David G asks, “Which is Peter’s garden, which is nature’s garden?”
I work with a small Charity and we want to purchase a portable PA system to use at our events, but need some advice about what would be suitable and thought maybe there is someone who could give me that advice. A system with a wireless microphone would be ideal and one which can be used inside and out. Also the cost needs to be reasonable.
If you can offer any advice I would be very grateful.
Thanks, Margaret R
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“Hope this is not last season to photograph this orchid as the second one has not made it this year” David G
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A busy swallow gathering nesting material. JFS.
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| What’s on Where next Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Fri 13th | 3.15 to 3.45pm |
Mobile Library | The Green |
| Fri 13th | draw at 8.45pm |
‘Open the Safe’ continues Fridays until won |
Legion |
| Sun 15th | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 15th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Mon 16th | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 16th | 10am | Pilates | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 17th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 17th | 6.30pm | Crown Green Bowls vs. Wirksworth |
Parson’s Croft |
| Wed 18th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 18th | 7pm | Annual Meeting of Parwich Parish Council | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 18th | 8.30pm | Parwich Annual Parish Meeting all welcome |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 19th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 19th | 1.45pm | Crown Green Bowls vs. Hathersage A |
Parson’s Croft |
| Thu 19th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 20th | 7.45pm | Parwich Film Spectre |
Memorial Hall |
| Fri 20th | draw at 8.45pm |
‘Open the Safe’ continues Fridays until won |
Legion |
| Sun 22nd | 9.30am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
| Sun 22nd | 11.15am | Mattins | Alsop Church |
| Sun 22nd | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
Click here to see the full Diary page; please email any event information to parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
We have enjoyed some good matches so far this season and apart from the occasional blip we have done well. Unfortunately we are going to struggle for the next few weeks. This is because at least 5 members of the Club are going away on holiday and because of our small numbers the remaining players will have to play their socks off.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Away -10 May – 6.30pm – Youlgrave.
It was stair-rodding it down on Tuesday night and unfortunately we did not have a good night. In addition as you loyal readers will know Youlgrave buried an elephant, or it could have been a camel, under their green a few years ago and this makes for very interesting Jack and bowls lines. You can send a wood and by the time it has finished rolling it can almost come back on itself. Really frustrating at times, but good fun if you know what you are doing. As you may gather we don’t. Only one pair won, Harry B and John B winning 21-9. Rick and Edith were winning 19 -12, but their opponents pegged them back and finished up winning 21 – 19. Our remaining pairs lost quite well. The final score was Youlgrave 82, Parwich 53. Next week back in Parwich, but our opponents will be difficult to beat.
- Next match – Home – Wirksworth – 17 May – 6.30pm.
Matlock Thursday League
Away – Matlock Park – 12 May.
The afternoon was beautiful and extremely hot and so was our bowls. Although we lost all of the doubles games we were only a few points down. The maximum points you can win in the 6 singles games is 90 and we won all six. Rick M winning by 15 – 1. Tony A won 15 – 5 with John B also having a good win 15 -6. The final score was Matlock 105, Parwich 137. It’s a good job we have done well in these early matches as we will have a problem over the next few weeks and particularly next week as we play the team top of the League.
- Next match – Home – Hathersage – 19 May – 1.45pm.
John B
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The Parish Clerk would like to draw your attention to the following item minuted at the last Parish Council Meeting.
In response to the Comprehensive Spending Review and associated Local Government Financial Settlement Derbyshire County Council is consulting on proposals to remove subsidies for local bus services from October 2017 and replace them with a ‘demand responsive transport’ alternative.
This proposal would result in the discontinuation of all subsidised routes including the 102 which serves Parwich.
The consultation is taking the form of a questionnaire which individuals can complete on-line or by a paper copy. This consultation ends on the 24th of April. It was noted that publicity for this consultation has already been provided by the Parwich Blog.
A Councillor had been advised that the average usage per journey on this route has only been around two seats. The Council considered it highly unlikely that a commercially viable, unsubsidised, service could be sustained based on this level of demand.
It was considered that the prospects for successfully opposing the removal of the subsidies (and hence the services they support) were poor given the unlikely availability of funds to re-instate them. As funding is proposed for the ‘demand responsive transport’ alternative, and as this is a new proposal, more realistic opportunities to influence its implementation may exist.
A member of the public had communicated to the Council a number of ideas that they hoped might enable a service to be preserved or even enhanced.
The Council would want a public transport to exist for the village. It did not consider that it had powers materially different from those of the general public to campaign to challenge or modify the proposals.
