The flower festival/well dressing/open gardens season is under way; do email us (parwich@hotmail.co.uk) about any coming up so we can include them in our Events Beyond page
This weekend sees the ever popular
St Margaret’s Church Carsington
Flower Festival
Strictly Dancing in Flowers
Saturday May 16 – Thursday May 21
10-30am – 7-00pm
home made refreshments available
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As promised here is a picture of Sandra and Rebecca in their decorated bras ready for their Marathon length “power talk” around central London starting at Midnight this Saturday.
So far they have raised over £1000 for breast cancer projects.
You can sponsor them online at http://www.justgiving.com/rebeccajordan5 or there is a sponsorship form in the pub. There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that they will be collecting their sponsorship money in their fancy bras after the event.
Cheers
Colin B
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Make sure you set aside time to go across to Tissington for the Well Dressings, which start on Ascension Day:
Ascension Day Thursday 21st May 2009
the Well Dressings start with
11 am service at St Mary’s Tissington,
including the blessing of the wells
and can be visited up to Wednesday 27th May
Look out for photographs here at PARWICH.ORG next week and for more details see the Tissington Hall website.
Click here to access our posts containing photographs of last year’s Well Dressings
Click here to access our first posts of the preparations of the 2009 Well Dressings
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This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph (available in the Sycamore or online) has the following items of local interest:
p.3 – Food Hygiene Inspection Reports go online: an article about the online collection of data from hundreds of Environmental Health Inspection reports which lists only 17 kitchens in Derbyshire which have the top five star hygiene rating, one of which is Parwich Primary School. Continue Reading »
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Do you (or does anyone you know) have a piano sitting in their front, middle, back room or garage which never or rarely gets used? Would you be prepared to donate or lend it on a long-ish term basis to Parwich Primary School? A new programme of music lessons is being brought into the school for the village children to learn guitar, violin and piano but the school cannot afford a piano. Please call the school on 245 if you can help or email us on parwich@hotmail.co.uk and we will pass your offer onto the school.
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We are voting for both the European Parliament and Derbyshire County Council elections on the 4th of June.
Those not already registered to vote must do so by 5pm Tuesday 19th May if they want to vote in these elections (click here to find out how to register).
The local polling station is Parwich Memorial Hall which will be open from 7am to 10pm.
The County Council elections are the traditional first past the post system: you pick the candidate you want and the person with the most votes becomes County Councillor for that division.
Also-en-le-Dale, Parwich and much of Pikehall are in the Dovedale Division, where the candidates are:
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What’s on the menu? Continue Reading »
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Thank you for this photograph taken on the first of May, emailed to us by JF-S.
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Parents of years 1 and 2 children at Parwich Primary School, don’t forget that you are welcome to join in with the literacy session on Tuesday 12th May 9am to 10-30am.
This includes an opportunity to find out about reading at writting at the School.
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Parwich Parish Council is meeting at 7-30pm tomorrow, Tuesday 12th May. Please note that this is an alteration to the date previously shown on our calendar page (this means the Calendars in the Church Magazine and on the notice boards may have the wrong date).
Click here to access the agenda for the next meeting as a pdf.
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The following email has been sent to Councillor Simon Spencer. We will report back on his response.
Dear Mr Spencer,
I am writing on behalf of community website parwich.org. For some time now our community has been concerned at the deterioration of the B5056 by the Bentley Brook pub. This section of road has been subsiding for many months and we are concerned that the lack of action may lead to closure of the road for an extended period. Such a closure would result in considerable inconvenience for the residents and businesses of Parwich and surrounding villages as well as other people using the B5056.
Despite a major article in the Ashbourne News Telegraph, there does not appear to be any recognition from the authorities that the longer this section of road is left, repairs will take considerably longer and will be more expensive.
The following link to our website will give you a sense of the extent of the problem. Note that since these photos were taken, the road has sunk significantly further.
https://parwich.org/2009/04/05/a-dangerous-fault-line-on-the-b5056/
I would be grateful if you could use your influence to determine why no action is apparently being taken to address this problem and to determine what the plans are to rectify the situation.
Thank you for your help.
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It is good that the photos of the early summer flowers continue to come in.
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Click here for more on Wigber Low
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For those that don’t know….
The pub and shop are now open from 6pm on Thursday, as well as Friday.
