Posted in British Legion, Societies on Wednesday March 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Have you got your duck yet?Only 3 days to go.
Race begins at the Ford on Saturday at 2pm
Followed by Beer & Chilli at the Legion from 3pm
To buy a duck contact Mick Edge, Paula Lynam, Carl Wilton, Stuart Chambers, Jane Gerrard, Janet Shipley or call in at the Legion.
All fundraising will go towards the St George’s Day Parade
Posted in Societies, Sport on Monday March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Films, Flora, Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Monday March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Final call for any members wanting to go on the trips to RHS Harlow Carr on Wednesday 25th May and Felley Priory and Hebb’s farmhouse on Wednesday 13th July. Please pay your deposits to Rebecca Jordan, Knob Hall, by the end of this month; after which we will open up the seats to non members to ensure we can fill the coaches. If you are coming to our film show on Thursday, Rebecca will collect deposits there.
Posted in Societies on Sunday March 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Monday March 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
We had our pre season meeting in the bowls pavilion yesterday. We have 16 paid up members thus far, which is barely enough, but as before we will try to keep the Club going. One bright moment however was the attendance of a potential new member.
Now you all must bear in mind that this species of person is extremely rare, and is virtually never seen in daylight and certainly not in Parwich! It is good to know that somebody considers the possibility of playing bowls is less dangerous than free fall parachute jumping! It would be so nice to see a few more new faces on the green. Anyway enough of the rant.
Weather permitting we are hoping the green will open on 1 April. Practice nights are every Monday, starting on 4th April at about 6.30pm until dark. As before you do not need bowls, we will lend you some. All you need is a pair of flat-soled shoes (trainers will do nicely).
Why not come and see what you are missing out on. You can supplement your Pilates classes with some outdoor activity and it sure beats the rubbish on the telly.
Look forward to seeing you.
John B
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Thursday March 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 25th May – RHS Harlow Carr – departure 9am
Harlow Carr is the Royal Horticultural Society’s northern garden. Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias should be a highlight at this time of year. As well as the extensive gardens there is a shop and plant centre and Betty’s Café tea rooms.
We can offer this trip to society members at the bargain price of £8! Entry is free, as the society is affiliated to the RHS. There will be an additional charge of £2 for those wishing to have a tour. Non members can either join the society at a cost of £2 or pay the entry fee of £7.50 ( free to RHS members).
Wednesday 13th July – Felley Priory and Hebb’s Farmhouse – departure 9.30am
In the morning we will visit Felley Priory Gardens in Nottinghamshire (left) a private garden and plant nursery. We will have lunch there and then there is a short drive to Hebb’s farmhouse, Stuart Dixon’s garden. Stuart gave a talk to the society in 2009 and he will show us round his garden; followed by tea and scones (included in the price). £3 entrance to each garden, although Felley Priory is free to individuals who are RHS members
The cost for this trip is £10 including tea and scones at Hebb’s Farmhouse. Members of the RHS can get into Felley Priory for free and the cost to them is £7.00.
In order to keep transport costs to a minimum we will be making up numbers with non society members; as members will have priority we are asking them to pay a deposit of £5 per person for each trip by 31st March to secure a place.
Please let Rebecca Jordan, Knob Hall, have your payments. These details and forms have been delivered to all society members.
Posted in Classified adverts, Parish Council, Societies, Sport on Monday January 31, 2011| 1 Comment »
A voluntary booking Clerk is needed for the tennis court.
Anyone who is interested should contact the Chair of the Parish Council (Cllr J. Harris) on 07896 730643, or the the Clerk on 01298 872000.
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Wednesday January 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A message from John B:
You may have been watching the World Bowls Championships on the television, well you too could be part of the bowls scene right here in Parwich. Perhaps we are not quite as good as Paul Foster or Alison Merrion, but with practice perhaps you could be.
We had our AGM in the Legion last week. We have now so few members and players it really is getting critical how much longer the Club will continue. We have gone from more than 30 people in 2004 to 15 this year!
Our fees are £20 per year. The season starts at the beginning of April, although we do try to get some practice in March, but this depends on the weather.
Please try to support your local Club.
We did discuss at the AGM the possibility of indoor bowls in our lovely new village hall. In order to gauge whether this could be something that people may want it would be good to see how many people would consider playing. We can then review possible grants for equipment etc. If you are interested will you please register this by letting us know by phone or meeting with an existing member.
