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A beautiful photo of a Jay by John F-S
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A force-wide firearms surrender aimed at cutting the number of guns in circulation across Derbyshire is being launched today, Monday, October 27.
The operation is the first in 11 years to give people across the whole county the opportunity to hand over any firearms or ammunition they have, to help stop them getting into the wrong hands.These include air weapons, replica or imitation weapons such as BB guns, antique firearms or legally-held guns that license holders no longer want or need.
People who have guns that they want to hand over to Derbyshire police can do so at a number of enquiry offices across the county from today until Friday, November 7, from 7am to midnight.
To help raise awareness of the campaign, the force has produced a video comparing a fake ball bearing gun with a real, police-issue firearm. We want to know if viewers can tell the difference between the real gun and the fake one. To view the video, click the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-opWqbwf2Q&list=UUI6ScnSIKZtvckHcYIYCENA.
If you are on Facebook, you can tell us which you think is the real gun by searching for Derbyshire Constabulary and commenting below the video. If you are on Twitter, search for @DerbysPolice and tweet us your answer, using the hashtag #RealOrFakeGun.
The surrender means people can dispose of these items in a safe place. During the surrender, people handing in guns can remain anonymous. The history of each live weapon will be checked for evidence of its use in crime and if they have not been used in criminality, they will be melted down or recycled. Continue Reading »
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Hello Possums,
Weedkiller Weekly’s Drama Productions proudly present:
‘The Parchers‘
an everyday tale of Derbyshire village folk.Farmer’s wife, Betty, is busy baking scones, when her best friend Ann pops in:
”Hello Ann, how are you this fine morning?”
”I’m a lot better now that the water supply has been restored Betty. It’s been a right inconvenience, I can tell you.“
”I’m sure it has Anne, but we should spare a thought for those poor women in Africa, who have to trek for miles in the blazing sun to reach the nearest well.”
”Why on earth don’t they move closer to well then, Betty?”
”Good point Ann.“
Continue Reading »
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
Mild and generally dry conditions for the beginning of the week followed by lower temperatures and uncertainty toward the end of the week. The benign weather of 2014 continues …… wonder what the winter holds?
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 26th | 2am | end of British Summer Time clocks go back 1 hour |
UK |
| Sun 26th | 9.30am | Matins | Parwich Church |
| Sun 26th | 11.15am | Matins | Alsop Church |
| Sun 26th | 2.30pm | canceled |
Parwich Church |
| Mon 27th | Parwich School Closed Half Term holiday week |
School | |
| Mon 27th | No Pilates this week | Memorial Hall | |
| Tue 28th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Tue 28th | 7.30pm | A Most Important Meeting – Follow Up All Welcome |
Memorial Hall |
| Wed 29th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 29th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 30th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 30th | 6-10pm | Badminton: book via Cheryl tel 617 | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 31st | Sunset onwards |
Halloween: Trick or Treat Don’t forget to stock up on treats |
everywhere |
| Fri 31st | 6.30pm onwards |
Friday Nights at the Legion ‘Open the Safe & Play Your Cards Right’ |
Legion |
| Sat 1st | 4 to 6pm 9pm |
Halloween at the Sycamore Children’s Fancy Dress Party Disco |
Sycamore |
| Sun 2nd | No services today | Parwich & Alsop Churches |
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Click here to see the full Diary page; please email any event information to parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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If you’re a member subs are due….
If not, why not consider joining…..?!
John Vince is in charge of membership, alternatively just let a committee member or one of the bar staff know you are interested.
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Don’t forget that tonight sees the end of British Summer Time for another year and a return to God’s Time (Greenwich Mean Time). The clocks go back an hour at 2am tomorrow morning (Sunday 26th of October), so an extra hour lie in. Click here for the dates the clocks change in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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The Methodist Service scheduled for tomorrow the 26th October has had to be canceled.
Val K
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‘Open the safe’ is usually preceded by ‘PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT’ – see below for the start of one of last night’s games!
Win cash and prizes by successfully guessing whether the next card is higher or lower until you get to the end of the row.
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I’ve just heard from Stuart that Tom is on Radio 2 this morning at 11.30.
He will be on the Graham Norton show, along with Aled Jones.
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Thanks to Lesley B for the following post:
Do we consider where we eat as much as we should?
I thought some of you may be interested in seeing the Food Standards Agency ratings for food premises in the DE6 area, as follows;
Out of 40 listings for Pub/bar/nightclub in DE6 area
16 premises (40%) got a 1 “Major improvements needed”
2 premises (5%) got a 2 “Improvements needed”
3 premises (7.5%) got a 3 “Satisfactory”
7 premises (17.5%) got a 4 “good”
22 premises (55%) got a 5 “Very good”
Average score – 4.175
More information about who scored what here:
Out of 39 listings for Restaurants/café’s/canteen in DE6 area
2 premises (5.13%) got a 1 “Major improvements needed”
0 premises got a 2 “Improvements needed”
5 premises (12.82%) got a 3 “Satisfactory”
8 premises (20.51%) got a 4 “good”
24 premises (61.54%) got a 5 “Very good”
Average score – 4.33
More information about who scored what here:
Well done to Parwich Village Hall& Cottage Curries who scored top marks with a 5 under the heading of “other catering premises”.