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What’s on Where this Week |
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| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Monday | 6pm | Introduction to Bowling Come and find out more. |
Bowling Club |
| Monday | 7pm | History Society Walk to Wigber Low | Bradbourne Car Park |
| Tuesday | 9am-10.30am | Literacy Session for KS1 Parents |
Parwich School |
| Tueday | 6pm | Over 60’s Mystery Trip | depart The Green |
| Tuesday | 7.30pm | Parish Council Meeting | Memorial Hall |
| Wednesday | 6pm & 7.15pm | Pilates | Memorial Hall |
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Last week’s weather data:
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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 3rd |
1 |
1019 |
1020 |
14.9 |
4.0 |
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Mon 4th |
5 |
1021 |
1016 |
11.2 |
2.5 |
|
Tue 5th |
5 |
1015 |
1012 |
14.5 |
8.9 |
|
Wed 6th |
6 |
1010 |
1008 |
16.2 |
9.7 |
|
Thu 7th |
0 |
1007 |
1005 |
18.5 |
6.8 |
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Fri 8th |
2 |
1003 |
1012 |
17.7 |
5.0 |
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Sat 9th |
0 |
1012 |
1013 |
15.8 |
5.4 |
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Total |
19 |
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Average |
15.5 |
6.0 |
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A few weeks ago, parwich.org published some photographs of the glorious daffodils in Dorothy L’s woodland garden. Alas, the daffs have gone over now and the onerous task of dead-heading is well under way.
We have good news however. Dorothy’s woodland garden is looking more spectacular than ever. The bluebells are flowering and make a breathtaking scene. 
Thanks again to Dorothy for allowing us to enjoy her garden through these pictures. Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for a floral feast!
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For those thinking about going on the History Society walk on Monday evening here are some snippets about this fascinating hill, that has been used by man for some five or so thousand years.
The name Wigber probably means Wicga’ barrow or burial mound, Wicga being an Anglo-Saxon personal name. Low, also Anglo-Saxon, literally small hill, usually also refers to a burial mound, giving the tautological Wicga’s barrow barrow.
The ridge, pictured below as seen on the skyline from Lea Hall, is immediately south of Haven Hill and east of Bradbourne Mill.
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The moon was particularly beautiful last night. This photo was taken from above Creamery Lane in difficult light conditions!
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During the May Bank Holiday Weekend there will again be the Derbyshire Open Arts Festival, this will see around 150 artists exhibiting their work at a range of venues throughout the county. For a brochure click here or email info@derbyshireopenarts.co.uk . This is a really fantastic weekend – a chance to enjoy some great art and also to explore some different areas of the Peak District and Derbyshire.
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Bank Holiday Weekend – Sat 23rd – Mon 25th 
Ruby at 4 Church Walk
Gill at Flaxdale House
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Thank you JF-S for this picture of some crab apple blossom:
Let’s hope this wind does not blow it all away.
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In yesterday’s comments, Rebecca observed:
The last set of signs have a special place in my heart because Will, at a tender age, thought they read ‘Unsuitable for monsters’!
Was this what you had in mind, Will….?
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We have recently had a few emails asking when Parwich Wakes Week begins this year.
For those who don’t already know, the origins of local Wakes go back to well before the Reformation, growing out of each village’s celebration of their church’s patron saint’s day. The saints’ days have continued to be used to dictate when Wakes are celebrated even when the religious aspect of the celebration has been lost, and the original dedication of the church has been altered and even forgotten. For some Derbyshire villages the only indication of their church’s original patron saint is the timing of their Wakes.
Parwich Church has retained it’s original Medieval dedication to St Peter, whose feast day is the 29th June. Consequently Parwich Wakes begins on the nearest Saturday to the 29th June, which this year is the 27th June.
When we have confirmation of what is happening throughout the week it will be added to our CALENDAR page.
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Our traffic signs series concludes today with a pair of “Unsuitable for motors” notices. These are placed at either end of the narrow path which connects the far end of Kiln Lane (just below Gibbons Bank) at the top with Monsdale Lane at the bottom.
In a few days’ time, we’ll be publishing the results of all 22 sets of votes, ranked in order of popularity. We shall then be able to see which signs you most want to keep, and which signs you most want to disappear.
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Odeon buy kids ticket, get free adult ticket
In cinema offer – nearest cinema – Derby
As part of the Odeon Kids promotion you can get a free adult ticket when you buy a kids ticket at Odeon cinemas. The offer applies to selected screenings on Saturday and Sunday mornings and during school holidays. To find the tickets, visit the Odeon website and choose your cinema.
