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We have received the following email from Andy L:
Despite the road works, this afternoon has been hair raising on Smithy Lane. The attached photo is from one of the skid marks where two tractors, both with large trailers, nearly collided head on. I didn’t measure it but it is more than six feet in length. Unfortunately they didn’t seem to learn from this experience nor take any notice of the children coming out of the school on foot. I witnessed two near collisions just in the time it took me to fetch the kids from school. I appreciate that some of the folk passing through have a job to get done and that “time is money” but this is getting silly.
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Click here to find out more about Macmillan Cancer Support
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Congratulations to Ben C in winning the Hedge Laying Competition in the Junior Class at the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt. The competition was held on a farm at Yeaveley on Sunday.
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John F-S sent us this photo of the Marian Trio playing to the Derby Music Club at the Voice Box in Derby. The audience was swelled by nearly a third with a goodly contingent from Alsop and Parwich.
The Marian Trio: Piano Chris Harrison, Flute Heather Prestwich, Cello Imogen Rex. A lovely way to spend an Autumn evening. Thank you for an enjoyable concert.
John Fuller-Sessions.
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A chance to listen to top violinist, Tasmin Little performing at Highfields School Matlock on Friday at 7.30pm for Matlock Music Society. Tickets are available online or from Pen2Paper in Crown Square Matlock, priced £12.
She has played with many of the world’s greatest orchestras in a career that has taken her to every continent of the world. In addition to her regular solo performances, she now play/directs orchestras such as Seattle Symphony, Norwegian Chamber, London Mozart Players, Royal Philharmonic, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia. In 2007/08 she joined the London Mozart Players as soloist and director in a tour of the UK which also featured her UK conducting debut.
In 2008, Tasmin Little was the subject of a television documentary by the prestigious South Bank Show, which followed her ground-breaking project ‘The Naked Violin’.
On Friday, Tasmin Little will play solo works intermingled with discussion on the works, her life as musician, the violins she performs on and answering questions from the audience. The programme will include –
Telemann – Allegro
Patterson – Luslawice Variations
Bach – Sonata No 1 in G minor
Bach – Loure and Gavotte from E Major partita
Bartok – Melodie
Ysaye – Ballade
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Please could you email any November or December dates for the diary, for both the blog and the Parish Magazine to either myself or parwich@hotmail.co.uk by lunchtime Monday 18th October. Thanks Jane
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Is anyone else experiencing problems with their Freeview TV reception from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter?
We started having problems yesterday. This website implies that they are carrying out engineering work, so I’m loathed to call out an engineer just yet.
http://www.ukfree.tv/shutdowndetail.php?tx=SK113003
Andy Larkin
More generally for phone numbers to report transmitter faults click here
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Here are last week’s readings:
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Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb am |
Pressure in Mb pm |
Temperature in ºC |
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Max |
Min |
||||
|
Sun 3rd |
20.7 |
999.1 |
999.9 |
14.4 |
9.5 |
|
Mon 4th |
0.4 |
1004.4 |
1002.1 |
16.5 |
5.1 |
|
Tue 5th |
0.4 |
1001.5 |
1004.9 |
16.2 |
9.8 |
|
Wed 6th |
3.1 |
1002.3 |
1015.0 |
16.0 |
9.9 |
|
Thu 7th |
0.0 |
1019.4 |
1018.6 |
15.4 |
4.8 |
|
Fri 8th |
0.4 |
1016.3 |
1017.7 |
16.3 |
11.3 |
|
Sat 9th |
0.0 |
1018.1 |
1016.4 |
14.2 |
12.2 |
|
Total |
25.0 |
|
Average |
15.6 |
9.0 |
Our weatherman on the hill predicts:
A rather grey week with little rain to come.
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Many people in the village will have received a flier advertising an event in the small meeting room at the Memorial Hall on Monday afternoon. This has prompted the following email from Keith Parsons. This email does not reflect the views of the Blog Team, who request potential commentors to confine their remarks to the issues.
BAN AND BOYCOTT THIS COMMERCIAL EVENT !
On 22nd June I wrote to Mike Gerrard-Pearse to complain about his statement at the Hall AGM that non-local and business rates had now bee set for use of the new Hall.
