Also there will be events on the Village Green and elsewhere in the afternoon, so put this date in your diary.
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Hi following our posting last week regarding has ‘Anyone Found a chocolate and cream cat?’ – as some of you may have noticed by our subsequent comment we found Sasha but she’s been quite badly injured.
She’s back home now, and we’ve borrowed a puppy crate from the vets, but as she needs to be in there for approximately 6 weeks were wondering if anyone has a crate that we can borrow. The crate needs to be large enough for her bed, litter tray and food and water bowls. If anyone has one that we could borrow for this period of time that would be great.
Regards
Keeley
Emails to parwich@hotmail.co.uk will be forwarded
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No, PARWICH.ORG hasn’t signed up to Twitter! This “tweeting” is of an altogether more traditional kind. Kevin S. explains further:
We have been very lucky on this blog to have some excellent bird photography, supplied by John F-S and several other local snappers. Having recently met Alan Burbidge, Vice Chairman of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society (WSRS), I realised there could be a great opportunity to attach recordings of bird song to relevant photos on the blog.
The WSRS is a group of about 300 members who are interested in recording sounds from nature, thus helping to further the appreciation and understanding of animal language.
Their website has a lot of information about how the recordings are made, numerous articles about bird song and a section where recordings can be heard. The quality of these recordings are amazing. I particularly liked the European Tree Frogs and Eider Ducks.
Alan has kindly supplied us with a couple of recordings, which we have linked to a couple of John’s photos. To listen to them, please click on each picture.
In the future, we will try to link relevant recordings to other photographs as they appear on the blog.
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Skills Celebration Day
St Peter’s Church, Parwich
Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May
It dawned on us recently how blest our village is with individuals with the most extraordinary range of talents and interests – from painters, through quilters, potters, bee keepers, metal detector researchers, meteorologists, caterers, flower arrangers, to record producers! – sometimes skills quite hidden from view.
We would like to put on a day in the church celebrating some of our talents and interests – and maybe arrange lessons in these skills in the future.
Do you have an interest/talent/knowledge that you would like to share & celebrate with us? Or maybe someone you know? Maybe another member of your family?
Do please contact us – and help us celebrate the amazing diversity of human interest and enquiry.
Jean and Martin Compton 390529 or martin@orchidserve.com
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50 empty wine bottles with screw tops are needed for one of stalls at the Fair on the Green on April 25th. If you have any empties, could you either leave them at the pub recycling bin, or at Mick Edge’s House. Thanks.
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You can buy the Ashbourne News Telegraph from the Pub or read it online. As always do let the team know if we have missed something.
p1, 24 & 25 – Welcome home – The passion and the pride at the return of the 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment as they marched through Ashbourne.
p2 – New Waitrose opens to a Jazz band – the new store is officially classed as a convenience store, as opposed to a supermarket, the first one to be opened in Derbyshire.
p3 – New heritage display boards to be unveiled on Saturday with music from the Bill Bailey Band.
p6 – Free flood alerts when river rises – People in Derbyshire affected by flooding will receive free alerts by the Environment Agency, that should include approximately 24,000 properties.
p6 – Police Officers receive awards for their work in town – PC Ian Cooper, who used to be our community officer, was awarded this commendation for saving a man’s life.
p18 – New book examines days out with a hint of folklore – The author Denis Eardley writes that Parwich was mentioned in the Domesday Book and how the Romans had a presence in the area because of the ‘attractive’ mineral deposits. Pottery fragments have been found in the region and the name itself is thought to be derived from Roman orgins.
p28 – Ready to stage Annie – A photo of Amy G who is part of the cast of this talented group of youngsters from Stagecoach Uttoxeter who will be performing Annie this weekend.
p47 – Parwich Legion lost in dominoes to Wheel Wanders in the Ashbourne Darts League, Division 4.
p48 – Victory served on a plate for U10’s – Ashbourne U 10’s came home with the NDL plate after taking on the best in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. Bertie L broke down the blindside to score an excellent try in the corner.
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Parwich Church on Friday 16th April at 7.45pm. Free Entrance. Certificate 15.
WINNER OF 6 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST FILM, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay
This low budget highly-rated film is an intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. This film is a riveting portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognised heroes: the bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous places. Continue Reading »
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We have received the following enquiry from A. Jackson, regarding the history of Alsop Hall.
I have a query about Alsop Hall and the family that resided there.
I recently bought two books, both with inscriptions on the inside. The first (called Lost Gip by Hesba Stretton) has the following inside: “To John, from Mrs Heald, Alsop Hall, Derbyshire“. Could you tell me anything about both these names? Probably written around the 1900s (due to the age of the book).
