The evening was a great success with twelve entrants:
Parwich Strongest Man 2009 - contestants and organisers
The winner was Carl Prime of Matlock. We will post a fuller report and more photographs tomorrow.
Carl Prime, the overall winner
Thursday 2nd July: Film and Wheel Barrow Race
7-00pm Film Show in the Memorial Hall (click here to see the poster and click here for more detail on the film)
8-30pm Wheel Barrow Race, starts at the Pump Shed and finishes at the Legion
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I enclose a few photos that show:
– the view from the top (taken at 8:11pm just before the first senior runner arrived)
– the winner actually RUNS up the hill! Continue Reading »
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These photos (shown in no particular order) were taken by Emma and Rob:
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If you have competed in the sports events and run up the hill, then here is a chance to enjoy Wakes in a more leisurely fashion… (Click on the poster to enlarge.)
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This week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph hits the newsagents again (1st July 2009). To see the full paper electronically, click on the image of its front page (on the right). Alternatively, Janet has plenty of real copies of the paper in the Sycamore Shop.
p.2 Planning application to convert outbuilding into an office or garden room at Knob Hall.
p.6 Details of the Summer Concert in Parwich Church on Saturday 11th July. See the poster on this site for more details.
p.12 Report on the Open Gardens and Children’s Horticultural Show along with a photo of some volunteers on the plant stall (Peter T would like to apologise to the trophy winners he photographed but the photo was not sharp enough for the paper to use).
As always, let us know of any local mentions we have missed.
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The Peak District National Park Authority are sending a survey to just over 7% of the Park’s residents this week, asking for comments on how the Park is managed and on services for local people. Given our previous support for more democratic control for the National Park Authority we would strongly urge anyone receiving a survey to take the time to complete and return it.
To see their full press release Continue Reading »
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Please click to enlarge. Apologies for the delay in uploading this newsletter.
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Friday 3rd July – 10.30am to 3.30pm – Liberation Day event at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. This is an annual event now, and is free for people over 50. A number of Agencies, including the Police, Fire Service, NHS, County Council, District Councils, Age Concern will be present to talk and provide information about their services. During the day there will be free refreshments, free lunch and entertainment.
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This is one of those situations where pictures can say more than a thousand words. So let them speak…..
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Here are the trophy winners and placed runners:
Local Mothers Race
Paula Lynam Trophy
- 1st Sue Purvis
- 2nd Janice Wigley
- 3rd Sandra Chadfield
Junior Hill Race
The Hauliers Trophy for the outright winner
- 1st Harry Stafford
- 2nd Rannoch Linnell
- 3rd William Beesley
The Dorothy Foden Memorial Trophy for the first Girl (outright)
- 1st Amy Stone
- 2nd K Round
- 3rd Isabel Purvis
The Russell Shield for the first Local Boy
- 1st Harry Stafford
- 2nd Rannoch Linnell
- 3rd William Beesley
The Foden Shield for the first Local Girl
- 1st Isabel Purvis
- 2nd Shannon Jewitt
- 3rd L Dale
Senior Hill Race
The Harley Lowndes Cup for the outright winner
- 1st Paul Mannion
- 2nd S Margiotta
- 3rd G Tighe
The John Lees Memorial Shield for the first Lady
- 1st C Howard
- 2nd C Coonan
- 3rd L Holmes
The Russell Trophy for the first outright Veteran
- 1st D Motley
The Wainwright Cup for the first runner to the top of the Hill
- 1st Paul Mannion
The Slater Shield for the first local runner
- 1st Robert Drummond
- 2nd Clive Russell
- 3rd Nick Bird
The Tilcon Cup for the first local Lady
- 1st Eleanor Purvis
- 2nd Sue Purvis
- 3rd Helen Pitts
The Chambers Trophy for the first local Veteran
- 1st Clive Russell
Taymac Trophy for Oldest Local to finish
- 1st Clive Russell
Click here for this year’s time sheets.
Click on ‘continue reading’ for photos of some of the prize-winners.
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Thank you to Graham, our roving reporter for this evening:
Our Roving Reporter
No Haile Gebrselassie ( -spell that without Google!), no Ron Hill, no Roberto Buntingo, no Paula R (she told us the lack of course toilets prevented an appearance this year) – no matter – 80 of the region’s best runners (and me) lined up for the annual Parwich Hill Race this evening.
The weather was warm and sticky but much more pleasant than last years deluge.
Even if I wasn’t a keen runner (enthusiasm here being a definite talent substitute), the Hill Race night would be one of my favourites of Wakes week. With the fair in full swing, and crowds congregating on the streets around the pub and the green, it tends to maintain a good natured carnival atmosphere which is starting to be lost on the evening of Wakes Saturday, (which I find is becoming sadly marred by the intimidating groups of marauding binge drinking youth’s largely from outside the village smashing glass, throwing firework’s and racing cars). Continue Reading »
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Those entering the Parwich Hill Race this evening may be interested in adding another date to your diary.
click on poster to enlarge
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Wednesday 1st July: Parwich Strongest Man
8-00pm Strongest Man Competition at the Sycamore Inn
Click here to see the event poster.
