Tickets are still on sale for this year’s Y-Not Festival, which takes place from Friday August 3rd to Sunday August 5th at the usual location in Pikehall. The festival has expanded since its early days, with several indoor stages, an acoustic tent, an excellent beer tent and much more besides, but it still retains its friendly, small-scale atmosphere. As the organisers report that they are now close to selling out, swift action is recommended for those who might be interested.
The Horticultural Society garden trip to Wollerton Old Hall and Trentham will be leaving at 9am tomorrow morning from The Green. There are still a couple of tickets available, £12 for members and £17 for non members, please ring Glynis on 561. For full details click here.
David Goulden, ( referred to by Mike as “our kid”) asked us to post the following :
As an occasional overseas visitor, can I use the website to say thanks to the village for its kind support in the last couple of days following the death of my brother.
It came as a great shock – as I guess it did to many of you – but it was especially painful to be far away in Vienna and to know nothing.
Generously, several people have taken the time to e-mail me and the information has been of great comfort.
Mike was a simple guy who liked the simple things in life – community, integrity and purpose. His was a good life, well-lived.
His funeral will be on July 30 in Derby.
Emails for David Goulden can be sent to parwich@hotmail.co.uk and we will forward them to him.
As many of our readers will already know, Mike Goulden passed away very unexpectedly this week. He went into hospital on Tuesday and died in the early hours of Thursday morning.
He was very well known to everyone in the village for the hard work that he put into keeping the shop going for a number of years and his involvement in the community in general. Most recently he was very active with Dales Housing and was a Committee Member for the Local History Society.
It seemed appropriate for us to put this note on the Blog today, as Mike has been a staunch supporter of Parwich.org and a regular contributor with photographs (including the one above) and comments; every Sunday as ‘our Weatherman on the hill‘ he supplied us with the Weekly Weather stats.
Our sympathy goes out to his brother, David and to his family and all the friends that he leaves behind. We will supply further information when we are able.
Derbyshire Dales have recently launched a slide show to promote their new refuse and recycling service. This new service includes a new kerbside food waste collection and a number of other changes. Just incase your memory needs refreshing nearer the time, the following slideshow can also be found under the INFO tab at the top of the page. Any questions?!
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If you are having difficulty seeing this slideshow then visit DDDC webpage to view it on their site, it’s the second video on the page.
Two wins this week and one against a team who are second in the division. Still no let up in having to play in fur lined wellies most of the time though.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Home – 10 July – Chatsworth.
Chatsworth are nearly top of the league and soundly beat us on their green earlier in the season. However, we were able to take our revenge on our green. We won three out of the four games. Although we have managed to win a few games now we have not been scoring heavily and in the league its points that win prizes. Anyway a win is a win and we did it by 73 points to 58. We were exactly half way in the division and I don’t think we will move up from there.
Next match – Away – Bradwell -17 July 6.30pm.
Thursday League.
Home – Matlock Bath – 12 July.
Matlock were one place below us in the league before this match and the result will keep us there. We won two out of the three doubles but were still behind 45 to 48. Again our singles players did really well winning four out of the six games giving us an overall win 119 to 111. I think this win will keep us in our middle place in the league. To cap it all the sun shone as well!
Next match – Away – Whitworth Park – 19 July – 1.45pm.
We have a friendly match down at Parsons Croft this Sunday, we are entertaining Ashbourne Park. Come along and have a cup of tea with us all. 2.00pm Sunday.
A week of festivities across the Peak District have been planned to celebrate National Park’s Week 2012. The celebrations start on Sunday July 29th , at Castleton visitor centre and throughout the week there will be lots of family fun activities and guided walks. Although the events are spread over the Park, some of the events are quite local to Parwich, so scroll through this PDF and look for the events in bold.
I need some help tomorrow morning doing some catering in Wirksworth. Would suit student etc: needs to be able to do simple catering (cook bacon & eggs etc), operate till, work unsupervised. Transport from village provided (8:30). Please phone Amanda (Hallgates) on 07971 602468/ 01335 390626. Normal pay rates.
With all due apologies for the delay in our normal service, here is the current selection of properties for sale or rent in our area, correct as at July 10th 2012.
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.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Pilates for Over 60’s cake tombola on Wakes Saturday, by either baking, donating or participating as we managed to raise £135. Thanks Glynis
This evening (Sunday July 8th) at 7pm, The Sycamore will be screening BBC1’s Countryfile. Why not come along and see if you were filmed there a week last Monday, or if you recognise anyone else from the village.
To read more about this evening’s programme, follow this link and scroll down to “Tom Heap’s Blog”.
One win one loss this week and we actually played one match in sunshine! Glad I didn’t buy a ticket for Silverstone though.
Matlock Tuesday League.
Away – 3 July – Matlock Park.
Whist we are mid table in the league Matlock are third from top. We gave a good account of ourselves however. We won two games and Matlock won two. Their wins, however, were by bigger margins than ours. The final score was Matlock 70 Parwich 64. Hopefully we won’t drop too much in the league.
Next match – Home – Chatsworth A -10 July 6.30pm.
Thursday League.
Away – Matlock Park – 5 July.
A week or so ago we were playing Wirksworth every match now it’s Matlock Park. Having lost on Tuesday it did not augur well. No need for doubt. We won the doubles games two one and the singles games 4 to 2. The final tally was Parwich 131 to 103. A great result. We were again half way in the league. Let us hope that these last two good wins will move us up a bit.
Next match – Home – Matlock Bath – 12 July – 1.45pm.
No Sunday match again this week, because of the weather we cancelled it. It was also a shame we did not manage to have some fun on Friday night during wakes week. Better luck next year.
Debbie W, who works for the British Red Cross locally, writes:
Following the collection we had in Parwich for Red Cross Week, I just wanted to pass on a huge thank you from our Community Fundraiser, Alex Gadsby. This is what Alex had to say:
“The amounts raised in Red Cross Week via the shops have just come out. Donations for the Matlock store helped to raise a massive £270! This is amazing and I’m 100% certain it wouldn’t have been nearly as much without your support.”
Thanks very much for everyone who contributed to this worthwhile cause; I’m hoping to make it an annual event!
If anyone in the village wants to do any other type of fund raising event for the British Red Cross, I know Alex would love to hear from you.
If anyone has a copy of the race results, could they please mail the blog team on parwich@hotmail.co.uk?
We would also be grateful for any other photos and/or reports from Wakes Week 2012, as the blog team is suffering from an unfortunately timed “staffing shortage” this week.
6.30pm – Children’s Film Show in the Memorial Hall.
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary and Mary from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman to raze the Muppet Theatre and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theatre, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate.
If you would like lunch on Monday, 12.45pm at the Memorial Hall, please ring Val K (458) by Friday evening. The menu this month is Ham Salad followed by Jam Roly Poly and Custard. As long as Val knows in advance she can cater for vegetarians and various diets. She can even accommodate thoses who don’t like what is on the menu for that month, but only with notice.
Whist drive will start at 8pm in the Memorial Hall and is intended for all ages. If you have never played before, come along at 7.30pm for free tuition in the easiest of card games. Enjoy a sociable and entertaining evening.
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