Should any one wish to lead and manage a campaign to influence the outcome of these proposals, to ensure the best possible public transport provision for Parwich the Parish Council would consider requests for support favourably.
If you would like to be involved with this please contact the Parish Clerk. Andrew Martin by e-mail at clerk@parwichparishcouncil.org.uk
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The Ashbourne Telegraph report:
ORGANISERS of the Ashbourne-born Ynot Festival have announced strict new rules on the amount of alcohol its festival-goers will be able to take in to the popular event.
Click here to read more http://www.ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk/YNot-Festival-imposes-restrictions-booze-year/story-29264250-detail/story.html
Click here to go to the YNot Festival website.
There is also a petition on the change.org site to have this limit removed:
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Thank you to David G for these splendid and hopefully not too controversial photos:
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Following today’s resurfacing the Parson’s Croft car park is available for use again. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for your patience.
Parwich Parish Council
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For those missing John F-S’s photographs here is one we held back from a few weeks ago:
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Programme of Events – Saturday 11th June 2016 on Parson’s Croft
Staged in Conjunction with Parwich Parish Council
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
2.00 pm Official Welcome
2.15 pm Cutting of the Birthday Cake & Toast to Her majesty the Queen, followed by the National Anthem
There will then be a choice of games & activities including Tennis, Bowls, Turbo Swing Ball, Rounders, and Volleyball
3.30 pm Judging of the Crown Competition by Nina Martin (see below)
The judging will be followed by the presentation of prizes to the winners of each class and to the winners of the Birthday Card Competition (The children at Parwich School have been designing birthday cards for the Queen. The two winning cards will, by June 11th. have been sent “From Parwich Village” to Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace).
4.00 pm Continuation of the games.
A Barbeque will be provided free of charge, but please bring your own liquid refreshments.
To help with ordering drinks for the toast and catering needs, if you intend attending please complete the slip posted through your letterbox or e-mail Lucy Maddocks (lucywigley@googlemail.com), or sign up on one of the lists in either the British Legion or the Sycamore.
9.30 pm Firing of rockets from the summit of Parwich Hill
Design and Make a Crown Competition
We are staging a ‘design a crown’ competition for this event.
Why not have a go? The prize in each class is a commemorative crown coin.
The three groups are:
- For children aged 5 and under 5 on June 11th.
- For children over 5 and 10 and under on June 11th.
- For anyone over 10 and 15 or under on June 11th.
Thanks are due to:
- The Staff at Parwich Primary School for their help in staging the Card Competition
- Parwich Parish Council for their generous financial support and encouragement in staging these celebrations
- The members of the Carnival & Recreation Committee
- Val Kirkham for help with the refreshments
- YOU for joining in the fun and coming to support the event.
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“… are being looked into.” Andrew M.
But what are your caption suggestions for this photo?
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Thanks Jason and Joanne J for sending us these photos of some good old fashioned fun taking place today.
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A glorious sunny Sunday and an early entry for the Horticultural Society’s One Flower in Focus category.
For more of Parwich in bloom
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Thank you to Andrew M for these before , during and after photographs of yesterday’s success. Thank you to all who helped.
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The Annual Meeting of Parwich Parish Council and Annual Parish Meeting will be held on the 18th of May at 7.00pm and 8:30 pm respectively in the Memorial Hall.
A regular agenda for the Annual Meeting of the Parwich Parish Council will be published here closer to the date of the meeting. This will follow the normal format for Parish Council meetings including the election of the Chair for the coming year.
There is no prescribed format for a Parish Annual Meeting. As in previous years organisations in the Village are invited to present either in writing or in person information about their activities. The Clerk will attempt to contact possible contributors but if you would like to be involved please feel free to contact the Clerk directly at clerk@parwichparishcouncil.org.uk.
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This years Horticultural Show on 4 September will have 4 new categories of Craft classes:
- A greetings card
- A piece of handmade jewellery
- An item crafted from wood
- A handmade soft toy
The Photography categories are:
- All in a row
- Purple
- A single flower in focus
Photographs to be no bigger than A4 in size and to have been taken within 20 miles of Parwich.
Time to get crafting and snapping!!!
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Update for Bradbourne & Parwich Heating Oil Club
With summer finally arriving and crude dropping back to around $45 a barrel this is the first week for a few months where rates have maintained the previous week’s levels.
The rate and offer details for our clubs group orders for this weekend are as follows:
- Rate: £0.2789 (pence per litre excluding vat [5% for Domestic use])
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Thanks to Parwich Parish Council and the Marshalls for fixing the hole in the brook.