The second book I believe to be from the same place, as they were purchased from the same stall, are the same age and by the same publisher. The second is inscribed: “Awarded to Jane Lamb for lessons and attendance in the year 1900.” Again (although the books may in fact not be linked), could anyone tell me anything of this Jane Lamb?
I realise family histories are hard to track, but I’m intrigued to know something of these three people: John, Mrs Heald and Jane Lamb.
I look forward to hearing from you!
If you are able to assist with this enquiry, please leave a comment or e-mail the blog team: parwich@hotmail.co.uk.
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Tomorrow is the final Lent Lunch of the year. There are lots of good reasons for coming along:
So pop along tomorrow, Wednesday to the Vicarage between 12.30-2pm for Lent lunch. Everyone, including children are welcome.
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Caroline Rodgers (headteacher of the primary school) and I (Lynne Goldsworthy, chair of governors of the primary school) were taken on a tour this lunchtime of the building site that is very fast turning into the new village memorial hall. The space and facilities that the school will be able to use really amazed and excited both of us. The hall will benefit the village school children hugely and, as we were walking round the site, we were already planning what we could do with the space.
One of the most obvious uses will be as an indoor sports facility for the children – they will be able to use it for indoor badminton, 5-a-side football, basketball, hockey, netball, gymnastics, dance etc. etc. The school will also be able to use it as an extended learning facility, for assemblies, for end of term productions, the list is endless.
The teaching staff will be visiting the hall shortly to enable them to start planning for its use. Governors of the school will also be invited to have a look around to see what a fabulous facility this will be for the school. We will be the envy of all the other village schools in the area and are very excited about being able to start using the hall as early as next term!
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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 14th |
0.0 |
1023.5 |
1022.4 |
12.2 |
3.3 |
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Mon 15th |
0.0 |
1020.2 |
1017.6 |
9.1 |
3.5 |
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Tue 16th |
0.0 |
1017.7 |
1016.2 |
13.1 |
-1.0 |
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Wed 17th |
0.0 |
1012.6 |
1012.7 |
13.9 |
4.2 |
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Thu 18th |
0.9 |
1009.3 |
1002.7 |
13.0 |
6.7 |
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Fri 19th |
6.7 |
1005.1 |
1003.9 |
13.7 |
5.8 |
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Sat 20th |
7.2 |
998.4 |
999.8 |
11.9 |
7.7 |
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Total |
14.8 |
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Average |
12.4 |
4.3 |
Certainly this week has been more spring like, and the sun is keeping us warm today on the vernal equinox. The day and night are equal length but not for long as the days are lengthening at their fastest at this time of year.
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Many thanks to Dave R who has provided some photos of the construction works at the B5056 landslip site as taken this Sunday. The line of piles has been connected by a concrete ground beam with a reinforced concrete retaining wall on top.
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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 |
| Wednesday | 12.30-2pm | Lent Lunch | The Vicarage Andy & Jo |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 3.30-6pm | Open Evening | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 7.45pm | Tennis Club AGM | The Sycamore |
| Friday | 1pm | Stepping Stones Pre School AGM Everyone Welcome |
Bradbourne Village Hall |
| Sunday | 2am | British Summer Time begins Clocks go forward & we gain an extra hour of sleep |
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| 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 |
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FOR SALE
Peugeot 206 Coupe Cabriolet Automatic (in Black) FM02 MXL
- Only 23,300 miles. One owner from new, kept in garage, 1.6 petrol engine, about 38 mpg.
- Equipped with Immobiliser/alarm and remote double deadlocking, electric roof and windows, power steering, ABS brakes, air conditioning and CD/ stereo radio.
- The auto gearbox has four speeds and a ‘sports’ setting. The roof lowers into the boot in just over 20 seconds.
- A good reliable car with an open air option.
The price is £4,250 o.v.n.o. including 12 months MOT plus Road Tax paid to end February 2011.
Call Avril on 01335 390500
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Spotted in Dorothy’s garden waiting for the daffodils:
Beautiful plumage the Parwich Purple!
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Following on from the recent blog discussions on the speed of some traffic in the village, one of the Blog Team was struck by the installation pictured below which can be found at the entrances to Brassington.
Would a measure such as this be a good idea for Parwich? Do you think it would have an effect on people driving into the village?
Comments please!
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The suspense has been almost unbearable, but now the long days waiting are over.
Instalment Six in the epic work of romantic fiction Parwich Heights has been forged by our next authoress – Barbara Heartland. Click on the book cover for an avid read!
If you would like to try your hand at an instalment of Parwich Heights, 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. Set your creativity free!
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We’ve not seen our cat Sasha since early yesterday evening, which is unusual as she is generally never far from the house – and never misses breakfast!She is a long haired birman, with a chocolate face, ears and legs, and a lighter coffee coloured body. She’s extremely friendly and approachable and is wearing a collar with a name and identity tag with our contact details. If anyone has spotted her, could you please call me on 07515 702265.Thanks for your help – Keeley
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On Saturday, it is bulk rubbish morning for Ballidon from 10.30-10.45am.
