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Oddfellows Odes

Posted in 2011, Oddfellows, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »


OPENING ODE
Tune: “Stuttgart”
Outside the Sycamore Inn at the start of the parade

Brethren of our friendly Order,
Honour here asserts her sway;
All within her sacred border
Must her high command obey.

Join, Oddfellowship of brothers,
In this song of truth and love;
Leave disputes and strife to others-
We in harmony must move.

Honour to her courts invites us-
Worthy subjects let us prove;
Strong the chain that here unites us,
Linked with Friendship, Truth and Love.

In our hearts enshrined and cherished,
May these feelings ever bloom;
Falling not when life has perished,
Living still beyond the tomb.

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Sunday – Wakes

Posted in British Legion, Competition, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Wakes Sunday
For the full Wakes Programme click here

11am –  The Campsite ‘Songs of Praise’ Service (on Parson’s Croft, or
                 if wet in the Church),

12am –  Fun and Games (with the campers at Parson’s Croft)
                Tug of War & Volleyball + other games and alot of water

6-pm Treasure Hunt – Assesmble on The Green, whatever the weather
                 Junior Treasure Hunt for the Under 14’s – devised by Pippa Sillitoe
                 Village Treasure Hunt – over 13’s – devised by Tim Rider

8pm –  Wakes Bar-B-Q (at the Legion, whatever the weather)

The Parwich British Legion is open from 1.30pm – 3.30pm then from 6-11pm
The Sycamore Inn is open all day till late

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Welcome to our visitors from Notts DA

Posted in 2011, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Our annual visitors from the Camping and Caravanning Club’s Nottinghamshire District Association are with us once again, staying at Parson’s Croft until Monday. They are always a welcome presence on the Carnival Parade, and we particularly hope that they will enjoy tomorrow’s “Fun and Games”, which starts at midday.


(Please click the image to enlarge.)

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Temporary road closures: Wakes Saturday and Tuesday

Posted in Roads, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Don’t forget that Main Street and Church Walk will be closed today (Saturday) between 6pm and 830pm for the Carnival.

Both roads will be closed again for the Hill Race on Tuesday, between 630pm and 9pm.

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175th Anniversary

Posted in 2011, Oddfellows, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This year sees the 175th anniversary of the Parwich Odd Fellows:

More photos to follow.

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What’s on Where this Week – 2nd July

Posted in Events, Wakes on Saturday July 2, 2011| Leave a Comment »

All Wakes Events are in blue – for a detailed programme click here.

What’s on Where this Week 
Day Time Event Location
. . Saturday 2nd – Friday 8th
Wakes Week		 .
Saturday 9-10.45am Saturday Morning Bulk Rubbish Collection Parwich
  9.45am Wakes Saturday
Oddfellows Parade		 starts from The Sycamore
  10.30-10.45am Saturday Morning Bulk Rubbish Collection Ballidon
  11am Oddfellows Service Parwich Church
  11am-4pm Village Market & Entertainment The Green
  11am Oddfellows Service Parwich Church
  6pm for 6.15pm Fancy Dress Parade & Carnival assemble at School steps
  7.30pm Hog Roast & EntertainmentIlkeston Band until 8.30, then Chris Houlihan The Green
Sunday 10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts
  11am Campsite “Songs of Praise” Service Parsons Croft, Church if wet
  12 noon Fun and Games with the Campers Parsons Croft
  6pm Treasure Hunt assemble on The Green
  8pm Wakes BBQ British Legion
Monday 6.30pm Bowls Club Practice Night Bowling Green
  6.30pm Children’s Sports Night Nether Green
  6.30-8.30pm Guided walk through Bletch Brook Valley meet at The Sycamore
Tuesday 7pm Local Mothers’ Race .
  7.30pm Junior Hill Race .
  8pm Senior Hill Race .
Wednesday 2pm Pilates for the Over 60s
Cancelled		 Memorial Hall
  6.30pm
7.30pm		 Pilates followed by
Pilates for the Youth		 Memorial Hall
  7pm Children’s Bowls & Golf Target Competition Parsons Croft
Thursday 6-7pm Circuit Training
Cancelled due to Wakes		 Memorial Hall
  7pm Wakes Ball Race Pump Hill
  7.15pm (after ball race) Children’s Film Show: animated Romeo & Juliet Memorial Hall
Friday 6pm-7.15pm Parwich Primary School’s 150th Anniversary Reunion & Celebration: school open to visitors Primary School
  7.15pm for 7.30pm Slide Show: history of Parwich School Memorial Hall
  8.30pm School anniversary social event: wine, cheese and pate Memorial Hall
Saturday 7.30pm Fashion Show & Sale Memorial Hall
Sat 9th –Wed 27th . Buxton Arts Festival A feast of opera, music & literature Buxton
Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion Parwich Church
  10.30am-noon Club Tennis Tennis Courts
  11.15am Holy Communion AlsopChurch
  2pm Pikehall Harness Racing Pikehall
  2.30pm Methodist Service Parwich Church

