The Heritage Centre advise that car parking is best found behind the Wheatsheaf pub (free), accessed from Wood Street, or in the car park by Millwards filling station on Harrison Drive (pay and display).
After the drizzly gloom of late Sunday morning, it was very uplifting to have some autumn sunshine in the afternoon – the warm breeze blew the cobwebs away very effectively. Here are some pictures taken on a walk from the village to Parwich Lees. The low sunlight made the most of our undulating landscape. A week or so and the trees will be properly turning. Hope we get some sunshine then too!
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Intoxicating…virtuoso fiddle playing – The Times
“Fiery, passionate & intriguingly beautiful – BBC
Zum is a blend of violin,cello & accordion; playing ‘Nuevo Tango’ masterpieces from the golden era of tango, alongside traditional gypsy melodies as well as music written by violinist Adam Summerhays. All members of the group are well known classic musicians; with Adam (from Carsington) playing and directing the London Concertante, one of the UK’s busiest chamber orchestras.
Tickets at £12.50 can be purchased from Ashbourne Tourist Information and Natural Choice or online
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Today we were able to enjoy a super harvest service held at St Peter’s with the Methodist Church and led by Andrew. It was lovely to see the church so beautifully decorated. The flowers from Cassie & Dan’s wedding formed the backdrop for the array of donated fruits and vegetables, with additional flowers complementing the harvest theme – thanks to all those who spent yesterday decorating and organising the church for today.
The service was followed by a short break, whilst lunch was organised, providing an opportunity to catch up on news from around the parish. Enormous thanks must go to Val for her generosity in providing the chicken casserole lunch and to those that baked the delicious cakes. The annual auction followed, with Denis in control encouraging all to raise their bids.
Approximately £130 was taken during the collection, this will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee who are providing support for the three recent disasters in East Asia. The £310 raised from the lunch and auction will go to the Mothers Union East African appeal in Kenya.
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Last weeks 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 4th |
2 |
1008.5 |
1010.4 |
14.9 |
6.8 |
|
Mon 5th |
0 |
1012.5 |
1008.0 |
13.6 |
2.5 |
|
Tue 6th |
26 |
1003.4 |
999.0 |
17.4 |
6.1 |
|
Wed 7th |
2 |
1006.2 |
1011.3 |
12.3 |
4.7 |
|
Thu 8th |
0 |
1012.6 |
1016.4 |
14.5 |
1.5 |
|
Fri 9th |
3 |
1017.2 |
1010.8 |
12.1 |
4.0 |
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Sat 10th |
1 |
1007.8 |
1011.7 |
16.2 |
9.2 |
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Total |
34 |
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Average |
14.4 |
5.0 |
The nights have been cooler with the first frosts. However, the weather looks GOOD for next week with the Jet Stream going north of U. K and pressure remaining high. There may be a rogue shower, or may be not.
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Thank you to Martin C and to Rob (Wildgoose) for this video – something to add to the history of Parwich.
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Brian Rich is well known to many in the history society and always presents an excellent lecture. This talk is sponsored by Keele University. Ben (665) is going if anyone needs a lift.
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If you’re looking for up-to-the-second news on Parwich’s foremost folk-tinged indie rock covers band, look no further! A gleaming new website has been launched to cover all things A52.
Click on the picture below or click on www.thea52s.co.uk to visit the site.
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Spotted on the web: here’s a small gallery containing some lovely images of Parwich, taken by a visitor to the village at the end of August. Click on each image to enlarge it, and to read comments left by other viewers.
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Please click on the image for an enlarged, printer-friendly copy of the new-look school newsletter.
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click on poster to enlarge
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Last night’s Bob Matthews Quiz went well with five local teams and three teams of visitors. A big thank you to all who organised it and to quiz master Bill. Congratulations to the winning team.
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It is quite disorientating looking at this photo. Never seen Ed & Nia’s house from this angle before. Watch out, we can all see what’s going on now Bertie!!
And by night.
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Some young supporters of the project, enjoying the demolition.
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We would love to see as many parents as possible at tomorrow morning’s PTA meeting in school straight after school drop off.
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Available online or in the Sycamore, the Stunner has no directly local news stories this week as far as I can see, but it does have an article by local resident Debbie Webster:
p.22 End of an era for my position – an article by Debbie Webster about her role in Ashbourne’s Volunteer Centre and the fact that cuts in funding mean that Debbie will no longer be able to continue in that role after December.
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Despite the closure of the B5056 Leatherbritches Nursery is open as usual with new stock in for autumn.
For Halloween there are terracotta pumpkins (from £5.99) and black cauldrons (small £3.00 / large £4.00).
Pre-prepared winter hanging baskets are now ready; alternatively you can take your own baskets in for filling.
Pansies and violas are now in (£2.50 per pack / 3 for £6.00).
There is also a full range of spring bulbs.
Call in or call Bill on 571 / 07713 743295 for more details…
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Thank you to Mike G & J-FS for sending in this morning’s wonderful sunrise. Of course we all saw it for real!!
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The amount raised at the Biggest Coffee Morning in the World has risen since putting up the last post – to £380. Sandra and Rebecca again would like to thank everyone for their support and donations.
