At the end of the day, just two votes separated our winner from our runner-up – but there can only be one winner, and we can now announce that the honour goes to…
(…long pause…)
(…drum roll…)
The Coach and Horses at Fenny Bentley.
With its award-winning reputation for consistently tasty food (using locally sourced produce wherever possible), served cheerfully and efficiently in pleasant surroundings, the Coach and Horses has become a perennial favourite for Parwichians who fancy a change of scenery.
The pub also offers a warm welcome to non-dining drinkers, in the cosy main bar area. (We particularly like perching around the high, round table in the far right hand corner.) The Marstons beer is also extremely well-kept, making this pub a great “all-rounder” for drinkers and diners alike.
Congratulations to the Coach and Horses!
And finally… no round-up of local country pubs would be complete without a reminder of everyone’s favourite public house of them all. The Sycamore is a true village local, which really does go the extra mile to serve its community – as demonstrated at the Great British Pub Awards 2008, lest we forget – and we are very lucky to have it.
Honorary mentions also go to the Parwich Royal British Legion – not a “public house” as such, but another fine place in which to drink and socialise.
After all, you know what they say:
“East, West, home is best!”
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Our runner-up position is hereby awarded to The Duke of York at Elton – an establishment which takes a very different approach to our third placed pub, offering a truly traditional Derbyshire drinking experience.
Here’s what some of our readers had to say about it:
Original village pub. No fancy frills and trappings and even has its own village idiot! Try a Sunday Lunch visit.
It is refreshing to go to a pub where you can just enjoy a quiet pint of cask ale, without being pushed from pillar to post by people serving pub grub. The Barley Mow (Kirk Ireton) is also what I would regard as a ‘traditional’ pub, but in my opinion is nudged into second by the friendly, warm atmosphere at The Duke of York.
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Thanks to all who voted in our long-running “Parwich’s favourite country pub” survey. From an original list of fifty pubs – all within approximately 10 miles’ driving distance of Parwich – we can now announce the Top Three.
In third position, we have The George at Alstonefield.
Since being taken over by Emily Hammond in 2007, The George has shifted its focus towards high quality dining, in its simply but smartly refurbished restaurant. Meanwhile, the compact bar area remains cosy and welcoming.
Click here to read last year’s blog post, and click here for The George’s official website.
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Don’t forget the St Patrick’s Day celebration in the Sycamore…
Saturday 14th March.
Optional fancy dress – prize for best dressed.
Karaoke after 9.00 pm.
Everyone welcome.
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A reminder that next Monday morning Parwich Primary School are having a community open coffee morning. We would like as many people as possible from the local community to come along.
Do you live in one of the communities served by the school – Parwich, Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall, Bradbourne, Tissington etc? If so, please come and have a coffee with us, take a look around the school, meet the staff and pupils and find out how you could be involved in school life.
Anyone and everyone is welcome – you could be a former pupil, you could have a child or grandchild at the school currently or you might have no direct connection with the school at all.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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It is fantastic to see that this week the fundraising for the new Memorial Hall has leapt up another £50,000. This is due to the hard work of the fundraising committee.
So don’t forget to come to AGM and hear the latest exciting updates on new build project. You need to vote to keep this successful Committee Team working on the Project!
Agenda
1. Chairman’s opening remarks
2. Apologies for absence
3. Minutes of previous AGM
4. Matters arising
5. Reports:
- Treasurer’s Financial Report
- Chairman’s Annual Report
6. Election of committee members
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PARWICH MEMORIAL HALL FRIDAY
13th March 7.45pm. Free Entrance.
- Refreshments
- Raffle
- Big screen
- Silent projection
- Hi Fi Sound
- Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
An Oscar winning film staring Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and Ralph Fiennes as her husband William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, filmed on location in Derbyshire, including Chatsworth.
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Thursday 12th March at 7.30pm at Kniveton Village Hall
Members of the community are welcome to attend the Tissington area Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting, which includes Parwich. This is a chance to meet local officers and to get an update on what they have been targeting during previous months. We look forward to seeing you.
If you require any further information, please contact your Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0345 123 33 33, email ashbourne.neighbourhoods@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk or see Derbyshire Constabulary’s website.
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This week’s Lent Lunch is being held at Rosemary & Stuart’s house – Town Head. Pop in anytime from 12.30pm, with lunch finishing at 2pm. There are some delicious cheeses and bread on the menu. Just make a donation towards the Church repair fund and come along and catch up with new and old friends.
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This week’s Stunner contains some great publicity – see page 5 – in the form of a big article on the Memorial Hall fund-raising. As I am new to the area, I may well have missed other mentions of local people in the Stunner so please feel free to add comments if you see that I’ve missed any local news.
