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Hill Race 2009

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 30, 2009| 6 Comments »

Thank you to Graham, our roving reporter for this evening:

Our Roving Reporter

Our Roving Reporter

No Haile Gebrselassie ( -spell that without Google!), no Ron Hill, no Roberto Buntingo, no Paula R (she told us the lack of course toilets prevented an appearance this year) – no matter – 80 of the region’s best runners (and me) lined up for the annual Parwich Hill Race this evening.

The weather was warm and sticky but much more pleasant than last years deluge.

Even if I wasn’t a keen runner (enthusiasm here being a definite talent substitute), the Hill Race night would be one of my favourites of Wakes week. With the fair in full swing, and crowds congregating on the streets around the pub and the green, it tends to maintain a good natured carnival atmosphere which is starting to be lost on the evening of Wakes Saturday, (which I find is becoming sadly marred by the intimidating groups of marauding binge drinking youth’s largely from outside the village smashing glass, throwing firework’s and racing cars). (more…)

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Sports and storm clouds – more photos

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Weather, Young people on Tuesday June 30, 2009| 2 Comments »

Thank you to Colin B for these photos (click here for Nia’s write-up):

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Children's Sports during Wakes 2009

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Storm cloulds over the sports field

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Milestone Day for the New Memorial Hall

Posted in 2009, Memorial hall, Posts of Note on Tuesday June 30, 2009| 1 Comment »

update of Sunday’s post

Milestone Day for the New
Memorial Hall:

Less than £100,000 to go.

Today we have not one but two great pieces of news. The first is that confirmation has been announced of a massive £41,653 grant from the Sustainable Development Fund (Peak District National Park Authority) and the second is that leaves only £86,032 to raise. The committee have known about the grant for a couple of weeks but couldn’t announce it until today. They would like to say a special thank you to the Peak District National Park. Following the Community Visit in January, they have been instrumental in demonstrating their support for our new hall by helping and advising us. This has given the committee a tremendous boost.

This grant now means that the fund for the New Memorial Hall tops £781,768.

What an achievement for a small community the size of Parwich and its surrounding villages. This amounts to approximately £1,000 for every man woman and child.

Although the end is in sight it’s imperative that we don’t stop now. Every £10 that we can raise will make a big difference – it will help to equip the spacious kitchen designed particularly with our important Oddfellows lunch in mind but will also let us hold all those milestone celebrations like birthdays and weddings. It will help towards the new meeting room where we can hold all our current meetings such as the History Society and Horticultural Society as well as all those extra things that the survey indicated people wanted to do – art groups, talks, and just general get togethers. So please continue with your efforts for that last £86,000.

The village has worked hard to make its contribution but it was always acknowledged that an amount as large as this could not come from the village alone, so true to its promise, the Committee and the funding group particularly, have sourced every contact and available grant (with hopefully more in the pipeline) Contributions have come from village fundraising, Project Parwich, individuals, local politicians, local and national grant sources. All have been impressed by our small communities’ big dream.

That new hall, talked about for years, voted for five years ago and two years in the planning, is now going to be a reality that we can all use and enjoy.

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Children’s races – Monday night – a scorcher…….

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Monday June 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to our roving reporter for the evening Nia:

It all started well, with Dennis, missing his usual side kick – Brian- getting the races off to a flying start at bang on 6.30pm. Children were clutching their brown envelopes of money and sucking on revolting looking purple chews with more additives in them than a bag of candy floss from the fair, by the time the roving reporter made it down to the sports ground…..

The birth explosion in Parwich around the millennium meant the tape holders had to work doubly hard as heats had to be run before the finalists could be decided. The ‘smarter’ children quickly realised they needed to ensure they got in the right heat in order to guarantee a place in the final. For the boys that meant avoiding Jack G. and Jacob B. and the girls had to avoid Bethany F. These 3 youngsters were obviously under strict instructions to bring home to the dosh as they were flying down the home straight into 1st place in every race they entered.(unless it was against each other of course….) (more…)

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Storm clouds over Parwich‏

Posted in 2009, Photography, Posts of Note, Weather on Monday June 29, 2009| 7 Comments »

With these high temperatures and humidity, the energy in the atmosphere has to go somewhere, and tonight, it came to Parwich. This picture was taken at 7:30 pm tonight 29th June 2009. The cloud formations were spectacular, and what you don’t get from this still picture is the turbulent movement in the formations. Though there are rumblings and flashes, so far, as of writing this, we have been spared the storm.

