The first matches of the new season took place this week at Parsons Croft with not very auspicious results.
The club plays in two leagues – The Matlock and District Tuesday League and the Matlock and District Thursday Friendly League. As those of you who went to University will note we play on a Tuesday and Thursday on a home and away basis. The season for both leagues end in early September.
Tuesday league. – Matches usually start at 6.30 pm.
Home to Matlock Golf Club.
It was a very close match. Each team is made up of 8 members and 4 ‘doubles’ matches are played. First pair to 21 wins the match. Parwich won two matches and lost two matches. The overall result was a win for the Golf Club 70 points to 69.
The next match is away to Chatsworth.
Thursday league. – Start time 1.45 pm.
Home to Wirksworth.
These matches consist of three games of doubles – first to 21 and six games of singles – first to 15.
We nearly had to concede games, as the minimum number of players required is 6. We just made the required number of players.
Although we lost the match overall, considering our scarcity of numbers, we did reasonably well. We won the doubles games by 60 points to 50, but lost the singles games by 84 points to 62. Giving an overall result of a win for Wirksworth 134 points to 122.
The next match is away coincidentally to Chatsworth.
We are having practice meets down at Parsons Croft on Monday evening at 6.30 pm until 7.30 – 8.00 pm. Why not come down and have a go. We could certainly use new members and players.
John B
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A swallow was spotted flying and feeding around Blanche Meadow last night ( 8th April). Is this the first in the village? Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to be one of our regular nesters as it is no longer around this morning. We are very fortunate to have anything up to five nesting couples each year – the earliest and most experienced have been know to raise three broods. Over the years we have built special nesting ledges inside the stables to encourage them to stay. The sight of five little heads peering over the nest never fails to give us all pleasure. The only downside is the amount of bird dropping on the horses backs in the mornings.
Patti
Has anyone got a photo of these first swallows yet?
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
- Hallcliffe, The Green, Parwich. 8 bed Georgian house & two cottages, under offer.
- Hope Croft, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £349,950
- Inglefield, Creamery Lane, Parwich. 4 bed detached, £795 pcm.
- Pikehall, 6 bed detached, £680,000
- 9 Sycamore Cottages, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, offers in region of £220,000.
- Wash Meadow, Parwich. 4 bed detached bungalow, £465,000.
The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the INFO page, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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Here are our highlights of this week’s edition. As always, please let us know if there’s anything of local interest which we’ve missed.
Page 2: “£3m shot in the arm for our local services“. Derbyshire County Council is to receive more than £3 million to improve services, from crucial skills and jobs programmes to arts facilities for young people and town centre regeneration projects.
Page 3: “Cat centre visitors show generosity”. An Easter celebration at the Derby Cat Adoption Centre raised £2,300. A number of people from our area are actively involved with this charity.
Page 11: If you would like to take part in the BBC2 antiques show “Flog It”, you can have your antiques valued by the show’s experts at QEGS on Saturday 10th April, from 9.30am to 4pm. Admission is free.
Page 12: “Dovedale Sheepdog Trials”. The Dovedale Sheepdog Society is holding its Tom Nadin Memorial Cup event on May 8th, at Dove Top Farm in Alsop.
Page 13: The new branch of Waitrose in Ashbourne are offering a £3 discount voucher, redeemable to anyone spending £15 or more at the store before 18th April. (You’ll need to buy a copy of the paper to obtain the voucher, of course.)
Page 23: “Free entry to Sudbury for anyone living in DE6”. The Sudbury Museum of Childhood is opening its doors for free this coming weekend, to anyone who can bring along proof of their home address in DE6.
Page 23: “Early morning bird stroll followed by a breakfast”. One for our local ornithologists: the National Trust are holding an early morning event at Ilam Park on Saturday April 24th. You can hear the dawn chorus from 6.30am, followed by a full Staffordshire breakfast at 8am. To book, call 350503.
Page 26: A grass eating auction is being held at Bakewell Livestock Centre at 3pm on Monday April 12th. This includes grazing land at Pikehall.
Page 38: “Local pupils win charity contest“. QEGS pupils have won a charity junior golf competion, which raised £2371 for the British Heart Foundation.
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The General Election has been announced for Thursday 6th May 2010. As the Memorial Hall will not be ready then, the Parwich Polling Station will be in the Sycamore Inn, so you can get a coffee or a beer at the same time as you vote.
If you are not already registered to vote you will need to do so by 2oth April in order to participate in this election (click here to find out how to register or to check if you are already registered).
Our local constituency was West Derbyshire, which has been a safe Conservative seat since the 1950s, but is now reformed as Derbyshire Dales which will be contested for the first time in this election. The sitting MP for West Derbyshire is Conservative Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin, who has held the seat since 1986. In the last election in 2005 there was a 69% turn out with the Conservations polling 48% of the vote (Labour 27%, Liberals 22% and UKIP 3%).
