
Colin passed away peacefully at his home in Arnold on Thursday 4th April aged 92.
A funeral service will take place at Gedling Crematorium Catfoot Lane Lambley NG4 4QH on Monday 22nd April at 2pm.
For further information please contact AW Lymn Arnold 0115 9676777
A Memorial Service and internment of Colin’s ashes will take place in Parwich at a later date.
For streaming of the Gedling Service please see the details below:
Streaming details for the service of Colin Sims at 14:00 (BST) on Monday 22nd April, at Gedling Crematorium Chapel, run by A W Lymn – Arnold are as below.
Watching Live & On Demand:
https://watch.obitus.com
Username
boxa8803
Password
574973
Watching Live:
You will be able to view the live stream approximately 5 minutes before the service start time. Please be aware the service is in a public building and earlier services may overrun. Please use your discretion should you see activities unrelated to the service you are here to view.
In advance of the service, we strongly recommend you log in to the site and test your internet connection.

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Thank you to everyone in the school community, who regularly donate items to the PTA Bag2School collections. Your generosity helps people around the world and also the school, as they receive approximately £25 for every 10 bags donated (based on an assumption of 5kg a bag).
Items donated must be dry, clean and of good quality, see website: https://bag2school.com/what-we-collect
The school’s next collection is Thursday 25 April (9am).
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Site preparation of the playground for the installation of new equipment has started and should be finished in the next few days. This will be followed by installation which we hope will take place by the end of the week. The fencing around the new equipment will remain in place until the cold pour surfacing is laid. This should happen next week but the exact date is dependant on weather as the ground needs to be dry.
Please don’t be tempted to try anything out until it is finished!
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Our grateful thanks as always to John L for his fantastic pictures of yesterday’s duck race



















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I don’t suppose anyone signed for a large Amazon parcel yesterday for Richard Maddocks. It was signed for by Mr Jim at number 1 but no one at West View signed for it and there is no sign of the parcel (it is big!). If anyone knows anything can you let Lucy M know on 07728988329
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Thursday 18th April 7.30 pm
Blowing hot and cold – the impact of weather on English church design from 11th century to modern times
An unusual and interesting angle on church architecture over a millennium.
Speakers Stephen JD Williams and Jean Yates
£5 pp, refreshments included
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Winners of the duck race are:
First 38 – Shaun Edge £75
Second 615 – Jacqui and Paul Jesson £40
Third 85 – Robert and Angela Roebuck – £20
Fourth 466 – Marie Hardwick £10




Winners of the raft race:
Best raft £10 Doug and Lily Maddocks
First Raft £20 Will Edge and Lily Rushton



Big thank you to Darwin for judging the rafts. Mick Edge presented Darwin with a token of appreciation from the Village to thank him for so many years excellent service as our local postman. We wish him the best in his happy retirement.
More photos of the event to follow.
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Mobile library dates for Parwich are Friday the 3rd and 31st of May and the 28th of June. From 3:15 to 3:45 on the Green.
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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council will be held on Wednesday the 17th April 2024 at 7:30 pm in the Memorial Hall.
The management of the triangle at Creamery Lane will be discussed at this meeting. The Council is aware that a variety of different views have been expressed previously about the area. Residents are encouraged to contact either the Clerk or a Councillor, or attend the meeting if they wish, to make their views known.
Please note that this land is not owned by the Parish Council but by the Highways Authority, Derbyshire County Council. The Parish Council does not have any particular rights or responsibilities for the Triangle but it is able to take part in its maintenance.
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Trailer https://youtu.be/6ethollg-PI?si=YGHj63JE7H2ZGKxb
April Parwich Film Show ONE LIFE
You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV. London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he’s still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Bonham-Carter
Guardian review ****
FRIDAY 12th APRIL 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Parwich Memorial Hall
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We would like to invite anyone interested in helping us to organise events in the village, including Wakes week to come along to the Carnival and Recreation Committee AGM on Thursday 25th April, 7pm at Parwich Royal British Legion.
If you have any questions please email Lucy M at lucywigley@googlemail.com
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The installation of replacement playground equipment will be taking place on the green starting this Friday the 12th of April. The work should be completed by the 24th/25th.
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Thanks to Sharon for sending us this:
Sheep tangled in thorn bush on Parwich Hill. Close to the wooded path.
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Thanks to Sharon M. For sharing…
Sheep tangled in thorn bush on Parwich Hill. Close to the wooded path.
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A guide has been added to the Parish Council website to assist residents who want to raise a concern with one of the various bodies responsible for services and regulation in the village.
You can access it here.
Local Council responsibilities and how to raise concerns.
A link to this guide is also provided on the home page of the Parish Council’s website.
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The lovely people who have moved into Walnut Cottage, across from the Legion, have a free standing Zanussi freezer that is ‘free to a good home’ Either call in, or call Jan de Klerk on 07709 900 922,
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Wondering if you can help. I recently found an article written almost 20 years ago by a Mary Whitechurch (nee Lewis) for the Parwich & District Local History Society telling the story of the Evans Family of Darley Abbey. I wondered if anybody knew whether Mary was still alive/contactable as I have recently been given copies of 3 photographs of possible family members which she might have been able to identify.
Regards
Barrie Lockwood
Darley Abbey History Group
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Please see the letter attached, posted on behalf of the Memorial Hall.
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Thanks to Martin C for sharing
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Thursday 18th April 7.30 pm
Blowing hot and cold – the impact of weather on English church design from 11th century to modern times
An unusual and interesting angle on church architecture over a millennium.
Speakers Stephen JD Williams and Jean Yates
£5 pp, refreshments included
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Just a few places remaining!
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1 day late owing to the bank holiday
Plus food caddy
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Local (Pikehall) free range hen and duck eggs for sale.
£2.00 for six duck eggs
£1.50 for six hen eggs
Please phone Joan Flower on 390377, or call in.
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Trailer https://youtu.be/6ethollg-PI?si=YGHj63JE7H2ZGKxb
April Parwich Film Show ONE LIFE
You’d need a heart of stone not to be touched by this extraordinary true story of Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler”, and by the simplicity and heartfelt directness with which it’s told by screenwriters Nick Drake and Lucinda Coxon and director James Hawes. It’s a story of wartime Europe and postwar memory, and also a noble and inspired moment in the history of British popular TV. London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he’s still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to bring to safety.
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Bonham-Carter
Guardian review ****
FRIDAY 12th APRIL 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Parwich Memorial Hall
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Close Bradbourne Road Parwich for BT Cabling Works 29th May 2024 between 09:30 and 15:30
Please find details of the proposed road closure for Bradbourne Road, Parwich.
You can view the order on this link https://one.network/?tm=138158103
For any queries please email TTM.mailbox@derbyshire.gov.uk
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Click this link to read the draft minutes of the meeting of Parwich Parish Council held on the 26th March 2024.
Thankyou
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