Graham

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Children’s sports

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Monday June 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Amy H-G, who is visiting Parwich, for these photos (taken before the storm clouds arrived). Click here for Nia’s write up of the evening.

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Wakes Week Saturday – Even More Snaps!

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday June 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Wakes Week got off to an excellent start yesterday. The weather became progressively better and much fun was had by all who participated.

Here are some more photos from the Odd Fellows’ Procession, the Village Market and the Fancy Dress Parade. See if you can spot yourself!

The Odd Fellows' Procession

The Odd Fellows' Procession

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Plenty of cakes in the Church

Posted in 2009, Church, Posts of Note on Sunday June 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The tea and cakes in Parwich Churchyard went down well, and all the proceeds will go to the Church restoration fund.

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More Wakes photos.

Posted in 2009, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday June 28, 2009| 1 Comment »

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From the wife of an Oddfellow.

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday June 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Ah, the sound of the band, the sight of a parade of rather smartly turned out gentlemen (or ‘Odd Fellows’ take your pick…) wearing white gloves and carrying sticks, the sparkling of Lou’s jewellery stand at the ‘Market Place’, the smell of Janet and Paula’s burger stand…it could only be the start of Wakes!

As usual it was great fun for both participants and observers. I always enjoy a spot of shopping, and very much enjoyed my little spree on the green this afternoon. Two necklaces, three bracelets and one 1930’s koala bear later I then strolled over to the beautiful garden at The Fold for a quick sip of beer. The atmosphere there was fantastic! It is great to see to many Parwichians (that sounds like a Native American Tribe, doesn’t it?!) in one spot – especially loved seeing Barbara and Brian McCormack and their gorgeous grandchildren.

What’s next on the agenda? My own lovely Oddfellow (every girl should have one) coming home, full of roast beef and beer, falling asleep on the sofa.

I suppose it is only once a year…

Thank you to Deb for her perspective on the afternoon, she is joining the team for this week as one of our overworked and underpaid roving reporters.

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Photo Diary of What goes on Where on Wakes Saturday.

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday June 27, 2009| 3 Comments »

This post is an active one and will grow throughout the day. This post is packed with photos, all will enlarge, just click on them.

By 10am the village is alive with people, the Odd Fellows have already visited 2 venues and quickly marching up the hill for their 3rd pint whilst the Village Market stall holders are busy preparing their goods for the start of the sales at 11am.

The 3rd stop for the marchers after The Sycamore and Flaxdale House is The Hall, with the Shields family serving refreshments for the thirsty participants, it’s a long way up the hill!

10.15 Some of the suspect faces up at The Hall.

Loads more photos of the day, just click. (more…)

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Maths is Fun.

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, School on Friday June 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Today saw the culmination of Numeracy Week, and what a day it was today. The children had the challenge of dressing up as something to do with maths.

The afternoon, with parents taking part, involved a maths relay with all the school involved. With 7 teams of mixed ages, each team had to run to collect their first of 30 questions, as each one was answered, each child taking it in turns had to return to the the teachers to have their answers checked. Once they received the OK, it was back to their group for the next one.

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School Eco Club

Posted in 2009, Gardens, Posts of Note, School on Friday June 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Weeding the vegetables. (Click on any photo to enlarge)

Harvesting the first vegetables – Red Potatoes, guess what is on the menu at school next week. Thank you to the Horticultural Society for their support.

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Strictly Trophy at the Sycamore

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Pub, Tom Chambers on Friday June 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Tom’s Strictly Come Dancing Trophy is on display at the Sycamore Inn:

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Children’s Horticultural Show 2009

Posted in 2009, Flora, Gardens, Posts of Note, Young people on Monday June 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Nia for the following write up and to Mike H and Peter for the photos:

Parwich and District Horticultural Society had a very successful day on Sunday as visitors poured into the village to take a stroll around 12 delightful gardens, rest in the memorial hall with a delicious cream tea and take a look at the exhibits in the children’s show.

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Parwich Open Gardens

Posted in 2009, Flora, Gardens, Posts of Note on Sunday June 21, 2009| 1 Comment »

The sun broke through the clouds and shone down on Parwich Open Gardens this year. Despite the closed road on the B5056, several hundred people visited the gardens this Sunday, making the event a huge success. Thank you to everyone who entered the horticultural show and well done to those who won prizes!

Members of the Horticultural Society manned the plant sale which generated much interest amongst the visitors.