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| What’s on Where next Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Fri 6th | draw at 8.45pm |
‘Open the Safe’ continues Fridays until won |
Legion |
| Sat 7th | 10am onwards |
Cricket Pitch & Pavilion Clean Up all welcome |
Parson’s Croft |
| Sun 8th | 9.30am | Family Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 8th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 8th | 2pm | Crown Green Bowls Friendly vs. Hazelwood |
Away |
| Sun 8th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Mon 9th | 10am | Pilates | Memorial Hall |
| Mon 9th | 12.45pm | Village Lunch White Fish with Parsley Sauce, Broccoli, Carrots & New Potatoes Gateaux & Cream contact Val K tel. 390458 |
Memorial Hall |
| Tue 10th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 10th | 6.30pm | Crown Green Bowls vs. Youlgrave B |
Away |
| Wed 11th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 11th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 12th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 12th | 1.45pm | Crown Green Bowls vs. Matlock Park A |
Away |
| Thu 12th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 13th | 3.15 to 3.45pm |
Mobile Library | The Green |
| Fri 13th | draw at 8.45pm |
‘Open the Safe’ continues Fridays until won |
Legion |
| Sun 15th | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 15th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
Click here to see the full Diary page; please email any event information to parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
Having suffered the ravages of the British climate last week this week could not have been more of a contrast, as indeed was the bowls we played, two really good wins.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Home -3 May – 6.30pm – Bradwell.
Fabulous evening on all counts, best of all was the result. We managed a full house with Dennis E and John B winning in great style 21 – 4. Dawn A and Tony A had a similarly good win 21 – 11. Rick M and Edith put together their usual excellent score winning 21 – 12. Finally Pat B and Sue A come home to give us our first maximum score. They won 21 – 13 with the grand total 84 – 40.
- Next match – Away – Youlgrave – 10 May – 6.30pm.
Matlock Thursday League
Home – Wirksworth – 5 May.
What a gorgeous afternoon, we are in the middle of July aren’t we? We even had a visit from Lucy D. She sent a few practice woods down. She also let slip that she is doing a sports degree at Sheffield Uni. See you in a couple of years time Lucy. Fortunately we didn’t need Lucy this afternoon. The doubles pairs won two of the three games, but we still behind 46 – 58. In the singles 5 out of 6 can’t be bad with Rick M, Edith R, and Harry B being the best of us. This gave us 81 – 50 with an overall core of 127 to Parwich 108 to Wirksworth.
- Next match – Away – Matlock Park – 12 May – 1.45pm.
Although the ‘Event Diary’ on the blog shows us having a friendly against Hazelwood at Parsons Croft this Sunday the venue has been swapped and we are playing at Hazelwood. [Editor’s note- the Blog Diary has now been updated.] Come and watch if you fancy a ride out.
John B
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“Thank you to Angela D for posting the photo of us in the balloon this morning, we didn’t spot you but we did see David and Moss on their morning walk.”
Lynn C
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Thank you to Angela D for this photo “captured around 6.45am this morning”
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Malcolm H and Lucie-Clare W are in the process of buying Creamery Cottage which they intend to re-name The Creamery. They have asked us to put a post on here asking for any information people might have about the history of the property.
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Thank you David G.
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The candidates for tomorrow’s Derbyshire Police & Crime Commioners election Are as follows:
Richard Bright: Conservative
Hardyal Singh Dhindsa: Labour
Tom Snowdon: Liberal Democrats
Stuart David Yeowart: UKIP
no photo or statement submitted to the ‘Choose My PCC’ website
Click on the images above to see their statements or click here to access all their statements as a PDF. Our local polling station is as usual in the Memorial Hall and is open from 7am to 10pm.
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Photo taken this evening by David G.
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Alan and I mowed the village millennium green yesterday (Bank holiday Monday). Whilst generally tidying up the area I removed 10 dog deposits. Not pleasant. Today I was on the green and without searching I discovered 2 new deposits. Please please please can dog owners tidy up after their pets.
Last year the mowing contractors often moaned to us about the dog fouling on this particular area of green.
It’s an asset that should be free of horrible dog muck so people can walk on it and enjoy the lovely view.
Sue P
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Art in Parwich
Catch of the Day – G Radcliffe
Come and see the vibrant paintings of Ruby Hickmott and Gillian Radcliffe over the May Bank Holiday weekend, 28th May to 30th May, 10 till 5pm.
The Cove at Craster, Seahouses – R Hickmott
For directions, see the Derbyshire Open Arts website, and look us up under ARTISTS.
Both of us paint landscapes and seascapes, Ruby in oils, Gillian in watercolour and mixed media. We will be working in our studios Continue Reading »
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PARWICH PARISH COUNCIL
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