Photo by John F-S
Photo by John F-S
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Could anyone recommend a reliable chimney sweep please. Thank you Gill H
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The team here at parwich.org would like to extend our sympathy to Carol’s family. Having lived in the village all her life Carol will be remembered by so many. There will be a church service at St. Peter’s Church, Parwich on Monday 29 September 2014 at 12.30 pm. The family invite people to join them afterwards at Parwich British Legion.
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Hello Possums,
Och aye the ‘noos’ have it; Scotch Bonnets soared high into the chilli autumnal air, as the results of the referendum were announced, confirming a positive rejection of independence. A resigned Alex Salmond conceded defeat. Gordon Broon produced a jaw dropping animated performance, providing a welcome boost for the ‘noos’. With heavy hearts the freedom fighters, sensing defeat adopted a new slogan before drowning their sorrows: ‘Bitter Together’. However the proceedings did not go without any hiccups, especially in ‘The Mary Queen Of Scotch’ bar in Glasgow, where passions were running high, as the ‘ayes’ took the vote. Things got a wee bit hairy in The Trossach’s for a while, where things could have swung either way. Consultants and staff at Edinburgh’s incontinence clinic, which relies solely on English funding for research, celebrated well into the ‘wee’ hours following the ‘noos‘ victory. Ed Milliband vastly underestimated his popularity in Scotland, as cheering supporters bore him shoulder high through the streets of Glasgow, before unceremoniously dumping him in the River Clyde. There were a fair number of abstainers, but the majority of people had a good few bevvies afterwards.
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“Possibly the most important meeting you will ever attend”
You will have read recently about the arrival of our very own static defibrillator for use by any one of us if the need should arise. Parwich First Responders can now confirm that The Community Heartbeat Trust will be coming to talk on
Tuesday 30th September
at 7.30pm
The Memorial Hall
The aim of the evening is to help you understand how to use this life-saving equipment in the event of an emergency. We hope to see as many of you there as possible. For more information you might like to read the attached leaflet:
Click on image to enlarge
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 21st | 10am | Harvest Festival | Parwich Church |
| Sun 21st | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Mon 22nd | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 22nd | 2.30 to 3.30pm | Pilates for over 60s | Memorial Hall |
| Mon 22nd | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 23rd | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 23rd | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Wed 24th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 24th | 5-6pm | Dancing for All Dances Classes Contact Katy tel. 01629 761385 |
Memorial Hall |
| Wed 24th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 25th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 25th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Sun 28th | 9.30am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
| Sun 28th | 10-11am | Peak Five Children’s Event Let There Be Light Harvest Hijinks Contact Tracey F to book |
FitzHerbert School Fenny Bentley |
| Sun 28th | 2.30pm | Methodist Harvest Festival | Parwich Church |
| Sun 28th | 7.30pm | Harvest Festival | Alsop Church |
Click here to see the full Diary page; please email any event information to parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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If there any events you want adding to the parwich.org Diary pages for October and November in time for them to also appear in the Church’s October Peak Five Group Magazine please let us know at parwich@hotmail.co.uk ASAP.
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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
I know you are all wondering how the Bowls Club finally did this year, well it was mixed fortunes. The suspense you can cut with a knife, it beats the hell out of the Scottish Referendum results.
In the Matlock Tuesday League two teams are promoted and relegated. Fortunately we were not involved with the latter. I perhaps should point out at this stage that there are only two divisions in the League and we play in the lower of the two so thankfully nobody can get relegated from this league! Anyway there were times this year when little Parwich was riding high at the top of the division. We did not last there very long, but at least we can tell the grand children how we achieved national immortality for a week or two. So having been at the giddy heights of division toppers we inevitably could not sustain the required momentum and we slid down the league. Our final position was fourth. Our best result for donkey’s years. I think that the main reason for our fall down the division was that we did not invest during the transfer window and the players we have are two old!
Our fortunes in the Matlock Thursday League were not so good. We got promoted! Disaster! The Club had been there or thereabouts all season, but with no real danger of promotion, however some of our last results and those of other teams meant that we finished up third. Now of course were this the Tuesday League it would have been ok, (only top two promoted) in this League, however, some dipstick playing with the rules means that the top three go up. What a mess. We will inevitably have to invest heavily in new players during the close season. Having not achieved much joy in getting new players locally, going further afield is a must. I’m not sure if they play Crown Green Bowls in Clacton or the Isle of White, but we will certainly need to strengthen the squad.
I have not heard anything about indoor bowls yet, but I will let you know when I do. Until then have a good Christmas.
John B.
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We would like to apologise in advance for any disturbance that we may cause to the village on Saturday night. Our daughter is getting married and the party afterwards may be rather noisy. We will turn off the music at 12.00 and will make every effort to be considerate to everyone in the village.
