Vacancy for one parish councillor at Parwich Parish Council
A vacancy has arisen for a parish councillor on Parwich Parish Council. (Please see accompanying notices). The parish council awaits instruction from Derbyshire Dales District Council.
Are you interested in serving your local community? If so, there is now a perfect opportunity for you to join the Parish Council. There are currently six parish councillors and the Parish Council now needs to co-opt one more person to fill the remaining vacant post to bring the council up to its maximum of seven councillors.
Parish Council discussions are lively and varied, as the Parish Council has a very wide and growing range of responsibilities and interests. This includes the management of the parish land, greens and ponds, the provision of play and recreation facilities, toilets etc. It also is involved in supporting local initiatives. Another important aspect of Parish Council work is engaging in consultation on all local planning matters.
If you are interested in applying for the vacancy your attention is drawn to the information below: Continue Reading »
The Sycamore Inn has a new Ladies Darts & Dominoes Team playing in the Hartington and District Leagues. So far they have had two matches, and have won one and lost one. The positions in the League are published regularly in the Ashbourne News Telegraph.
On Tuesday (15th Oct) they are playing at home and would welcome support from the home crowd. So if you are interested or just want to cheer, come along. Good luck to the Team!
Darren Holloway, a local runner who was runner-up in the Parwich Panoramic 5 in 2011, tragically died this weekend whilst taking part in the Ian Hogson Fell Race in Patterdale, Cumbria.
Darren was only 42, and he was a bit of a local hero to all of us who tried to run a bit. He was second in Parwich behind Chris Nicoll in our 2011 run, and third this year, when I had the privilege of presenting him with trophies for that, and for best Over 40’s veteran.
Daz always had something nice to say about Parwich in his blog “Laid Back Fell Runner”. Not only was he seriously fast; he was a lovely man and true gentleman, who loved the sport and the mountains with a passion. He will be sadly missed by all of us who only remember seeing his smiling face on the start line, and his heels thereafter.
Well, looking back it seems the overall gist of last week’s forecast was right – changeable, but details not quite absolutely accurate on a daily basis.
High pressure seems to have temporarily established itself, so we can expect dryer, calmer conditions early in the week, with unsettled weather looking like returning toward the end of the week.
Thank you to Nancy C who sent us these fascinating photographs of Harry Trager, an American soldier who spent time in Parwich, at the then Red Cross Hospital (also known locally as the Care Centre) after breaking his leg in a fall from a train in October 1942. These pictures are shown with the permission of Harry Trager’s granddaughter, and more information and photographs can be see at the Blog US Army Railway Units of the Past.
Sgt. Roby Bradshaw, Pfc. Harry R Trager and Commander Diana Hardy
This was added as a comment, but we feel it deserves a post in its own right:
Is anyone interested in coming along to the village hall for an art / craft / whatever your interests or hobbies are afternoon? This will be very informal.
We are at present looking at a spot between 3.30pm – 5.30pm on Thursday afternoons.
If you are interested, the hall rental is £16.00, which will be divided equally amongst attendees.
Please ring Evie Burlinson on 390488 for more details.
Here at PARWICH.ORG we though it would be worth highlighting this section from this week’s Parwich Primary School Newsletter in case there are any of our readers who do not normally read the Newsletter that may be able to help:
When we are planning teaching and learning in school we try to ensure that the resources and materials we use will engage and excite the children and encourage them to want to learn and develop new skills. And that got me wondering what skills and talents do we have in the community that we could bring into school?
Mike H and Lesley G supported the development of the garden, Peter T and Ian P led a ‘History of Parwich’ day, Robert S supported our sports teams, Fraser H enabled the development of the ‘Celebration Garden’ and enabled us to purchase the orchard and the willow tunnel, Helen P led a series of sessions with the Health and Safety Laboratory and taught us about Japan and Reverend Larkin leads the ICT Club.