Phone John B on 455 or John H on 302.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Posted in History, Societies on Thursday December 9, 2010| 2 Comments »
Posted in Church, Events, News, Societies on Tuesday December 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
John H writes:
I’ve just been informed that the Over Sixties Group Carol Service planned for Thursday has just been cancelled.
Several of the groups have advised that they will not be coming because of the weather, and the current lack of parking space in the village due to the lying piles of snow has made continuing with the event unadvisable.
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Posted in Societies on Saturday November 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
PDHS 2010 AGM
CHAIRMANS REPORT
A very successful year for the society despite the doom predicted after missing a main show in 2009.
We were lucky enough to be the 1st users of the new memorial hall which opened the Thursday before Open Gardens. This proved to be a fabulous venue for showcasing the childrens work and also for the wonderful cream teas. Entries were down on the childrens show despite the help and guidance the school has been receiving from members of the society in their school garden but hopefully this has been rectified for next year. A number of new gardens were opened and they all looked stunning. There were many 1st time visitors to the village and many commented on how wonderful the event was. (more…)
Posted in Memorial hall, Societies on Saturday November 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Events, Pub, Societies on Monday October 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Bob Matthews Quiz
organised by Parwich & District Horticultural Society
8pm Thursday 21st October
Sycamore Inn
(all welcome)
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Monday October 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Parwich & District Horticultural Society
Posted in 2010, Flora, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Sunday September 5, 2010| 7 Comments »
After taking a year’s break in 2009, Parwich’s annual horticultural show returned in fine style on Sunday, with another stunning display of local vegetables, fruits, flowers, pot plants, cakes, loafs, flans, biscuits, jams, chutneys, eggs and other assorted goodies.
Three excellent new categories were introduced this year, two of them (the trifles and the sculptures made from bar snacks) being specifically designed to showcase the skills of Parwich’s menfolk. There were also plenty of entries in the horticultural photography competition, which saw the memorial hall’s brand new display boards being put to use for the first time. Thanks are due to the organisers of the Parwich Panoramic Five, for raising most of the funding for these new boards.
Prize giving took place at 3pm, with Jo Larkin presenting the winners with their trophies. Full results will follow shortly. The day then concluded with the traditional auction of produce, as officiated by Robert Bunting.
Many thanks to the Horticultural Society, for organising such a well-run and popular event.
Posted in Societies on Sunday September 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Saturday September 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 30 August 2010.
Last week of the season in one league and penultimate week in the other. Perhaps it is just as well judging by our results. We started the season poorly and improved in the middle, but we have dropped off considerably at the end.
Tuesday League – Away – Bakewell.
Up until this week we had managed to overtake Bakewell in the league. We were fourth and they were fifth. The match however reversed our standings and we were well beaten 81 points to 50. Our final position therefore fifth out of twelve.
It is somewhat of a victory, however, for the team members of the Tuesday League. We have about ten players who we can pick a team from. This means that if someone is on holiday, or more specifically in our case is ill, then pressure is very much put on the remaining players. It cannot be stressed enough that with the dramatic reduction in playing members, due predominantly to ill health, if we do not get more members the team will cease. A sad affair after 20 years.
Thursday League – Away – Matlock Golf Club.
If there can be a good loss then I suppose this could be described as it. We did accumulate a good points tally losing 123 points to 142. At present we are seventh in the league so hopefully this result will keep us in that position.
Last match – Home – Tideswell – 9 September 1.45.
John B.
Posted in Events, Photography, Societies on Saturday September 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A beautiful array of plums from JF-S. Why not scroll through your photos and find some with a horticultural theme and enter them in tomorrow’s competition at the Horticultural Show. All exhibits must be in by 11am.
One man went to mow!
Posted in Competition, Events, Societies on Wednesday September 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
New classes for 2010
In the Cookery and Kitchen section:
Class 53. A Swiss Roll
Class 54. 3 Eggs
with Classes for Gentlemen Only:
Class 55. A Trifle
Class 56. A Sculpture made from Bar Snacks
Photograph Competition
Class 69. A locally taken photograph with a horticultural theme
For the details of every class in this show click here (more…)
Posted in Societies on Friday August 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 23 August 2010.
At the risk of repeating myself, not a very good week this week, two losses. Although the losses were not as big as last week.
Tuesday League – Home – Whitworth Park.