Thank you for your patience
Paul and Caroline
We are sure everyone will understand. Best wishes from all of us here at parwich.org for what will be a very special event. Have a wonderful day.
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For National Curriculum summary Continue Reading »
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Our Peak Five group of churches next children’s event:
Book early to avoid disappointment. Click here to visit the Peak Five Facebook page.
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The Poll here at parwich.org on Scottish independence provoked a vigorous response. At 3pm today (Wednesday 17th September), the results were as follows:
Do you have significant Scottish links?
- 38% Yes
- 62% No
Would Scottish independence impact on us here (in the Peak District)?
- 47% Yes
- 41% No
- 12% Don’t know
Should Scotland be an independent country?
- 36% Yes
- 63% No
- 1% Don’t know
This indicates a significant minority (38%) of our respondents have strong ties to Scotland, that overall we are split on the impact of Scottish independence on us here in the Peak District (a difference of 6%), but that a majority (63%) of us want the Union to continue. Well tomorrow is the actual referendum day and we will find out on Friday what Scotland votes.
you can still vote in this poll by clicking here.
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I am due to be sending one of my locally grown White Park bullocks to slaughter soon and i am going to be selling the meat privately.
The White Park Cattle Society says “White Park beef is lean, tasty, well marbled and it cooks beautifully. When properly hung for 3 weeks or so joints will shrink very little on cooking and the natural juices produced will be full of flavour. White Park is best cooked at a slightly lower temperature, over a longer period of time than modern beef breeds. The meat is much sought after and sold by name in top restaurants and butchers.”
AA Gill said in the Sunday Times: “The white park, a breed I’ve never eaten before and had always assumed was purely ornamental, was really excellent: softly chewy, with that strong, distinctive, almost corrupt flavour of proper beef … it was the best steak I’ve had this year”
Orders are being taken for quality rare breed beef, it will come in a box and will be labelled and bagged, you will get:-
3kg Mince
3kg Stew
1kg braising steak
2 Roasting Joints 1kg each
1 Pot roast
4 Sirloin Steaks
2 Fillet Steaks
2 Rump SteaksAll for a Bargain price of £85, if you were to go to a butchers for the same amount it would be more than double that! you dont get much more local than beef thats been reared right here in Parwich!
So get your orders in asap to avoid dissapointment, you can either ring or text 07813857014 or email chadfen@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks
Ben Chadfield
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Parwich & District Horticultural Society
Bob Matthews Quiz
Saturday 18 October 2014
8.00 pm
The Sycamore
Would the winners of the 2012 cup please return it to any member of the Committee or to The Sycamore.
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A female grey wagtail, not to be confused for a yellow wagtail, photographed by John F-S
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Katy at Village Games says “the teacher says it is very much free style and will be adapted to the participants which turn up however saying that is aimed more at the parents and children (mummies and daughters dancing together etc) rather than an experienced dancer, however that’s not to say we could not introduce a further session, should there be the interest in the village.”
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Parwich School PTA have organised a Fashion Show at 7.30pm Tuesday 16th September in the Memorial Hall. Contact Karen W tel 253 for tickets.
Karen adds:
Refreshments will also be available. Due to the lack of phone signal in the area the card machine is not likely to work so cash or cheque will be best to snap up the great offers.
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We wanted to let you all know that we have just made the sad (for us) decision to put Orchard Farm on the market. We have been very happy living here and have taken great pride and joy in running our two holiday cottages, Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns to the best of our ability, but the time has come for us to think, reluctantly, about downsizing.
Ideally we hope to stay in Parwich if we can find somewhere suitable when the time comes, but it will be a big wrench leaving Orchard Farm.
If any of you know anyone who might possibly be interested, do let them know. John German will be handling the sale and no doubt all the details will be on their website in a week or two. It will be marketed as a house ‘with letting potential’ and we hope to sell to someone who is eager to carry on running Tom’s and Douglas’s Barns so that it will be ‘business as usual’ as far as all our guests new and old are concerned. We have bookings into next summer.
Meanwhile it is all go up here at the moment. The photographer comes on Friday to take photos of the interior and as you can imagine an awful lot of sorting and clearing has to be done before then… Wish us luck!
John and Marion Fuller-Sessions
The Blog Team is sure we speak for all in wishing you a smooth transition, hopefully to another home in Parwich, not least because of John’s fantastic photographic contributions to parwich.org.
