We received the following email from the Tissington Village Hall Committee:
Residents of Parwich
We are starting up our Zumba Gold class again in Tissington this Tuesday at the Village Hall. Time 7.45pm until 8.45pm Hope to see you.
Tissington Village Hall Committee.
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Hello Possums
Everyone survived the Easter break? Good.
The B.B.C has issued an apology to viewers watching the annual boat race, after Oxford’s cox spurred his crew on to victory with a barrage of clearly audible expletives, which were picked up via his radio microphone. The television watchdog committee have stated that any future transgressions would ultimately result in the race being broadcast after the watershed.
From a list of recommended hygiene procedures to reduce the risk of the dreaded novo virus whilst on your cruise: “avoid on board launderettes, avoid public lavatories and go on deck whenever possible.”
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Louis is now found and back home – 3-30pm Sunday
A mottled spaniel by the name of Louis has gone missing from Rose Cottage, Smithy Lane,
Any sightings, please contact Roger or Cath
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
The weather certainly has the feel of the start of March rather than the start of April, but temperatures are gradually climbing and the snow is thankfully receding. The atmospheric conditions have been set for quite a while now, and the pressure has been moving in a narrow range for over 2 weeks. There are signs that this equilibrium is starting to get displaced, and that Atlantic lows are exerting their influence on the plug of cold air settled to the east of the UK. That means a change to more unsettled weather with more normal temperatures and westerly winds – much more usual weather for us. Sadly that also spells the end of the dry conditions, and there is wind, some rain and milder temperatures on the not too distant horizon.
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APRIL 16TH – Trip to Heage Windmill – meet at Village Green at 12.45pm
MAY 29TH – Trip to Dunge Valley Gardens – meet at Village Green at 12.30pm
JUNE 18th – Trip to Dambusters Museum – all welcome
JULY 24th – Trip to Red House Carriage Museum, Matlock – meet at Village Green at 1pm
AUGUST 23rd – Picnic at Ilam Park and a very short guided tour of the grounds
SEPTEMBER 17th – Trip to CocoaDance for a one hour chocolate experience, cost approx. £5.50, please let Marion -519 know if you would like to go.
OCTOBER 22nd – Talk by Ann Ford at Memorial Hall 7.30pm
NOVEMBER –TBA
DECEMBER – Christmas Lunch.
If you would like to join this friendly, relaxed group just come along or ring for more details –Liz 302, Jill 353, Lesley 542.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 7th | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
| Mon 8th | 10am / 10.07am |
Bus to Bakewell arrives Bakewell 10.40, leaves 13.35 |
Sycamore Cottages / Alsop Church |
| Mon 8th | 12.45pm | Village Lunch: bookings Val 458 Roast Beef with Yorkshire pudding, Roast Potatoes, Cauliflower Cheese, Mashed Carrot and Swede Sherry Trifle |
Memorial Hall |
| Mon 8th | 6.30pm | Bowling: open session, all welcome | Bowling green |
| Tue 9th | 10am | Over 60’s coach trip to Byrkley Garden Centre & Burton | departs Parwich Green |
| Wed 10th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Thu 11th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 11th | 6pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Sat 13th | 2pm | Duck Race, ducks on sale at Legion |
the Ford |
| Sun 14th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 14th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 14th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
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These spectacles were found on Saturday afternoon, on a field towards the north of Low Moor Farm. The frames are purple, with contrasting green on the arms, and they are manufactured by Specsavers.
To reclaim, please call 01335 390503.
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PARWICH CROWN GREEN BOWLING CLUB
I know that you have all been thinking ‘when will winter end?’; think no more.
The Crown Green bowling season is upon us. You will not have to put up with another repeat of Midsummer Murders, you can come and enjoy the open air!
We have managed to get the snow off the Green, so all we need now is for the days to be dry in order to try to dry the Green off a bit. Anyway we are hoping that all being well we will be sending down a few woods on Monday 8 April at around 6.30pm. Please feel free to come down and have a try. As in previous years we have woods that you can borrow. All you need is a pair of reasonably flat shoes.
If you can’t make Monday night give John B a call on 455, or John H on 302 to arrange a better time and date for you. Look forward to seeing.
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A goldfinch heading for the niger seeds. Photo by John F-S
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http://www.redcross.org.uk/Get-involved/Red-Cross-Week
Red Cross Week is nearly here, and once again I’ll be doing something that perhaps people from the village can help me with:
This year I’m making a hamper to raffle off, the theme being “Red”. So if anyone has anything red at all they can contribute (wine, bubble bath, food, bric a brac, books, music, accessories, plants, clothing…) I would be very grateful.
