Parwich toddler group is cancelled this Thursday morning 13 Dec. We are having a Christmas party at lunar in Ashbourne if anyone wants to join us please contact Gill H. Our last meeting before Christmas will be on Thurs 20 Dec 9am – 11.30am and we will be making cards and reindeer dust. £2.50 per session.
| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 9th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 9th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 4pm | Christmas Fayre | Legion |
| Mon 10th | 2pm | Service of Thanksgiving for Donald Sheilds DL |
Parwich Church |
| Mon 10th | 6.15pm | Pilates for intermediates | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 12th | … | Grey bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 12th | … 6pm 7.15pm |
Pilates for Beginners General Beginners Class Beginners Class for Men |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Gathering | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 13th | 6pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 14th | 10.30am | In the Spirit of Christmas Come along and help decorate the Church. (Please contact Jane tel 665 or Glynis tel 561 if you can provide greenery, baubles or sponsor flowers) |
Parwich Church |
| Fri 14th | School Christmas Party | ||
| Fri 14th | 7-45pm | Parwich Film | Memorial Hall |
| Fri 14th | 9pm approx | Winster Mummers & Guizers | Legion |
| Sat 15th | 8.30pm | Live music: The A52s | Legion |
| Sun 16th | 12.30-2pm | Santa Sunday | Legion |
| Sun 16th | 3pm | Carol Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 16th | 7.30pm | Carol Service | Alsop Church |
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It sometimes takes a fresh eye to provide a reminder of the loveliness that surrounds us here in the Peak District. We are very grateful to Anthony who has sent us this moving video featuring scenes from the area, accompanied by some well chosen music by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
We recommend you put the video on full screen by clicking the symbol in the bottom right of the video box below and sit back and enjoy a musical and visual treat.
The video contains a scene taken in Alsop-en-le-Dale where Anthony has recently moved. You can find more of Anthony’s work on his YouTube channel using the link below. Anthony has largely used the music of English composers such as Gerald Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Michael Tippett. The Peak District featuring prominently as slide images.
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East Midlands Ambulance Service launched a consultation about the future of the ambulance service in our region in September. Part of the proposals they are consulting on involves the creation of a smaller number of main hub ambulance stations, where staff start and finish their work, and from where they travel to local community facilities to await emergency calls. Rather than being dedicated ambulance stations these community facilities will be shared with other services such as the Police. To achieve this a number of the smaller dedicated ambulance stations will be closed, including the Ashbourne Ambulance Station (see the Ashbourne News Telegraph website for more information).
There is concern that this may result in reduced response time in rural areas such as in our villages. Where will our nearest community base be, and what will happen while ambulances are traveling back and forwards from their hubs in Derby or Chesterfield? The Ambulance Service argue that reducing the cost of maintaining these buildings, not always now in the best locations, will release funds for better direct patient services. The consultation still has another week to run (closing date Monday 17th December) so click here if you want to have you say directly on the East Midlands Ambulance Service website.
Alternatively for those opposed to the closure of the Ashbourne Ambulance Station, you can sign a petition at the Sycamore registering your concern.
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A service of thanksgiving
for the life of
DONALD A G SHEILDS DL
will be held at
St. Peter’s Church, Parwich
at 2pm on Monday 10th December 2012
All the Team here at PARWICH.ORG extend our sympathy to Mrs Sheilds and her family. She and Donald have supported our community unfailingly over the last 30 years plus that they have lived in the village.
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Janet and Steve were in London this week (don’t ask Steve about his shirt) for the ‘10 Years On‘ celebrations of Pub is the Hub, an organisation promoting rural pubs initiated by HRH the Prince of Wales. They were very happy to receive recognition at these celebrations for the Sycamore’s role in the local community.
Janet Gosling, Landlady of the Sycamore Inn
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Thank you to Graham for this:
Roads this morning:
The Dale road very treacherous and probably not a sensible option in 2WD although it was probably more tricky going down than up – I passed one car that had skidded off and been abandoned – just checked there was nobody still in it as the air bags had obviously gone off.