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Fun of the Fair starts tonight (Friday)

Posted in Wakes on Friday July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Start your Wakes fun early by coming along to the Fair on the Green tonight from 8pm!

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Village market on the Green

Posted in Wakes on Friday July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

People are getting ready for tomorrow’s market and entertainment on the Green (Saturday 11am to 4pm)

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Wakes Saturday

Posted in Competition, Oddfellows, Wakes on Friday July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »

During Wakes Week, each day’s programme of activities will remain at the top of the blog. Please scroll down for the rest of today’s posts, or click here for the full Wakes Week timetable.

Wakes Saturday

Saturday is the first day of Parwich Wakes week, and there is a full programme of events starting from 9.45am.  To stay up to date will all Wakes activities either check the Wakes Notice Board on The Green or keep checking the Blog.

9-45am – Odd Fellows Procession (starting at Sycamore Inn)
The march continues to Parwich Hall, then Pool Croft.

11am – Church Service (at Parwich Church – all welcome)

Odd Fellow Procession continues after the Service
to Croft Avenue, Nethergreen House and The Fold…

followed by the Odd Fellows Dinner in the Memorial Hall. (more…)

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Wakes Week – Detailed Programme

Posted in British Legion, Competition, Events, Films, Oddfellows, Wakes on Wednesday June 29, 2011| 3 Comments »

To stay up to date with all Wakes activities, keep checking PARWICH.ORG or the Wakes Notice Board on The Green.

This post contains the full programme of the whole week’s events, so that you don’t need to miss anything.

The Blog Team will endeavour to cover as many events as possible during the week, but if you have photos of any of the activities please email them into parwich@hotmail.co.uk and we may use them.

WAKES SATURDAY

Saturday is the first day of Parwich Wakes week, and there is a full programme of events starting from 9.45am.

9-45am – Odd Fellows Procession (starting at Sycamore Inn)
The march continues to Parwich Hall, Pool Croft and then…

11am – Church Service (at Parwich Church – all welcome)

Odd Fellows Procession continues after the Service to Croft Avenue, Nethergreen House and The Fold… (more…)

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Wanted: tombola prizes

Posted in School, Wakes on Monday June 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Wakes stall for First Responders

Posted in First Responders, Wakes on Saturday June 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Sue H writes:

Parwich First Responders will be having a stall on Wakes Saturday (July 2nd). There will be biscuits to buy and the dollies on which to practise resuscitation skills. We hope people will come and have a go.

We are very interested in getting younger members of the community involved in volunteering with us – you can train from the age of 18. Please feel free to come and talk to us to find out how you can get involved.

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Strongest Man Competition Postponed

Posted in People, Wakes on Wednesday June 15, 2011| 5 Comments »

Shaun M has informed the blog that the Strongest Man competition will not be happening during Wakes Week because of Health & Safety issues. 

Shaun and Rob hope to organise the event independently at a later date.

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Wakes 2011

Posted in Wakes on Wednesday February 2, 2011| 3 Comments »

The blog team have received an enquiry regarding the date of this year’s Wakes Saturday. If someone could provide us with the details, so that we can pass the information on, we would be most grateful.

UPDATE Thanks to Sandra C for informing us that this year’s Wakes Saturday will be on July 2nd.

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Wakes 2010 – shortcuts to reports

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 3, 2010| 1 Comment »

What a fantastic Wakes Week!  A big thank you to the Carnival & Recreation Committee and to all those who helped out.  If you missed any of the 2010 coverage at parwich.org, here are links to the all our posts:

Odd Fellows Parade (Saturday 26th)

Carnival (Saturday 26th)

Fun & Games with the Campers (Sunday 27th)

Children’s Sport (Monday 28th)

Hill Race (St. Peter’s Day)

Strongest Man (Wednesday 30th)

Film Night (Thursday 1st)

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Strongest Man: photos of the events

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Saturday July 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Below are the photos of the 2010 Strongest Man competition organised by event.  Also click here to see the results and here for a general slide show of the evening.