My number is 390568 and I’m happy to collect!
I need all contributions by the end of April.
Thanks so much!
Debbie Webster
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The County Council’s final plan for which lights in Parwich are to be part night can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking on the image below:
Their time scale and plans for review are:
The implementation of part night lighting for Parwich is planned to take place in May 2013 and we will review accident and crime statistics in approximately twelve months time.
Note: Our poll results disagreed with the County Council’s initial proposals for 16 of the 33 street lights in Parwich. As a result of these poll results the County Council altered their plans for 9 of those 16 lights.
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The results of the polls here at parwich.org produced a clear pattern of recommendations on part night street lighting: supporting the general principle of some lights being on all night along the prime access route of Shaw Lane and Main Street (including Nether Green and Sycamore and Chestnut Cottages), but the rest of the village being part night (including the Kiln Lane lights, proposed by the Council to be permanently switched off).
The County Council have responded positively to these poll results in general with three exceptions:
They did however offered us chance to comment further. Continue Reading »
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We are updating the directory of local businesses and services – https://parwich.org/village/directory/ – which can also be found using the INFO tab at the top of this page.
If you run an enterprise based in Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon or Pikehall and would like to be included in this list, contact parwich@hotmail.co.uk or any member of the Blog team. Please give a brief description of the business/service together with contact details. If you are aware of anyone not on this list but think they might wish to be included please pass on the message.
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Thanks to Jane B for these three photos, which were taken on Easter Sunday.
1. Junction of Dale Road and A515 – pretty difficult to see traffic coming from the Buxton direction.
2. Walking with Buntingo and Lotti – it may not look it, but it is 6 feet down to the track from where they are standing – it’ll be a few weeks before the snow has melted sufficiently to allow cycling.
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Alstonefield Village Hall are staging a number of concerts throughout 2013 – click here for more details – and their next event takes place this Saturday (April 6th), with a gig by Newcastle fiddler Tom McConville and his band.
Drawing plaudits from the likes of Radio 2 folk presenter Mike Harding (“This band is quite simply the top of the tree”), this should be a treat for folk fans. Samples of Tom’s work can be heard here.
Doors are at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Support comes from Onecote’s singer/songwriter, Rick Ford. A licensed bar will be available.
Tickets are £12 each (£6 for children). They can be ordered from hopedalemusic@btinternet.com or by phoning (01335) 310322/310381.
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Our judge, John F-S, was most impressed by the standard of photographs entered, indeed in the end he had to award two photographs jointly as over all winner. Here are the winning entries:
Anthony C’s “Ewes & lambs”
John H’s “Take off!”
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Some intriguing tracks have recently been found in the snow at the top of Parwich Hill. They were clearly made by some type of bird, but what could have made them? The tracks suggest a waddling gait, but all of our resident ornithologists were stumped. We therefore sent the photographs to Twycross Zoo, to see if they could help.
The response was instant, and very perplexing. “We recognised them immediately,” said a spokesman from the zoo, “as the marks are identical to those made by our Humboldt Penguins.”
“We have no idea how the penguin got to Parwich. It is certainly not one of ours, as we have counted them and they are all present and correct. As Humboldt penguins are known for burrowing, it is likely that yours has been living on the hill for a while, only making itself known after the recent heavy snowfall.”
“The Humboldt Penguin is a South American penguin, which breeds in coastal Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. Have any of your residents visited any of these locations recently and perhaps smuggled one back?”
“They are certainly very resourceful birds. Last year, a Humboldt penguin escaped from Tokyo Sea Life Park by scaling the 13 feet high wall and through the fence into Tokyo bay. It then thrived in Tokyo Bay for 82 days before being recaptured.”
Whether our penguin has escaped or been stolen, we will never know. Climate change has been dramatic lately, but perhaps never this dramatic.
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The Blog Team would like to extend its congratulations to our resident satirist Paul Burlinson, who has been invited to appear as a panellist on the next season of BBC1’s Have I Got News For You.
No stranger to the glamour of the television studio – his appearances on Channel 4’s Countdown in 2002 and 2004 have already gone down in broadcasting history – Paul was talent-spotted by HIGNY‘s executive producer, Ria Pollof.
“While taking a mini-break in your beautiful village earlier this year, I stumbled across Weedkiller Weekly, Paul’s wonderfully wry ‘sideways glance’ at events in the news”, says Ria, talking exclusively to PARWICH.ORG.