Then select ‘Filter events by: Kids’ in the ‘Now Showing’ box to see available screenings. When booking online, the adult ticket price will be taken off when you click ‘Calculate Prices’. You can also buy these tickets on the day in the cinema, but if your kids (or you!) have their hearts set on a particular film it’s worth booking to avoid disappointment.
You can only get one free adult ticket with every child ticket purchased. A child ticket costs around £2.50 and an adult ticket is generally between £6 – £10, depending on the cinema, so you could save yourself up to a tenner with this offer.
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Available on line or in the Sycamore, this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph has only one article of real local interest this week which is the ongoing saga of the road slip on the B5056:
p.2 Land slip fears fail to subside – another article on the landslip on the B5056 by the Bentley Brook – the council are now considering trying to repair the road in late May or early June of this year but the road will be closed during the works. No weight restriction will be issued on this road however. P.4 – contains a comment article on the same issue.
p.3 – Camera watch – watch your speed if you’re heading into or out of Derby on the A52 this week as police are using speed cameras on that stretch this week.
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The Peak District National Park Authority are seeking new members for the Peak District Sustainable Development Fund’s grants panel. The fund allocates money to communities and businesses to help sustain the future of the Park and its communities.
To find out more Continue Reading »
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If you are a member of the Horticultural Society then you can have free access to the wonderful Lea Gardens, near Matlock. Entry to the gardens is normally £4 but to join the Horticultural Society it only costs £2 per year! Pay your membership to Nia, Dot or Mike H or Ben. If you would like to borrow the society’s tickets to the gardens ring Liz H (302) or Ben (665), ideally by the day before.
Lea Gardens is a unique collection of highly acclaimed rhododendrons, azaleas kalmias and other plants collected from the far corners of the world. Throughout May it is a true delight, open from 10am to 5pm, with a small plant centre and tea rooms.
The Gardens are sited on the remains of a medieval millstone quarry and cover an area of approximately 4 acres (1.6ha) on a wooded hillside. The excellent rock Garden contain a huge variety of alpines with acers, dwarf conifers, heathers and spring bulbs. 
Bird life has been encouraged in quiet woodland walks below the main gardens. This area, planted with ornamental trees and specie rhododendrons, contains many assorted bird-boxes donated by friends of Lea Gardens. The colours, scents and natural bird life can best be appreciated on a quiet weekday.
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The next Parwich Parish Council meeting is at 7-30pm on Tuesday 12th May.
Please note that this is an alteration to today’s date previously shown on our calendar page (this means the Calendars in the Church Magazine and on the notice boards may have the wrong date).
Click here to access the agenda for the next meeting as a pdf.
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
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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For our penultimate traffic signs post (yes, the end is nearly in sight!), here’s the “No Through Road” sign at the top of Creamery Lane, just in front of Rathbone Croft.
Is there a danger that traffic could unwittingly proceed beyond this point, only to get stuck further along the road?
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Bank Holiday Monday – 4th May
Tea & Cakes in the churchyard at Alsop from 11am – 4pm.
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Tomorrow evening (Bank Holiday Monday) from 6pm until dusk, you are invited to Parwich Bowling Club to have a go at bowls.
All you need to do is come along wearing flat soled shoes.
Why not give it a go?
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What’s on Where this Week |
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| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Monday | 11-4pm | Tea & Cakes in the Churchyard | Alsop Church |
| Monday | 1pm | Tennis tournament afternoon – open to everyone – Buffet & Wine | Tennis Club |
| Monday | 6pm | Introduction to Bowling Come and find out more. |
Bowling Club |
| Tuesday | 9am | PTA Meeting | Parwich School |
| Thursday | 8pm | Full Memorial Hall Management Committee Meeting | Memorial Hall |
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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 26th |
0 |
1006.8 |
1003.4 |
19.4 |
0.5 |
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Mon 27th |
10 |
995.5 |
993.4 |
11.4 |
4.0 |
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Tue 28th |
3 |
997.4 |
999.8 |
11.2 |
4.2 |
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Wed 29th |
0 |
1003.0 |
1006.2 |
15.9 |
1.2 |
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Thurs 30th |
5 |
1007.8 |
1012.6 |
13.8 |
7.1 |
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Fri 1st |
0 |
1014.9 |
1016.7 |
17.7 |
10.2 |
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Sat 2nd |
0 |
1020.6 |
1021.1 |
16.9 |
4.0 |
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Total |
18 |
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Average |
15.18 |
4.45 |
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