The prospective candidates for Derbyshire Dales are (these are the ones I have found so far, but there may be others):
- Conservative: Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin
- Green Party: Josh Stockwell
- Labour: Colin Swindell
- Liberal: Joe Naitta
- UKIP: Ian Guiver
PARWICH.ORG will invite responses from the above on local issues, so add comments below saying what you want to know about. (Hopefully these Parliamentary Candidates will be more interested in replying than the European Parliament Candidates were.)
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Now that we no longer have the fish and chip van visiting the village, I wondered if fellow villagers would be interested in to know that Ye Olde Gate pub at Brassington is now providing a takeaway fish, chips and mushy peas service on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30-8.30.
The price is £5.95 for a medium fish, or £6.75 for a large fish.
Some of you may also be interested to know that some of the draft lagers and beers are discounted between 6.00 and 7.30!
For more information call in, or phone The Gate on 01629 540448.
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Organised by the Parwich & District Horticultural Society
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This great afternoon may not be happening until Saturday 8th May, but have you registered yet? 450 walkers have already. Click here to download your form. It is £10 for adults and £5 for under 18’s and if you want to you can also get a sponsorship form to raise additional funds.
The walk is 8.5 miles along, on good paths, it is relatively level and easy walking around Carsington Resevoir.
All the money raised from the 2010 walk will go towards funding for equipment for the Breast Cancer Unit at Royal Derby hospital.
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Tea & Homemade Cakes in the Churchyard
11-4.30pm
At Alsop Church
All proceeds to the Church
Held every Bank Holiday Monday to the end of August.
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Date for 2011 is Sunday 19th June – click here for more details
Also today Parwich Open Gardens 2011 from 2-6pm – click here for more details
OPEN GARDEN AT CULLAND HALL, near Brailsford
Sunday 25th April 2010
The Plant Fair will be open from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, tickets are £3.50 (children free) and there is ample free parking. Refreshments will be served all day. In addition to plants for sale there will also be French and Shabby Chic garden furniture and a variety of quality gardening goods.
This is the fifth annual Open Garden and Spring Plant Fair and it is in aid of local charity ‘The Mid-Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy’, which has been providing home based physiotherapy for over 25 years to housebound, and often isolated people, living in the Derbyshire Dales area. There will be unusual plants for sale from leading specialist nurseries and RHS exhibitors.
Culland Hall garden is featured in this month’s edition of Derbyshire Life, using some of Debbie W’s photos.
Culland Hall is based in an idyllic position on parkland which was laid out in the 18th century; although there has been a house at Culland since the 12th Century. There are 5 acres of garden as well as a lake. The owners, Simon and Lucy Thompson are well acquainted with the house and gardens, as Simon’s father bought the estate in the 1930’s (where he built a new house on the old site.) Continue Reading »
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It may not be an Easter Bunny or Easter Chick but the curlews are again being regularly sighted in the field near Ballidon. Thanks to JF-S for this photo.
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Thank you to Andy & Jo, Phil K, Emma, Sue H & Patti for either potting up or letting us dig up parts of their garden and relieving them of some of their snowdrops. Once the Memorial Hall grounds have been landscaped, we will plant these bulbs in drifts in the bed near the entrance. If you have any spare clumps of snowdrops in your garden, please pot them up and let Jane (665) or Glynis (561) know.
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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 28th |
0.0 |
1007.7 |
1006.2 |
10.9 |
4.0 |
|
Mon 29th |
10.8 |
1004.5 |
996.2 |
8.7 |
3.2 |
|
Tue 30th |
1.3 |
989.8 |
985.4 |
10.3 |
7.5 |
|
Wed 31st |
1.3 |
985.6 |
998.4 |
5.7 |
1.2 |
|
Thu 1st |
2.2 |
1001.4 |
1007.6 |
8.7 |
0.7 |
|
Fri 2nd |
2.7 |
1004.9 |
999.8 |
7.6 |
2.7 |
|
Sat 3rd |
0.9 |
999.0 |
1001.5 |
8.7 |
3.3 |
|
Total |
19.2 |
|
Average |
8.7 |
2.2 |
Hopefully this week was only a temporary glitch in the weather getting warmer.
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Happy Easter!
We’re just coming up to having been at Parwich Lees Cottage for a year now – and have not had much luck in finding out too much about the history of the property other than it was the Head Bailiff’s House for the Parwich Lees Estate. We were wondering if there’s anyone in the village that has any further information on the property or any old photographs of what it used to look like, we know it was in a state of disrepair in the 1960’s when a builder took it over and renovated it. We also know that the property was extended at some point in the recent past – and were wondering what it would originally have looked like inside and out. We discovered that there was originally a range in what is now the dining room and have exposed the original inglenook fireplace, but are a little confused as to how the rest of the house was laid out.