Penultimate match of the year, and we had a really good match this week. We won two games and so did Whitworth. The result however, was a win by one point to our opponents, 77 to 78.
Because of other results in the League we moved up a place to fourth. It would be good if we could consolidate this position in our final match of the season next Tuesday.
Next and last match – Away – 31 August – Bakewell 6.00 start.
Thursday League – Home – Hathersage.
Hathersage are top of the League and as a result of this match they will stay there. Whether we manage to stay mid table or slip into the nether regions will remain to be seen.
We failed to win any of the three doubles games and only won two of the six singles, although two of the singles losses were very close. The result however was never in doubt and the final score was 141 to Hathersage and 111 to us.
At least we won’t have to play them next year as they will be promoted! Only two more matches to go in this League.
Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 2 September 1.45.
John B.
Posted in Societies on Thursday August 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Well the men of the village have 9 days to experiment with their ideas for their trifle, ready for the Horticultural show on Sunday 4th September. Just think how many trifles you could enjoy eating between now and then, all that delicious custard and cream – you have the perfect excuse.
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Wednesday August 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 16 August 2010.
Not a very good week this week, two losses.
Tuesday League – Away – Ashwood Park.
Not our favourite green to say the least. Although we managed to share the match two games each our points tally was considerably less than our opponents. The result was 78 to Ashwood and 62 to us. We still remain in fifth place in the league although we have lost ground on the fourth team. Only two more matches to go in this league.
Next match – Home – 24 August – Whitworth Park 6.15 start.
Thursday League – Away – Whitworth Park.
They are a little below us in the league, but we always have a good match. This week we did not do very well at all. We failed to win any of the three doubles and only won two of the six singles. The result was a resounding win for Whitworth 137 to 108 our second lowest points total of the year so far.
Not sure if we will hang on to our sixth place.
Only three matches left in this league.
Next match – Home – Hathersage – 26 August 1.45.
John B.
Posted in 2010, Gardens, Memorial hall, Posts of Note, Societies on Friday August 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Today the planting was completed (well almost) at the Memorial Hall. There are 8 plants outstanding, which will be planted when the grass seeding is done in September. All bar one of the beds has been muched and this final one will be covered over the weekend, once we have planted the hundreds of snowdrops that were donated by different people in the village.
It is super to see the final phase completed ready for the Official Opening on the 25th September, to which everyone is invited. Again a huge thank you has to go to the Horticultural Society for their massive financial contribution towards the planting and to those individuals and groups that donated the 5 trees.
Posted in 2010, Gardens, Posts of Note, Societies on Wednesday August 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Joint 1st prize – Jack Cundy, Main Street
Joint 1st prize – Ben and Jane Bennett, Croft Avenue
2nd prize – Margaret and Roy Lynam, Rathbone Croft
3rd Prize – Wendy and Larry Birds, Lenscliffe
Michael Hart, P&DHS Secretary
Posted in Events, Societies on Wednesday August 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
There are just 3 1/2 weeks to go before the Horticultural Show on Sunday 5th September. Over the next week we will be publishing details of the different classes. Remember if you are a jam or chutney maker, get picking now. Below are the new, novelty classes, so the men can start practising their trifles and all photographers can start snapping.
It’s a local event, which is just a bit of fun, but hardwork goes into setting it up, so please do support the day, either by entering or by buying the produce at the auction.
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Monday August 2, 2010| 1 Comment »
Posted in History, Societies on Wednesday July 14, 2010| 5 Comments »
The Parwich & District Local History Society website is now back on-line. We had had problems with our previous host and are now trying out justhost.com. Their charges are impressively low. Our site has a new address www.parwichhistory.org and we hope to continue to develop it, so do let us know any thoughts or ideas you have.
The Society can be contacted on parwichhistory@hotmail.com. We will try to up-date all the links here at parwich.org though we may miss some of the older posts (if so our apologies).
Posted in History, Societies on Saturday July 10, 2010| 1 Comment »
Posted in History, Societies on Tuesday July 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 2010, Gardens, Posts of Note, Societies on Monday June 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Open gardens was a fabulous success with many folks making the most of the weather, the great new Memorial Hall, the beautiful gardens and the tasty cream teas.
Over £800 was taken on the door and the day netted over £1350. This is money that will be used by the society to benefit local causes with a horticultural bent, as a thank you to the village for putting up with the disruption of Open Gardens.
