Posted in 2010, Oddfellows, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Odd Fellows march continued its way through the village, with further refreshment stops at Croft Avenue, Nethergreen and The Fold. Before leaving Croft Avenue, the band made a special detour up to Andrew and Rachel’s house: a kind gesture that was much appreciated by all. After leaving The Fold, it was time for a three-course roast beef lunch in the Memorial Hall, served up by Val K and her team.
Here’s our second photo gallery; please click on each picture to enlarge it.
Posted in 2010, Oddfellows, Photography, Posts of Note, Wakes on Saturday June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
2010 Wakes starts with the Odd Fellows march. The Church Service is at 11am this morning, the market on the Green (although some stall are already trading) is officially open from 11am – 4pm and the Carnival Parade begins at 6pm.
Posted in Oddfellows, Wakes on Saturday June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Is this a new dress code or is he just keen to get to the first drinks stop before everyone else?
Posted in Wakes on Thursday June 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
In response to requests for Wakes details this is as much information as we have got. When we are sent the information or when the board appears on The Green, we will update below.
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Wakes Week |
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| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Saturday | 9.45am | Odd Fellows Parade | Start from The Sycamore |
| 11am | Church Service | Parwich Church | |
| 11-4pm | Village Market | The Green | |
| 6pm | Carnival | from School & around village | |
| Band Concert & other music Hog Roast & Fair |
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| Sunday | 11am | Campsite Service with the Campers, Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s |
Cricket Ground |
| 12, noon | Fun & Games with the campers | Cricket Ground | |
| 6pm | Treasure Hunt | Village Green | |
| 8pm | BBQ | Parwich Legion | |
| Monday | 6.30pm | Children’s Sports | Nether Green |
| Tuesday | from 7pm | Hill Race | |
| Wednesday | 8pm | Strongest Man Competition | The Sycamore |
| Thursday | 6pm | Children’s Film- Walt Disney’s 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 |
Posted in Oddfellows, Wakes on Saturday June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If you would like a red rose buttonhole for the parade on Wakes Saturday (26th June) please contact Delia on 390758. They cost £3.50.
Posted in News, Wakes on Wednesday June 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On page 13 of this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph, there’s a splendid half-page advertisement feature dedicated to this weekend’s Parwich Open Gardens, and to the Wakes Week activities which commence at the end of the month. Containing a full preview of the forthcoming activities, and accompanied by quotes from various Parwichians, it’s well worth reading. Copies are available from the shop, or you can read the e-edition by following this link.
Posted in Memorial hall, News, Wakes on Wednesday July 8, 2009| 1 Comment »
This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph is available in the Sycamore Shop or on-line. Local interest articles include:
Posted in Memorial hall, News, Wakes on Tuesday July 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Will you be in tomorrow’s paper? This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph should be a bumper Parwich issue with a great Wakes spread and more.
As ever, we will provide links to any local interest articles; you can buy the real thing at the Sycamore Shop; or you can see it on-line at their website.
Posted in Wakes on Monday July 6, 2009| 5 Comments »
Posted in Photography, Wakes, Young people on Sunday July 5, 2009| 1 Comment »
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Posted in Photography, Wakes on Sunday July 5, 2009| 3 Comments »
What a fantastic Wakes week this year! Really good turn outs and great participation, and marvellous weather. The only event cut short was the Children’s Sports, and even then we had the compensation of some dramatic cloudscapes.
A massive thank you to the Carnival & Recreation Committee and the other organisers for their generous commitment of time and energy.
Here is a look back over the seven days as seen through the eyes of extremely popular parwich.org. Just over 8,000 page views this week alone! Photos and links to the week’s events…. (more…)
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 People, Photography, Wakes on Saturday July 4, 2009| 6 Comments »
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 British Legion, Wakes on Thursday July 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Friday 3rd July: Race Night
7-00pm Ball race on Pump Hill
7-30pm Race Night at the Legion (including the Thoroughbred Ferret Furlong & The Legion Grand National)
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 Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The evening was a great success with twelve entrants:
Parwich Strongest Man 2009 - contestants and organisers
The winner was Carl Prime of Matlock. We will post a fuller report and more photographs tomorrow.
Carl Prime, the overall winner
Posted in Films, Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thursday 2nd July: Film and Wheel Barrow Race
7-00pm Film Show in the Memorial Hall (click here to see the poster and click here for more detail on the film)
8-30pm Wheel Barrow Race, starts at the Pump Shed and finishes at the Legion
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 Films, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
If you have competed in the sports events and run up the hill, then here is a chance to enjoy Wakes in a more leisurely fashion… (Click on the poster to enlarge.)
Posted in Sport, Wakes on Wednesday July 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Click on poster to enlarge
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 Pub, Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Wednesday 1st July: Parwich Strongest Man
8-00pm Strongest Man Competition at the Sycamore Inn
Click here to see the event poster.
Click here to see the full Wakes Week programme.
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 Sport, Wakes on Tuesday June 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
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We hope everyone is enjoying their Wakes Week, and as always are impressed by the organisation and hard work put in by the Carnival & Recreation Committee and all the other organisers and helpers. Make the most of the rest of the week by clicking on the image below to access the 2009 Official Wakes Programme as a pdf.
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 Sport, Wakes on Monday June 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Tuesday 30th June: Hill Race
7-00pm Local Mothers’ Race
7-30pm Junior Hill Race
8-00pm Senior Hill Race
For more details on the evening click here and for enquiries about the Hill Race call tel. 01629 732004.
For last years’ times click here.
Westledine’s funfair will be in full swing for the evening. Click here to see the full Wakes Week programme.
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 Wakes on Monday June 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Do you have any Wakes photos that we could add to the blog? Or any Wakes photos that we could use in a caption competition? Please send them to our email address – parwich@hotmail.co.uk. If we get inundated, we may not be able to post them all but will post as many as we can. We would also like photos from the campsite games if anyone has any. Thank you.
Posted in Church, Wakes on Monday June 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Happy St Peter’s Day
St Peter’s day (29th June), along with St John the Baptist’s day (25th June), is an important marker for mid-summer celebrations. Bonfires were lit on both St John’s Eve (Midsummer’s Day, this was the Summer Solstice before changes in the calendar) and St. Peter’s Eve. In Tudor England both these celebrations included music, processions, garlands of flowers, drinking ale and feasting.
Locally St. Peter’s Day is the fixed point for the timing of Parwich Wakes, and gardeners in the village used to regard this as the best time for digging your first new potatoes.
The Odd Fellows Ale drunk at their feast on Saturday is a recent revival of a very old tradition. Chris and the A52s are keeping alive local music making. Our Carnival Parade is a reminder of the Tudor processions, and the floats in the parade echo the decorated carts popular in the north as part of the build up to hay making.
Being currently between vicars there is no St Peter’s Day service in Parwich Church this year, but Andrew Robinson, lay reader wrote the following on St Peter for us: (more…)
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 Sport, Wakes, Young people on Sunday June 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Monday 29th June: Children’s Sports
6-30pm Children’s Sports at Nether Green and call in at the funfair on your way home.
For a list of events click here to see the full Wakes programme.
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