Posted in 2009, Church, Ornithology, People, Posts of Note on Thursday September 3, 2009| 3 Comments »
Today Michael Stokes of MDS Stained Glass installed the new stained glass window, designed by David Pilkington, in the Lady Chapel. This exquisite window commemorates James Hetherington (2002-2004) and his great-grandfather Joseph Thornton (1903-1992). The location of the window is particularly appropriate as it is next to the Millennium windows, also designed by David Pilkington, to celebrate all the children living in the parish in 2000.
Posted in 2009, Church, Posts of Note on Wednesday September 2, 2009| 1 Comment »
The Marshalls have nearly finished replacing the section of St. Peter’s floor. This photo was taken yesterday,
and this today.
Posted in 2009, Pets of Parwich, Posts of Note on Wednesday September 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The unwary bird might get a surprise at dinner time; it’s not what’s for dinner, but … … … (more…)
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Services, Transport on Tuesday September 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
From today (September 1st), free health-related transport will be available for patients in a number of local villages – including Parwich. The transport will be provided by a number of different local organisations (including Ashbourne Community Transport), and is part of a scheme to assist those in rurally isolated villages. (Source: Buxton Advertiser.)
To find out if you are eligible, or to book the service, contact 01335 300670.
Note that the same number can be use to book “Dial-A-Bus” services, which are available for anyone unable to use ordinary public transport. Services run on Mondays from Parwich, Alsop and Ballidon to Ashbourne town centre, and on Mondays and Tuesdays from Parwich and Ballidon to Derby. Click here for more information.
Posted in 2009, Church, Posts of Note on Friday August 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Martin for this update on the Church repairs:
We had discovered that part of the church floor was hanging in mid air as the floor bearers and joists had rotted away. These photos and video show the Marshalls taking out the rotten floor and joists, prior to installing a new floor. Thank you to all of you who have supported our recent fund-raising events i.e. the Concert and the Fête, which have enabled us to repair this part of the church.
(there is no sound on this video)
For the photographs (more…)
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Roads on Wednesday August 12, 2009| 5 Comments »
The closure of the B5056 just north of the Bentley Brook Inn at Fenny Bentley is likely to continue into next year.
The Blog Team spoke to Derbyshire County Council Highways Department this morning.
The Consultants, who investigated the landslip when the road was closed in June, have indicated four possible options. The County Council are deciding which option to go ahead with, though the currently preferred one involves sinking piles into the hillside to stabilise the landslip. They hope that work will start in 3 or 4 months, but then the work is likely to take another 3 or 4 months. Their website has a projected end date in May 2010, though presumably this will be subject to updating once they have finalised the programme of work and assuming that there is no dramatic further landslip. (more…)
Posted in 2009, Farming, Out & About, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday August 8, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to Kevin S for these images. Click on each to enlarge. Alternatively, click here to view them as a slideshow.
Posted in 2009, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2009, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 5, 2009| 1 Comment »
Last night there were three junior races (under 8s, under 10s and under 12s). Despite the conditions, all the competitors worked really hard, and they kept running all the way round a very steep and slippery course (I know I fell over).
Here are some photos selected from all three children’s races to illustrate how a race should be run. (more…)
Posted in 2009, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note, Sport on Wednesday August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
As previous posts and comments indicate last night’s Parwich Panoramic Five fell race went very well despite the weather. The fastest time over the 5.3 mile mile muddy course was a very creditable 36 minutes 12 seconds.
Off they go
Here are the results of the main Parwich Panoramic Five race
1st Male Karl Webster of Matlock AC
2nd Male Adam Perry of Holbrook
3rd Male Matt Chapman of South London Harriers (more…)
Posted in 2009, Events, Parwich Panoramic 5, Posts of Note on Tuesday August 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Fell runners are a tough breed. Whilst most people would have taken one look at the drizzly weather and settled in for a night of reality TV, 63 intrepid individuals decided to take on the challenge of the very first Panoramic Five Fell Race. This race provided 5.3 miles of mud, stiles and inclines – most of which seemed to be going uphill!