“We have been looking at ways to bring fresh new talent onto the show, and Paul’s cheeky sense of mischief was just the sort of thing we have been looking for. In this time of stringent budget cuts, we can no longer afford to pay the fees of many of our regular panellists, and as Paul asked for nothing more than a case of Marston’s Pedigree, a catering pack of pickled onions and a signed photograph of Dame Vera Lynn, we were only too happy to welcome him aboard!”
“Some of our production team were a little concerned about Paul’s somewhat provocative sense of humour”, Ria added, “but a top team of legal specialists will be on hand during the recording of the show, ready to intervene if his remarks get a little too close to the bone. We’ve had similar issues with Russell Brand, so forewarned is forearmed!”
Rumours that Paul is scheduled to appear on the same show as his great personal hero, Lord Prescott, could be neither confirmed nor denied as PARWICH.ORG went to press.
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The final results for our Street Light polls have now been counted. It may be possible to still vote for several days, but these votes will not be included in the information sent to Derbyshire County Council (DCC).
You can still comment on
the County Council’s own website until Tuesday (2nd April 2013)
Our full poll results and workings out can be down loaded as a pdf by clicking here, and will be forwarded to the County Council. However here is a summary:
PARWICH.ORG readers supported the general principle of ‘part night lighting with decisions being made on a light by light basis’. The poll results agreed with DCC’s proposals for 16 lights, did not reach any consensus for one light, and disagreed with the proposals for 16 lights.
There is a clear recommendation that more lights be part night than the County Council proposes, Continue Reading »
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Hello Possums,
Are we all enjoying the Easter break? Of course we are. Lots of excitement as the air ambulance arrived in the village recently, to whisk Barbara’s mother off to hospital. We wish her a speedy recovery.
There is nothing like a crisis for the galvanization of ‘esprit-de-corps’ among the good folk of Parwich, as the recent effort by the ‘Bonio First Responders’, who sprang into action to rescue the day, as a four-legged guest at John and Marion’s holiday cottage will testify. Due to the adverse weather, supplies could not be replenished from outside the village, but a combined effort soon resolved the emergency. Well done. Continue Reading »
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Our Weatherman in the Village says:
The cold weather continues this week, but thankfully no further significant snow is forecast. There is a glimmer of hope that towards the middle of April temperatures will gradually climb to more seasonal values, but it looks like it will be a slow process.
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The annual Y-Not Festival returns to Pikehall on Friday 2nd August, and runs until Sunday 4th August.
As two of last year’s acts – Jake Bugg and Bastille – have since topped the UK albums chart with their debut releases, this is clearly a great place to spot up-and-coming talent. Acts are still being added to the line-up, which already includes The Cribs, The Horrors, The Enemy and Ash. Further down the bill, perennial festival favourites Naymedici and King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are making welcome returns – and who knows, maybe Hazel B and The A52s will be rocking the acoustic tent again?
Tickets, which are for the full weekend only, can be bought from the official festival website – but if you’re 12 or under, then congratulations: you can get in for free!
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Entries closed midnight 31/3/13
Click here to see:
Judging, by our own John FS, will take place tomorrow. So far (2pm), with only one entry, he will have a very easy job judging the children’s section. There are prizes for the best overall photograph, the best children’s entry and the most amusing entry.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 31st | 1am | The clocks will go forward 1 hour | .. |
| Sun 31st | Easter Sunday | ||
| Sun 31st | 9.30am | Easter Praise | Parwich Church |
| Sun 31st | 1.30pm | Easter Egg Hunt & Raffle | Legion |
| Sun 31st | 7.30pm | Easter Praise | Alsop Church |
| Mon 1st | Bank Holiday – Easter Monday | ||
| Mon 1st | 11-4pm | Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard | Alsop Church |
| Thu 4th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Thu 4th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Session More info: 390488 |
Memorial Hall |
| Sat 6th | 3pm | Grand National + sweepstake | Legion |
| Sun 7th | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
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Don’t forget to put your clocks forward by one hour tonight. At 1am Sunday 31st March British Summer Time begins.
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The chestnut avenue planted to celebrate the Queen’s coronation is now gone, but for one tree; let us hope that the Parish Council are able to find a suitable alternative that will survive all the tree diseases that now threaten. Thank you to John F.S. for this photographic eulogy:
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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 March 30th 2013.
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.ORG reached its fifth birthday this month.
In that time, we have:
Happy Birthday, PARWICH.ORG!
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More is appearing through the snow, and there is still time to enter the photography competition. Each person can enter up to three photographs.
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Don’t forget to book your seat
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