Lower part of the A515 from Mount Pleasant to K&H was dangerous, especially on the hills – compacted slush which had iced over- didn’t look like it had been gritted. North of there through Lean Low was fine – this had been gritted.
Take care on high routes.
Graham J
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| Catch up with the past at 2013 Archaeology Day |
| People can find out what archaeologists have been discovering in Derbyshire and the Peak District over the past year at Archaeology Day 2013.
Taking place at Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre on Saturday January 19, the day will include presentations on: Continue Reading » |
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(Click on poster to enlarge)
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Parwich Primary School has a vacancy for a Lunchtime Playleader.
Full details can be found at www.derbyshire.gov.uk
https://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/jobdetails.asp?jobid=36352.
If you would like to discuss the post please contact headteacher@parwich.derbyshire.sch.uk
Thank you
C Rodgers
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On Friday 14th December from 10.30am the Church will be decorated ready for Christmas. Most of the windows will be dressed by those who regularly do them, but there is plenty more to do.
We hope that there will be plenty of volunteers, you don’t have to be a flower arranger, but just willing to join in.
Tea, coffee and cakes will be available all morning so why not just pop in and see what we are doing and have a cuppa – everyone is welcome.
Other ways you can help
- Donate foliage from your garden, (especially anything that is variegated, yellow, with berries, seed heads, cones etc) – either pop them into the Church on the Thursday or Friday morning or give one of us a ring and we’ll come round and cut it for you.
- Would you like to sponsor some flowers – as a dedication, in memorium (or as a memorial) or just because it is Christmas.
- Any baubles that you are happy to donate.
Please do pop in, for a drink, to have a look, to decorate or to help clear up.
Jane B – 665 or j-b-bennett@hotmail.com
Glynis D – 561 or glynisdrummond@gmail.com
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We have received the following message from Carl:
As you may or may not be aware we are currently redecorating the Legion and as part of this I would like to seek out any photos that people may have, that have been taken in the Legion over the years (inside or outside). If you would be happy to donate them or pass them to me to be to be copied, I can assure you they will be well looked after.
The plan is to display them (in a specifically designed frame and cover) in the club on a permanent basis. I do have some already showing the Mummers play in the 80s and some of the Wakes BBQs. There have been so many characters and events over the years in the Club I think it would be nice to remember them this way.
If you have any photos please feel free to call in the Club (photo’s in a marked envelope) or call in and see me at Orchard View – it would be useful to discuss the photos with you to establish who is on them and when they were taken etc.. I look forward to seeing what photos are out there!!!
The redecorating will be coming to an end at the end of this week, in time for the Fezziwigs Christmas Fayre on Sunday 9th Dec, which I hope you will be able to attend. Thank you for all your patience over the last 3 weeks whilst we have had dust sheets and paint tins everywhere.
Carl Wilton
Chairman of Parwich Royal British Legion Club
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Does anyone want to buy half a local (Pikehall) free range pig?
The pigs are Gloucester Old Spot crosses and they will be jointed and vac-packed by local butcher Rob Stafford.
Half a pig will cost £75 and weighs approximately 30kg to 35kg.
They will be ready in mid December.
If you are interested, please contact Anthony on 390309 / 07813 790618.
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J F-S has a new feathered friend in his garden – a Goldcrest!
Thank you for these beautiful pictures John.
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Thank you to Paul for his latest news ’round-up’:
Hello Possums, Have you opened the first windows of your advent calendars yet and scoffed the little treats inside ?, An arctic cold snap is forecast possibly heralding the coldest winter for a 100 years, it may be worth a wee flutter on it being a white Christmas. Did you know that originally good old St Nicholas, the patron saint of Toys-R ‘Us, was attired in green, that is until Coca Cola marketing got hold of him and dressed him in red.
