On Sunday an event raising funds for Mid-Derbyshire Mobile Physiotherapy:
CULLAND BURSTS INTO BLOOM FOR CHARITY
Annual Specialist Plant Fair and Open Gardens
Culland Hall, Culland, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
SUNDAY 9th JUNE 2013, 11am – 4pm
Part night steeet lighting has now been implemented, that is some of our street lights are turned off between midnight and 5-30am. We will give our readers opportunity to review this more fully at the end of the year when we have had chance to experience it during darker nights, however in the meantime you can use the comments facility at the end of this post to share your experiences so far (good or bad).
The pattern of Parwich street lighting
the County Council planned to implement last month
(click on image to enlarge)
Do let us know if there are any lights not as planned.
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Please note this trip is this month, in June, and not August as originally stated on the poster:
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Paul and Evie Burlinson
The Cottage On The Green | Parwich | Nr Ashbourne | Derbyshire | England | DE6 1QA
Telephone 01335 390 488
Email paulburlinson@btinternet.com
Silent night (Rialto) single bed as new, 6ft 3in by 3ft, two drawer storage base, mattress 10in deep, base 15in high.
for sale at £150.00. ono. tel. 01335390488, Paul or Evie.
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Hello Possums,
Swaziland is cracking down on high flying witches by imposing a ban on exceeding an altitude of 150 metres, so as not be a hazard to commercial aircraft. Swaziland is rife with black magic, sorcery, necromancy and superstition; even witch doctors pay income tax. Non compliance of these restrictions may result in
confiscation of broomsticks, a hefty fine or a spell in prison. The witches’ union have condemned these draconian measures describing them as a right load of old warlocks.
At the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” restaurant in Hollywood, U.S.A, head chef David Gordon’s signature dish of tempura battered tarantula is proving to be a big hit. The
abdomen is removed from the spider and the hairs singed off with a lighter, before being plunged in batter and deep-fried until crispy. ‘The Bugathon’ all-you-can-eat-buffet consists of scorpion, grasshoppers, locusts and cockroaches. The early bird special, served from 5.00pm – 7.00pm, is a generous helping of juicy earthworms with various dips to share. For more details go to the good grub website.
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Our Weaterman in the Village says:
Major rain-gauge malfunction mid-week (maybe the deluge proved too much for it!), thus the measurements may be slightly inaccurate, but you get the idea – it was wet!
However, the good news is the current dry warm conditions are set to stay well into the coming week with a very pleasant week in prospect.
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Gentlemen welcome on this visit,
but phone Marion on tel. 519, as only a few places left.
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Two swallow photographs by John F-S
Click on photos to enlarge
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 2nd | 10am to 12am | Tennis Club Sessions: all welcome | Tennis Courts |
| Sun 2nd | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
| Mon 3rd | … | School Term Begins | Parwich School |
| Mon 3rd | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 3rd | 6.15pm | Pilates for intermediates | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 5th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 5th | School: ProKick Challenge Assembly | School | |
| Wed 5th | 6pm 7.15pm |
Pilates for Beginners (two sessions, both mixed) |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 9am to 11.30am | Toddler Group | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 1.15 pm for 1.45pm | Matlock Thursday Friendly Bowls League: home vs Matlock Park A | Bowling Green |
| Thu 6th | 6pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 7th | School: Swimming Gala Years 5 & 6 | ||
| Fri 7th | 7.45pm | Film Night | Memorial Hall |
| Sat 8th | 10am to 2pm | Carsington Water Day of Sports | Carsington Water |
| Sun 9th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 10am to 12am | Tennis Club Sessions: all welcome | Tennis Courts |
| Sun 9th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 9th | 2pm | Pikehall Harness Racing | Pikehall |
| Sun 9th | 2pm | Bowls Senior Cup | Bowling Green |
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Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club
I suppose the wheels had to come off some time or other, it is a shame that all four came off at the same time in the same week!
Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 28 May – Buxton Park.
It did not help matters as it was a Tuesday, its bowls, its Parwich, its raining. The playing conditions were really atrocious. Buxton Park had been in the top division for some years and were relegated last season. We knew that they had been playing well, but did not expect them to beat us so convincingly. Out of the four doubles games we only managed to win one, thanks again to Rick and Edith. Two of the games were close, but in the end Buxton won 75 to Parwich 63. At the moment we are very close to being bottom of the division, I suppose hopefully the only way is up!
- Next match – Home – Buxton Park – 28 May 6.30pm.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Away – Hathersage – 30 May.
We could not carry on winning in this League, and we came a cropper with a vengeance against Hathersage. They again had been relegated from the top division and we were put to the sword. We did not win any doubles games and only managed to win one singles game. Suffice it to say Hathersage scored more than 150 points and we scored less than 100! Definitely we won’t be third in the League after this result. It’s probably just as well we lost as there could have been a distinct possibility we could have been promoted if we had kept up our winning streak.
- Next match – Home – Matlock Park – 6 June – 1.45pm.
No Club or friendly matches this weekend, but don’t forget if you want a ‘go’ on the green give a member a call and we will gladly have a few ‘ends’ with you. It looks like the weather is going to be a little kinder this weekend so what better than a meander round a bowling green.
John B.
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Thank you Gill H for information on this fund raising event for Biggin Pre-school, now attended by a number of children from our area:
Biggin Pre-school are holding an SOS fashion show on Saturday 1st June at Biggin Village Hall. Starts 7.30pm tickets priced at £3.00.
Since our pre school closed last year this is one of our local pre schools.
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Photo by JF-S.
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
After a brief return to wintery conditions on Thursday and Friday, we’ve ended up with a glorious Bank Holiday weekend. Unfortunately this spell looks like it will break later today (Monday) and the rest of the week looks unsettled. There is a possibility that the weather will turn more settled again for next weekend. Fingers crossed…
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Hello Possums.
Everybody having a good bank holiday weekend?
Yet another nail biting climax to the Eurovision song contest, Ireland floundered without the dynamic duo Jedward. Talent scouts are, as we speak, scouring nursing homes in search of G.B’s entrant for next year. Germany has invaded Denmark, and the Russians said “Ve vos vladiwell robbet“.
As you will have gathered by now Peter T, Weedkiller’s illustration executive without portfolio, has gone A.W.O.L. He left a red herring in the form of his old sandals on the doorstep to put us off the scent, but a note to the milk lady, cancelling his semi skimmed yaks’ milk and passion fruit yogurt, gave him away. We also discovered a strange note for the newsagent saying ‘No nuts for a fortnight‘, we couldn’t quite figure that one out. He has however been spotted in a hangout for the avant-garde in Morecambe, wearing a false beard and a beret, eating a jacket potato and swigging Absinthe. We will keep you posted.
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Just a reminder that
the Legion will be open from:
4 pm today (Bank Holiday Sunday).
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Visit this beautiful Norman church.
Tea & Cakes are being served in the churchyard at Alsop, 11am – 4pm tomorrow (Monday). Please come along and support this event, in aid of Alsop Church. Stunning views, delicious cakes, not to be missed.
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The bookworms of Parwich Book Club celebrated their 21st birthday this weekend, with a very special cake. Here’s to many more years of happy reading!
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A charity event is taking place at Hill Top Farm on Friday 21st June, in aid of the East Midlands Air Ambulance: a service which demonstrated its importance to our community earlier in the year.
The main attraction is a live band, Purple Cloud of Funk, who perform a wide range of well known covers. You can find out more about them on their Facebook page, and you can hear samples of their music on their official website.
“We are lucky to get local band Purple Cloud of Funk”, says Robert Gosling, “as they were on Radio 1 a couple of weeks ago!”
There will be a bar and a burger van, and camping is even available for those who might need it!