Any info or photos would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Keeley
Any information emailed to parwich@hotmail.co.uk will be forwarded to Keeley (see also Parwich & District Local History website for more on the history of the area).
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 11am | Easter Sunday Holy Communion with Andy Larkin |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Monday | 11-4.30pm | Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard | Alsop Church |
| Tuesday | 11am | Flagg Races – 1st Race – 1pm | Flagg |
| Wednesday | 7.45pm | RHS Film – Top Tips for Spring with the Horticultural Society |
Parwich Church |
| Thursday | 7pm | Memorial Hall Committee Meeting | The Sycamore |
| 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 |
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Click on the image of the cover to see the current issue of the Group Magazine for the parishes of Alsop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington (as it is quite a large pdf it will take a minute or so to open).
Paper copies can be obtained in each of the Churches or you can arrange to have it delivered to your house.
Please note that this year’s subscriptions are now due. They are being held at the bargain price of £5 for the whole year.
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Easter Monday sees the first Tea and Cakes in the Churchyard for 2010. Delicious homemade cakes will be served at Alsop Church between 11am and 4.30pm. Last Easter the sun shone and we basked in the warmth admiring the view. Do pop in and support this event, all proceeds to Alsop Church.
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Cleaner Wanted.
A friend of Debbie W’s in Brassington urgently needs a reliable cleaner with their own transport.
If anyone is interested, please could they ring Debbie on 568 or email her on DebbieWebster@btinternet.com and she will pass on the appropriate contact information.
This is a flexible role which could easily work around school hours/term times.
Babysitter Available!
Sam W has expanded his pet sitting business to include children! Sam was 14 in October 2009, so is now 14.5 years old. He is available to babysit all age groups other than babies.
You can contact Sam on the same number as above: 568.
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Spring seems a long time coming this year, so it’s good to see the first splashes of colour here and there. Thanks to Mike G for these images, which look even better when enlarged.
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UPDATE: This hardly needs saying, but just in case there is any confusion: the following news item is complete and utter made-up codswallop. So, was anyone April Fooled? Even for a split-second? Nope, thought not…!
As part of our new series of linking bird photography with sound recordings, we have recently had a major new development: a combined sighting and recording of a very rare subspecies of Song Thrush.
Ornithologists out there will know that three subspecies of Song Thrush are recognized throughout Europe. The male’s song, which is given from trees, rooftops or other elevated perches, is a loud clear run of musical phrases, repeated two to four times (“filip filip filip codidio codidio quitquiquit tittit tittit tereret tereret tereret”) and interspersed with grating notes and mimicry. An individual male may have a repertoire of more than 100 phrases, many copied from its parents and neighbouring birds. The Song Thrush is also a very gifted mimic and has been known to imitate man-made objects such as telephones.
Over recent years, the repeated use of mimicry has led to a proposal to classify a fourth subspecies of Song Thrush. At some time during the last sixty years, a Thrush was able to mimic part of Mozart’s Queen of The Night aria, as sung by Florence Foster Jenkins (the famously atrocious soprano) and was then able to pass this song on to its offspring. There are now thought to be several hundred of this subspecies, living mainly in Scandinavia.
Just like their close cousins the Redwing, the recent freezing weather has cause this very rare Jenkins Thrush to migrate south, and only last week we were able to record one singing near the Cuckoo Gate. This is a very exciting event for local ornithologists, and PARWICH.ORG is proud to provide you with an exclusive preview of this unique recording.
To listen to the Jenkins Thrush, please click the picture below.
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Our thanks to Andy Larkin for providing us with a high resolution scan of the Severn Trent claim form, suitable for printing out.
Please click here to access the form.
If you wish to save it to your computer, please right-click on the link and select “Save As”.
Note: The form is too big to display in full size on most computer screens.
Severn Trent’s reference for the letter is Fcr 7446.
Update: Thanks to Martin C for providing an alternative version in PDF format. You may find this easier to print out.
For more information, please refer to our earlier post on water compensation.
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This week’s (31st Mar 2010) Ashbourne News Telegraph is available in the Sycamore or on-line. Click on the image of the front page to access the paper on-line.
Recently the folks of Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon and Pikehall seem to have had a low profile in the news with the exception of the sports pages. This week seems no exception:
- p.2 The Ashbourne Breast Cancer Walk is at Carsington Water on Saturday 8th May. For more information see www.abcw.co.uk.
