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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 10am | United Family Service Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Tuesday | 7pm | Parishioners Annual Open Meeting | Parwich School |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 7pm | History Society – Evening Walk around Alstonefield – Free Ring John H – 302 |
The George Alstonefield |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion – Andy Larkin | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Mattins | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Parwich Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 7pm | Antiques Valuation Evening | Parwich Legion |
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I think she probably left it in the village somewhere. If you see it, could you give me (Lynne) a call on 474. It’s deep metallic pink and has lots of brightly coloured bits of plastic attached to the spokes of the wheels. Thank you!
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Parishioners Annual Open Meeting of the Council
at 7.00 pm
Tuesday 18 May 2010
in the Parwich School
A G E N D A – ANNUAL OPEN MEETING
1 To receive apologies for absence.
2 To consider & if accurate, approve the minutes of the Annual Open
Meeting held on 2.4.09.
3 To consider matters arising from the Annual Open Meeting held on 2.4.09
4 To receive the report of the Chair of the Parish Council.
5 To receive the Financial Report.
6 To receive the reports from the following representatives.
a PCSO Kate Cleveley – Ashbourne Police.
b Parwich United Charities.
c School Governors.
d Bowling Club.
e Memorial Hall.
f History Society.
g Parwich Village Action Group.
h Carnival & Recreation Committee.
i Parwich.Org.
j Tennis Club.
k Field Management Committee.
7 To receive comments and questions from the floor.
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PARWICH PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the Annual Open Meeting held on Thursday 2 April 2009 at 7.00pm in the Memorial Hall
To consider and if accurate, approve the minutes of the Annual Open Meeting held on 3 April 2008.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 3 April 2008 be confirmed as a true record.
To consider matters arising from the Annual Open Meeting held on 3 April 2008.
* The Parish Council are in the process of developing dedicated pages on parwich.org. Agendas have been posted.
* Concerns raised regarding the B5056 are still relevant. The update provided by the Highways Department regarding the road conditions stated that the 1st set of temporary traffic lights are due to works being carried out by Severn Trent Water, these are due for completion by the end of April.
* The 2nd set of temporary traffic lights is due to subsidence. Designs for a crash barrier and solution are due for completion in June with works planned for late summer.
* The 3rd set of temporary traffic lights is due to the potential collapse of the road. The Structures department is investigating solutions.
*Concern was raised that the traffic lights are frequently faulty. Pc Cooper advised that faults should be reported to the Call Derbyshire Service or the police. Continue Reading »
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Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound….
Lyrics by JP Young, Photo by JF-S
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Week commencing 10 May 2010.
After the euphoria of last weeks ‘double victories’, mixed fortunes this week. We had a win and loss.
Tuesday League – Away – to Baslow. Baslow are a good team and are considerably higher in the League than we are. We did however win one game, but lost the other three. The overall match result was 69 to 56 to Baslow.
We were fourth from bottom of the league and still remain in that position.
Next match – Away- Bradwell B – 18 May. 6.30
Thursday League – Home- Baslow B
A similar story to last week. We did not do very well in the Doubles games, losing two games to one. However we again had a great turnaround in the Singles games winning four games to two. The result was therefore a really good win by 120 to 112. With any luck we will stay fourth from top of the League.
Next match – Away – Chatsworth B – 20 May. 1.30 ish.
It was really good to see someone on holiday in the Village use the green. Although a ‘flat green’ bowler he soon started to get to grips with some of our game. He was most complimentary about the facilities.
We will be down on the green around 6.30 ish on Monday night – we welcome newcomers.
John B.
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We have received the following message from Sue H:
We know of a very nice Swiss girl who is hoping to spend 6 months in England from this July to improve her English. She is 20 and works as a secretary in the French speaking part (she also speaks German). Her English is not fluent enough for her to work as a secretary over here but she would prefer to find paid employment rather than have to pay for an expensive language school. We’re investigating possibilities such as language assistant in QEGS or waitressing. Does anyone have any ideas/openings, or does anyone need an au pair over the Summer? Please ring Sue H on 390334.
