Martin is placing an oil order for himself and two others this week. If anyone else wants to be included in this order contact him on tel 529. (This will be for deliveries in a small tanker.)
A post summarising the discussions so far on a local oil buying co-op is to follow soon.
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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 7th |
0.0 |
1033.4 |
1031.0 |
5.7 |
-6.7 |
|
Mon 8th |
0.0 |
1030.5 |
1028.4 |
8.9 |
-7.2 |
|
Tue 9th |
0.0 |
1029.4 |
1030.8 |
9.4 |
-1.4 |
|
Wed 10th |
0.0 |
1030.3 |
1027.4 |
7.7 |
2.8 |
|
Thu 11th |
0.0 |
1024.2 |
1020.9 |
9.9 |
-3.1 |
|
Fri 12th |
1.3 |
1019.0 |
1022.7 |
9.2 |
-0.9 |
|
Sat 13th |
0.0 |
1024.7 |
1026.5 |
9.5 |
-1.3 |
|
Total |
1.3 |
|
Average |
8.6 |
-2.6 |
The days are warmer, but the nights are still cold. Hopefully the daffodils will be out soon, but with the equinox only a week away can we also expect equinoctial gales?
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On Saturday the woodwork for the main roof was completed, ready for the Staffordshire Blue tiles to go on this week. As the photo and the video of the main hall shows, the internal scaffolding has now been removed and the large pile of insulation has been placed, both on the ceiling and on the floor, prior to the pipework for the heated floor being installed this week. Once the pipes are in place a concrete screed will be laid over them.
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The following photos show the meeting room and the kitchen. In the first photo taken from what will be the new patio, you can see the angled glass doors leading to the meeting room, with the doorway to the kitchen and then the heating control room on the left. Continue Reading »
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Mon 15th | 7.45pm | History Society Talk on Metal Detection Finds at Alsop Booking Essential (362) |
Dam Farm Ian & Helen Pitt’s house |
| Tue 16th | 7.45pm | History Society Talk on Metal Detection Finds at Alsop Booking Essential (362) |
Dam Farm Ian & Helen Pitt’s house |
| Wed 17th | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Thu 18th | 7.30pm | Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Policing Meeting | Tissington Village Hall |
| Thu 18th | 12.30-2pm | Lent Lunch | Town Head Rosy & Stuart’s |
| Sat 20th | 10.30-10.45am | Saturday Morning Rubbish Collection | Ballidon |
| Sun 21st | 9.30am | Holy Communion with Andy Larkin | Parwich Church |
| Sun 21st | 11.15am | Holy Communion | Alsop Church |
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Any helpful suggestions from the community can be left in the comments box.
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I noticed yesterday afternoon and again this afternoon at about 3pm that the bus went along Church Walk rather than sticking to its route. Presumably this was the 411 from Ashbourne. Both times it seemed to be going rather fast; this does not seem very safe given the narrowness of the lane and the number of pedestrians, including children.
Has this become a regular occurrence or is it just a one (or two) off? A one off to help passengers with a heavy load, if the driver takes care, would not be a problem, but regularly going fast along here must be dangerous.
Peter T
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Saturday Evening – 13th March 2010
Live music at the Sycamore Inn
1960s covers band
Melvin and The Volcanoes
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We have an antique style wooden fire surround with black metal insert for sale, also comes with a black metal grate.
Click on photo to enlarge
£100.00 ono, please phone 07515 702265 if you would like to view or for further details.Keeley
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If you hadn’t already realised it, Parwich is now visible via Google Street View. The Google car seems to have picked a quiet, sunny afternoon to visit us… but wait a minute, who is this mysterious figure? Answers on a postcard, please…
(Please click to enlarge.)
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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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Don’t forget that it is Mother’s Day on Sunday (14th March 2010).
A selection of Mother’s Day flowers/bouquets will be available at the Shop in the Sycamore from Friday 12th March from 6pm; the flowers are selected and arranged by Parwich’s own florist, Delia Pegg.
In St Peter’s Church the Vicar is holding a joint Family Service with the Methodists at 10am on Mothering Sunday.
If you are taking your mother out for a meal or to a teashop click here for some ideas.