Talking to a number of the competitors in the pub after the race, the event was favourably received. The organisation and marshalling of the event were particularly praised….so thanks Paul, Graham, Don and others who masterminded and organised the event. Thank you also to the marshalls and the Parwich First Responders for your time and trouble.
Race organisers Paul & Graham test their megaphone skills
Posted in 2009, Competition, Posts of Note on Sunday July 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The competition closed this evening with four very close entries. The correct answers are:
Congratulations to CD our winner. (more…)
Posted in 2009, People, Posts of Note, School on Wednesday July 22, 2009| 3 Comments »
Mrs Black`s and Mrs Williamson`s Leaving party 22/07/09
This afternoon saw the leaving party at Parwich Primary School of Joanne Black and Diane Williamson.
What a lovely afternoon it turned out to be. The children gave a presentation of music and song to the teachers, parents and friends, followed by gifts flowers and afternoon tea.
It was a lovely atmosphere and enjoyed by all who attended. We wish them both well in the future.
Tricia Watson and Alison Buckley
Posted in 2009, Church, News, People, Posts of Note on Sunday July 19, 2009| 8 Comments »
Excellent news, a new vicar has been appointed to the group benefice of Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington. It is the Rev. Dr. Andy Larkin, who will be moving to our parish at the beginning of January.
Andy Larkin says of himself:
At present, my family and I live in Brailsford and I work as Curate in five parishes to the south of Ashbourne.
Previous to that, I worked as a chaplain at the Derby Hospitals and as a Curate at St Peter’s, Littleover.
My wife Jo is a secondary school psychology teacher, currently working part time at The Ecclesbourne School in Duffield.
We have been married for sixteen years and have three children, Ben (7), Harry (5) and Maisie (2). (more…)
Posted in 2009, Church, Music, Posts of Note on Tuesday July 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here are some photographs from last Saturday’s concert by the de Parys Trio. The evening was a fantastic success both musically and financially raising some £830 for the Church restoration fund, though the lady who lost her ring might want to click here. For more photos (more…)
Posted in 2009, Church, Flora, Music, Posts of Note on Saturday July 11, 2009| 3 Comments »
Parwich Church is looking very fine with GS and AK’s flower arrangements ready for tonight’s concert. Tickets have sold well and if you want to sit in the nave phone tel. 01335 390 529 to reserve your seat, with only a few left. Otherwise if you just turn up tonight, there should be seats in the side aisles which may have a restricted view. For more details and more photos: (more…)
Posted in 2009, Photography, Posts of Note on Saturday July 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
To win a £10 cash prize – kindly donated by our photographer JFS – all you need to do is correctly identify the “Lights of Parwich” shown below.
Why not get out and explore Parwich? Alternatively, why not get some peace and quiet by sending out the children to identify the pictures?
Email your answers to parwich@hotmail.co.uk by 7pm Sunday 26th July. The entry with the most correct answers wins.
Click on each picture to enlarge it, or click here to get them all in an easy to print two-page pdf.
Posted in 2009, British Legion, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 4, 2009| 1 Comment »
This post and the photos don’t do justice to what was a really good, well attended and excellently organised series of events, nonetheless…
Wakes Friday hosted a “Race Night Triathlon” involving balls, ferrets and “horses”.
The evening’s activities began at Pump Hill with the Ball Race at 7.00 pm sharp. This was followed by the Race Night at the Legion (including the Thoroughbred Ferret Furlong & the Legion Grand National).
Click on continue reading for the winning balls and more photos of the events.
Posted in 2009, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Friday July 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Instructions about how to win – Denis on his bike will ensure fair play!
Ready, Steady, Go….. past the school and up the hill.
Hang on Ref, we thought that the idea was to push the barrow up the hill, not run!! Denis missed that one!
(more…)
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Friday July 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here are this year’s time sheets as pdfs. Click on the relevant item to access the full results for that race:
All the races were faster than last year: by 21sec in for the seniors, by 24sec for the juniors and by 26sec for the local mothers. (Click here if you want to see the 2008 Time Sheets for comparison. If you don’t already have Adobe Reader needed to access these files, click here to download the free software.)