Specifically he said, “Booking rates have increased as reported last year – local rates have increased by £1 or £2, non-local have increased by £5 & a new commercial rate has been introduced.” Continue Reading »
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion – Andy Larkin | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Wednesday | 6.30pm | Pilates | Memorial Hall |
| Friday | Coffee Morning for Macmillan | Knob Hall Rebecca’s house |
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| Friday | 7.45pm | Film Night | Memorial Hall |
| Saturday | 7.30pm | Quiz Night | Parwich Legion |
| Sunday | 10am | Family Service – Andy Larkin | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 7.30pm | Harvest Festival | Parwich Legion |
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Excellent news from David G, who is delighted to report that Christine is back from hospital. He and Christine would like to thank all the kind people for their cards and good wishes which have been wonderful to receive. Christine will get round to writing to thank everybody when she is feeling a bit stronger.
At the moment she is building up her strength and still needs a lot of rest so if you are thinking of planning a visit please ring David first.
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Tomorrow is bulk rubbish collection day; the dustcart picks up at various points in the village. Remember if you leave rubbish to be removed, you must be in attendance when the wagon comes and load your rubbish, yourself. Don’t lose it, use it.
Sycamore Cottages 0900 – 0920
Village Green 0925 – 0945
The Square, village top 0950 – 1010
Croft Avenue 1015 – 1045
Next collection for Parwich is not until 22nd January 2011.
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Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service have begun a new campaign in an attempt to change the common perception of fire, “It will never happen to us”. Hopefully this will prompt members of the community to ensure that fire prevention measures are in place within their homes/businesses, ie smoke alarms, escape plans etc.
For a Fire Safety booklet click here.
Fire Safety for people with Sight, Hearing & Mobility difficulties click here.
For a Fire Safety home check booklet click here.
Thank you to Carl for sending in this poster.
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Click here to find out more about Macmillan Cancer Support
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Many thanks to Martin C who has compiled the following video showing the official opening of the Memorial Hall:
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Christopher sent the following to several people locally and has agreed to it going on the Blog:
Greetings from Nottingham –
I have mentioned to some of you that a couple of friends and I have formed a flute-cello-piano trio which will be giving a concert next Tuesday evening in Derby. The programme is entirely French – a trio by Debussy written when he was 18, a trio by Faure written when he was 77, and a rather sentimental piece by the flautist Philippe Gaubert (no, I hadn’t heard of him either, but it’s rather fun in a kind of pre-First World War way).
I think the concert is free, but you have to pay 25 pence for coffee and biscuits (see the attached programme).
This is something of a new departure for me, and it’s been great to find a very lively amateur musical environment here in Nottingham. If any of you can come that would be fantastic!
best wishes
Christopher Harrison
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This month’s Group Magazine for the churches of Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington can be seen (as a pdf) by clicking on the image of the cover below. Alternatively paper copies can be bought in each of the churches.
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Next Saturday, 9th October, is the bulk rubbish collection; the dustcart picks up at various points in the village. Remember if you leave rubbish to be removed, you must be in attendance when the wagon comes and load your rubbish, yourself. Don’t lose it, use it – even if you only have a small amount to get rid of.
Sycamore Cottages 0900 – 0920
Village Green 0925 – 0945
The Square, village top 0950 – 1010
Croft Avenue 1015 – 1045
Next collection for Parwich is 22nd January 2011.
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Parwich & District Horticultural Society
- The Bob Matthews Quiz is to be postponed it till Thurs 21st Oct at the Sycamore Inn. More details will follow soon.
- Also the AGM date has been changed as it was set for Bonfire night. It will now be Fri 12th Nov instead with a 7pm start in the Memorial Hall.
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My trusty old Epson Stylus Color 760 printer has just passed over to the Other Side. It died with all lights blinking. It is much missed. It leaves behind three unused colour cartridges and an unused black cartridge. These are available free to anybody who wants them, together with the printer itself, if you have the competence to revive it. In reference to the blinking lights, the online help page says, ‘refer to dealer for maintenance‘. Just call Keith at Fernlea House, opposite the Village Hall.
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1 Return first class ticket available for London on Thursday 7th October 14.01 Derby, leaves London 21.30 (you will need a Senior Railcard). Free! Please contact Martin on 390529
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‘A two bedroom property with nice size garden in Parwich’ is shortly to become available to rent. Any enquiries should be sent to parwich@hotmail.co.uk and will be forwarded to the owner.
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We had a bit of a downpour this afternoon and the brook looked pretty full. Water levels never looked like they would cause problems however.
Here are a few soggy pictures from around the village.
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Our thanks go to Dave R, who has submitted a very interesting comment on today’s post entitled ‘Wet start to October‘. Dave has sent us a couple of graphs by email that illustrate his point. We have therefore created this post so they can be shown…..
I note with interest the Parwich rainfall statistics. This current fall of heavy rain brings back unpleasant memories!