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Spotted in the Ashbourne News Telegraph this week:
Page 2: “Clamping down on distraction burglars”. Burglars who trick their way into houses are being targeted by a new police campaign: “Not Sure? Don’t Open The Door“.
Page 2: “Final touches added to Mercian’s march plans.” Up to 900 school children will be among supporters turning out in Ashbourne to fly the flag for the 2nd Battalion Mercian Regiment on Thursday, March 18. Ashbourne’s branch of the Royal British Legion say that around 220 soldiers will be part of the parade.
Page 6: “Patrick on Shrovetide and the election.” An interview with our MP, Patrick McLoughlin. “I didn’t take last year’s pay increase and I shall not be taking this year’s pay increase”, he tells us.
Page 8: Letters: “Our position on the Council Tax.” A letter from Councillor Andrew Lewer, Derbyshire County Council. (“Over the next 12 months, we will save cash by doing more with less.”)
Page 28: QEGS is holding a wine tasting evening in its sixth form centre on Friday, from 7.30pm. Wines are being supplied by H.Smith of Ashbourne, and there will be a buffet, with cheeses and a raffle.
Page 28: A craft fair takes place in Tissington Village Hall on Saturday on Sunday, from 11am to 5pm.
Page 28: “Giant potato will greet guests at Thorpe village hall.” Intrigued? Click here for further details of this bizarre sounding event, which takes place on Saturday March 20th.
Page 47: The Parwich Legion darts team beat the Tavern Inn by 6-3.
Click here to read this week’s edition online. Copies of the newspaper are also available from Janet in the Sycamore shop.
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Tomorrow, Lent Lunch 12.30-2pm is at Marion & JF-S (519), Orchard Farm on Monsdale Lane.
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If you’re looking for a Mothers Day or Easter gift , or just wanting to brighten up your garden, why not pop in to see Bill at Leatherbritches nursery?
There’s a fantastic selection of spring bulbs, a range of primula and lots more….
Call in or phone Bill on 571 / 07713 743295. (The nursery is open seven days a week, 10am – 5pm (times can vary during winter months and during bad weather)).
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Your Friendly Neighbourhood Parwich Band are on the radio today. The A52s popped into the Ashbourne Radio Live Lounge last week to record a short interview with DJ Heather Cairney to promote their upcoming world tour. They also played an acoustic version (all very unplugged) of one of their many catchy tunes.
Don’t miss it so you can tell your grandchildren you were there at the beginning!
You can listen online (at ashbourneradio.co.uk) or on 96.7FM . 11.40am and 7.40pm today.
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More images… Continue Reading »
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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 |
1.3 |
992.1 |
995.5 |
3.0 |
1.3 |
|
Mon 1st |
0.0 |
1009.4 |
1014.7 |
8.4 |
1.4 |
|
Tue 2nd |
0.4 |
1020.6 |
1023.9 |
9.7 |
-2.0 |
|
Wed 3rd |
0.0 |
1024.2 |
1019.9 |
5.2 |
-0.3 |
|
Thu 4th |
0.0 |
1026.3 |
1027.1 |
7.5 |
-0.5 |
|
Fri 5th |
0.0 |
1029.3 |
1027.1 |
8.5 |
-3.1 |
|
Sat 6th |
0.4 |
1024.6 |
1029.3 |
5.4 |
-7.8 |
|
Total |
2.1 |
|
Average |
6.8 |
-1.6 |
Cold nights but some fantastic sunny days!
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There’s another chance in a lifetime opportunity to see the fabulous A52s in action at The Miners Arms in Brassington at 8.30pm on Saturday 13th March. Click on the picture for further info.
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This photo should be self-explanatory! Please click to enlarge…
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Lent Lunch this week will be held at Orchard Farm, Monsdale Lane, this Thursday, 11th March from 12.30 – 2pm. You will be most welcome – Donations in aid of the Church Fabric Fund.
