metres to go. Guess what I’m doing tomorrow!
Posted in Arts, Events, Out & About, People on Sunday April 27, 2008| 2 Comments »
May 6th – 8th – Pear Tree Farm, Matlock
Painting “Emotions” based on Landscape – all media (mainly acrylic)
Learn with Parwich artist Lewis Noble how to focus on your own individual reaction to the landscape and use contemporary techniques to produce semi-abstract images using colour, form, texture. Please bring conte crayons, oil or dry pastel sticks and sketch books for gathering images from the landscape and work up in the studio (mainly acrylic layering)or mixed media of your choice. Primed boards provided, however, please bring your own paper and canvas if preferred.
To book contact:
Email: sue@derbyshirearts.co.uk or Telephone: 01629 534215
Posted in Events, History, Out & About, People, Well dressing on Sunday April 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Over the next few days I am going to be posting a “Diary of Tissington Well Dressings”. In 2007 I was fortunate enough to be invited to join one of the Well Dressing teams, either they are desperate or I did a reasonable job last year because I am joining them again.
The Tissington Well Dressings are a fantastic tradition, something to be proud of, a part of our heritage which is all too often being eroded. Today for me was Day 1 – a very easy one. I joined some of the other Parwich Ladies who are involved in other wells at Communion at Tissington Church led by Christopher to celebrate the preparation for the Well Dressings. Afterwards we retired to the village hall for a wonderful cooked breakfast. Work for the Wells has been going on for days, with boards being soaked in the pond, clay puddled and designs drawn. The final boards were lifted today & taken to a “secret” location so that we can begin early tomorrow.
Posted in People, Transport on Sunday April 27, 2008| 7 Comments »
I could do with a bit of advice…
Back in March I was issued with a parking ticket; since I thought the ticket was completely unfair I immediately appealed against it, only to find out yesterday that my appeal was turned down and I must, “pay the full amount of £80 within 7 days” or be pursued in court! (By the time the letter arrived, 5 days had already passed since the date the letter was issued).
The (hopefully) potted history to this is as follows. I parked in the main Derby train station car park; I bought a £10 ticket at ~7.45am, stuck it on the windscreen and headed off for Birmingham. When I returned at ~18.00, I had a parking ticket stuck to my windscreen. The ticket stated I had been fined as I had no valid ticket and was not parked in a valid space.
In fairness, when I checked the ticket I’d bought main part of the ticket had fallen off the windscreen and only the sticky bit remained; however, I wasn’t overly worried about this as I’d bought my ticket by Switch and so there would a record. The non-legal parking was more perplexing; after a number of discussions with nearby construction workers and the station parking manager it transpired that the space I parked in should have had a cone in but everyone agreed that the cone was often not put back and so, not possessing any psychic powers, I couldn’t have known that I shouldn’t have parked there. (more…)
Posted in Arts, Events, People on Sunday April 27, 2008| 5 Comments »
Derbyshire Open Arts is a visual arts and crafts event across the county. This free event invites you to visit artists and craftspeople in their show spaces and workplaces over Spring Bank holiday weekend.
Our next event will take place during Spring Bank holiday weekend, 24th, 25th and 26th May.
One of the venues for this event is at Lewis Noble’s studio in Parwich. The work on display will be paintings by Lewis, paintings and painted furniture by Mandy Noble, and fine art textiles and embroidery by Laura Stevens from Ashbourne.
Lewis, Mandy, Laura
The studio will be open for the three days of the event and is situated directly opposite Parwich Hall.
DARTs Website http://www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk/
Mandy’s website http://www.nobleinteriors.co.uk
Lewis’s websites http://lewisnoble.co.uk http://nobleart.co.uk
Laura’s website http://www.laurastevenstextileart.co.uk/
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Also as part of this event Ruby Hickmott ( http://www.rubyhickmott.co.uk/ ) is exhibiting at her home in Church Walk, Parwich as part of the DARTS’ programme. Look out for Ruby’s work at the exhibition in Bradbourne Church next weekend.
(Sorry for the late entry but we didn’t realise Ruby was showing too.)
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Posted in About this site, People on Friday April 25, 2008| 1 Comment »
Here I am with news for Parwich, and could not find my way around Parwich.org to write a comment, is it done by email I wondered. I was looking for ‘post a blog here’ type button!
Anyway, here I am in Central France, on the edge of the Limousin and the Aquitaine, doing a little shopping on ebay, such bargains to be had! I noticed that I had bought from someone in Derbyshire, but until the package arrived this morning, I did not know it was from Parwich, I will withhold the lady in questions name, but suffice to say she lives in the same village as my cousin Val Stevenson, how is that for a small world! So, villagers, if you find in your possession small leather or cardboard cases, tell Val about them, and she will let me know! Then she will have to come and visit and bring our favourite boys with her.