But what other hidden gems are out there amongst our parents, grandparents, friends and families? What could you offer either as a one-off workshop or a series of sessions, perhaps we could offer something to you?
Please do contact school if you are able to get involved:
Click on the picture to open the October issue of the Church Magazine.
Current and past magazines can also be read on the Peak Five Website.
PARWICH.ORG supplies the Magazine with a Calendar of events based on our Diary section. This means that people not online can still access the information. So any events for the Calendar, that are also to go into the Church Magazine, need to be sent to parwich@hotmail.co.uk before the magazine’s copy deadline.
Copy deadline for the November issue is the 25th October, and any contributions for the magazine should be sent to the Rev. Andy Larkin at andy@peakfive.org.
Thank you to Jane B for spotting this new musical phenomenon:
Four youngsters from Parwich could be the latest band to emerge from this small village, which already has a history of launching successful new musicians. The four, who still have to come up with a band name were heard to be practising on the corner of Croft Avenue and Creamery Lane, singing “We will, we will rock you”, using improvised instruments.
As a user of O2 for my mobile phone for longer than I can remember, I have been getting increasingly frustrated by their intransigence and lack of respect for loyalty. Having just had another very unsatisfactory call with O2, I have now decided to leave for an alternative service provider.
I’ve currently got a very good offer from “3”, but since the mobile reception in the village is so poor, I would like to ask readers of the blog for their experience of the signal on “3” in Parwich.
Indeed, I am sure it would be interesting to everyone to hear people’s experiences on local reception for any of the service providers.
From my perspective, I feel that the O2 signal strength has been dropping of late – but that could just be a reflection of my frustration.
The Chimes Cafe in Ashbourne has started running regular stand-up comedy nights, and the next show takes place this Thursday (October 4th) at 8pm. Admittance is £6, and you are encouraged to come earlier and book a pre-show meal.
Thursday’s headliner is Chris Stokes, whose debut show won an award at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival. Chris has supported Milton Jones on tour, and The Scotsman has described him as “hilarious”.
Also appearing:
Scott Bennett, “one of the Midlands’ brightest rising stars”, who won Comedy Cellar Best New Act 2011 and Old Speckled Hen Comedian Of the Year 2010.
James Hately, “a weird and wonderful performer with a spindly ‘pythonesque’ figure and a dazzling imagination”, who “makes use of surreal logic and imagery to bring a magical quality to the everyday.”
Rob Kemp, “a rising star from Wolverhampton.”
Bruce Edhouse, “who may well be talking about aubergines… “
The evening is compered by Alan Seaman, who has won praise from Isy Suttie, of Channel 4’s Peep Show: “Alan always makes sure there’s a wide variety of acts and a warm and friendly atmosphere where audiences get value for money. They are always a joy to do.”
Chimes Cafe is at 48 St John Street Ashbourne, DE6 1GH.
Telephone 01335 300220, or reserve via shipoffoolscomedy@yahoo.co.uk (email) / 079 414 71648 (text).
Vacancy for one parish councillor at Parwich Parish Council
A vacancy has arisen for a parish councillor on Parwich Parish Council. (Please see accompanying notices). The parish council awaits instruction from Derbyshire Dales District Council.
Are you interested in serving your local community? If so, there is now a perfect opportunity for you to join the Parish Council. There are currently six parish councillors and the Parish Council now needs to co-opt one more person to fill the remaining vacant post to bring the council up to its maximum of seven councillors.
Parish Council discussions are lively and varied, as the Parish Council has a very wide and growing range of responsibilities and interests. This includes the management of the parish land, greens and ponds, the provision of play and recreation facilities, toilets etc. It also is involved in supporting local initiatives. Another important aspect of Parish Council work is engaging in consultation on all local planning matters.
If you are interested in applying for the vacancy your attention is drawn to the information below: Continue Reading »
For Sale: Citroen Dispatch Van.
Year: 2007.
1.6 HDi – 78,000 miles – 12 months MOT – 6 months road tax.
This van is in lovely condition for its year and is ply lined.