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If you or your society has any events that it would like including in the Blog Diary, please email parwich@hotmail.co.uk . The deadline for dates going into the Parish Magazine is next Tuesday, the Blog Diary will also be updated and then not again until the middle of June.
We would particularly like to include any details of Wakes Week.
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As usual, the ANT is available on line or from the Sycamore. Normally we report on the ANT on the day it comes out but there’s always one of the blog team who forgets and reports a day late. I can’t remember which one though.
The headline news this week is that Patrick McLoughlin not only retained his seat but received exactly the same number of votes this time as he did last time. Mr Mcloughlin said that he had no idea of what the odds were of something like that happening but that he might buy a lottery ticket next week and “see what happens”. There is also some election coverage inside the paper although “no mention of people being turned away from polling stations.” There were certainly no local reports of crowds of voters running amok at The Sycamore or Bradbourne Village Hall this week where the ladies manning the polling station told me it had been a “quiet day, quite boring really”. Continue Reading »
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Members of Neighbourhood Watch, Church Watch and local residents are asked to be extra vigilant and note down the registration numbers and details of any suspicious vans/vehicles with ladders on top parked near churches.
Over the past two weeks, lead has been stolen from the roofs of three village churches in Youlgrave, Middleton (Matlock), Osmaston (Ashbourne) & Mappleton. Leek police in Staffordshire have also received several incidents of lead theft from churches in their villages.
Please pass on any information to our call centre and help to stop these thieves causing great expense to our local churches – call 0345 123 33 33.
Thank you from the Community Messaging Service
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Natasha B is ordering oil in the next 10 days. Please let her know if you want to join the order. Ring 705 or email Tashspirit@hotmail.com
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I have a 2 bedroom semi detatched property coming up to let in Ashbourne at the end of June If you are interested and would like more information, please email terence.pickard@tiscali.co.uk . Regards Terry Pickard
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A few people from the village are going to see Joan Armatrading in concert tonight at Buxton Opera House, 7.30pm, unfortunately one person is unable to go so there is a spare theatre seat – the ticket has been reduced from £25 to £15. If you are interested in going please either leave a comment in the box below, email parwich@hotmail.co.uk or ring Jane 665 & she we will pass your phone number onto the person who has the ticket. Thanks.
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This long-tailed tit nest belongs to Christine & David and was photographed by JF-S. The little white blobs are polystyrene.
Information from the RSPB website says that ‘The long-tailed tit is easily recognisable with its distinctive colouring, a tail that is bigger than its body, and undulating flight. Gregarious and noisy residents, long-tailed tits are most usually noticed in small, excitable flocks of about 20 birds. Like most tits, they rove the woods and hedgerows, but are also seen on heaths and commons with suitable bushes…it is similar to a pied wagtail’.
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A new website has been launched to help keep Derbyshire residents prepared and informed before, during and after major incidents such as severe weather and flooding. The site is called ‘Derbyshire Prepared’ and will include up-to-the minute information about ongoing incidents, useful contacts and advice for residents and businesses.
It has been developed by members of Derbyshire’s Local Resilience Forum (LRF) – the police and emergency services, Derbyshire County Council, city, district and borough councils, health agencies, the Environment Agency and Highways Agency. These groups already work together to manage incidents like severe weather, flooding, large fires, chemical spills or explosions but the website will allow residents to check information quickly and easily in one place.
The website features a range of information including:
* Safety tips and advice to help residents be well prepared for an emergency
* Advice and support for businesses on preparing business continuity plans
* Information for anyone organising a large community event
* The emergency plans Derbyshire has in place to deal with any major incident
* How to sign up to a community messaging service which can send residents text or e-mail alerts about incidents in their post code area
* Useful contacts and links to other relevant websites & incidents in the county and the new website will help get information out quickly and efficiently.
Residents are encouraged to sign up to the community messaging service to receive phone or e-mail alerts if incidents happen where they live. Anyone can receive these alerts and they are often very useful. We do publish relevant ones on the blog.
Why not check out the new site at www.derbyshireprepared.org.uk
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A PARWICH.ORG reader mentioned that it was good to see so many village children out on their bikes.
However they expressed concern that both motorists and cyclists need to look out for each other especially at the blind bends and junctions in the village. Please take care.