- p. 2 Parents should shortly receive notification of places for children starting primary school in the autumn. Parents who applied on-line can view their response at www.derbyshire.gov.uk/admissions.
- p.5 Attendance figures for Derbyshire Schools have improved and are better than the national average.
- p.6 Dog walkers in the Peak District are asked to keep the dogs on a short leash to protect wild life, lambs and calves during the breeding season.
- p.6 In a national survey Derbyshire is the fifth highest region for unfaithful partners, with Devon coming top. Continue Reading »
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If you would like a hard working, efficient and reliable cleaner to make your life easier and keep your house sparkling clean, a local cleaner is looking for more clients in the Ashbourne area and surrounding villages. She currently cleans three houses in Parwich so references can be given if needed. Email the blog, leave a comment on this post or call Lynne on 474 for more information.
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This film will be shown in the Church next Wednesday.
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Martin C writes:
On the back of the letter that we received from Severn Trent re. the water repairs on Saturday, there is a form for claiming compensation if they don’t restore services by the stated time.
Could we encourage people to claim, and then give the money to the people who were flooded? I know of at least two – they had turned taps on and forgotten about them, and then had floods during the night after the water was restored and overflowed the basins. (I suspect the water pressure is higher now than it was before.)
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Some discount vouchers for Alton Towers were given out a few weeks ago via the school. If anyone has any vouchers that they do not want, could they please contact Rebecca on 318.
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Again the builders have been working 7 days a week, with 6 guys in today. This week has seen the completion of the main roof, which is fully tiled and has two solar panels on the rear. The small structure in the middle of the roofline, when finished will be the ventilation system for the hall, and will be placed in situ by crane.
The carpenters have finished the floor for the high level storage above the hall, this area is designated for items such as scenery flats, costumes etc for future stage productions (calling all thespians, get your thinking caps on).
The plasters have been prepping the hall ready for plastering this week. Plumbing, electrical work and further insulation continues, as does the external pointing on the stonework.
Thanks to Ben & JF-S for the photos.
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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council is Tuesday 30th March at 7-30pm in the Cricket Pavilion at Parson’s Croft. This is the April meeting, but is early to avoid clashing with the holiday weekend.
As always the first ten minutes of the meeting are open to comments and questions from members of the public, who may also attend but not participate in the remainder of the meeting.
Click here to see the Agenda for this meeting.
Click here to read the unapproved Minutes of the previous meeting (2nd Mar 2010).
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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 21st |
0.0 |
1007.8 |
1013.8 |
12.9 |
0.3 |
|
Mon 22nd |
1.3 |
1011.0 |
1008.5 |
9.8 |
6.0 |
|
Tue 23rd |
6.3 |
1013.7 |
1007.8 |
11.3 |
-1.1 |
|
Wed 24th |
4.0 |
1004.1 |
1002.1 |
12.3 |
6.9 |
|
Thu 25th |
13.0 |
998.8 |
995.5 |
13.9 |
8.5 |
|
Fri 26th |
6.3 |
998.2 |
999.3 |
11.3 |
5.2 |
|
Sat 27th |
0.0 |
1003.2 |
1006.7 |
12.2 |
4.7 |
|
Total |
30.9 |
|
Average |
12.0 |
4.4 |
Not such a sunny week, but the buds are swelling and the daffodils are showing a little more.
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Don & Audrey are going to be placing an oil order in the next 10 days, they have the small tanker for deliveries. If you would like to join in with their group order, please ring them on 773.
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 9.30am | Palm Sunday Holy Communion with Andy Larkin |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Mattins | Alsop Church |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Parwich Methodist Service | Parwich Church |
| Monday | 6-8pm | PTA Easter Bunny Drive | Parwich School |
| Tuesday | 7.30pm | Parish Council Meeting | The Pavilion |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Thursday | School Closed – Staff INSET day | ||
| Thursday | 7.30pm | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
| Friday | 8pm | Quiz Night | Parwich Legion |
| Saturday | Vicky Lambert Singing (60’s) | Parwich Legion | |
| Sunday | 11am | Easter Sunday Holy Communion with Andy Larkin |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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Water was switched off in Parwich today. Seven Trent switched on the water at 2pm, but unfortunately the water has not reached the village yet. Seven Trent are currently driving around the village trying to find the problem/leak. They will do everything they can, as soon as they can but………..
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“ I wonder what the council tax is for this place?” JF-S.
Update: Please click here to listen to the tits in full song (but sadly not in conversation). Our thanks once again to Alan Burbidge of WSRS for providing the sound file.
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Thank you to the people who contacted the Parish Council regarding the overflowing dog bin on Kiln Lane. This is a new bin, which had been overlooked on collection. Please contact 01335390253 to report any problems.
Karen
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