Edwina Sutcliffe, Marval, Haute Vienne
(You can add a comment by clicking on where it say ‘Comments’ or ‘No Comments’ at the bottom of each post, but new posts have to be given to one of the website team. The quickest way to do that is to email your post to parwich@hotmail.co.uk, as Edwina did, and one of us will put it on the site as soon as possible.)
Posted in People, Tom Chambers on Thursday April 24, 2008| 9 Comments »
Thank you to Stuart for forwarding the following information, sorry we did not get it posted on Wednesday when it was sent in, we are not normally this slow:
Tom flies out with Cliff Richard tonight (Wednesday) to join the Great Walk to Beijing and we should be able to follow his progress via the website www.greatwalktobeijing.com (use this link to if you want to sponsor Team UK or Tom) It is a sponsored walk for the Olivia Newton John Cancer Hospital and Holby have allowed Tom to go because of his particular Cancer Storyline in Holby at the moment. But being recorded today (Wednesday) for transmission on Friday are Tom and Amanda (who plays Connie) at 5 pm on the Paul O’Grady Show Channel 4.
Posted in People on Thursday April 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
We hope you are having a good birthday, and are sorry you have to spend it at St. Oswald’s Hospital. Get well soon.
Best wishes from all your friends in Parwich.
Posted in News, People on Wednesday April 23, 2008| 4 Comments »
A further update on Carolyn…..
Carolyn has been in the rehab ward for over a week and the treatment she has received there has made a noticeable difference. She is making good and regular steps forward and Howard reports daily progress. In fact, Carolyn has really impressed the physiotherapist as she was able to stand for the first time yesterday, exceeding expectations!
Carolyn is now spending most of the day out of the bed in her chair and Howard and her family have been wheeling her around the hospital and its grounds. The hospital staff are even planning to take her on an outing to a local pub on Friday lunchtime! Howard has completed his “chair training” and is hoping to be able to take her out for the occasional meal soon. (more…)
Posted in Events, People on Wednesday April 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The funeral of Annie Steeples of Smithy Close, Parwich, will take place at St. Peter’s church on Thursday 24th April at 11.45 am in St. Peter’s church.
Annie grew up in Camberwell, London, before meeting her husband Frank during the Second World War. Frank had grown up in Parwich and brought her back there, apparently telling her that she could expect to find Woolworths and similar shops in the village. They had two children, Frank and Karen, and four grandchildren. Frank died in 1991.
Annie was 88 when she died.
Posted in People, Societies, Sport on Tuesday April 22, 2008| 4 Comments »
(Thanks to Graham for supplying this post.)
The Grand opening of the superb hard play area on Sunday morning was followed by an equally auspicious event in the afternoon – “The Chairman & Presidents day” organized by the Parwich Tennis Club.
Flushed with success playing for the football team in the opening round robin competition in the morning (oh yes, they really were that desperate), Glynis suggested I would be welcome to turn my hand to an equally alien game of tennis in the afternoon for the open competition which marked the club’s Chairman and Presidents competition. Having already lost all sense of reason, and been subject to anaesthetising levels of public humiliation, I figured that there was little left to lose in terms of personal dignity. After all, it was a pretty miserable day, and the highlight left for me on Sunday was a pre-dinner pint of Pedigree or three, so I hastily agreed. After all, I already had my trainers and track suit on, so I didn’t even have to go home to change.
The enthusiastic members of the tennis club convened at 1:15pm to be addressed by one Lt. Col. Linnell (Nia), who explained and subsequently orchestrated the order of events with the usual cool efficiency of an Officer and mother of four. The format of the competition would be another round robin, this time with 19 players whose ages ranged from 12 to 50, where each player would face 14 short matches of “short tennis”, with the winner being the one who racked up the most points during their respective matches.
This is going to be like taking candy off a baby, I thought – half of the competitors were youngsters, and the rest seemed so nice that when confronted by a ruthless winner (me), they would surely crumple in the face of such determined opposition. And besides, they were so welcoming, and happy that I had joined in, the only difficulty seemed to be coming to terms with my waltzing off with their first prize.
Posted in News, People on Monday April 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
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We would like to thank Dorothy for all the hard work she has put into creating a woodland garden on the Parish Council land in front of Parwich Hall.
The Parish Council were bold enough to go for this land in the centre of the village when it came up for auction a couple of years ago, and Dorothy certainly rose to the challenge of maintaining it. (more…)
Posted in People, School, Young people on Sunday April 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
As a community we take great pleasure in welcoming Mrs Caroline Rodgers to our delightful village school of Parwich. We hope that she will thoroughly enjoy being here and we look forward to developing closer community ties with the school.
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HOLBY City’s Tom Chambers returned to Derbyshire to open the new imaging centre at the Nuffield Health Hospital in Littleover.
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