Those who were involved in the cream teas worked incredibly hard all day and really appreciated the new kitchen. The new Hall looked stunning with the tables decked with checked table cloths and flowers. The displays from the children were super, but unfortunately entries were well down on previous years despite the monetary rewards. With the doors opening out on to the patio many visitors were able to enjoy the new seating area.
The committee would like to express their thanks to all those who opened their gardens and made the day such a success.
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Friday June 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 21 June 2010.
Two wins this week. One very good one win and one not so good, if you can call a win not bad. Are our expectations rising?
Tuesday League – Home – Buxton Park.
You who follow these riveting bowls reports will be aware that we played Buxton last week and got soundly beaten. The start of the second half of the season meant that they came to us. We managed to reverse the position and won 80 to 74. At Buxton we were beaten 81 to 59 so although we did not recoup all of our loss we got close. We dropped one place in the league following last weeks match, let us hope we can move back up again.
Next match – Away – Matlock Golf Club – 29 June – 6.30
Thursday League – Away – Wirksworth.
This is a very large green probably the biggest in the league and it is very demanding. We won the doubles games 2 to 1, and shared the six singles games three each. Although we won overall 110 to 102 our points tally could have done to have been better.
Next match – Home – Chatsworths – 1 July. 1.30 ish.
John B
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Friday June 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 14 June 2010.
Oh dear. Two away matches, two defeats. At least the sun was shining both days!
Tuesday League – Away – Buxton Park.
As mentioned last week it was just as well we had had a good win. Buxton are top of our league and their green is very ‘tricky’ indeed. Last week we won and our opponents got 59 points. This week the scores were reversed. We lost 59 to 81. The score was not as bad as we had anticipated though. We are half way through the season (can’t believe it) so the fixtures are reversed. Let us hope we can get a few points back at home next week.
Next match – Home – Buxton Park B – 22 June 6.30
Thursday League – Away – Tideswell.
Again this is a really lovely venue and although we lost it was a gorgeous sunny day. We lost the doubles games 2 to 1, but won the singles 4 to 2. This gave a aggregate score of 132 to 121. At the start of play we were fifth in the league so hopefully with this reasonable away score we will stay in that position. All will be revealed in the fullness of time.
Next match – Away – Wirksworth – 24 June. 1.30 ish.
The friendly against Ellastone was marred by the rain, but the food was great! No matches this weekend as it is all hands to the pump for ‘Open Gardens’. It’s still not too late for baking scones for the cream teas!
John B
Posted in Bowls, Societies, Sport on Saturday May 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Week commencing 10 May 2010.
After the euphoria of last weeks ‘double victories’, mixed fortunes this week. We had a win and loss.
Tuesday League – Away – to Baslow. Baslow are a good team and are considerably higher in the League than we are. We did however win one game, but lost the other three. The overall match result was 69 to 56 to Baslow.
We were fourth from bottom of the league and still remain in that position.
Next match – Away- Bradwell B – 18 May. 6.30
Thursday League – Home- Baslow B
A similar story to last week. We did not do very well in the Doubles games, losing two games to one. However we again had a great turnaround in the Singles games winning four games to two. The result was therefore a really good win by 120 to 112. With any luck we will stay fourth from top of the League.
Next match – Away – Chatsworth B – 20 May. 1.30 ish.
It was really good to see someone on holiday in the Village use the green. Although a ‘flat green’ bowler he soon started to get to grips with some of our game. He was most complimentary about the facilities.
We will be down on the green around 6.30 ish on Monday night – we welcome newcomers.
John B.
Posted in Alsop, Arts, Church, Events, People, Societies, Sport on Monday May 3, 2010| 2 Comments »
Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard at Alsop from 11am – 4.30pm.
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Tennis Social Afternoon – 1-6pm – Welcoming all Present, Past and Future Members. Lots of games with a handicap system. Please bring a plate of food.
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Skills afternoon in Parwich Church – 2-6pm. Taste, Watch, Learn, Experience and Do. Refreshments available.
Posted in Societies, Sport on Tuesday April 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Monday April 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
This year Open Gardens will be on Sunday 20th June, 2-6pm. If you are willing to open your garden this year, please ring Dot H on 456 by the beginning of May or email parwich@hotmail.co.uk and we will forward your emails.
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday April 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Films, Gardens, Societies on Tuesday April 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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