Click here to see the full Wakes Week programme.
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click on poster to enlarge
Click here to download an entry form as a pdf.
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Thank you to Colin B for these photos (click here for Nia’s write-up):
Children's Sports during Wakes 2009
Storm cloulds over the sports field
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We hope everyone is enjoying their Wakes Week, and as always are impressed by the organisation and hard work put in by the Carnival & Recreation Committee and all the other organisers and helpers. Make the most of the rest of the week by clicking on the image below to access the 2009 Official Wakes Programme as a pdf.
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update of Sunday’s post
Milestone Day for the New
Memorial Hall:
Less than £100,000 to go.
Today we have not one but two great pieces of news. The first is that confirmation has been announced of a massive £41,653 grant from the Sustainable Development Fund (Peak District National Park Authority) and the second is that leaves only £86,032 to raise. The committee have known about the grant for a couple of weeks but couldn’t announce it until today. They would like to say a special thank you to the Peak District National Park. Following the Community Visit in January, they have been instrumental in demonstrating their support for our new hall by helping and advising us. This has given the committee a tremendous boost.
This grant now means that the fund for the New Memorial Hall tops £781,768.
What an achievement for a small community the size of Parwich and its surrounding villages. This amounts to approximately £1,000 for every man woman and child.
Although the end is in sight it’s imperative that we don’t stop now. Every £10 that we can raise will make a big difference – it will help to equip the spacious kitchen designed particularly with our important Oddfellows lunch in mind but will also let us hold all those milestone celebrations like birthdays and weddings. It will help towards the new meeting room where we can hold all our current meetings such as the History Society and Horticultural Society as well as all those extra things that the survey indicated people wanted to do – art groups, talks, and just general get togethers. So please continue with your efforts for that last £86,000.
The village has worked hard to make its contribution but it was always acknowledged that an amount as large as this could not come from the village alone, so true to its promise, the Committee and the funding group particularly, have sourced every contact and available grant (with hopefully more in the pipeline) Contributions have come from village fundraising, Project Parwich, individuals, local politicians, local and national grant sources. All have been impressed by our small communities’ big dream.
That new hall, talked about for years, voted for five years ago and two years in the planning, is now going to be a reality that we can all use and enjoy.
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Thank you to our roving reporter for the evening Nia:
It all started well, with Dennis, missing his usual side kick – Brian- getting the races off to a flying start at bang on 6.30pm. Children were clutching their brown envelopes of money and sucking on revolting looking purple chews with more additives in them than a bag of candy floss from the fair, by the time the roving reporter made it down to the sports ground…..
The birth explosion in Parwich around the millennium meant the tape holders had to work doubly hard as heats had to be run before the finalists could be decided. The ‘smarter’ children quickly realised they needed to ensure they got in the right heat in order to guarantee a place in the final. For the boys that meant avoiding Jack G. and Jacob B. and the girls had to avoid Bethany F. These 3 youngsters were obviously under strict instructions to bring home to the dosh as they were flying down the home straight into 1st place in every race they entered.(unless it was against each other of course….) Continue Reading »
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With these high temperatures and humidity, the energy in the atmosphere has to go somewhere, and tonight, it came to Parwich. This picture was taken at 7:30 pm tonight 29th June 2009. The cloud formations were spectacular, and what you don’t get from this still picture is the turbulent movement in the formations. Though there are rumblings and flashes, so far, as of writing this, we have been spared the storm.
Graham
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Tuesday 30th June: Hill Race
7-00pm Local Mothers’ Race
7-30pm Junior Hill Race
8-00pm Senior Hill Race
For more details on the evening click here and for enquiries about the Hill Race call tel. 01629 732004.
For last years’ times click here.
Westledine’s funfair will be in full swing for the evening. Click here to see the full Wakes Week programme.
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Thank you to Amy H-G, who is visiting Parwich, for these photos (taken before the storm clouds arrived). Click here for Nia’s write up of the evening.
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Lou Matthews ran her very popular jewellery stall again at the Village Market on Saturday. At the end of the day she generously donated her takings of £200 to the New Memorial Hall Fund. Lou is anxious that all the people who bought jewellery from her should also be thanked.
The fund also received another anonymous donation of £2000. We are a very lucky village to have people who are working so hard and giving both time and money to help us build our hall. Thank you to all of them.
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Do you have any Wakes photos that we could add to the blog? Or any Wakes photos that we could use in a caption competition? Please send them to our email address – parwich@hotmail.co.uk. If we get inundated, we may not be able to post them all but will post as many as we can. We would also like photos from the campsite games if anyone has any. Thank you.
