Thank you John F-S for this charming dunnock. I must admit I am not very good at telling ‘the little brown jobbies’ apart. Perhaps we should have some bird identification pages here.
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Parwich First Responders are fundraising to buy a static defibrillator for public access in the village. This would be available for anyone to use once they have rung 999 and been given the keypad code to access the defibrillator. Although the First Responders would normally attend with their mobile defibrillator, having an accessible static defibrillator would mean that this vital equipment would be available even if there was no First Responder on duty.
If anyone has ideas or would like to fund raise please contact a First Responder.
Waitrose in Ashbourne have very kindly agreed to let us have one of the in store donation boxes for the month of February. So, everyone, please get spending in Waitrose and don’t forget to ask for a green token to put in the Parwich First Responder box.
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Thank you to Patti for the following:
Great news! Four intrepid Parwich residents have been braving wind and floods to undertake their First Responder training and we are relieved to announce that all four have passed and can now be added to our rota. Congratulations to Sally Peat, Margaret Wood, Helen P, and Sue P. who will now be joining Sue Hughes, Ben Bennett, Caroline Healy, Debbie Webster, Patti Beasley, Ed Linnell, Jill Love, Martin, Jean and our patient Rota Organiser, Izzy Purvis.
It’s not a moment too soon. Unfortunately, illness, injury, retirement and work commitments have been taking their toll and our numbers are severely depleted. We still don’t have the cover for the village that we would like. So please, if anyone is even considering joining us, we would be thrilled to hear from you. Absolutely no previous medical training is required and a 4hr slot can be fitted in virtually anywhere in your week. It doesn’t matter if you work full time, part time, have a family or are just run off your feet – you might just save somebody’s life.
Please contact any First Responder to chat about what we do and how you might help.’
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The Blog Team would like to thank Mike and Kevin for all their work and support in the creation and development of our Blog site, parwich.org.
A changing Team
In 2007 there was a meeting to discuss ways of communicating the plans for developing a website to help communicate the progress of the planned new Memorial Hall. The possibilities of a traditional static website and a new fangled idea of a community blog were considered. Mike A was an experience blogger and he convinced everyone of the potential of a blog, though perhaps even he did not realise all the directions it could possibly take. At that meeting it was agree to set up two sites, a community blog and a more traditional static site for material that would not fit easily into a blog.
A very real advantage of blogging software is that it creates a site that can be administered by a group rather than requiring one person managing all up loading. Further it allows people to participate without extensive knowledge of HTML, the coding used in web design. Mike set about teaching a group of us how to use the blogging software. In early 2008 parwich.org was launched. Continue Reading »
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
The wet weather continued this week with nearly two inches of rain recorded. A brief respite looks likely Monday and Tuesday, but more wet and windy weather is forecast for the middle of the week.
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Badminton at Parwich Memorial Hall
Badminton is now running three evenings a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The following regular slots are available:
Tuesday: 6-7pm, 8-9pm and 9-10pm
(Please note there is no Badminton on the evening of Tuesday 25th February, as there is the Parish Council Open Meeting in the Hall.)
Wednesday: 9-10pm
Thursday: 9-10pm
If you want to play but don’t have a partner, speak to Esther T. To discuss booking a slot contact Janet G at the pub, tel. 390 212.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 2nd | 6.30pm | Evensong service cancelled |
Parwich Church |
| Mon 3rd | 12.45pm | Parwich Lunch Phone Val 390 458 |
Memorial Hall |
| Mon 3rd | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 4th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Tue 4th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 5th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 5th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 9.00 to 11.30am | Toddlers’ Group | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Sat 8th | 5pm | RBS 6 Nations: Scotland v England half-time roast chicken with roast potatoes & beer promotions |
Legion |
| Sun 9th | 9.30am | Family Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 9th | 2.30pm | Methodist Covenant Service | Parwich Church |
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We received earlier in the week this information about a good sized family home that will be available to let:
Rosemary Cottage, Main Street. 3 bed detached, £650 pcm.