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Hello Possums,
Well, the hot potato at the moment is of course the Scottish independence referendum. The rebels could well be putting the Buckfast Abbey tonic wine on ice soon, as old Alec Salmond nudges ahead. The no no’s have revealed their ace in the hole, as the formidable Gordon Broon is dusted off and wheeled out to join the fray. The implications of Scottish independence are far reaching and a Scottish republic could be next on the agenda, which could see the Queen relinquishing her time share at Holyrood House. Bonny Prince Charles is seeing his long awaited realm diminishing before his very eyes; his vision of being monarch of the glen fading fast. Even as we speak Gregg’s bakery are removing Scotch eggs from the shelves, Edinburgh Woolen Mill outlets have been looted and McDonalds ‘restaurants’ are being picketed. Weedkiller’s Raving Reporter, Jimmy Riddle, is still transmitting with his cat’s whiskers set from The Swinging Sporran in Glasgow, but fears he may have been rumbled.
Rumours are now echoing around the hills and valleys of a plot for Welsh independence being in the embryonic stage. Weedkiller’s intelligence agents have intercepted transmissions in Moss code from a location somewhere in Parwich to a spymaster in Colwyn Bay. This ‘femme fatale’ could rise up at any moment to lead the revolt. Her husband is suspected of photographing sensitive installations in and around the village and intelligence gathering. Stay vigilant comrades.
Yippee, it’s Royal Baby mania all over again. Pippa is furiously knitting baby gros. A spokesperson for North Norfolk Borough Council stated that there would be no favouritism and the Royal couple would have to take their chances on the waiting list for a council house along with everyone else. Kate’s mother has been accused of assuming royal airs; “Simply not true”, she said, before storming off with her corgis.
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
With high pressure continuing to dominate, the weather looks set fair for the foreseeable future. Certainly the working week ahead looks dry and warm in the daytime, but the nights will be cool. Looking forward to next weekend, although obviously harder to predict, it seems likely we might be in for a repeat performance of this one. My apologies for the continued absence of rain data – it is on my “little” list of jobs to do ……
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“Possibly the most important meeting you will ever attend”
You will have read recently about the arrival of our very own static defibrillator for use by any one of us if the need should arise. Parwich First Responders can now confirm that The Community Heartbeat Trust will be coming to talk on
Tuesday 30th September
at 7.30pm
The Memorial Hall
The aim of the evening is to help you understand how to use this life-saving equipment in the event of an emergency. We hope to see as many of you there as possible. For more information you might like to read the attached leaflet:
Click on image to enlarge
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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 |
| Sun 14th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Mon 15th | 2.30 to 3.30pm | Pilates for over 60s | Memorial Hall |
| Mon 15th | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 16th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Tue 16th | 7.30pm | Parwich PTA hosting Fashion Show & Sale Tickets £3, contact Karen W tel.253 |
Memorial Hall |
| Wed 17th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 17th | 5-6pm | Dancing for All Dances Classes Free style dance, content to be adapted to participants Contact Katy tel. 01629 761385 |
Memorial Hall |
| Wed 17th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 17th | 7pm | Parish Council Meeting | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 18th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 18th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 19th | 7.45pm | Parwich Film | Memorial Hall |
| Sun 21st | 10am | Harvest Festival | Parwich Church |
| Sun 21st | 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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Recently there was an incident where a stranger was seen behaving suspiciously in a Parwich drive and who gave a good impression of making up excuses when challenged. At risk of type casting, it involved a scruffily dressed middle aged man in rusty white van, showing an inappropriate interest in a garage housing building tools.
Also the Police have been making enquiries locally about a person/people aparantly selling mattresses from a white van.
So make sure you lock your garages and sheds and report any suspicious happenings to Derbyshire Crimestoppers tel. 0800 555 111 (or as always you can use the emergency number 999).
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Can anyone name these beauties? I have managed Roy Lees, Peter Harris and Brian Foden but who are the rest? Click on the photo to enlarge.
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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLS CLUB
Now is the time to say goodbye. Now is the time to yield a sigh. Now is the time to wend our way. (Until next year anyway.) It would have been nice to end on a winning note, but you can’t win all the time.
Matlock Tuesday bowls League.
An update on this league is that we managed to move up a place from fifth to fourth, our best result for quite a few years. We also won the same number of games as the team who came top. Not bad for our little Club.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Bakewell – 11 September.
Bakewell are second in the league and last week they beat the team at the top. Things did not auger well, and so it proved. As you know we sometimes don’t do very well in the doubles games and unfortunately this week was not good. We were behind 63 – 27. Our singles players did manage to retrieve the situation a little, but it was not enough to get us near to winning the match.
The final score was Bakewell 125, Parwich 103. As you readers of this fabulous weekly sports report will know we were in third place and the top three are promoted to the giddy heights of the top division. After this week’s result we will be lucky to stay there.
So that’s it for another year. Still desperate for new players and if we get promoted we will need them even more. We may get another invitation to play indoor bowls at Ashbourne Bowls Club on Monday afternoons. If we do I will let you know and you will be welcome to join us.
John B
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