Churn Challenge

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Hill Race Prizes

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday July 3, 2010| 1 Comment »

Congratulations to all those who won prizes at The Hill Race last Tuesday.

Click on ‘Continue Reading’ below to view a gallery of the winners.

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Wakes through the years

Posted in 2010, History, People, Posts of Note, Wakes on Friday July 2, 2010| 1 Comment »

What an excellent idea and a great evening.

Denis L showed a cine film from the 1960s of Wakes and a slide show of Wakes photos taken over the last 100 years or so on the Parwich Film digital projector now installed in the new Hall.  I did not count the audience but there must have been over 50 or 60 people there, sharing memories.  The loudest responses were to some of the 60s and 70s fashions and Carnival costumes (Val K is very keen to ‘have a strong word’ with whoever handed over to Denis one particular photo).

The Carnival & Recreation Committee had laid on wine and cake, which was avidly consumed as people looked at more photographs that people had brought in and displayed on tables arround the hall. (more…)

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Stongest Man Slide Show

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The results of this year’s Strongest Man competition can be seen by clicking here.  Below is a slide show of randomly selected photographs from the evening.  More photos of each event can be seen by clicking here.

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An extra stop last Saturday

Posted in Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Thank you to Chris H for sending us these two photos of the Band’s visit to Church Farm last Saturday.

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Children’s Sports Results

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Parwich must have some of the fittest children in the country.  They certainly have a lot of stamina, taking part in such an action packed Wakes Week, including the two sports events and then the Hill Race.  Below are the results of the Children’s Sports.

1. Flat Race Girls 9-10 inc 50 yards 

  • 1st Bethany F
  • 2nd Tamara D
  • 3rd Georgia P (more…)

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Blog hits an all time high

Posted in About this site, Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| 7 Comments »

With wonderful weather and a superb Wakes Week, the Blog has hit an all time high.  Yesterday there were 2032 viewings on the site – our highest ever in one day – with the photos, particularly about the Hill Race, proving the most popular.  This week we will also reach another high with 400,000 viewings since we began, 3063 posts put on by the Blog Team and 3010 comments.

We may have changed the Commenting Policy, but please do send your comments in.  The main thing to remember is you have to use your real name, so if you are John Smith you can use J Smith, John S or your full name John Smith.

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Photo Finishes

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Below is a gallery of pictures from the Seniors’ (Open) Race. Again, the pictures are shown in the order runners approached the finishing line.

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More Photos From The Seniors’ (Open) Race

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here is a gallery of pictures from the Seniors’ Race taken from the edge of the field leading from Parwich Hill. The pictures are in the order the runners arrived at the spot. Click on each picture to enlarge it. (more…)

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Parwich Strongest Man 2010 results

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Thursday July 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A great evening with an excellent crowd and a full competent of twelve competitors. 

 

Shaun and Rob again organised a fantastic evening, with some new events: 

Churn Challenge: In pairs the competitors race against each other and the clock carrying two milk churns filled with gravel. 

  • 1st Andrew Fletcher
  • 2nd Peter Etches
  • 3rd Michael Berry

Battery Lift: (more…)

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Events still to go this week

Posted in Events, Wakes on Wednesday June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The excellent weather continues, with it set fair for the Strongest Man Competition tonight.

What’s on Where this Week – Wakes Week
Date Time Event Location
Wednesday 6.30pm Pilates Memorial Hall
  8pm Strongest Man Competition The Sycamore
Thursday 6pm Children’s Film – Walt Disney Classic – Jungle Book Memorial Hall
  8pm Parwich Wakes through the Years Memorial Hall
Friday 7pm Ball Race
followed by Race Night		 Pump Hill, then Parwich Legion
Saturday 9-10.45am Saturday Morning Bulk Rubbish Collection Parwich
Sunday 3pm Songs of Praise Service Carsington Water

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The Seniors on the Hill (more photos)

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Wednesday June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

And for lots more photos of the runners in the Senior (Open) Race as they near the top of the Hill  (more…)

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Parwich hill race – more photos.

Posted in 2010, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Wednesday June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here are some more photos of yesterday’s hill race, courtesy of John F-S.