Open to sensible offers around £4900.
There is NO VAT to pay.
The DRCS (Derwent Rural Counselling Service) Annual Shopping Fair takes place this week at the Maynard, Grindleford, on the evening of Wednesday 3rd October (6pm-8pm, with sparkling wine and canapés) and all day on Thursday 4th October (10am-4pm)
Parwich’s Marion F-S has a close involvement with this local, Bakewell-based charity. Marion says:
“I’m not allowed to mention the ‘C’ word yet, but it is a great opportunity to stock up with fun, unusual and reasonably priced personal gifts for family and friends, or even for oneself!”
“Some favourite stalls will be back, and lots of exciting new ones. There will also be the usual extremely popular homemade cakes and goodies stall…!”
If anyone wants to be sure of a ticket for the Wednesday evening event, they can call Marion on 519.
Please click the flyer to view the full invitation.
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.
Next Thursday (October 11th) will be the last week of bin collections under the old regime.
Next Wednesday (October 10th), households in Parwich should be receiving their new containers. We will be keeping our existing grey and green bins, but we will also be welcoming three exciting new pieces of kit into our homes. Let’s meet them, shall we?
1)A full-sized blue bin, which replaces the old blue box and blue bag. The main part of the bin is for glass and plastic bottles, cans, and beverage cartons. An additional removable “basket insert” will sit inside the bin, to hold paper recycling.
For some households, i.e. those that don’t have room for an extra full-size bin, existing blue boxes and bags will be retained.
Larger amounts of cardboard, i.e. those that won’t fit inside the “bin within the bin”, should be flattened and left on the street, next to the bin. Don’t just put them in the main part of the bin, though! This would be a hideous mistake!
2)A small plastic “caddy”, to hold food waste (including tea bags). This will be kept indoors, probably in your kitchen. Special liner bags will be provided, or you can just scrape your food waste straight into the caddy. Warning: don’t use any other plastic bags as caddy liners! You will get into terrible trouble if you do!
3)A larger kerbside caddy, that gets put out for weekly collection. When your indoor caddy fills up, just tip it into the larger caddy. You don’t have to empty the special liner bags; you can just tie them up and plonk them in.
The new collection regime starts on Wednesday October 17th. All Parwich bin collections will be on Wednesdays from that point on – unless it’s a Bank Holiday week, which will mean a Thursday collection instead.
For Alsop and Ballidon, it looks as if Wednesday will be your new collection day as well. For Pikehall, it’s probably going to be Thursdays instead. To check, follow this link and enter your post code. This will give you the first few collection dates, plus your own calendar to download. Note that the new regime doesn’t start until you’ve received your new bins, which does contradict some of the earliest dates on the main results page. (I’ve pointed this out to Derbyshire Dales, so they might correct this.)
Kerbside food caddies will be emptied every week. All the other bins will be emptied every fortnight. Yes, that includes your regular grey bin – but the theory is that you’ll be recycling so much stuff in your other bins, that there will hardly be anything left to put in your grey bin.
The fortnightly cycle will be: regular grey bins one week, green and blue bins together on the other week.
We will also mark each collection day on our DIARY page, and on the weekly “what’s on this week” posts. We will also keep a link to the collection calendar on our INFO page.
Derbyshire Dales are holding a number of roadshows, where you can get further advice from actual human beings, rather than websites and leaflets. However, none of them are coming anywhere near Parwich! But for those of you who are as “passionate about waste” as the council hopes you’ll be, here’s a link to the roadshow timetable, just in case you fancy making a special journey.
Still confused? (Or still not confused enough?) Then how about watching this special instruction film, put together by the good people at Derbyshire Dales District Counci?
(Sadly, it’s only eight and half minutes long, so some of the finer points of “best practice” may be somewhat glossed over.)