Don’t forget you can buy the paper in The Sycamore or click here for the e-edition
Stepping up efforts for Memorial Hall – p.5
A fantastic article about the fund-raising being carried out for the Memorial Hall together with a picture of Jo-Anne Jewett handing over a cheque to Mike Gerard-Pearse. The article sets out the amounts already received and suggests that readers of The Stunner visit Parwich.org for information and contacts if they have any fund-raising ideas. Let’s hope for a big response to this article.
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We are starting a new competition on the blog – how many sets of temporary traffic lights can you go through between Parwich and your destination. I will start the bidding at 5 this morning on the way from Parwich to Sainsburys in Ashbourne. Can anyone top that?
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The Saturday morning collection days until March 2010 are as follows
Parwich
Sycamore Road 0900 – 0920
Village Green 0925 – 0945
By old shop, village top 0950 – 1010
Croft Avenue 1015 – 1045
On 2nd May, 4th July, 29th August, 24th October, 5th December 2009
20th February 2010
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Eaton & Alsop en le Dale
o/s Church Alsop en le Dale 0745 – 0830
Opposite No 1 Alsop Moor Cottages 0840 – 0915
6th June, 11th July, 29th August, 3rd October 2009
23rd January & 7th February 2010
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Ballidon
By Houses 10.30 -10.45
On 2nd May, 20th June, 22nd August, 31st October 2009
23rd January, 20th March 2010
Ballidon have a collection this Saturday 10.30-10.45.
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PARWICH MEMORIAL HALL FRIDAY
13th March 7.45pm. Free Entrance.
- Refreshments
- Raffle
- Big screen
- Silent projection
- Hi Fi Sound
- Special hi-fi headphones for those with hearing difficulties, please ask.
This Oscar winning film was filmed on location in our own Derbyshire and the Peak District at both Chatsworth House and Kedleston Hall during September and October 2007. The Based on the novel, ‘Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’ by Amanda Foreman, the film tells the life story of Duchess Georgiana (1757 – 1806). The Duchess married from the Spencer family into the Devonshire family in the 18th century.
The film stars Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and Ralph Fiennes as her husband William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire . Charlotte Rampling plays Lady Spencer and Dominic Cooper is Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Continue Reading »
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There’s a St Patrick’s Day
celebration in the Sycamore on
Saturday 14th March
Optional fancy dress – prize for best dressed.
Karaoke after 9.00 pm.
Everyone welcome.
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Thursday 12th March at 7.30pm at Kniveton Village Hall
Members of the community are welcome to attend the Tissington area Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting. This is a chance to meet local officers and to get an update on what they have been targeting during previous months. We look forward to seeing you.
If you require any further information, please contact your Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0345 123 33 33, email ashbourne.neighbourhoods@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk or see Derbyshire Constabulary’s website.
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Greetings from across the border –
I just had to share this clip of Ashbourne Removals successfully getting our grand piano over the balcony into the new Nottingham parsonage …
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Last week’s weather…
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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 1st |
0 |
1011 |
1013 |
11.3 |
2.8 |
|
Mon 2nd |
0 |
1016 |
1013 |
10.8 |
2.7 |
|
Tue 3rd |
17 |
1009 |
991 |
7.4 |
4.8 |
|
Wed 4th |
1 |
989 |
990 |
7.3 |
-0.4 |
|
Thurs 5th |
0 |
995 |
1003 |
9.5 |
-0.7 |
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Fri 6th |
0 |
1008 |
1008 |
10.3 |
-2.1 |
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Sat 7th |
0 |
1011 |
1006 |
11.5 |
4.2 |
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Total |
18 |
|
Average |
9.7 |
1.6 |
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Our thanks go to Patti and Brian Beasley, for hosting such an enjoyable – and delicious! – fund-raising evening, in aid of the Memorial Hall redevelopment project. Those who attended feasted themselves on Beef Goulash with dumplings and red cabbage, followed by Apple Strudel and whipped cream.
Thanks are also due to Richard Hobday at White Peak Farm Butchery in Tissington, for generously donating the beef at cost price.
More pictures of the evening: Continue Reading »
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A water bird who needs a mate.
Here’s a new arrival on the garden pond at Orchard Farm…
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This morning, we bade a sad farewell to the tree which had stood for over 30 years on the junction of Creamery Lane and Monsdale Lane.
Originally planted in honour of the Queen’s 1977 Silver Jubilee, the tree was condemned by the Peak Park’s inspectors as having grown too big for its surroundings. A new, smaller tree will eventually be taking its place on the same spot.
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Parwich artist Lewis Noble has spent a large part of the past year working within the grounds of the Chatsworth estate, and producing a collection of over thirty pictures on the theme of “Chatsworth Reflected”. The collection will be exhibited at Chatsworth from next Wednesday (March 11th), when the house and gardens re-open to the public for the 2009 season.
As part of the BBC’s Video Nation project, Lewis has been filmed at work on the collection, and talking about the creative processes that were involved. Click here to watch the five-minute film.