Tickets are £6 in advance and £7 on the door. For tickets and information, please contact one of the numbers shown on the flyer below.
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Derbyshire Dales District Council have made their new waste collection calendar available for download. This covers the period from May 30th to December 18th 2013.
You can also find a link to this document on our INFO page, on the SITE MAP, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section of the sidebar to your right. Weekly details are also published on our DIARY page, and on the weekly “What’s On” posts.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 26th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 26th | 11am to 5pm | Derbyshire Open Arts Weekend: Gillian Radcliffe & Ruby Hickmott open studios |
Parwich |
| Sun 26th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 26th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 26th | 3.30pm | BBQ | Sycamore |
| Sun 26th | 4pm | Bank Holiday early opening | Legion |
| Mon 27th | 11-4pm | Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard | Alsop Church |
| Mon 27th | 11am to 5pm | Derbyshire Open Arts Weekend: Gillian Radcliffe & Ruby Hickmott open studios |
Parwich |
| Mon 27th | afternoon | Complimentary refreshments at Sycamore | Sycamore |
| Tue 28th | 6.30pm | Matlock Tuesday Bowls League: home vs Buxton Park B | Bowling Green |
| Wed 29th | 12.30pm | Ladies Group: Trip to Dunge Valley Gardens | from Village Green |
| Thu 30th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Thu 30th | 10am | Toddler Group | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 30th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Sun 2nd | 10am to 12am | Tennis Club Sessions: all welcome | Tennis Courts |
| Sun 2nd | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
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This week’s newsletter also contains details on how to apply for free school meals and other education benefits. This can be done online, at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals.
Please click on either image to download the full newsletter.
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The Legion will be open from:
4 pm
on Bank Holiday Sunday.
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Parwich Crown Green Bowls Club
Can’t claim two wins this week we were well and truly beaten on Tuesday night. Did great on Thursday though.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 21 May – Chatsworth.
Again the weather was not kind to us nor was our ability on the green! We were short of players this week because of people on holiday. To cap it all we had 17 points deducted for completing the score card incorrectly. The league Secretary is a stickler for getting the card absolutely right, so a poor score became even poorer. We lost 81 to 54 less the 17! Edith and Rick however kept up their impressive winning run. Let us hope we fare better next week.
- Next match – Home – Buxton Park – 28 May 6.30pm.
Matlock Thursday Friendly League.
Home – Matlock Bath – 23 May.
Even after last week’s good, but low score win, we still managed to retain third place in the Division. We again played really well this week. We were still short of players for this game and could only put a team of 10 together instead of the required 12. Ian and Audrey had a fabulous win 21 – 9 in the doubles helping us to a 57 -42 point advantage with the singles to come. We only lost one of the six singles games. This gave us an overall win 140 to 103. Hopefully with this resounding win we will stay in third place in the league. Next week we have to go north to Hathersage. Not sure at all if we will maintain our 100% winning record there.
- Next match – Away – Hathersage – 30 May – 1.45pm.
We have a friendly game this weekend on Sunday at Ashbourne Park 2.00pm in the afternoon. These games are very enjoyable as it gives us a chance to play against teams who are not in our Leagues plus the afternoon tea the hosts provide is not bad either!!
John B.
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DERBYSHIRE OPEN ARTS, 25th 26th and 27th MAY 2013
During the May Bank Holiday Weekend 25th, 26th and 27th MAY 2013, from 11am to 5pm, Gill Radcliffe and Ruby Hickmott will be exhibiting their paintings. We look forward to seeing you, Ruby at 4 Church Walk and Gill at Flaxdale House, so do pop in, we value your encouragement and support!
‘Poirot’. Watercolour by Gillian Radcliffe 17x22cms
‘Bullrushes at Carsington’. Oil by Ruby Hickmott 40×40 unframed
For full details of all the venues of Derbyshire Open Arts, see www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk.
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Celebrate a Summer of Sport at Carsington Water
Carsington Water is the place to be on Saturday 8 June to celebrate a Summer of Sport.