Plant sale at the Memorial Hall

Plant sale at the Memorial Hall

Cream teas were provided thanks to the hard work of the backroom staff and thanks to those who baked scones and helped prepare for the ‘hungry hoards’.

A scene from the 'engine room' of the cream tea production facility

A scene from the 'engine room' of the cream tea production facility

Brisk business was done in the Memorial Hall

Brisk business was done in the Memorial Hall

Thanks as well to those who opened up their gardens and provided so much inspiration to us all. It is not possible to provide photographs of every garden, but click ‘continue reading’ below to view a gallery of snaps taken during the afternoon. Each picture can be enlarged by clicking on it. Return to the gallery by pressing the ‘back’ button.

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Walking Bus world record breaking attempt!

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, School on Thursday June 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The children from the school took part in a sponsored “walking bus” walk through the village yesterday in aid of “Brake”, a charity which campaigns for safer roads for children. The slogan on the poster is “Slow Down Around Schools” as you can see from the pictures. Here are the children lining up by the cricket pitch.

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B5056 to stay closed over weekend

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Thursday June 18, 2009| 2 Comments »

Here are some photos of the landslip on the B5056. The contractors are currently moving a drill into place over the subsided section of road to establish what is happening underground.

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June 4th elections: the candidates answer our questions.

Posted in 2009, Local government, Posts of Note on Wednesday June 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Please click on each candidate’s name to view their answers to the questions which we recently sent to them. We’re grateful to all of them for taking the time and trouble to reply.

Dovedale (includes Alsop en le Dale, Parwich and part of Pikehall):
James Jennings, Liberal Democrat.
Simon Spencer, Conservative.
Colin Swindell, Labour.

Wirksworth (includes Ballidon):
Garry Purdy, Conservative.
Irene Ratcliffe, Labour.
Josh Stockwell, Green Party – NO REPLY.

East Midlands MEPs:
Roger Helmer, Conservative.
Glenis Willmott, Labour.
Derek Clark, UKIP – NO REPLY.
Bill Newton Dunn, Liberal Democrat.

Finally, there’s an interesting article by Matthew Parris in The Times on the state of political play in Derbyshire (“Labour on red alert as Derbyshire Tories scent victory at county council“), with quotes from several of our county council candidates. Please click here to read it.

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Special Sunny Saturday

Posted in 2009, Events, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday May 30, 2009| 3 Comments »

What a beautiful day!

It was one of those days when the weather was so perfect that everything felt special. The barbeques came out, people enjoyed their gardens and the pub beer garden was put to good use.

Morning interest was provided by the first Cycling Plus Sportive event which chose to come through Parwich as part of their 100 mile route. Starting from the Donnington area over 500 cyclists took part in the event. Looking at the event website, many participants found the Peak District section the most enjoyable.

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Tissington Well Dressings 2009 – photo gallery.

Posted in 2009, Photography, Posts of Note, Well dressing on Monday May 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Our thanks to John F-S, Kevin S and Ben B for supplying these images – and do pay particular attention to the “Samson” well, as Parwich’s very own Jane B had a hand in its construction!

Jane’s well dressing diary posts can be found here, here and here.

Please click each image to enlarge it.

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Stepping Stones, Pre-School

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Pre-school on Friday May 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The Stepping Stones Pre-school have been doing lots of lovely things and they would like to share some photos with us.

After a walk around Parwich when the children were looking for signs of Spring, they then made these pictures of trees.

The children went on a visit to Ashbourne Library for a special ‘Storytime’ after which the children enjoyed choosing books to take home. The squash and biscuits were popular too! There is now a display of their work in the children’s section of the library. Why not pop in and have a look.

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Moonwalk completed

Posted in 2009, People, Posts of Note on Sunday May 17, 2009| 3 Comments »

From Sandra and Rebecca:

We would like to thank everyone for their support for the Moonwalk which we completed this morning.

Before the start

We set off from Hyde Park at midnight and strode out for the first 13 miles which took us past Buckingham Palace, Westminster along the Victoria Embankment and over London Bridge; coming back along the South Bank, Albert Embankment and Battersea Park; where there was a quick detour via the bushes!

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Parwich’s least popular road signs.

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Sunday May 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Following yesterday’s rundown of the six road signs that most of you wanted to stay, here are the seventeen signs that most of you would like to get rid off.

One of the more interesting results is that 73% of you support a lowering of the speed limit to 20mph.

We’ll start with the least popular sign of all, and work our way down.

90% of you thought that the lower sign (right hand junction) should go.

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Parwich’s most popular road signs.

