Posted in News, Societies, Sport on Wednesday March 26, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This will then be followed by a mini tournament of tennis, 7 aside footie and netball with 3 teams formed from the major user groups taking part. Refreshments will also be available.
Posted in Events, Societies on Wednesday March 26, 2008| 1 Comment »
Just in case you hadn’t spotted them on our Calendar page, there are two Annual General Meetings taking place in Parwich tonight (Wednesday).
At 19:45, Parwich PCC (Parochial Church Council) holds its AGM in the church.
At 20:00, the Carnival & Recreation Committee are meeting in the British Legion, where they will be welcoming new ideas for summer 2008, as well as volunteers to help out during Wakes Week. This is an open meeting, and all are invited to attend.
Posted in Societies, Sport on Monday March 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday March 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
We are experimenting with possible formats for pages for local groups. We can either create pages using the blogging software (WordPress) that generates most of PARWICH.ORG, or we can create them as more traditional web pages.
Click here to see an example of some pages made with the WordPress blogging software for the Horticultural Society.
We would welcome your thoughts on how this works, and whether other local groups might be interested in something similar for themselves?
Posted in Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Friday March 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
Today I went across to Lea Gardens near Tansley to get the Horticultural Society’s two season tickets, and was surprised to see how many of the earlier azaleas and rhododendrons are already in flower.
Posted in Events, Societies on Friday March 21, 2008| 1 Comment »
Last night we had a great evening at the Memorial Hall. The WI had invited Carolyn back again, (after her success with Christmas Card making) this time to make Easter Cards. All sorts of things had been cut out ready for us and then we were able to use all our ‘creative talents’ to make some super cards. Carolyn also showed us some examples of scrapbooking, I was amazed at the professional results, which we were assured were easy to do. I went onto to Internet when I got home to try to find a definitive description for this craft.
What is ‘Scrapbooking’?
The craft of scrapbooking is the preservation of your photographs and memories in archival quality albums using photo-safe materials. Photographs are cropped, pages decorated and memories recorded to create beautiful keepsakes for the enjoyment of generations to come. Stickers, decorative scissors, cropping aids, coloured papers and pens are all used to create imaginative and lasting album pages.
I went as a visitor to the WI and was made to feel really welcome, finishing off with some super home-made cakes really rounded off the evening. So watch the Calendar for details of other up and coming WI events.
17th April – Planting Summer Containers with Sarah Rhodes at the Memorial Hall – 7.30pm
Posted in Events, History, Societies on Monday March 10, 2008| Leave a Comment »
7-30pm Thursday 13th March 2008
“Ashbourne, Gateway to Dovedale”
An illustrated talk by Danny Wells
All welcome (admission: members £1 & non-members £2)
Many will know Danny Wells, either from his courses and walks in Ashbourne, or his very successful talk last year to Parwich WI, on Joseph Paxton. He has an extensive knowledge of local history with a special interest in the Victorian period, but he is also an entertaining speaker, making his topic interesting to the more general audiences.
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, People, Societies on Wednesday December 19, 2007| 3 Comments »
What a great night, it was tense, it was close, just a few points in it. Six well planned rounds with interesting themes – Up the Union! A little bit of culture; A little personal; Odds & Ends, Truly General & finally Happy Christmas. Thanks Denis.
Seven teams battled it out, punctuated by well-earned drinks after each round (maybe that was my downfall!) At half time there were only 2 ½ points in it between the top 4 teams, so there was everything to play for. In the end it all came down to the last couple of questions, Minus 2 team were wrong-footed and pipped at the post by Ted’s Team. Well done to Tim, Sharon, Edith & Dawn who proudly strode away with the cup for the following year. Commiseration to Minus 2, Badger & Pauline, the runners-up, a fantastic effort seeing as they were only running on half strength. (more…)
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday December 9, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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