Thank you to Kevin S for these great photos of this afternoon’s celebrations at the Memorial Hall marking the unveiling of Hayley Powell’s new sculpture ‘The Dance of Life’:
As many PARWICH.ORG readers will know, one of the many things Mike Goulden will be remembered for was his weekly contribution to the blog, from “The Weatherman on the Hill”. His diligent recording of the weekly weather statistics and his insightful forecasts were a regular feature for many years, and they will be sadly missed.
As my own small tribute to his contribution, I will to try to continue that tradition, albeit from a slightly different (maybe more benign) location in the centre of the village. I can’t promise to be as punctual and regular as Mike was, but I will aim for a weekly posting.
So, this week sees the first report from “The Weatherman in the Village”. As Mike did, I will try to post weekly statistics, along with a short commentary on the past week and the prospects for the coming period. Please be aware that these observations are from my own instruments (the same ones which give you live data at www.weatherlink.com/user/parwich) and although I will make every effort to ensure they are accurate, I can only say any forward looking statements are my own subjective views. I think on balance it will be good to maintain an anonymity in this, as I can see any invitations to barbecues in the future evaporating fast, if you all really knew who it was who had such little insight into the weather!
So, down to business. As you will see, Parwich wasn’t immune from the torrential downpours earlier in the week, but apart from that, temperatures are pretty near seasonal norms. The coming week looks unremarkable for early October, with near seasonal normal temperatures, and a mixture of showers, a little cloud break and wind, with perhaps more rain on Wednesday/Thursday. Continuing unsettled.
The website for Hartington Surgery – www.hartingtonsurgery.co.uk – is worth bookmarking, as it contains reliable, up to date information for the practice.
Note also that appointments can now be booked online, as well as repeat prescriptions. For both of these services, you will need to register for Patient Access, using a PIN and an Access ID. To obtain your PIN and Access ID, you will first need to contact the surgery.
We went over to Birchover on Friday night and discovered that the Druid has gone out of business, permanently so the locals say. Having said that, it wouldn’t surprise me if the chef was now at the Red Lion: nestled among the regular fish and chips’s etc on the menu is now such things as pan-fried pigeon, with black pudding and prosciutto. And delicious it was, especially at prices less than £8!
As part of the celebration Tea Party this Sunday there is a presentation by Youlgrave based artist, photographer, writer and naturalist Christine Gregory on her recent work.
Christine works in a range of mediums, but especially impressive are her wildlife photographs taken in the White Peak. It will be a great treat to see her fantastic photographs on the big screen in the Memorial Hall. We are particularly lucky in that we will get a sneak preview of her new book, not officially being launched until next week (click here for details of the official book launch on Tuesday 2nd October). Copies of this book will also be available for purchase.
Christine Gregory‘s presentation will start at 5pm Sunday 30th October in Parwich Memorial Hall
All are welcome, no charge.
Local Food and Drink – Building a Peak District brand and developing ways of selling to suit your business –10 October
This event is for food and drink producers and buyers looking for quality local produce to stock or serve at their estblishments…
Business Peak District, in collaboration with the Food and Drink iNet and Extending the Season would like to invite you to the Food & Drink Business Network events. Once again we have managed to get some great guest speakers to help your business develop and for you to be inspired. Continue Reading »
Residents and businesses in the Peak District National Park are being urged to register their interest in getting better broadband internet coverage for the area.
The Peak District National Park Authority is keen to support three local councils – Derbyshire and Staffordshire County Councils and Cheshire East Council – who are working to get broadband access improved in the national park area.
Councillor Tony Favell, chair of the Peak District National Park Authority, said: “We know that getting good broadband access is one of the top priorities for local residents and businesses which is why it is also a high priority action in our new National Park Management Plan.
“Having good broadband access will boost efforts to create more local jobs and also make lives easier for the 38,000 national park residents and the millions who visit tourist accommodation in the area each year.
“The councils all need local people and businesses to register their need for better broadband so they can demonstrate this to potential suppliers and investors. I would urge everyone to do this because it could make a really significant impact on the future prospects for job growth opportunities.”
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