Do let us know if there is any interest in the Police running a cycle safety session in the village.
Co-incidently a press release came from the Peak Park today on some free cycling events, the first being on Bike Maintenance at the Ashbourne Cycle Hire Centre this Saturday. Continue Reading »
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Parwich Primary School desperately requires relief support staff to help supervise the children at lunchtime. We are also looking for relief cleaners to help keep our school looking ship shape!
Hours would be as and when staff were needed and there are no set days or hours as such.
Anyone interested should contact Jenny Warner on 01335 390245 or by email: headteacher@parwich.derbyshire.sch.uk
All applicants will be subject to a full CRB check in accordance with Safeguarding Procedures.
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Following the post on insurance problems relating to ‘flood’ risk and the poll on interest on the possibility of specific solutions for our area, the insurance brokers, the Wilson Organisation, are holding a surgery at the Sycamore Inn from 5pm on Tuesday 11th May. Email CProw@wilorg.com to book a slot.
Many of you will have seen the recent article on this subject on the Parwich Village website and several of you have expressed an interest in discussing your insurance needs with an independent insurance broker, either in a surgery format or individually.
As a result we have arranged to come to Parwich on Tuesday 11 May and Bryan Elliott and I will be in the Sycamore Inn from 5pm onwards. The Wilson Organisation has strong relationships with many insurance companies and this means we can offer bespoke cover, which will cater for your individual circumstances, at competitive premiums. We have researched Parwich and the surrounding areas and we are confident we can help. Please come along and see us. Please email to confirm your interest and a suitable time from 5pm onwards on 11th May.
Charlotte Prow
Group Managing Director
Wilson Organisation
T: 0115 942 0111
F: 0115 9420459
E: CProw@wilorg.com
W: www.wilorg.com
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Dog fouling continues to be an issue, as illustrated by the following email to the Blog from the School.
Would it be possible to post another message on the blog regarding dog fouling in the village? We seem to have a problem with someone allowing their dog to leave its mess by the top gate on quite a regular basis. I know this has been a problem elsewhere in the village.
The School will be preparing some posters to remind everyone, but in the meantime please clear up after your dog.
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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 2nd |
0.0 |
1013.7 |
1016.8 |
8.4 |
4.4 |
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Mon 3rd |
0.0 |
1022.1 |
1025.4 |
11.6 |
2.6 |
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Tue 4th |
0.0 |
1026.9 |
1024.8 |
13.4 |
0.2 |
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Wed 5th |
0.0 |
1022.2 |
1017.6 |
14.2 |
4.8 |
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Thu 6th |
0.0 |
1013.7 |
1012.5 |
12.2 |
9.0 |
|
Fri 7th |
1.3 |
1013.1 |
1013.9 |
14.2 |
4.1 |
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Sat 8th |
2.2 |
1014.6 |
1015.0 |
10.5 |
5.3 |
|
Total |
3.5 |
|
Average |
12.1 |
4.4 |
Despite the cooler weather the Spring flowers are fantastic now.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Holy Communion with Andy Larkin |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Parwich Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Tuesday | 10am | Over 60’s Trip to Bamford Garden Centre and Castleton Members £8, Non-members £10 |
The Green Ring Alan (279) |
| Tuesday | Evening | Insurance Consultancy Opportunity – discuss your house insurance needs – timed appointments available. Ring Charlotte Prow 0115 942 0111 |
The Sycamore |
| Wednesday | 7.30pm | First Responders Training Night Postponed |
Parwich Church |
| Thursday-Wednesday | Tissington Well Dressings | Tissington | |
| Thursday | 11am | Ascension Day Service at the Well Dressings |
Tissington |
| Sunday | 10am | United Family Service Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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This week the windcatcher was installed onto the roof. Its role is to circulate fresh air and ventilate the hall when necessary.
Internally the main floors have had their final preparation ready for the laying of the wood floor. This photo shows Bertie giving his opinion of the new hall, standing next to the floor planking.
The oak facings at the front of the hall and alongside the public footpath are in place. The stopes (stone bollards) on the footpath have been relocated to conform to disabled access regulations and this path will be open, as planned, on Monday.