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Happy St Peter’s Day
St Peter’s day (29th June), along with St John the Baptist’s day (25th June), is an important marker for mid-summer celebrations. Bonfires were lit on both St John’s Eve (Midsummer’s Day, this was the Summer Solstice before changes in the calendar) and St. Peter’s Eve. In Tudor England both these celebrations included music, processions, garlands of flowers, drinking ale and feasting.
Locally St. Peter’s Day is the fixed point for the timing of Parwich Wakes, and gardeners in the village used to regard this as the best time for digging your first new potatoes.
The Odd Fellows Ale drunk at their feast on Saturday is a recent revival of a very old tradition. Chris and the A52s are keeping alive local music making. Our Carnival Parade is a reminder of the Tudor processions, and the floats in the parade echo the decorated carts popular in the north as part of the build up to hay making.
Being currently between vicars there is no St Peter’s Day service in Parwich Church this year, but Andrew Robinson, lay reader wrote the following on St Peter for us: Continue Reading »
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Wakes Week got off to an excellent start yesterday. The weather became progressively better and much fun was had by all who participated.
Here are some more photos from the Odd Fellows’ Procession, the Village Market and the Fancy Dress Parade. See if you can spot yourself!
The Odd Fellows' Procession
Click on ‘continue reading’ for the photo gallery.
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Monday 29th June: Children’s Sports
6-30pm Children’s Sports at Nether Green and call in at the funfair on your way home.
For a list of events click here to see the full Wakes programme.
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The tea and cakes in Parwich Churchyard went down well, and all the proceeds will go to the Church restoration fund.
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No swimming tomorrow as there is a problem with the pool in Ashbourne.
9.30am PC Cassidy in school leading assembly on local links – parents welcome.
11am Opening Ceremony of Sports Week – all children make a pledge to sport. The objectives of the week are to raise awareness of the 2012 London Olympics and to improve awareness of PE and Sport across the school.
And don’t forget, children’s sports on Nether Green at 6.30pm on Monday and the Junior Hill Race at 7-30pm on Tuesday.
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What’s on Where this Week |
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| Date | Time | Event | Location |
| Sunday | 11am | Campsite Service if wet in the Church. |
Parwich Cricket Ground |
| Sunday | 12pm | Fun & Games with the Campers | Parwich Cricket Ground |
| Sunday | 2-4.30pm | Teas & Cakes in the Churchyard Donations to Church Fabric Appeal |
Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 4pm | Funding Meeting | |
| Sunday | 2.30pm | Parwich v Kings Newton | Away Bowling Match |
| Sunday | 6pm | Treasure Hunt | Village Green |
| Sunday | 8pm | BBQ | British Legion |
| Monday | 6.30pm | Children’s Sports | Nether Green |
| Monday | 8pm | Memorial Hall Committee Meeting | Memorial Hall |
| Tuesday | from 7pm | Hill Race Night | |
| Wednesday | 8pm | Strongest Man Competition | The Sycamore |
| Thursday | 7pm | Children’s Film | Memorial Hall |
| Thursday | 8.30pm | Wheelbarrow Race |
Start – Pump Shed. Finish – The Legion |
| Friday | 10.30am-3.30pm | Liberation Day Event free for 50+,free lunch & refreshment. All services present – Police, Age Concern, Council, Fire Service etc |
Pavilion Gardens Buxton |
| Friday | from 7pm | The Ball Race & Race Night | British Legion |
| Saturday | 9am-10.45am | Saturday Morning Rubbish Collection | Parwich |
| Sunday | 6.30pm | Evensong | Parwich Church |
| Sunday | 2pm | Senior Cup Competition | Bowling Club |
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Up-dated Monday 29th June 2009. Sorry the Blog Team have slipped up and put this information on-line prematurely. Watch out for a corrected post tomorrow (Tuesday 30th June 2009).
Click here for the corrected post.
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Here is last week’s data from the weatherman on the hill, it looks like it is set to continue hot and sultry in Wakes week:
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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 |
1019.3 |
1020.0 |
19.9 |
10.4 |
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Mon 22nd |
0 |
1020.9 |
1021.3 |
23.3 |
10.1 |
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Tue 23rd |
0 |
1022.5 |
1020.6 |
25.0 |
12.0 |
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Wed 24th |
0 |
1022.3 |
1021.2 |
25.9 |
9.7 |
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Thu 25th |
0 |
1017.5 |
1015.3 |
23.7 |
10.8 |
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Fri 26th |
0 |
1012.6 |
1011.5 |
24.5 |
11.5 |
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Sat 27th |
0 |
1013.3 |
1012.6 |
21.4 |
15.0 |
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Total |
0 |
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Average |
23.4 |
11.5 |
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