(If you’re looking for the full results, then please click here.)



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The Juniors on the Hill (more photos)

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes, Young people on Wednesday June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

For more photos of the junior runners on the Hill (more…)

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Photos From The Junior Hill Race

Posted in 2010, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes, Young people on Wednesday June 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The runners in the Junior Hill Race ran an excellent race. There was plenty of competition and you can see from the pictures below that we have many junior athletes in and around the village.

Click on each picture in the gallery below to enlarge it.
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Photos From The Local Mothers’ Race

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Wakes on Tuesday June 29, 2010| 1 Comment »

Here is a gallery of photos from The Mothers’ Race. Click on each image to enlarge it.

Click here for full results and time sheets.

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2010 Hill Race Results and Time Sheets

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 29, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This evening saw near perfect weather for the Hill Race.  Paul Mannion won the Senior Race for the third year running, again in a faster time than the previous year.

The Trophies in the three races were awarded as follows:

Local Mothers Race

Paula Lynam Trophy

  • 1st Liz Edge
  • 2nd Laura Mellor
  • 3rd Sandra Chadfield

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Children’s Sports

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Monday June 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »



Extra photos have been added this lunchtime (more…)

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Story Of The Yellow Submarine

Posted in A52s, Music, Wakes on Monday June 28, 2010| 1 Comment »

For those of you interested in the background behind the yellow submarine that sailed round Carnival last Saturday, The A52s have a write-up on their official website www.thea52s.co.uk.

Click on the picture below to go there.

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Carnival Placings

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Wakes on Monday June 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Pedestrian 1yr- 4yr 1st Lady Bird – Ruby
2nd Peppa Pig – Daisy
Joint 3rd Princess and Dragon – Callum & Gemma
5yr – 7yr 1st Knight – Ben
2nd Monster – Emily
3rd Disco Diva – Sophie
8yr-10yr 1st Del Boy Dale – Sam
2nd Hermoine Grainger – Lauran
3rd St. Trinian’s Pupil – Lucy
11yr-15yr 1st Vicky Pollard – Lucy
2nd Holiday at Home – Nina
3rd
Adults 1st
2nd
3rd
Pedestrian Groups Under 10yr 1st Pirates – Tigen & Simon
2nd 101 Dalmatians – Grace & Lilly
3rd Parwich School of Rock – Jessie, Grace,
Josh,Luke & Jack
10-15yr 1st Parwich Wakes Week – Jake, Will, Maisie,
Jimmy, Eve, Jack
2nd Bananas in Pyjama – Tammara & Amy
3rd National Elf Service – Josh & Dan
Adults 1st Hung Parliament
2nd Village People
3rd Matured To Perfection
Pedestrian with animals All Ages 1st No Entries
2nd
3rd
Vehicles Adults 1st Yellow Submarine – The A52s
2nd Bob The Builder – Parwich Toddlers
Joint 3rd Parwich Pet Shop / The Wild West

Thank you to Karen for this information.

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Strongest Man Competion – Wednesday

Posted in Wakes on Monday June 28, 2010| 2 Comments »

Wednesday

at 8pm

at The Sycamore

The Stongest Man Competition

Not for the faint hearted.

Rules and conditions apply, please see the organiser

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Sunday afternoon’s fun and games!

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Sport, Wakes on Monday June 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Tension mounted on Sunday afternoon, as two teams warmed up, ready to face each other for the duel of the year.  Much training had been undertaken, which was obvious when you saw the teams in action: peak fitness and grim determination.  The atmosphere was electric, play was fair and the promise each person showed in training was realised: an outstanding performance.  They lasted the course; no fouling, ‘well none that the referee saw’; and the result was just.  Parwich lost the volleyball to the Campers but won the tug of war.  Heads can be held high, pride is maintained – keep those flags flying.

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Wakes Fair

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday June 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »



Photos from Jane B & JF-S

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More Photos – Carnival Parade with Ashbourne Town Band

Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Sunday June 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »



Even more photos added at 10am Sunday (more…)

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Wakes Carnival Parade: photo gallery

Posted in 2010, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The sun shone brightly on Wakes this year, making for a wonderful fancy dress and float parade. Congratulations to the committee for making it all happen, and well done to everybody who took part.

We hope you enjoy this gallery of 40 images from today’s festivities. All the photos can be enlarged by clicking on them.





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