As always click on any of the photos to enlarge them and thanks to Ben for these pictures.
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Congratulations to Patrick McLoughlin, who has been returned as our MP with a 13,866 vote majority. This represents a swing of 3.7% from the Liberal Democrats.
Here are the results in full, with the results from our unofficial Parwich poll in brackets.
Patrick McLoughlin – Conservative. 24,378 votes, 52.1% (38.9%)
Joe Naitta – Liberal Democrat. 10,512 votes, 22.5% (11.1%)
Colin Swindell – Labour. 9,061 votes, 19.4% (25%)
Ian Guiver – UKIP. 1,779 votes, 3.8% (0%)
Josh Stockell – Green. 772 votes, 1.7% (5.6%)
Nick The Flying Brick Delves – Monster Raving Loony. 228 votes, 0.5% (5.6%)
Amila Y’mech – Humanity. 50 votes, 0.1% (2.8%)
The turnout in Derbyshire Dales was 73.8%, up by 6.3% from the last election.
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Got nothing planned for Saturday, why not do something amazing this year and join in on the Ashbourne Breast Cancer Walk, 8.5 miles, open to walkers of all ages.
The starting point will be the Carsington Water Visitor Centre, leaving at 2.30pm therefore early arrival is recommended for all walkers, registration is required from all walkers including children – £10 adults and £5 for children. Click here for the registration form.
All the money raised from the 2010 walk will go towards funding for equipment for the Breast Cancer Unit at Royal Derby hospital.
Whilst enjoying this walk there’s plenty to see. Our resident ornithological photographer, (not sure if you can say this) JF-S, went to Carsington Water, especially to see what bird life might be spotted during the big walk – birds include: tufted ducks, great crested grebes, redshanks, lapwings, godwits, barnacle geese and The A52s. They may not be birds, but they will be entertaining everyone with their “tweeting” from about 4.15pm.
p.s – I know the A52s don’t tweet, they sing with manly gusto, but it flowed with the bird theme!
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PARWICH BOWLS CLUB – Week commencing 3 May 2010.
This week what can I say? What a team. The walking, nay, staggering wounded have done the impossible. Well we did win both our games this week, which for us is awesome! Believe it of not the opposition did actually turn up as well. Anyway being the modest sort of outfit we are the wonderfully, marvellous details are as follows.
Tuesday League – Home to Matlock Bath.
Our first win in this league. We won three games to one. The match score was 75 to 67. Not a particularly convincing result, but mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow.
We were fourth from bottom of the league. This win keeps us where we are I think. Still better than dropping down a place.
Next match – Away- Baslow 11 May. 6.30
Thursday League – Home- Matlock Park.
It looked after the doubles games we were in for a bit of a hiding. We lost two games to one. The points for the opposition were considerable whilst ours were not very good at all.
Anyway a fabulous turnaround in the singles took place and we won five out of the six games. Bearing in mind the maximum points you can get in the singles is 90 (6 X 15), we got 85 to the oppositions 46.
Combining the doubles and singles scores we won by 123 to 97.
What a result.
Next match – Home – Baslow B 13 May. 1.30 ish.
We are entertaining a team from Ellastone on Sunday in a friendly. We will be down on the green around 2.00pm. Why not come down and have a look.
John B.
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A steady steam of voters are making their way to the polling station at the Sycamore Inn in Parwich, which opened at 7am this morning.
It is good to see old traditions being revived, with the opportunity to combine a drink or two with voting. Continue Reading »
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This email has just come in from the Police Community Messaging Service.
Police in Ashbourne are warning motorists that they risk a fine, points on their licence or even a court appearance if they park illegally. Officers have received reports from concerned motorists and residents about drivers who have been parking on stretches of Derby Road where there is a solid white line in the centre of the road.
Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Sgt. Steve Edwards said: “In particular the issue is on the hill stretch of Derby Road where there is a double white line system. Officers have been moving vehicles on but drivers are continuing to ignore the warnings. “White lines are there for a very good safety reason and as part of our commitment to reduce road casualties we will be strongly enforcing the rules. “We will also be targeting those vehicles which are parked half on the pavement, because while they are trying to keep the road free they are inconveniencing pedestrians as well as compromising road safety.” Parking on a stretch of road where there are either solid double white lines or solid single white lines is an offence which attracts a £60 fine and three penalty points on driving licences.
