| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| 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 |
| Mon 10th | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 10th | 5pm and 6.15pm |
Pilates: two mixed ability classes | Memorial Hall |
| Tue 11th | 7pm | Keep fit run/jog/walk – all abilities | Sycamore car park |
| Tue 11th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 12th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 12th | 7.30pm | Parish Council Meeting | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 12th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 9.00 to 11.30am | Toddlers’ Group | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 10.15am | Family History Course Contact Ian tel. 390 362 |
Dam Farm |
| Thu 13th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 7-10pm | Badminton: book via Janet at Sycamore 212 | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 7.30pm | Parwich & District Local History Society AGM (all welcome) |
Memorial Hall |
| Fri 14th | Last day of school before half-term | School | |
| Fri 14th | 7-45pm | Parwich Film | Memorial Hall |
| Sun 16th | 10am | Family Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 16th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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Parwich Primary School website is looking very impressive at present. It also has a lot of new photographs. The School Newsletter has fewer photographs, as children and their families can now see them on the website. Click on the images below for more photographs of recent School events on their website:
RAF Cosford Museum Trip – Tuesday 4th February 2014
Outdoor Learning – Spring 2014
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David G has sent in another photograph for readers to add their own captions. Feel free to use the comments facility below.
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We have received this from Terry:
Please ask readers to be aware that we had prowler in the village last night, one of my gates was left open that had a bolt on it, so whether someone has been having a look around with burglary in mind, I am not sure.
Regards Terry P
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Click on image to download as a pdf.
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The First Responders would greatly appreciate any help with fund raising for the static defib. If you have any ideas or are keen to be involved please contact Martin C on 390529.
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The total cost is in the region of £2500, and the Community Heartbeat Trust would give us £500 towards it. We have also put in for an Awards for All grant.
Martin C
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Tank you Colin G for this intriguing photograph of St. Peter’s.
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Hello Possums,
Prince Harry and his girlfriend are planning a trip to Iceland, before a skiing trip in Verbier. A spokesperson told Weedkiller’s Royal Correspondent that the Prince had visited Iceland before, but was unimpressed with the sausage rolls and the frozen chips.
An American diva is suing the Federal Government, claiming that a botched abdominal procedure left her unable to perform without breaking wind, and also acute incontinence. Her last performance in Cosi Fanny Tutti was described as extremely moving with a prevailing wind.
A recently uncovered document claims that ‘Ping Pong’ played a major role in bringing the cold war to an end, but, alas, nobody has ever heard of him.
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During the evening of Tuesday 4th February, police received several reports of men going door to door in Hulland Ward and Parwich offering goods for sale.
Police are reminding residents to always check for relevant identification from callers.
Legitimate pedlars are issued with a document which is issued by the police to people who apply to sell door to door. They list the particulars of a seller and are signed by a senior police officer.
If you have any concerns about a cold caller, please contact Derbyshire police by calling 101, the non emergency number, except in an emergency when the number is always 999.
Incident number: 583 of 4.2.14 refers.
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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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