Partners including Derbyshire Village Games and Derbyshire Dales District Council have organised a great day out for all the family, with fun activities including archery, Jiu-Jitsu, a fun run, football, cycling, golf, inflatables, barbecue and a host of other sport and craft activities.
The action runs from 10am to 2pm and entry to most of the activities is free of charge.
Local sports clubs are supporting the event, encouraging adults, children and families to try out a range of sports and other activities while providing information about the regular sessions they run across the district.
More details online at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/villagegames or contact Becky on 07909 443293, email rebecca.bryan@derbyshiredales.gov.uk.
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Exhibition Preview tonight, 23rd May from 6pm to 8pm – please click here for invitation.
The latest show of new work by Lewis Noble starts tonight at the St. John Street Gallery in Ashbourne.
This group of paintings have all been made out in the landscape around Dovedale over the last month.
In addition, a large scale painting ’30 Days Hath September’ is on display. This was painted on location at Tissington last year but this is the first time it has been shown publicly.
The exhibition can also be viewed at lewisnoble.co.uk.
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Thank you to Hugh for letting us know about a new novel with Parwich connections:
I thought you might be interested to know that my son, Jasper has just published his first novel.
I am of course biased, but it is brilliant. It is a thinking person’s thriller, and a great page turner. It is set in Venezuela, where he spent many months of research, and it contains wonderful descriptions of that country and its people. Its main character, Harry Christmas, is a thoroughly disreputable, highly intelligent, impossible but irresistible, hopeless case. The book is the story of his flight to Venezuela pursued by the homicidal maniac son of a woman he has cheated on.
Michael Palin read it and wrote “Very funny very unpleasant yet very touching at the same time”.
It is called “A Bright Moon for Fools” and is available from Amazon, and is in Waterstone’s branches across the UK among other bookstores. It is published as an ebook and in hardback, by the Inside the Dog Press ISBN 978-0-9574681-0-8.
Jasper Gibson is a writer, humourist and Creative Director of the satirical website, The Poke.
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Hello Possums,
Everyone in fine fettle? Good.
Seattle, Washington: Keen gardeners, from far and wide, flung off their clothes in celebration of the tenth anniversary of world naked gardening day. The organizer, Mark Storey, conducted a survey among members, and discovered that, funnily enough, gardening came a close second in the popularity stakes of unclothed activities. Just be jolly careful with those pruning shears girls.
Coronation Street is facing meltdown, after an effigy of Ken Barlow was defaced by vandals, whilst on display in a replica set of the Rovers Return at Madame Tussaud’s waxworks museum. I say “Bring back Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst. Three milk stouts and a bit of juicy gossip about Albert Tatlock. There were no hanky-panky in them days, tha knows.” Continue Reading »
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Public urged to have their say on final list of parking recommendations
Derbyshire Dales District Council has rejected suggestions for a charge to be imposed on its popular residents’ parking permit. Charging for the permit, which is sent out free annually to all 33,000 households in the Dales, is not among the recommendations as a new round of public consultation starts this week (21 May) on proposed car parking changes in the district.
But local people can have their say on whether a charge of £100 should be introduced for anyone wanting to buy a second permit or replace a lost permit.
Meeting last week, the Environment Committee decided on the options local people will be asked to comment on online from 21 May at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/parkingreview and via questionnaires available from the reception desks at MatlockTown Hall, Bakewell Agricultural Business Centre and the District Council’s leisure centres in Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock and Wirksworth.
The recommendations are:
* Introduce the option of a half hour charge within short stay car parks
* Designate specific town centre car parks as short stay only
* Introduce a flat rate charge for evening / overnight parking from 6.00pm to 6.00am
* Increase parking charges to help keep pace with inflation
* Bring additional car parks into charge
* Offer, at a charge, a second or replacement residents’ free parking permit Continue Reading »
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Thanks to JF-S for this video.
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