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Sitting at my computer, I looked up to see this little ‘fellow’ watching me – couldn’t resist a photo.
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Thank you to Martin for this video clip of Monday’s skills sharing event:
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This month’s Group Magazine for the parishes of Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington is available in each of the Churches or can be accessed on-line as a pdf by clicking on the image below.
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It is that time of the week again and today’s Ashbourne News Telegraph is available at the Sycamore or on-line (click on the image of the front page to access the paper in digital format). Here some items that might be of interest.
- p.1 & 5 Ashbourne Mansion to be auctioned on 8th July.
- p.2 Plans are being submitted to revamp the former cinema and theatre in the Market Place, for events and theatrical productions.
- p.3 Summary of last week’s question and answer session for the Derbyshire Dales Parliamentary Candidates in Ashbourne.
- p.7 The Ashbourne exchange is set to get faster broadband next year, but we in the villages may have to wait.
- p.7 The free independent advice service helping older people on housing is to be extended across the region (Derbyshire Housing Options Service tel 08456 058 058).
- p.8 Next week is ME Awareness Week (9th to 15th May). You can contact ME Derbyshire Support Group via www.me-derbyshire.org.uk
- p.10 Advertising feature for this year’s Tissington Well Dressings that start on Thursday 13th May.
- p.20 Photo feature on ballooning over the Peak District, with a couple of aerial shots of Parwich and Parwich Hall.
- p.39 Summer League Football has started.
As always let us know about any specific local items we have missed.
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A very bright idea was turned into reality on Sunday when the people of Parwich showcased their many and varied skills. Often, such skills are hidden from view, so it was quite astonishing to see the huge array of talent contained within our small village.
The event featured shepherding, woodturning, quilting, painting, photography, organ playing, jewellery making, bell ringing, metal detecting, historical research, coffee refinement, geology, flower arranging, rag rug making, weaving, felting, card making, mountain rescue and many other crafts.
Thank you to the exhibitors for the time and trouble you took to give us such an inspiring show. Thanks especially to Jean and Martin C for the inspiration for this event and for your tireless energy ‘making it happen’.
Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for a (rather large) photo gallery covering just some of the activities and exhibits on view.
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If you’re eligible to vote in Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon or Pikehall, then please cast an additional vote in our unofficial online poll, between now and Thursday – even if it’s just to say that you won’t be voting for any of the candidates! All votes are registered anonymously, and we have no way of linking them back to individuals.
At the time of writing, the Conservatives have picked up 36% of the Parwich vote, followed by 21% for Labour and 14% for the Liberal Democrats. We’ll give you a final tally on Thursday.
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Many thanks to Dave R who has provided the following photos of the repairs to the landslip near the Bentley Brook Inn. They were taken on Monday 3rd May.
Dave says that the road is rumoured not to re-open until the end of May. He also notes that the woods are slipping away from the retaining wall.
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As happens on bank holidays throughout the Spring and Summer, Alsop-en-le-Dale welcomed all to sample tea and cakes in the most beautiful of surroundings. The marquee was needed as the weather veered from pleasant sunniness to hail! That didn’t matter in the slightest though as the tea was piping hot and the cakes were heavenly!
In fact, most people had a good chance to catch up on things…
…and have a grand old relax…
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to provide such an enjoyable event.
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Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard at Alsop from 11am – 4.30pm.
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Tennis Social Afternoon – 1-6pm – Welcoming all Present, Past and Future Members. Lots of games with a handicap system. Please bring a plate of food.
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Skills afternoon in Parwich Church – 2-6pm. Taste, Watch, Learn, Experience and Do. Refreshments available.
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Thank you to JF-S for sending in these photos from the very enjoyable musical evening held in the Church last night.
Essentially Brass, the professional brass group from Leicestershire, are all shown below, with John Lock playing the tuba.
Christian Cartwright of Pipes in the Peak, played the organ, creating an amazing array of music proving, how incredibly versatile the organ can be. Click to enlarge the pictures.…….
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