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There are still places for this Sunday’s Harvest Lunch, so ring Val on 390 458.
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Photos by Kevin S. Please click to enlarge.
More images: Continue Reading »
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If you have any unwanted green tomatoes please let me know, I’d like to try making some Green Tomato Chutney. Thanks Ben – 665 or email parwich@hotmail.co.uk
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The next meeting of Parwich Parish Council is 7-30pm Tuesday 6th October in the Pavilion at Parsons Croft. Click here to access the Agenda as a pdf.
As always the first 10 minutes of the meeting are available for questions and comments for the public, who can also observe the remainder of the meeting. This is particularly relevant at present if people want to pass on any concerns relating to roads.
The Parish Council’s audited accounts for the year ending 31st March 2009 are now available for inspection. Click here to find out how to see the year’s annual return.
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Thank you to Mani from Germany for this photo af a pine tree. Note: this tree is around 40 years old, and has been in gardens as far apart as the Outer Hebrides and London, with its last 12 years here in Parwich. Let’s hope it spends its next 40 years here as well.
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There has been debate as to whether we should use the PDF format for information accessible through posts on the site. PDFs have the advantage that we do not need to copy and reformat the information into posts and for some contributors such as Parish Councils it ensures official information remains in the format they agreed. Also use of PDFs means the information can be printed out by the reader in the form intended regardless of the web browser they use.
Most computers now are supplied with PDF reader software already loaded, alternatively relevant software can be downloaded for free from Adobe (click here to download Adobe Reader). However some people find the need to switch into a different format irritating or even confusing.
What are your thoughts?
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Ashbourne Adult Community Education Centre (tel 01335 345 613) still has places on a number of courses for the Autumn term. For those courses that have already started the fees will be charged pro rata. Courses with places include Computerised Accounts, Computing, English, Maths, Plumbing, Woodwork and Lip Reading. Click here to see the courses with places still available (file in pdf format).
The Centre also organises on day courses on various topics, so if you are interested in something else give them a ring.
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If anyone is interested, Debbie W has a chest of drawers free for collection.
The chest is made of oak, and it needs either painting or stripping. It is currently painted white – but the paint is chipped, so it needs some attention.
Nothing fancy, but it is good quality, post war ‘service furniture’. The chest is 71 cm high, 99 cm long and 43 cm deep. There are three drawers.
To arrange a viewing, please call Debbie on 568.
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We have a new site manager, Rob Osborne, who will be looking after things during this project. He will be on site most of the time. A specialist firm is just completing the removal of all the asbestos from the old hall and we should get the all clear today, this will mean that the demolition should start by Wednesday at the latest. Obviously during the demolition phase there will be increased activity on the site, with more vehicle movements as the rubble is removed. Mains electricity is being established today, our thanks to the Parwich Legion for facilitating this. Thanks, Ben.
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Don’t forget the temporary closure of the B5056 at Curzon Lodge north of Longcliffe this week.
The contractors anticipate that this week’s closure will be from AM Tuesday 6th to PM Friday 9th of October. We will post updates if we get any further information.
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Is this a harvest moon? If so the Harvest Festival in Parwich next Sunday will have missed it by a week. Thank you JF-S for the photo.
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An uplifting view – typical village idyll.
Thanks JF-S
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Parwich Film‘s next season is due to start in our temporary new home of St. Peter’s Church Parwich on Friday 23rd October at 7-45pm. As always our license arrangements mean we can not publicly advertise the name of the film, however if you want us to email you full details let Martin know by email to martin@orchidserve.com.
Our first film is the recent block buster based on the early life of Queen Victoria, click here for a review and here for a trailer.
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Last weeks 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 27th |
0 |
1023.2 |
1022.5 |
17.4 |
7.9 |
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Mon 28th |
0 |
1020.8 |
1018.7 |
17.3 |
11.6 |
|
Tue 29th |
0 |
1018.1 |
1017.9 |
14.9 |
12.3 |
|
Wed 30th |
0 |
1016.0 |
1014.1 |
17.9 |
12.4 |
|
Thu 1st |
0 |
1016.9 |
1020.1 |
15.5 |
9.4 |
|
Fri 2nd |
0 |
1017.9 |
1012.2 |
12.6 |
5.1 |
|
Sat 3rd |
0 |
1003.3 |
1000.8 |
16.3 |
11.6 |
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Total |
0 |
|
Average |
16.0 |
10.0 |
The barometer fell yesterday but fortunately so far we have escaped the worst of the wind.
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The temporary closure of the B5056 at Curzon Lodge north of Longcliffe will be for longer than anticipated, because of the condition of the existing road surface is poorer that expected requiring replacement of a larger area.
During the closure traffic going north will need to divert towards Brassington at the Longcliffe crossroads, then along Manystones Lane over Carsington Pastures and onto the Via Gellia (A5012) by Ryder Point. Alternatively cars can go the other way at the crossroads towards Aldwark reaching the Via Gellia west of Grange Mill.
The contractors anticipate that next week’s closure will be from AM Tuesday 6th to PM Friday 9th of October. We will update if there is any further information.
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