Whilst on the Xmas theme at the recent Bavarian market in Birmingham more than a few eye brows were raised as the carousel begin to merrily rotate to the theme from the “Dambusters “. The large contingent of German stallholders took no offence and laughed it off. A spokesman from Birmingham City Council said “we have no control over the music and this was a pure coincidence, a one-off you might say“. Next came the themes from “The Great Escape”, “The Battle Of Britain”, “The Heroes Of Telemark “, “Kelly’s Heroes” and “Colonel Bogey”. One German trader asked an English fish monger what was the large fish on his counter, some wise guy shouted “don’t tell him Pike “. “They don’t like it up e’m you know “. Continue Reading »
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Our ‘Weatherman in the Village’ says:
Well we got our colder snap at the end of this week as I forecasted last weekend. On my drive to work on Thursday morning there was no sign of any gritted roads – not even the A515, and sure enough, the Radio Derby travel reports were full of cars in ditches and general mayhem on the roads. Now I guess there are two sides to every issue, but at this time of year when there isn’t a build up of salt on the road surface from a winter of gritting, I really don’t understand why it takes so long to get the roads treated when even an amateur meteorologist can forecast a cold snap three days in advance. It’s a really important issue because people’s lives are put in real danger. So if anyone in the council road gritting department is reading this, it would be interesting to know why the gritting is apparently so tardy early in the winter season when it’s really needed most?
OK soapbox removed. On to this week’s outlook…… Continue Reading »
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Day | Time | Event | Location |
| Sun 2nd | 11.00am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
| Mon 3rd | 6.15pm | Pilates for intermediates | Memorial Hall |
| Wed 5th | … | Green bin, Blue bin and food caddy collection | Parwich |
| Wed 5th | … 6pm 7.15pm |
Pilates for Beginners General Beginners Class Beginners Class for Men |
Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 11am to 1pm | Evie’s Artistic Gathering | Memorial Hall |
| Thu 6th | 6pm | Circuit Training | Memorial Hall |
| Sun 9th | 9.30am | Holy Communion | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sun 9th | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Sun 9th | 4pm | Christmas Fayre | Legion |
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It was Saturday. The sun was out. The ice had melted. All systems were go! Miguel & Roberto – two top Parwich cyclists – decided to pedal over to Hartington.
Having huffed and puffed their way to the village, they were sorely in need of coffee and calories! Both were bowled over by the fantastic Hartington Village Stores which has had new owners since last January.
The shop is well stocked, offering a meat/deli counter, local specialities, puddings and drinks as well as normal everyday groceries. Laura and Rob were very friendly, keeping the Parwich Cycling Team up to speed with the England/All Blacks score and providing fantastic freshly ground coffee.
The stores was built in 1836 and still retains the feel of an old fashioned grocers. Apparently it survived being blown up by a leaking gunpowder barrel which lifted the roof as high as the top of the church!
Refuelled with a fine huntsman’s pie, Miguel and Roberto found the chug back up to Parwich almost easy!
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Readers who have seen Top Hat will be interested to know it won the Evening Stardard’s ‘Best Night Out’ Award. Also Stuart has emailed us to let us know that Tom Chambers can be seen dancing with Katherine Jenkins on her show ‘Steppin’ Out with Katherine Jankins‘ tomorrow evening on ITV at 9pm (Sunday 2nd December).
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Does anyone know what is happening here? Is it a midair crash or a robin attack? John F-S
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Paul B writes:
Please note that Evie’s artistic gatherings at the village hall have been re-scheduled from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm on Thursdays.
There is still plenty of room to join Santa’s little helpers, all beavering away merrily. Cookies, coffee and conversation.
If you are unsure of what you would like to do, there is plenty of advice on hand. See you there.
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We Want Your Concerns
The Derbyshire Alert community messaging service gives you the opportunity to contribute to the setting of priorities in your neighbourhood.
