These photos were taken at sunrise on Saturday morning, the sun on the underside of the cloud making an amazing effect…
Just a reminder that national weekend papers and magazines can now be ordered from the Sycamore. It is also possible to order the Derby Evening Telegraph daily paper and the Ashbourne News Telegrah (Wednesdays). Contact Janet or Steve on 212.
To keep things simple Janet and Steve would prefer not to have ‘on-off-on-off’ orders, although they are very happy to accommodate our holidays etc.
SPECIAL NOTE: This is the 1000th post to appear on PARWICH.ORG. Who could have guessed that there was so much to write about?
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There was a covering of snow in the night but it is rapidly melting, so it will not hamper today’s village clear up. Here is 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 16th |
0 |
1024.6 |
1028.6 |
10.7 |
7.3 |
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Mon 17th |
3 |
1029.6 |
1019.0 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
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Tue 18th |
1 |
1012.6 |
1019.0 |
12.1 |
7.0 |
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Wed 19th |
0 |
1017.5 |
1017.1 |
11.3 |
5.3 |
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Thurs 20th |
0 |
1015.4 |
1015.8 |
10.1 |
7.7 |
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Fri 21st |
0 |
1012.9 |
1018.6 |
8.3 |
5.7 |
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Sat 22nd |
0 |
1016.8 |
1017.4 |
5.9 |
0.3 |
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Total |
4 |
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Average |
9.4 |
4.9 |
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Another strong performance from Tom and Camilla earnt the couple 36 points from the judges, placing them in second place behind Rachel and Vincent’s maximum score of 40.
This week’s results show can be viewed at 20:15 on Sunday evening.
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Owing to a burst at Knockerdown, water supplies to Parwich have been temporarily cut off.
Severn Trent Water tell us that they are working on the problem as a matter of priority, and that they hope to resume normal services “within the next couple of hours”.
(We called them at 16:15, so that would make for an estimate of 18:15.)
The 24 hour emergency contact number for Severn Trent Water is 0800 783 4444.
Update – 17:30: The water supply appears to have returned, but still at a low pressure.
Update – 18:00: Everything seems normal again.
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This week on Strictly Come Dancing Tom and Camilla are dancing the Tango. The programme starts at 6-20pm this evening with everyone welcome to come and watch it on the big screen at the Sycamore Inn.
The phone lines are open from approximately 7-25 to 9pm. It does not look like John Sergeant’s withdrawal from the series will effect how the competition is structured, though the Strictly website reports he and Kristina will be performing a farewell waltz on tonight’s show.
Here is Tom and Camilla’s recent interview on It Takes Two (Wed 19th Nov):
According to the bookies, Tom and Camilla are now second favourites to win the contest, just behind Austin Healey and Erin Boag.
For the rest of Tom’s media week: Continue Reading »
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The OFSTED Report is now available for Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Ashbourne following the inspection on 20th/21st October. The report is a complimentary one. If you are interested, you can read the report by clicking here.
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Beware of a scam involving texts saying you have a parcel awaiting delivery!
Warrington Trading Standards have recently informed Nottinghamshire Police of a current scam doing the rounds – please be aware. Warrington Trading Standards have contacted Phonepay Plus following complaints about text messages consisting of the text “!! URGENT!! Large parcel awaiting delivery, please call now on +23222270680 for delivery tomorrow INTERNATIONAL PARCEL DELIVERIES”
Calls to the number will be charged at £1.50 per minute. The message is 6 minutes long. Phonepay plus advise that they have contacted the networks in order that they bar access. Please do not contact Phonepay plus as they are aware of the scam which appears to be connected to Sierra Leone. It may take 24 hours to block the number.
Thank you.
Trisha Mellor
Community Information Officer, Buxton Police Station
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The Peak District National Park Authority are looking for new members for the independant Local Access Forum which advises on ways of improving access to the countryside for recreational purposes. If you are interested contact the forum secretary Mike Rhodes on 01629 816289 or email mike.rhodes@peakdistrict.gov.uk.
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Parwich & District Local History Society’s last Newsletter came out in February 2007, however they are now re-launching it in a new guise as their News Quarterly. (It should be born in mind that a local history society’s idea of news, might not be as current as the more general reader’s, for example the last Newsletter reported that readers had missed the deadline to object to a proposed new road through Parwich, by only 197 years.)
All the Society’s members are being contacted to establish whether they want to continue to recieve mailings in the time honoured paper form, or whether they want to go electronic.
The News Quarterly will also be on-line at the Society’s website. The first two issues, now on-line, are accessible to all. Once the Society’s members have indicated how they want to receive their mail shots, future issues of the News Quarterly will be accessible to the members only for the first year following publication, after which they will be released for full public consumption.
To see the first two issues of the Parwich & District Local History Society News Quarterly click on the respective contents lists below:
Anyone who regards themselves as a member of Parwich & District Local History Society (even if your fees are not up to date) but has not received a mailing including Issue 1 of the new News Quarterly by 30th November please let the Society know on parwichhistory@hotmail.com.