Here is a list of our other posts on the 2009 Hill Race, including lots of photographs:
A lot of photos, but they are going down well, being amongst our most popular recent posts.
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Friday July 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Amy H-G and Peter T for these photos:
For lots more pictures of each event click on (more…)
Posted in 2009, About this site, Posts of Note on Thursday July 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
We knew that Wakes Week was going to be a busy time for PARWICH.ORG, but we didn’t quite expect such record-breaking traffic. Yesterday, there were a whopping 1790 page views on this site: a new record. And at some point during the course of today, we will reach 200,000 page views since the site began. Keep an eye on the “BLOG STATS” section on the right hand column, and maybe you’ll be our 200,000th viewer?
Update: We passed the 200,000 mark somewhere around 15:10 this afternoon.
As many of you will already have noticed, there’s also a feature on this blog on page 8 of the new (July 2009) edition of the PDNPA’s Park Life magazine, which the is distributed free of charge to every household in the Peak District National Park.
Click here for an electronic version, in PDF format.
If you’ve reached us as a result of the article, then welcome – and we hope that having taken a look at what we do, you might feel inspired to launch a similar venture in your own community.
For more information on how to set up a village blog, then the PDNPA have provided a useful set of instructions and guidelines, which can be accessed via this link.
And finally… PARWICH.ORG’s spies in London tell us that we were mentioned at yesterday’s “Activate 09” conference, in front of a whole host of “new media” luminaries, as a shining example of how small communities can make successful use of blogging tools. Click here for the visual evidence. OK, that’s quite enough trumpet-blowing!
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 2, 2009| 3 Comments »
Strength & Endurance
It was a hot evening and the crowds gathered in anticipation of this year’s strongest man competition….
Twelve fearless competitors of all shapes and sizes gathered to face five gruelling tests of strength and stamina. The twelve included two of the entrants from last year’s competition, a couple of new competitors, and a number of familiar faces from the area and previous Strong Man events. This year’s competitors (in no particular order) were:
The competitors and organisers
Posted in 2009, Classified adverts, Oddfellows, Posts of Note on Thursday July 2, 2009| 1 Comment »
DVD available at £6-00
The DVD of the 2008 Parwich Odd Fellows Parade (cost £6-00) is an hour long film of the parade, the service and much more: narrated by Brian Foden, it also contains information on the history of the Odd Fellows and interviews with members. This and the official 2008 photograph of the Parwich Odd Fellows at Parwich Hall (cost £1-50) can be bought from Arnold Chadfield tel 390-317.
Group photograph available at £1-50
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| 1 Comment »
I enclose a few photos that show:
– the view from the top (taken at 8:11pm just before the first senior runner arrived)
– the winner actually RUNS up the hill! (more…)
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
This is one of those situations where pictures can say more than a thousand words. So let them speak…..
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Here are the trophy winners and placed runners:
Local Mothers Race
Paula Lynam Trophy
Junior Hill Race
The Hauliers Trophy for the outright winner
The Dorothy Foden Memorial Trophy for the first Girl (outright)
The Russell Shield for the first Local Boy
The Foden Shield for the first Local Girl
Senior Hill Race
The Harley Lowndes Cup for the outright winner
The John Lees Memorial Shield for the first Lady
The Russell Trophy for the first outright Veteran
The Wainwright Cup for the first runner to the top of the Hill
The Slater Shield for the first local runner
The Tilcon Cup for the first local Lady
The Chambers Trophy for the first local Veteran
Taymac Trophy for Oldest Local to finish
Click here for this year’s time sheets.
Click on ‘continue reading’ for photos of some of the prize-winners.
Posted in 2009, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
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
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…)
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):
Children's Sports during Wakes 2009
Storm cloulds over the sports field
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.
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…)
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
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.
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
Click on ‘continue reading’ for the photo gallery.
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.
Posted in 2009, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday June 28, 2009| 1 Comment »
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.
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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