Marion & John 519
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| What’s on Where this Week | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 11am | Mattins | Parwich Church |
| Tuesday | 6pm | Over 60’s AGM Tea, Bingo & Raffle |
Parwich Legion |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 12.30-2pm | Lent Lunch | Orchard Farm Marion & JF-S |
| Friday | 7.45pm | Film Night | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 10am | Mothering Sunday United Service with Parwich Methodists and Andy Larkin, St Peter’s |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 11.15am | Mothering Sunday Service | Alsop Church |
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If you have been wondering what is down this hole, read on. The close up shots of the culvert under the road outside Jack’s house, shows the debris brought down by large amounts of water. Note the wood holding up the culvert!! This is now being replaced by reinforced concrete slabs.
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John and I thought some people might be interested to know about the Riverford Organic Box scheme which we have joined and are absolutely delighted with. We get a veggie box each week, and quite often add to it with fruit, yogurts, cheese etc. You can order meat too, but we haven’t tried that yet.
Everything is organic, very fresh and – so far- quite delicious. It is not all local – for example at the moment tomatoes, peppers etc are coming (never by air) from Spain or France. They claim to be cheaper than supermarkets (and the quality is certainly very much better) and deliver free to Parwich and surrounding area, on Fridays.
If anyone would like to find out a bit more before possibly committing themselves, do give us a ring on 519. I hasten to say we have absolutely no connection at all with Riverford, apart from as satisfied customers! We are just so pleased we thought we’d like to pass on the news.
Marion F-S
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Sitting in the drawing room of her retreat in the Austrian Alps, Clarissa Claridge placed her Montblanc pen down on the desk and leaned back. She exhaled slightly in satisfaction at the main achievement of the afternoon. Instalment Five of Parwich Heights was complete…..it was time to publish. Clarissa’s public had waited a long time for this moment…..
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Clarissa’s meisterwerk is published here for you as a world exclusive. Click on the book cover to be transported to a world of wonder!
If you would like to try your hand at an instalment of Parwich Heights, drop a quick email to parwich@hotmail.co.uk. A friendly member of the blog team will allocate you an instalment and check with you that you are not too busy when your turn comes up. 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 an adoring public. This story must be told – give it a go! 🙂
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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.
Paper copies can be obtained in each of the Churches or you can arrange to have it delivered to your house.
Preliminary details of the St George’s Day Parade (Sunday 25th April) and the Fair on the Green are included in the Parwich section.
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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The weather continues to be very kind and if you haven’t been to the site recently you will see how well the stonework is going; in some areas it is now at roof height.
This week the low level woodwork over the foyer has been done, whilst much of the main roof is being insulated. The plumbers have just started on the first fix so things are progressing. Depending on the weather work may be continuing on Saturday.
A number of villagers have already had a look around the new building. If you are interested in having a look, either on behalf of your user group, or to get ideas for future activities and projects, or would just like to be ‘nosy’ then ring Ben (665). Ben is the committee’s day to day link with the onsite team and can be seen numerous times a day on his bike pedalling to the building site. Any visits have to be worked around the building site activities and in accordance with Heath & Safety regulations, so lunchtime, 12.30pm is the most ideal time; it will only take about 15 minutes of your time.
Thank you to Martin for the filming and Ben for the narration and to JF-S for the photo.
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Don’t forget that it is Mother’s Day a week on Sunday (14th March 2010). A selection of Mother’s Day flowers/bouquets will be available at the Shop in the Sycamore from Friday 12th March from 6pm;the flowers are selected and arranged by Delia Pegg. Speak to Janet in the Shop if you want to make advance reservations.
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These photos taken by Mike G show the snowdrops at their best, and this week it really does feel like Spring is here. If you have any spare snowdrops in your garden, maybe this year one of your clumps needs dividing, please could you let Jane (665) or Glynis (561) know. We are looking to pot up some snowdrops ready for underplanting near the entrance to the new Memorial Hall. The best time to split your snowdrops is just after flowering, but whilst the leaves are still green. Remember snowdrops spread very easily, so if you could spare some we would be very grateful and then everyone will be able to admire your generosity next Spring.