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Saturday May 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

With all due apologies for the long wait, we can now reveal the results of our marathon “Traffic Signs of Parwich” survey.

We asked your opinion on 23 signs. Of those 23, only 6 signs received an overall positive score. Here they are, in descending order of popularity.

We’ll be back tomorrow with your least popular road signs – all 17 of them!

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Parwich Odd Fellows Ale – a unique brew!

Posted in 2009, Oddfellows, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday May 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Parwich Odd Fellows has commissioned its own specifically brewed ale. There are just four cases remaining, so if you want to try it you need to be quick!

Each case contains 12 bottles and costs £26; alternatively you can buy individual bottles at £2.50 a bottle.

In addition, there are just ten of the ‘special presentation packs’ still available – each pack contains 3 bottles, one of which is 1 of the first 24 bottles produced and has a special label to prove it! The presentation packs cost £11.

To purchase this unusual product, which is unique to Parwich Odd Fellows, please contact Bill Whitfield on 390571.

If you miss out, don’t despair – there will be a new but different brew produced for Parwich Odd Fellows for Parwich Wakes week!

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Parwich Bluebell Wood

Posted in 2009, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday May 10, 2009| 1 Comment »

A few weeks ago, parwich.org published some photographs of the glorious daffodils in Dorothy L’s woodland garden. Alas, the daffs have gone over now and the onerous task of dead-heading is well under way.

We have good news however. Dorothy’s woodland garden is looking more spectacular than ever. The bluebells are flowering and make a breathtaking scene.

Thanks again to Dorothy for allowing us to enjoy her garden through these pictures. Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for a floral feast!

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Traffic signs of Parwich #22 (and a half)

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Thursday May 7, 2009| 1 Comment »

In yesterday’s comments, Rebecca observed:

The last set of signs have a special place in my heart because Will, at a tender age, thought they read ‘Unsuitable for monsters’!

Was this what you had in mind, Will….?

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A Bird’s Eye View

Posted in 2009, Church, Events, Oddfellows, Posts of Note on Saturday May 2, 2009| 1 Comment »

Last Sunday, a small team of ‘professional’ Parwich cameramen were asked to make a video record of the St. George’s Day Parade. The exercise was meticulously planned and good vantage points were identified the day before. One of these points happened to be the bell tower of St. Peter’s Church, providing a rather interesting panorama of the village. In addition to the filming, our roving reporter took a few still pictures to share with you.

: The Procession Arrives at St. Peter’s Church

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Video of the Church Fete

Posted in 2009, A52s, Church, Posts of Note on Tuesday April 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Here is some footage from the Church Fete last Sunday. Didn’t we have a lovely time….and wasn’t the weather kind. Great to see the village out in force practising for Wakes!

Many thanks to Mike G for his camerawork and Martin C for his production skills.

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Our St George’s Day Celebrations

Posted in 2009, A52s, Church, Cyberscouts, Oddfellows, Photography, Posts of Note on Tuesday April 28, 2009| 4 Comments »

The Parwich Odd Fellows set in motion a very successful day. A big thank you to everyone, including the organisers, especially Mick Edge without whose vision, ideas and determination, the day would not have happened, all the helpers and those who came along and supported the day.

The morning’s march by the Odd Fellows and the Derbyshire Dales Cyberscouts, led by Doveholes Brass Band, followed the route of the Wakes March, though with fewer refreshment stops!! The Cyberscouts (including beavers, cubs and scouts) were particularly smartly turned out for their first parade in Parwich. It was very well supported and by the time the Church was reached for 11am there were more people than pews.

Andrew took the service of celebration: rousing hymns with the organ and brass band, dedication of two new kneelers commemorating the British Legion and Norman Edge; and the dedication of the four new banners for the Cyberscouts. Andrew’s address drew on St. George, the Good Samaritan and Jesus as examples of the importance of service to our communities.

The march continued around the village, finishing at the Memorial Hall for lunch and the chance to enjoy some live music.

The celebrations continued into the afternoon with the Church Fete. The afternoon was interspersed with Winster Morris Dancers and the well-known band the A52s.

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Cricket on Parson’s Croft

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport on Tuesday April 28, 2009| 1 Comment »

Thank you to JF-S for the following photos, which were taken at Parwich’s first match of the season (against Elton):

four runs

a good knock

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St George’s Day Parade

Posted in 2009, Cyberscouts, Events, Oddfellows, Posts of Note on Sunday April 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Here are a couple of photos of this morning’s St George’s Day Parade lead by the Odd Fellows and the Cyberscouts. This afternoon’s events start at 1-30pm on the Green with Winster Morris Men, the the Church Fête and the A52’s fresh from their world tour. More photos and a report will follow.