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On Saturday morning it is the bulk rubbish collection, the dustcart picks up at various points in the village. Don’t lose it, use it – even if you only have a small amount to get rid of.
Next collection date – February 7th 2009
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Click here for more details of this disturbing event captured on camera by a mystery photographer.
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4-30pm Sorry this is short notice, but only just checked the parwich@hotmail.co.uk in box:
Hi All,
Tom is on the Paul O Grady show at 5 pm tonight. It was recorded on Tuesday before the John Sargeant announcement. Also I hit Radio Derby today at 0815 on the Shane O Connor show !! ‘ Listen again ‘ if bored. Quite fun.
Stuart
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The count down for the decision by the Big Lottery Fund on our grant application is on.
The BLF are to consider the Community Buildings Programme applications on Tuesday the 25th November. Though the grants committee have leeway to delay making the decision up to early next year, it is their intention to make the final decision that day. So we should know next week if we have the grant.
The next Memorial Hall Management Committee Meeting is on the evening of the 25th Nov.
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I have made a video of this year’s Oddfellows March, and I am looking for any photos or videos from previous years that I could add to it. If you have any material, could you please let me know.
Many thanks
Martin Compton martin@orchidserve.com
Here is a preview of the video:
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It’s that day of the week again with the Ashbourne News Telegraph out. Here are the items that relate to immediate area:
- p.7 A page feature on Tom Chambers and Strictly Come Dancing: “Tom goes through with steamy salsa”
- p.9 Longcliffe Quarries are given planning permission for their new head quarters at Curzon Lodge in Longcliffe, relocating from their existing site at Brassington Moor Quarry.
- p.54 Ashbourne Town Darts. The report gives a sumary of reults and current league table positions. It has been a good week for Parwich with the following results: Nag’s Head 2 – 7 Parwich Legion; Sycamore 5 – 4 The Bullets; and Parwich Legion A 5 – 4 The Shepherds. The League meeting is at 8-30pm Thursday 27th Nov at Compton Social Club.
Here are some other items of possible interest: Continue Reading »
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Yesterday the Nottingham Evening Post ran a fascinating feature on Rev Christopher Harrison, who is moving from the parishes of Aslop, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Thorpe and Tissington to Central Nottingham.
Under the title “Thatcher and drugs and rural Derbyshire – Nottingham’s new vicar tells his story” here are some extracts:
For Christopher, 51, is on the cusp of taking up a new challenge as the vicar of three of Nottingham’s most prestigious city centre churches, All Saints, St Mary’s and St Peter’s.
“The three Nottingham churches have a traditional liturgy but they are quite modern in outlook and there’s a lot of engagement with the community,” he said.
He believes his disparate experiences of the tough and the talkative, from council estates to parish council meetings, will stand him in good stead for his Nottingham career. Continue Reading »
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Parwich First Responders AGM
7.30pm Tuesday 18th November
at Parwich Memorial Hall
New responders, volunteers and interested parties all welcome.
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Derbyshire Constabulary are concerned for a missing person called Martin Mangan, who may be in the Ashbourne/Derby area.
He is a white male, aged 14 years, 6ft tall, slim build, short brown hair. He is wearing a blue top, cream jacket, dirty jeans and black boots. For those living in rural areas, please check outbuildings for evidence of anyone sleeping rough. Please report any sightings of Martin to the police on 0845 164 1644, quoting Incident no: 876 of 16/11/08.
Thank you.
Trisha Mellor, Community Intelligence Unit, Buxton Police Station
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For full details click The information contained within this post has been sourced from the PDNPA’s Planning Search service.
Firstly, here are the applications which have been listed as “registered”, and awaiting a decision.
Parwich
- The Catlow.
Proposed alterations and extension of dwelling. Proposed demolition of garage and erection of new to rear of property. Extension of domestic curtilage. - Uppermoor Farm. (1/2)
Conversion of outbuildings to form a two bedroom holiday letting unit. - Uppermoor Farm. (2/2)
Rear first floor extension to farmhouse, part change of use of attached barn to form additional residential accommodation and installation of sewage treatment plant.
Alsop-en-Le-Dale
- Dove Top Farm, Cold Eaton.
Conversion of rural building into two residential units or tourist accommodation.
Ballidon.
- Tarmac Construction Ltd, Ballidon Quarry.
Discharge of ground water from the working area via a pipeline into the Bletch Brook.
Secondly, here are some recently made decisions. Continue Reading »
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Weather up date:
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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 9th |
15 |
1006.3 |
1000.3 |
7.4 |
3.3 |
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Mon 10th |
1 |
1004.0 |
1001.0 |
5.7 |
2.3 |
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Tue 11th |
2 |
999.9 |
1006.2 |
9.7 |
4.1 |
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Wed 12th |
4 |
1012.2 |
1015.8 |
12.0 |
5.3 |
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Thurs 13th |
1 |
1017.9 |
1015.7 |
9.6 |
2.9 |
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Fri 14th |
0 |
1018.2 |
1019.6 |
12.7 |
9.5 |
|
Sat 15th |
3 |
1019.0 |
1025.0 |
11.3 |
9.3 |
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Total |
26 |
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Average |
9.8 |
5.2 |
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
With Gardeners Cottage sold subject to contract, here are the remaining four properties on this month’s list.