- 3 bedrooms, sitting room, dining room, kitchen
- bathroom with shower and bath
- oil fired central heating, double glazed windows, wood burning stove
- elevated flat rear garden
- Council tax Band E
- Available from 1 March.
Please contact Mike Gerard-Pearse 390 625 for further information.
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Despite all the rain this hazel bush seems to be enjoying the weather.
Do let us know about any other plants making the most of the relatively mild weather.
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This photo was taken yesterday morning by David G, before the rain started.
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Thank you Cheryl for the following:
Please take care if out and about on the roads tonight. Conditions are treacherous with puddles where there aren’t normally puddles and they take you by surprise.
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“Posts of Note” is a brand new section on PARWICH.ORG, which catalogues some of our more noteworthy posts over the past six years. These might be of historical interest, or they might be reminders of particular village events. Some might contain useful information, others might contain particularly eye-catching photography, and others might simply raise a smile. Taken together, they hopefully form a kind of “potted history” of Parwich from 2008 to the present day.
Click here to view the full “Posts of Note” archive.
For future reference, you can find links to this section from the Site Map, from the “About us” page, and from the “Elsewhere on PARWICH.ORG” section on the right-hand sidebar.
And finally… “Posts of Note” is my final piece of work for PARWICH.ORG, and this is my final post as a member of the blog team. As we will be moving up to Knaresborough (North Yorkshire) in the near future, it is sadly time for me to bow out of blogging duties, after six very busy but extremely rewarding years.
Thanks are due to all my fellow blog team members, both past and present. You have all been wonderfully supportive, and a pleasure to work with. And to the continuing blog team, may I wish you all the best for the future.
– Mike Atkinson
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Solid pine headboard for 3 foot single bed. Excellent condition. Free to anyone who is prepared to collect.
Ring Tony or Sue on 724.
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Parwich Parish Council is looking for someone to clean the toilets at Parsons Croft. They need to be cleaned once a week between April 1st and October 31st 2014.
This work could be suitable for
• A volunteer/s
• Self Employed/Contract basis with invoices sent to the Council to a sum of £10 per clean per week plus reimbursement for cleaning materials on production of receipts.
If you are interested please contact Caroline Healy, Chair of Parwich Parish Council, Hallcliffe, Parwich, Tel 390378 for full details.
There will be a one month probationary period.
Parwich Parish Council.
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Hello Possums
A Mexican motorist, flagged down at a police checkpoint, was royally dropped in it by a pet parakeet perched on his back seat. ”Driving license please, Señor” requested the officer; ”He hasn’t got one“ squawked the bird; “Insurance, Señor?”; “He’s got none”; “Road tax, Señor?”; “No road tax either” came the response from the bird “And he’s been drinking beer and tequila in the prickly cactus bar all day”. The officer said ”Well Señor, your feathered friend in the back has landed you in a lot of trouble”. ”It’s not mine” grumbled the man “It, belongs to my mother-in-law”.
Weedkiller’s Elite Employment Bureau have some exciting opportunities on offer this week. Is discretion your middle name? Do you have conversational Greek and German? If so Buckingham Palace is beckoning. For the generous salary of £276.92 per week, you could find yourself running the royal baths, cleaning priceless antiques, servicing 78 bathrooms, cleaning lavatories, valeting duties for visiting dignitaries, including dry cleaning, packing and unpacking suitcases, arranging breakfast service, making the royal beds, cleaning 760 internal windows, polishing countless medals and insignia, walking the corgis, ensuring a continuous supply of Bombay mix and pork scratchings for Her Majesty and playing hide and seek with Prince Edward. Accommodation is provided, if you ever get the chance to use it. Buckingham Palace is an equal opportunities employer.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 26th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 26th | 11.15am | Mattins | Alsop Church |
| Sun 26th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Mon 27th | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 27th | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 28th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Wed 29th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 29th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 30th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Sat 1st | 5pm | RBS 6 Nations: France v England half-time sandwiches & beer promotions |
Legion |
| Sun 2nd | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
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Our weatherman says:
The past week was even wetter than the previous week, continuing the damp start to 2014. The good news is that we might see less rain in the coming week (not difficult). The bad news is that it will be colder!