To find out more about the exhbition, Continue Reading »
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Don’t forget it is Panto Rehearsals tomorrow at 2pm in the Memorial Hall when the script will be handed out and parts allocated. Any more people interested in helping or taking a staring role can turn up. The only hint that will be given about type of production is that it involves lots of men in tights…..
Rehearsals will be every Sunday at 2pm (except on St Georges Day) in the Memorial Hall.
**May 8th & 9th – Panto Nights**
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Domestic strife or love at first sight?
Thank you to John F-S for more wonderful bird shoots – Spring is in the air so who knows what shots might be taken! Keep them coming.
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An information event takes place today between 4pm and 8pm on Friday 6th March 2009 at Ashbourne Police Station about becoming a Special Constable. This is a chance for people to find out more, pick up an application form and meet current Special Constables. For more details see their website, http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/careers/8.html or call 0345 123 33 33.
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There is a notice on The Green saying that there will be no more fish & chips in Parwich because of lack of trade. So it is back to cooking on a Friday night.
Maybe if the village had not been messed around on dates just after Christmas, with people turning up for fish & chips and no van, then the support would have continued. Reliability is the key.
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“This MAY be a cock pheasant”, says our photographer.
Keep ’em coming, folks!
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Having started with a pool of fifty country pubs – all within an approximate ten mile driving distance from the centre of Parwich – our four regional heats have whittled the number down to a final twelve. But which of these is Parwich’s favourite? We’re about to start finding out.
For our grand final, we’ve made a couple of changes to the voting system. Firstly, you will only be permitted to vote for ONE pub – so please choose carefully! Secondly, you won’t be able to view the results until we announce them on the blog – which will take place on Friday March 13th.
Finally, do please feel free to lobby for your favourite pub in the comments!
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And here’s a very rare bird indeed: the Parwich cuckoo! It’s still a bit early to hear its first call of the spring – but do keep your ears peeled.
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This week’s News Telegraph is full of Shrovetide Football, with plenty of discussion about the event, both for and against. As a result there doesn’t appear to be any mention of Parwich. Articles that may be of interest to our readers are highlighted below. Remember that you can buy your copy of the paper at The Sycamore or click here to read the the online e-edition.
p1. Traffic Wardens on Shrovetide Rampage Parking wardens were out in force during these games slapping fines on 21 parked cars – and the town has reacted in fury. Continue Reading »
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John F-S reckons this is a fieldfare. Do you agree?
(Please click to enlarge)
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Come and join in the informal lent lunch this Thursday, 5th March 12.30 -2pm at Andrew & Rachel’s house: Church Farm in Creamery Lane.
Pate, Cheese & Bread is on the menu.
If you know that you are definitely coming, please let Rachel know to help with catering (202).
Or if it’s a last minute decision, then just come along anyway.
This is all part of the fund raising project for vital Church repairs.
Next Lent Lunch – Thursday 12th March at Town Head (Rosemary & Stuart’s house)
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Derbyshire Constabulary is launching a recruitment campaign for Special Constables across various locations in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales. Special Constables are unpaid volunteers who receive training so they can work closely with regular officers to help police their communities. Applications are welcomed from people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Special Constables must agree to volunteer for a minimum of four hours per week.
Community Safety Inspector Tony Dales said: “We’re holding these events to highlight the valuable contribution Specials make to the force and the communities in which they serve.” “Being a Special can be an extremely rewarding experience and it would be great to see local people who are interested in developing their skills and helping their local neighbourhood.”
An information event takes place between 4pm and 8pm on Friday 6th March 2009 at Ashbourne Police Station. This is a chance for people to find out more, pick up an application form and meet current Special Constables. For more details see our website, http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/careers/8.html or call 0345 123 33 33.
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PC Ian Cooper continues to work with partners to keep our area a safe place to live. We are now also offering all residents and visitors a chance to bring any issues, concerns or queries to the mobile police station. It will call at Tissington village on Tuesdays at 12.15pm. Click here for the Safer Neighbourhood Newsletter.
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A big thank you to all who turned up on Friday despite the bad timing with the rugby clash and film night! The next gathering of thesps is on Sunday at 2pm in the Memorial Hall when the script will be handed out and parts allocated. Any more people interested in helping or taking a staring role can turn up. The only hint that will be given about type of production is that it involves lots of men in tights…..
Rehearsals will be every Sunday at 2pm (except on St Georges Day) in the Memorial Hall.
**May 8th & 9th – Panto Nights**
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Please click for a printable copy of this newsletter. This includes the questionnaire regarding music lessons.
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Tuesday’s Parish Council meeting will commence at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall, with a ten-minute “Public Participation” session. During this session, members of the public are invited to ask questions or comment on Parish Council matters.
The agenda for the rest of the meeting is as follows. Continue Reading »
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