To my way of thinking, the 2008 flooding was a consequence of the ground being soaked during the previous week to the flood and then a downpour with nowhere to go. Looking back, the 2008 rainfall data shows a wet week followed by heavy rain on Friday (32mm) and heavy rain Saturday (40mm). The floods occured early Saturday morning so I guess that most of the Saturday’s 40mm were in the early hours and thus very intense. The cumulative rainfall for that week tots up to 97mm.
I’ve totted up the rainfall for this week and got 43.9mm and thus told myself not to panic.
Is it possible for ‘The Weatherman’ to keep a rolling weekly total of rainfall and then notify us all when it reaches say 50mm? Thus we could prepare our lifeboats in case the next day yields a damaging 40mm rainfall.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the subject? I’m sure I’m not the only home owner with one eye on the clouds!
Dave”
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Here are last week’s readings:
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Rainfall in mm |
Pressure in Mb am |
Pressure in Mb pm |
Temperature in ºC |
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|
Max |
Min |
||||
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Sun 26th |
0.0 |
1018.3 |
1014.7 |
12.9 |
7.8 |
|
Mon 27th |
0.4 |
1012.6 |
1013.3 |
12.5 |
5.0 |
|
Tue 28th |
0.0 |
1014.5 |
1016.1 |
13.9 |
11.3 |
|
Wed29th |
9.4 |
1013.5 |
1014.3 |
13.9 |
12.5 |
|
Thu 30th |
3.1 |
1015.0 |
1013.4 |
15.2 |
3.2 |
|
Fri 1st |
30.6 |
1005.0 |
999.8 |
13.5 |
9.5 |
|
Sat 2nd |
0.4 |
1005.4 |
1004.9 |
14.0 |
4.9 |
|
Total |
43.9 |
|
Average |
13.7 |
7.7 |
Our weatherman on the hill predicts:
A drier week to come with no repeat of Friday’s 40mm; the wettest day since September 2008 when Friday 5th saw 32mm and Saturday 6th saw 40mm. The weekend of the floods.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 6.30pm | Evening Prayers | Parwich Church |
| Tuesday | 7.30pm | Parish Council Meeting | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday | 6.30pm | Pilates | Memorial Hall |
| Thursday | 8pm | Bob Matthew Quiz organised by the Horticultural Society |
The Sycamore |
| Saturday | 9-10.45am | Saturday Morning Bulk Rubbish Collection | Parwich |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion – Andy Larkin | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
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Please click on ‘Continue Reading’ to view a slideshow of the opening ceremony that took place on 25th September. There are quite a few pictures, so it may take a while to load.
Many thanks to John F-S for the expert photography!
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Parwich Parish Council invite your responses to:
Derbyshire Dales District Council have an exciting new sports initiative called Derbyshire Village Games.
Villages across rural Derbyshire will be able to start new sports clubs and activities, host festivals and competitions. A village games co-ordinator has been appointed to provide support,advice and guidance to communities who want more and better sports opportunities within their local area. This will be discussed at the Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 05 October 2010.
If there is interest in the initiative the Parish Council will invite the co-ordinator to a meeting. Please contact the clerk on ppccl@fsmail.net
You can find out more about the initiative on Facebook Group Page or at the Derbyshire Sport website or at the Community Sports Trust website.
Is this of interest in relation to any of our existing events (Wakes Hill Race or Parwich Panoramic Five) or to the existing clubs/groups (bowls, tennis, cricket, pilates, etc)? Alternatively will this be relevant to possible new activities in the new Memorial Hall (e.g. badmington, indoor bowls, yoga)?
So if you are interested, come along to Tuesday’s meeting or email the clerk on ppccl@fsmail.net
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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council is in Tuesday 05 October 2010 (click here to see the Agenda) at 7-30pm in the Memorial Hall. As always the first part of the meeting is open for the public to address or question the Council. Note, Road Safety/Speed limits is on the Agenda and our local PCSO is to attend for this discussion.
Click here for the draft minutes of the previous meeting held on 07.09.10.
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As promised ladies and gentlemen, the next epic instalment of our community novel is now available for your reading pleasure!
This particular section has been brought to you by the incredible Bridget Jones, one of our most talented contributors. You’re in for a treat!
Click on the image to be transported to a world of wonder…
If you would like to try your hand at an instalment of Parwich Heights, contact one of the Blog Team or drop a quick email to parwich@hotmail.co.uk. You can write a paragraph, a page or a whole chapter! A friendly member of the blog team will allocate you an instalment and check with you that you are not too busy at the time. It’s a great way to develop your creative writing skills and you can use a pseudonym if you don’t want to be mobbed by the world’s press. Go for it folks, your public awaits!
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