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Photo by David G. Please add any caption suggestions in a comment below.
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Photos taken yesterday by David G.
Sunrise over Parwich
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We have received the following fom the Parish Council:
Please click here for interim information about the vacancy.
The Parish Council would like to thank those residents who have already expressed an interest in this vacancy.
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Hello Possums.
A speeding escaped Ostrich wreaked havoc on a main road near Tunbridge Wells, overtaking cars at breakneck speed, causing a tailback and delays of 20 minutes or so. A concerned motorist, who phoned the traffic police, told us that they were totally uninterested, they just buried their heads in the sand.
A former hairdresser, from Moss Side in Manchester, has been shortlisted for ‘The Mars One Project’, which aims to create a settlement on the Red Planet. The ten year rigorous training programme, which includes training in the quest for extra terrestrials, will culminate in 24 space pioneers blasting off in ‘The Rover Space Craft’. Miss Potter told Weedkiller’s Raving Reporter that, if she is successful, the thing she will miss most is the soap ‘Coronation Street‘. However this is one Rover that won’t be returning.
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Scour the skies for Orion over the Peak District National Park |
| The Peak District Dark Skies Group is seeking the help of residents and visitors to help monitor the impact of light pollution on our night sky.The group is asking people to join in an annual star survey by assessing the brightness of the constellation Orion over the Peak District National Park.
Orion – the hunter – is one of the wonders of the night sky in this early part of the year and can be recognized by his ‘belt’ of three bright stars in a line with a smaller ‘dagger’ of three stars below.On clear nights from 20 January to February 2 people are asked to identify Orion and, using the star charts available at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/darkskies , record details of where they were and which chart best matches what they could see. There is no limit to the amount of observations that can be made, skies permitting. Continue Reading » |
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
Here is the current list of properties for sale or rent in our area, correct as at January 20th 2014.
- Main street, 5 bed detached, £850,000.
- Smithy Lane, 6 bed detached, £775,000.
- Fernlea House, Main Street, 4 bed detached, £700,000.
- Lilac Cottage, 4 bed cottage, £495,000.
- Creamery Cottage, Creamery Lane, 4 bed character, £460,000.
- Creamery Lane, 4 bed detached, £450,000.
- Church Walk, 2 bed barn conversion, £350,000.
- Smithy Close, 3 bed semi-detached, £237,500.
- Rachels Croft, Ballidon, 2 bed detached, £650 PCM.
The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the INFO page, via the SITE MAP, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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Parwich Parish Council usually meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7.30 pm, in Parwich Memorial Hall.
Members of the public are most welcome to attend and a public speaking section will feature on each month’s agenda.
The proposed dates for forthcoming parish council meetings are detailed below, however, it must be noted that these dates may be subject to change due to a variety of reasons. The parish council does not ordinarily meet in August and December of each year.
There will also be an annual Parish Council meeting and an annual meeting of the parish held each year which will be advertised. The format of this year’s meetings has not yet been finalised.
Please see the specific agenda notice for each meeting. A copy of this will be placed in the village shop and on Parwich Blog prior to each meeting and will confirm the date of the next meeting.
| Month | Date (Third Wednesday)
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| 2014 | |
| January | 15th |
| February | 12th |
| March | 19th |
| April | 9th |
| May (Parish Annual meeting followed by Annual Parish Council meeting) |
21st |
| June | 18th |
| July | 16th |
| August | No meeting |
| September | 17th |
| October | 15th |
| November | 19th |
Mrs S Hampson
Clerk, Parwich Parish Council
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UPDATE – these items are now SOLD.
For sale:
One very comfortable double wooden futon sofa bed £15 (collection).
One 2nd hand tumble dryer Siemens WT2100 £15 (collection).
Contact Judith on 390712.
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