Ballidon’s next collection day will be on May 29th
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Now here’s a conundrum…. Bill W asked me for the trophy for the next Oddfellow’s quiz which will be held shortly, and I couldn’t remember where it ended up. I know that the team I was on won it, but I don’t recall who took it home. If you have the trophy, please can you let me know? Thanks Graham.
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This week has seen lots of changes at the hall. Inside the pipework for the underfloor heating has all been laid on top of the insulation, and the screed, which is placed on top, is almost completed. It takes a few days for the screed to go off (harden) and then it is safe to walk on it. The electrician has been busy in the kitchen with the first fix, putting in the trunking and socket boxes. The carpenters will be working this weekend preparing the door and window openings, ready for the frames.
Outside there has been plenty of activity on the roof. The tiles have been hoisted into place on the roof and will be laid shortly as will the solar panels.
The photos show the different stages of laying the underfloor heating system. Continue Reading »
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You can buy the Ashbourne News Telegraph in the Sycamore or read it online. It includes the following stories:
Mr Ashbourne’s fall from Grace – the paper contains a few stories about John Hanson, the former Royal Shrovetide secretary accused of fiddling the some £20,000 from the Shrovetide funds.
Waitrose opens tomorrow: being opened by the mayor of Ashbourne, Caroline Cooper.
The good and bad of Google – as well as a “comment” article, there is a double page spread of photos of Ashbourne from Google street view. What do you think? Is this an invasion of our privacy? Will it cause us problems? Comments please! Continue Reading »
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Thursday 18 MARCH 2010
TISSINGTON VILLAGE HALL
7.30pm
There will be the Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team Governance Meeting.
Everyone is welcome from all Tissington, Parwich, Bradbourne, Thorpe, Fenny Bentley & Kniveton.
It is a chance to air your views and it is an opportunity to speak to the team, including Sgt Steve EDWARDS and PCSO Kate CLEVELEY.
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Pop along to Town Head (Rosemary & Stuart’s house) at 12.30-2pm for Lent lunch tomorrow. Enjoy a range of cheeses, bread and soup – more fun than making your own lunch. You don’t have to be a member of the Church to enjoy this lunch – it is a community event to raise funds for Church repairs (via a donation for the lunch) – afterall we like seeing the Church in our village, so let’s help keep it in good repair. Everyone is very welcome, including children.
Next Lent Lunch will be on Wednesday 24th March at the Vicarage.
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The issue of an oil buying co-op in Parwich has been left a bit up in the air and there seem to be four alternatives:
- Have further discussion
- Set up a centrally organised oil buying co-op
- Seek external support for a local syndicate
- Continue with the current informal system
though unless anyone comes forward to take further action we at PARWICH.ORG suggest that we continue with Option 4. For more details Continue Reading »
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The village diary has been updated through to December. Thank you to those groups that have sent in details for events that they are holding this year. Please do send in dates as soon as you have them, this way any potential clashes can be avoided. The diary is included in the Parish Magazine, but details need to be sent in by the 21st of every month. So if you have anything else that you want including email them to Jane at parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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Well, holes just keep on appearing outside Jack’s house. No sooner is one section repaired than they find another problem. How do we know what is happening higher up and lower down.
Thanks to JF-S for these pictures taken over the past two days. Click on them to enlarge.
And today….
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On Saturday, it is bulk rubbish morning for Ballidon from 10.30-10.45am.
Ballidon’s next collection days are on May 29th, July 24th & August 14th.
Parwich collection dates are 1st May, 3rd July & 7th August
Alsop & Eaton’s dates are 12th June, 24th July & 21st August
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Culland Hall Open Garden & Spring Fair – Sunday 25th April 11am-4pm.
Culland Hall in Brailsford will be hosting the fifth annual Open Garden and Spring Plant Fair on Sunday, 25th April 11-4pm. There will be unusual plants for sale from leading specialist nurseries and RHS exhibitors 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. For details of last year’s event, click here.
Ashbourne Breast Cancer Walk around Carsington Water on Saturday May 8th at 2.30pm.
Follow in the footsteps of our own Rebecca and Sandra’s great achievement last year…….
Do something amazing and join in the Ashbourne Breast Cancer Walk – open to walkers of all ages, both men, women boys and girls. Enter as a family or get together some friends from your work, college, school or community. Even get the neighbors involved, every person counts!
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.
Click here to get all the details about the walk including a page to pre-register (there are already 450 people registered to walk). Last year there were 900 walkers who raised nearly £10,000 ! With your help this could be even bigger in 2010.
Did you know…..? Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK.
Book both these dates in your diary, there will be more details over the next month.
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