… dreaming of Palm trees
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Looking for Christmas presents, well some Parwich & District Local History Society publications are still available:
“Voices: Women of a White Peak Village” by Gillian Radcliffe
- £5 per copy.
- only limited stock available.
- A collection of photographs and memories, recording life in Parwich over the last 100+ years.
“A Parwich Walk” by Patti Beasley and Peter Trewhitt
- £2 per copy.
- only limited stock available.
- A history of Parwich set out as an illustrated walk through the Village.
Reproduction post cards of old Parwich scenes
- 20p per individual card.
- £1 per set of 8 different cards
- 8 different scenes reprinted from Edwardian images of the Village and village life.
- illustrated below:
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 14th | 9.30am | Family Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 14th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Mon 15th | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 15th | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 16th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 16th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Tue 16th | 7.30pm | Carols on the Green with Ashbourne Town Band |
The Green |
| Wed 17th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 17th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 18th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 19th | last day of term | Parwich School | |
| Fri 19th | 7.45pm | Parwich Film | Memorial Hall |
| Sun 21st | 1pm to 2.30pm |
Santa Claus visits All Welcome |
Legion |
| Sun 21st | 3pm | Carol Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 21st | 7.30pm | Carol Service | 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 & District Local History Society have some genuine Jiffy Bags (PB5 internal dimensions 245mm x 361mm) for sale. Cost 50p each or £40 for a box of 100 (only 110 envelopes available).
We can deliver in Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon or Pikehall, otherwise they must be collected. Anyone interested contact Peter T on 287 or via email parwich@hotmail.co.uk .
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Still looking for a cleaner to work approximately four hours a week starting in January. Please call Debbie on 390568 or email DebbieWebster@btinternet.com.
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Can anyone recommend a good reliable local professional removal firm, used to narrow lanes and local conditions? We are hoping to move soon after New Year – about 400 yards to another Parwich address… so no long distance involved but plenty of manoeuvring delicate and or heavy stuff round awkward corners and up and down stairs!We have heard one or two horror stories so are anxious to avoid another!Thank you. Please leave a message on the blog, or ring us on 519
John and Marion Fuller-Sessions
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This morning our computer was blocked from the internet by a site accusing us of using the internet inappropriately and asking for money before the computer can be unblocked. Be aware of this scam circulating at present.
Tony A
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Do you have a great idea for helping to reduce waste in your community or business?
If so, Derbyshire County Council want to hear from you.
We want to help local groups and businesses bid for a share of £800,000 from Government to help set up innovative projects to prevent materials going to waste.
Grants of up to £25,000 could be made available through the Waste Prevention Fund for projects which help reduce wastes such as food, textiles, paper and board, plastics, electronic and electrical equipment, furniture, building and demolition waste and healthcare and chemical waste.
To qualify for funding, projects will need to be new and not yet tried elsewhere. This could involve developing new services, or new products to deliver existing services in a different way.
We would decide which bids to take forward and would work in partnership with the relevant groups or businesses to bid for funding and − if successful − help to deliver the projects.
Councillor Dean Collins, Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure, said:
“Derbyshire is a hive of business innovation and we want to focus some of that original thinking to look for new ways of helping residents and businesses to reduce waste.
“We are facing difficult financial times and need to cut our budget by £157 million by 2018. Sending waste to landfill costs the us £19 million a year which could be better spent on other services.
“Cash is available for projects which can help reduce waste, working in partnership with us. So if you’ve got an idea, call us on 01629 539776 or 01629 539787, email wastemanagement@derbyshire.gov.uk or find out more at derbyshire.gov.uk/dwpf.”
Proposals would need to be agreed with us by 16 January 2015 and bids submitted to Government by 6 February 2015. Grants need to be spent by 31 December 2015.
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There has been a run on the Derbyshire County Council questionnaires seeking our views on the kind of bus service we would like serving our community. The authority is closely examining routes and timetables to make savings.
The first 25 questionnaires placed in the Pump bus shelter have all gone. I have placed some more in there.
The consultation closes next Sunday but the mobile library will take completed forms on Monday. Alternatively, hand them in at the Ashbourne library or place through the letter box (above the trough) at Church Cottage, The Green, and we will hand them in.
Please tell friends or neighbours who might want to compete the questionnaire.
RICHARD TRESIDDER
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The key safe number for the Memorial Hall has been changed. Please contact Cheryl Woolley for the new number.
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Well trying to be clever in the previous post didn’t seem to work, as no one noticed that David and Roy were appearently holding a very large tree several feet off the ground. So here is the full picture:
Many thanks to the F-Ss for providing the tree and to David W, Jimmy W, Roy M and Denis L for putting up the tree.