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Moonwalk Coffee morning a great success‏

Posted in 2009, Events, People, Posts of Note on Thursday April 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Sandra and Rebecca would like to thank everyone who very generously supported their coffee morning to raise money and sponsorship for taking part in the London Moonwalk. They collected a massive total of £440.30 in the morning in donations, sponsorship, cake stall and raffle.

All the proceeds are going to breast cancer projects supported by the Moonwalk. Together with sponsorship already collected they are getting dangerously close to reaching their target at which they promised to post a picture of them in their decorated bras in which they will walk a full marathon length circuit around the streets of London, starting at Midnight on May 16th.

Here is a picture of them taken just before they polished off all the left-over cakes and biscuits.

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Easter in the Church

Posted in 2009, Church, Posts of Note on Saturday April 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The Church has been beautifully decorated with Spring flowers ready for the Easter family service tomorrow at 10am. It is a service for everyone, especially the children and everybody is invited to join in. Afterwards there are refreshments in the Church and an Easter Egg Hunt. easter-272

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Don’t forget Tea & Cakes in Alsop Churchyard on Monday – 11am-4pm.

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Early Landings at Alsop

Posted in 2009, Alsop, Posts of Note on Saturday April 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Taken at 8.30am this morning by Chris D at his farm in Alsop.

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Dorothy’s beautiful woodland garden

Posted in 2009, Gardens, Posts of Note on Sunday April 5, 2009| 3 Comments »

As you round the corner by the turn-off to the School, a rather special sight greets your eyes. Over the last few years, an area of ‘wilderness’ has been transformed into a calming, charming woodland garden. This transformation has been achieved thanks to an enormous amount of hard work by Dorothy L, who has realised her vision to establish meandering paths and wild flowers in a natural setting.

One of the joys of Spring is to see the daffodils bloom in this area. This year, they are magnificent. Here is Dorothy tending her garden:

Dorothy has kindly allowed us to photograph aspects of her garden. Click on each image to enlarge it.

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A dangerous fault line on the B5056 near the Bentley Brook?

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Sunday April 5, 2009| 1 Comment »

A number of villagers have expressed concern over the state of the B5056 near the Bentley Brook.

Mike H says:

Does anybody else feel as concerned as I do at the rate at which the road is slipping at the temporary traffic lights by the Bentley Brook?

The road sinks further week by week and the fissure gets wider and wider. It seems to me that there is a serious risk that the road may be closed if a further substantial movement occurs. This would cause severe inconvenience to all Parwichians as well as those who use the B5056.

Leaving the road to deteriorate in my opinion is likely to cost the Council (us!) far more money and may cause serious disruption. A stitch in time……

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A pioneering source of renewable energy for Parwich?

Posted in 2009, Environment, Memorial hall, Ornithology, Posts of Note on Wednesday April 1, 2009| 16 Comments »

The Parwich Memorial Hall funding group are currently preparing a grant application which, if successful, will make our new Hall entirely self-sufficient for all its energy needs – as well as generating extra electricity for the village.

Due to our location at the end of a valley, residents will be aware of how windy it can get – particularly on the top of Parwich Hill. Therefore, the plan is to capture this wind energy by installing a wind turbine on top of the hill.

Thanks to the latest technological advances, modern wind turbines are much less visually intrusive than they used to be – as you can see from our artist’s impression.

(Please click to enlarge)

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Man of the Moment – Star Rugby Player

Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Young people on Monday March 30, 2009| 2 Comments »

Bertie Linnell – the young blonde hooligan – has for the last year been the Captain of Ashbourne Rugby Club U9 team. Yesterday he lead them to the final of the NLD (Notts, Leics and Derbys – for the non sporting types….) competition. Unfortunately they were then defeated by West Bridgeford but Bert has consistently been man of the Match and we may have found an outlet for his energies!

Ashbourne RUFC says “The Under 9’s travelled to Newark to participate in the Notts, Lincs & Derbys Cup to take on the best teams from across the three counties. Most of the opposing teams are from much bigger and more established clubs, but Ashbourne displayed maximum quality, effort and determination to come away with a well-deserved runners up spot.

The defeat in the final cannot disguise what was a fantasic achievement by the team to be recognised as the second best Under 9’s team from across the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire.

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