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The first draw for ‘Open the Safe’ is tonight at 8.45 pm at the Legion.
Tickets for entry into the draw need to be purchased before 8.15 pm tonight.
In the safe this week is a minimum of £100 – if your ticket is pulled out you get a bottle of wine and have a 1 in 30 chance of choosing the key that will open the safe.
Please click on the icon below to see how it works or for more details……
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Two greenhouses (one metal framed and one wooden framed) are available free of charge if you are able to dismantle and transport them yourself. They are located in Wirksworth, but if you are interested speak to Steve C at the Sycamore Inn (tel. 390 212).
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This morning my partner was confronted in our garden by two dogs, both without collars or identification, the dogs could be described as being a Rottweiler dog and the other was a white Staffordshire bull terrier.
These two dogs are wandering around the village unattended, so please be minded if your children are out at play. Does anyone know who these dogs belong too?
Terry P
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If there any events you want adding to the parwich.org Diary pages for November and December in time for them to also appear in the Church’s November Peak Five Group Magazine please let us know at parwich@hotmail.co.uk (or add a comment to this post) by Saturday 25th of October.
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Please be advised that the key safe number has now been changed. Please contact Cheryl Woolley for the new number.
07846 906848
Thank youCheryl
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With people having options other than BT as a call provider it can sometimes be quite difficult to find the number of the person you want to contact in the village. I have been thinking for sometime about creating a Parwich Telephone Directory, not to be shared on parwich.org but for individuals to have as a hard copy. Does anyone else think this would be useful? I am looking for a winter project…………………………..!!
Fiona H
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Available soon for rent a traditional stone house in the heart of Parwich village:
- 3 reception rooms
- 3 bedrooms
- modern kitchen and bathroom
- garden
- off road parking
Can be furnished or unfurnished. For more information contact Janet on tel 390212.
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The Horticultural Society asked that we thank everyone that made this year’s Quiz such a success, particularly the Matthews family for their on going support, but also Bill for setting the quiz and Janet for hosting the event.
The new Trophy is pictured to the right, and it will be permanently housed in the Pub so that it does not get chance to hide itself this year
With ten teams the pub was full and a good time was had by all. The winning team was the Khaki Campbells.
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The first draw for ‘Open the Safe’ is on Friday (24th October) – please click on the icon below to see how it works and how to participate……
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I think last night’s Harvest Festival ‘Auction of Produce’ at the Legion was quite possibly the best one yet, and we raised
£500
for the Parwich Independent Welfare Fund!!!
So, a huge thank you to everyone who supported and participated, in particular:
- all of those who very generously , cooked, baked, brought in produce, made up hampers and donated their time and money;
- Evie for the very generous donation of her lovely painting;
- Judith for stepping in with the reading;
- Paul C for hosting the evening and running the auction;
- everyone who bought produce (of course!); and
- everyone who attended and made it such a good evening.
Hope I’ve not forgotten anyone – if so it is definitely not intentional……!
Many thanks once more,
Emma (on behalf of the Parwich Independent Welfare Fund)
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Photos by David G.
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Hello Harvest Mice,
The Churchillian wartime spirit was alive and well recently, as an emergency NOBRA committee meeting was called at the Legion, to discuss emergency measures in the event of a prolonged drought. Dr Emma S told the gathering, “There may well be dark days ahead; the taps have run dry all over Parwich; and we may never see them running again in our lifetime“. Suddenly, as it seemed that all was lost, Emma came up with the solution that had been staring everyone in the face, “We’ll drink wine”. Emma was born shoulder high through the village to rapturous applause. A major catastrophe had been averted. Well done that Lass.
A Canadian man has been charged with the illegally smuggling, trading and export of endangered turtles. He was caught with fifty of the creatures strapped to his body, after border agents suspicions were aroused because he was walking so slowly.
When James Lusted sat down in a Harvester Restaurant for a romantic meal with his fiancée, instead of receiving the expected menu, he was handed a colouring book and some crayons from the waitress. Nice touch, you may think, except for the fact James is a dwarf. Fortunately James and his 5′ 7” fiancée, Chloe, saw the funny side of things and there was no harm done. Continue Reading »
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Thank you to Bradbourne Local History Group for the following information:
Jean Castledine who runs the local history group has arranged for John Jones to talk about
Lead Mining & Lead Miners in Derbyshire
and in particular in the local area. The talk will be held on
Thursday 6 November 2014 at 8pm
in the Bradbourne Church Hall, entrance fee will be £3 (including refreshments) and all are most welcome, so do please spread the word.
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