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Our Weatherman in the Village sends his apologies, but
I am sorry to report that the recent technical issues I am experiencing with my weather station mean that unfortunately I shall be suspending weather data for a little while until I resolve the problems properly. The live link to the station will still be open, but please be aware that some readings may not be accurate at this time. I will endeavour to resolve the issues as soon as possible, and hope to resume the posts then. In the meantime, those who thought last weekend was a little chill will be relieved to know that the –64 Celsius recorded was slightly lower than reality!
Update: The links are in the Weather section of the right hand column of each page to the Blog. There are two links:
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David and Roy putting up the Christmas Tree on the Green:
More photos to follow.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 7th | No services today | Parwich & Alsop Churches |
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| Sun 7th | from 4pm | Legion Annual Christmas Fayre | Legion |
| Mon 8th | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 9th | 12 noon | Over 60s Christmas Lunch Contact John H for info |
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| Tue 9th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 9th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Wed 10th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 10th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 11th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 11th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Sat 13th | 8.30pm onwards |
Live Music The A52s |
Legion |
| Sat 13th | P&D Local History Society Quiz postponed to January |
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| Sun 14th | 9.30am | Family Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 14th | 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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Last call for orders guaranteed before Christmas Eve!
Suppliers have seen a big increase in orders this week so this will be the last order for guaranteed delivery before Christmas Eve. The offer details for our clubs group order are as follows:
Price: £0.4298 ppl ex vat (5% for domestic use)
Minimum order: 500 litres
Order to be placed by: 10.30am Monday 8 December
Delivery: usually 5 – 10 days after club order, definitely before Christmas Eve
Next Order: our next order dates agter this weekend will be the weekend of the 1st December and the 4th Jan 20
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Transport consultation − still time to have your say
DCC are asking users of local bus and community transport services to provide information about their trips to help shape services in the future.
DCC need to make cuts of £157m by 2018, including making savings on the local bus and community transport services we support.
Most bus services in Derbyshire are run commercially by local bus companies who set the routes and fares.But around 15 percent are funded by DCC, including current spend of £3.7m on subsidised bus services.
Around £1.4m is also spent on supporting community transport dial-a-bus services throughout the county and £50,000 on Wheels to Work − a moped loan and cycle scheme which helps people get to work, education or training.
But before any decisions about reducing or withdrawing services are made bus users are being asked to tell DDC about the routes they use, when they travel and the reasons for making their trips. They are also being asked about the impact on them if any of these services were taken away or changed.
Councillor Dean Collins Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure said:
“We understand that getting out and about is vital to people maintaining their independence but we need to make savings and some difficult decisions about the services we can support in the future will have to be made.
“Local bus and community transport services will have to be run differently in the future because we will not have the same level of funding to support them. But we will not make any decisions about individual services until we have gathered information from bus users.”
The bus user survey can be completed online (opens in a new window)
Or by completing the form which is in the Pump Shed
The closing date for responses is 14 December 2014. Feedback from this survey will then be used to develop proposals for how transport, funded by us, could run in the future. These proposals will then go out to full consultation in 2015.
Councillor Dean Collins added:
“It’s really important that passengers tell us about their journeys so that any decisions we make have been properly informed, so that we can continue to provide the services that people want.”
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100 households in Parwich have joined the Parwich Phone Book.
If you haven’t but would like to be in this popular Parwich listing plus contact Fiona on 191 or Fiona@nethergreenfarm.plus.com
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Fantastic Customer offers – some items available to take away on the night – light refreshments/nibbles provided.
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Photo by John F-S
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eMagazines available free of charge at our libraries
Residents can now read free digital copies of their favourite magazines on their computer, smart phone or tablet following Derbyshire County council’s launch of a new service.
More than 90 eMagazines are now available free of charge through DCC’s library service. Popular titles like BBC Good Food, New Scientist, Marie Claire, Best, Hello, BBC Top Gear and Men’s Health are amongst the eMagazines on offer along with specialist magazines on subjects including photography, arts and crafts and cycling.
The eMagazines can be read in the library on a computer, or on a home laptop or PC, smart phone or tablet. Borrowers need to be a member of the library service – which is free to join − and then they can create an eMagazines account. They download the titles that they want to read and there is no limit to the number of titles selected.
There are no loan periods or returns so once the magazine is downloaded it can be kept for as long as the borrower wants and then deleted.
There is also the option to be emailed when the next issue of the magazine is available. All of this can be done from home but anyone needing help to sign up can get help in their local library.
Our Deputy Cabinet Member for Health and Communities Councillor Ellie Wilcox, said:
“This is an excellent new venture by our libraries and already proving very popular. I’m impressed by the range of magazines on offer and as they are free to download people can save quite a lot of money.”
“I’m sure that most people will find something that they like and they can download it in the comfort of their own home or while on the move onto their phone or tablet. It is perfect for a bus or rail journey.”
Residents can find out more about the eMagazine service at their local library or sign up online (opens in a new window)
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Although this is outside our area, the Blog Team felt, as it is free, that this Christmas event may be of interest to some local parents:
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