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The Ashbourne News Telegraph (3rd March 2010) is available in the Shop at the Sycamore or on-line. The only mention of our area I could find was the Darts and Dominoes Leagues on p. 47, however do add a comment with anything I have missed. Other items that might be of interest include:
- p.1 & p.2 Council Tax payments are set to go up by 2.9%, less than inflation and the lowest raise for 15 years. The District Council are discussing this tomorrow and it is likely we will see increased fees (e.g. parking charges) and service cuts. Approximately 12% of our Council Tax goes to Derbyshire Dales District Council, with the majority, 70%, going to Derbyshire County Council. The County Council faces £60 million cuts in services over the next five years.
- p.6 The Hartington Cheese and Wine Company held a cheese tasting event at the the weekend in the Old Cheese Shop, it is good to see the Shop continues even though the Hartington Factory closed.
- p. 24 & 25 Two page photo spread of the 4th Battalion of the Mercian Regiment training in the snow at Upper Hulme. See the article for details of the Mercian Regiment’s visit to Ashbourne on Thursday 18th March. The paper’s website also has a video clip of the training event.
- p. 29 Sheena Bryden is helping celebrate Women’s World Day of Prayer on Friday at 2pm in the Reading Room at Snelston and 7-30pm at All Saint’s Church, Belle Vue Road, Ashbourne. Sheena will well known to many in Parwich and Alsop from her support of local church services, especially while we were with out a Vicar.
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
- NEW: Hallcliffe, The Green, Parwich. 8 bed detached house & two cottages, offers in region of £925,000.
- Hope Croft, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £365,000
- NEW: Ingelfield, Parwich. 4 bed detached, £795 pcm.
- Pikehall, 6 bed detached, £699,950
- NEW: 9 Sycamore Cottages, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, offers in region of £220,000.
- NEW: 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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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council is Tuesday 2nd March at 7-30pm in the Cricket Pavilion at Parson’s Croft (so wrap up well). 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 (2th Feb 2010).
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Relatively recently we had a post on the insurance problems following the ‘flooding’ in 2008 and on the Environment Agency website classification of village homes at risk of flooding. A village resident discussed the matter with a Nottingham based insurance broker who felt that there may be benefits in exploring a collective solution. The broker suggested holding a local surgery and if there was interest trying to get cheaper insurance by taking a number of households together to potential insurers:
We have been speaking to Parwich resident recently about his household insurance, and he has been telling us all about Parwich. We feel that we have just the right set up to be able to deal with the insurance needs of home owners in Parwich.
We have done some research and have a good understanding of the geography of Parwich and the surrounding areas. We have already spoken to several insurers who are keen to work with us to provide insurance cover for the village.
Our approach is different to other household insurance providers in that the cover is bespoke to your requirements and we provide a very personal service at a competitive price.
When we review the home insurances of lots of our clients we very often find their cover to be inadequate. Most people are either under insured, or are insured through policies that exclude risks that are key to their home, their precious belongings and their families so its always worth a review.
We are happy to visit clients in a surgery type arrangement or individually so please contact myself (contact details below) or Bryan Elliott on 07824 566556 or via e-mail at belliott@wilorg.com . We look forward to hearing from you.
Charlotte Prow
Managing Director
The Wilson Organisation
cprow@wilorg.com
0115 942011107976 570724Wilsons is an independent family owned business providing Insurance and Financial advice to businesses and individuals throughout the UK. Should you wish to find out more about us please visit our website at www.wilorg.com.
Please indicate how you feel about these ideas to see if it is worth organising a meeting or surgery in the village. (In the poll below you can indicate more than one preference):
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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 |
|
|
Max |
Min |
||||
|
Sun 21st |
6.7 |
999.8 |
996.5 |
4.3 |
-4.0 |
|
Mon 22nd |
0.4 |
995.4 |
995.1 |
2.7 |
-5.5 |
|
Tue 23rd |
0.0 |
1000.1 |
998.2 |
2.2 |
-0.8 |
|
Wed 24th |
1.8 |
995.1 |
993.9 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
|
Thu 25th |
4.9 |
993.7 |
985.6 |
6.8 |
2.7 |
|
Fri 26th |
10.3 |
987.0 |
996.6 |
4.3 |
-0.1 |
|
Sat 27th |
0.4 |
998.4 |
995.1 |
8.8 |
-1.2 |
|
Total |
24.5 |
|
Average |
4.4 |
-0.8 |
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