As you may be aware, each of our Safer Neighbourhood policing teams holds a meeting every three months to set priorities, offering the public the opportunity to select what their local police officers and other agencies target. The aim of our e-forum is to make it easier for you to have a say on priorities.
Simply reply by email to trisha.mellor.5197@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk and tell us what you would like your team to target. Your concerns will be sent to the Tissington and Carsington area Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team and they will discuss all responses at their next forum meeting which will be held on:
Wednesday 5th December starting at 7.30pm at Carsington School, Carsington.
Each team works in partnership with local agencies, which include parish, town, district and county councils, housing Associations, Derbyshire Youth Service, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, Neighbourhood Watch among others, to help keep your area a safe, clean and pleasant place to live and work.
Priorities can include a wide variety of issues, including crime, anti-social or nuisance behaviour, graffiti or vandalism or anything which you feel impacts on the quality of life for you, your neighbours or your business.
You are still more than welcome to attend the meeting if you would prefer to speak to officers in person or you can also call our non emergency telephone number, 101.
You can be reassured that we will listen to your concerns, act on them and maintain our commitment to provide a high quality policing service to everyone in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales.
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Derbyshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service has received reports from consumers who have received a ‘pop-up’ type message on their home computer screen informing them their computer has a virus, and that it may be removed for a fee of £75.
To appear more official, the message purports to be from the Police Central E-Crime Unit, PO Box 36451, London EC2M 4WN.
This is untrue, as the Police would not contact members of the public regarding any potential computer issue nor would they contact them in this manner.
Do not respond to the message and if possible, delete the message. Please do not attempt to forward it to anyone else as this may spread the problem to more computers.
Unfortunately, the ‘pop-up’ message has potential to lock and freeze your computer. Derbyshire Trading Standards Service would advise that if this happens, you seek professional help and advice in order to repair your computer.
If you receive the ‘pop-up’ message above, or similar, please notify Action Fraud – a central point of contact for information about fraud and financially-motivated internet crime. Their telephone number is 0300 123 2040.
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The staff and children at Parwich Primary School would like you to join them at their Christmas Fayre, on Thursday 29th November 2012, from 6pm to 8pm in the Memorial Hall.
Tickets can be bought in advance for £2.00 each, either directly from the school, or by filling in the order form which most households will now have received through their letter boxes. Admittance on the door is £2.50.
Entry entitles you to a complimentary mince pie, plus a glass of mulled wine, tea, coffee or squash.
This will be an evening full of festive cheer, with a chance to buy lots of Christmas goodies! All monies raised will go to the school.
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Police are appealing for information after a red Massey Fergusson tractor has been stolen from a farmyard in Bradley, Ashbourne, registered number: FJ03 TZH.
It is believed that the vehicle was stolen on Saturday 24th November between 7.04pm and 7.12pm. The vehicle was captured on nearby CCTV at approx. 7.12pm heading in the direction of Ashbourne with two male offenders.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Derbyshire police on 101 – quoting crime number: 50745/12.
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Good afternoon from windswept and rain-battered Parwich. It’s a good day for snuggling down with a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, a tin of Quality Street and rattling off those Christmas cards. Bah Humbug!
LONDON: Rihanna, well known for her outrageously revealing stage outfits, has caused controversy with her latest fashion choice: a turquoise top, extravagantly adorned with myriads of ostrich feathers. Animal rights groups suspect that the feathers may have been gathered cruelly. We asked Rihanna for a comment, but she ran off at great speed. When we finally caught up with her, she stuck her head in the sand and refused to come out and speak to us.
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A warm welcome to Richard B, who has recently moved into the flats across from the Sycamore. All will want to join in wishing him all the best here.
Richard is looking for some essentials in setting up his new home, including washing machine, electric cooker and a bed. If any one is looking for a home for any of these items locally either speak to Janet in the Sycamore or contact Richard directly on tel. 0743 210 6929.
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