- Hope Croft, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £365,000
- Lenscliffe, Parwich. 3 bed semi-detached, £285,000
- Parwich Lees Cottage, Alsop Road, Parwich. 3 bed cottage, offers around £450,000
- Parwich Village Shop. Commercial, £375,000
The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the USEFUL INFO page, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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Yesterday saw the last visit of Andrew Peach with the butcher’s van to Parwich and the area. The firm of Peach’s of Ashbourne has been selling meat from a van in the village for at least three generations of Peaches and over three generations of villagers.
There has been a decline in the number of firms bringing vans out to the villages over the years, and increasingly Andrew Peach has found it had to staff the shop and go out on the van. It was with obvious regret that he felt obliged to stop the service, which has been much appreciated by those who have used it over the years.
All that remains of the mobile shop services is Morris & Son’s fish van on a Friday
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Another fine performance this week saw Tom and Camilla picking up 35 points from the Strictly judges, leaving them in third position behind Austin & Erin (38) and Rachel & Vincent (39).
“Those sequins, they set your hips in motion!” – Arlene.
“There are three things you need in salsa: rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. You had that; you were fantastic.” – Len.
“The Spice Boy has risen to the challenge yet again!” – Bruno.
“Very well executed. Boundless energy. However, I have one small point to make…” – Craig.
Sadly, for reasons of space, PARWICH.ORG is unable to bring you Craig’s “one small point”…
Update: We are happy to report that Tom and Camilla have made it through to next week’s show.
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Vodpod videos no longer available.
This week’s Strictly Come Dancing starts at 18:05 – and as usual, The Sycamore will be screening the show on their jumbo-sized screen. Voting commences at 19:20, and the lines will remain open until around 21:00.
Tom had a bit of trouble with a stiff neck earlier in the week – but a visit to the physiotherapist has cleared the problem, and we can expect to see him and Camilla dancing a sizzling Salsa on tonight’s show.
Although the couple have been sailing through the competition thus far, picking up deservedly high scores from the judges every single week, last week’s shock result for Rachel Stevens – placing her in the bottom two on Sunday night, despite being one of the most capable dancers in this year’s contest – demonstrated that nobody is safe. (Apart from John Sergeant, obviously.) So please don’t forget to vote!
Here’s Tom’s weekly press round-up: Continue Reading »
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Derbyshire Police want to meet and listen to the local Communities and their Derbyshire Police want to meet and listen to the local Communities and their Representatives, so we can find out what concerns the local people. Along with other Agencies we can then deal with those concerns and continue to improve the quality of life across our area.
Whilst we try to speak with Parish Councillors, Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators, local Schools, and members of the public, this tends to be done with the individual groups. We want to try and get people from different groups, and the general public, to meet together, to discuss concerns, and then work together to resolve any problems. The aim is to try and do this by having Community Forums, one on each Beat.
This is a further opportunity to influence how your area is policed, and to share ideas with other parties, including people from other villages within the Beat. Other Agencies will be involved, such as the County Council, District Council, Peak Park and Fire and Ambulance Services.
As I have explained before our area has been ‘christened’ the Tissington Safer Neighbourhood Team. Let me stress that it is purely because Tissington is in the centre of our area, which includes Mappleton, Thorpe, Fenny Bentley, Parwich, Bradbourne, Ballidon, Kniveton, Alsop en le Dale, and towards Pikehall.
We are hoping to have Simon TRANTER, Derbyshire County Council Traffic & Safety Manager for our area, attending.
Our area is widespread and I understand that some concerns to residents of Mappleton may have no relevance to those at Alsop en le Dale. However it may well be one village can learn from another’s experience, and we can all benefit by getting together.
If you wish to talk to me about the idea, please contact me on 0845 123 33 33, or call in to Ashbourne Police Station. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Ian COOPER Police Constable 1525
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Click on the letter below to access as a pdf:
Useful links:
- You can download the Young Voices action song from here.
- You can out more about new pop band The Kixx on the Young Voices site, and also on their MySpace page.
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Following the trip to see a stage production of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the History Society is leading a walk to see the real thing, all are welcome (swords are not essential):
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Welcome to Tracy Marshall as the new chair of Stepping Stones (Parwich Pre-School). Click on the letter below to read her first newsletter:
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RINGMASTER COMMUNITY MESSAGING – Buxton – BA1918 Incident No: 83 13/11/08
Following report of a yellow dropside lorry, registration number P969FOH, and a separate white horse box being stolen overnight on 12/13th November, from Clifton, Ashbourne, please ensure that trailers and vehicles are stored securely. Please be extra vigilant and report all suspicious activity to the police. Any information, call 0845 164 1644, quoting incident no: 83 of 13/11/08.
Thank you.
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