Friday 26th September
Biggest Coffee Morning in the World
for Macmillian, Cancer Support
at Sandra C’s
9am – noon
Cake Stall & Raffle,
with prizes and cakes gratefully received.
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Well, postponing the previous date because of bad weather was certainly prescient, as we had the worst rain on record and a lot of people were too busy clearing up to have much time for any buying or selling. However a new date is now planned:
Parwich Snail Trail Garden Gate Sale
This will hopefully go ahead on Saturday 25th October
So please keep everything you were going to sell and
pray for a good day!
More details to follow.
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Nia, even though Colin B is definitely wrong in suggesting you are unbalanced, it took me a little while to interpret your email about night becoming day. I hope this makes sense:
Parwich Tennis Club‘s regular Club Night is moving to
Sunday Afternoons at 2pm
Starting this Sunday (28th September) the weekly club drop-in sessions are on Sunday afternoons from 2pm. Anyone is welcome to come to play and check out the Club.
Hope to see lots of you there.
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Unfortunately the fire brigade had to be called to Parwich again. Late this afternoon (Wednesday) three fire engines attended a workshop/garage fire by Dodd’s Hill. Fortunately no one including the dogs was hurt.
Commiserations and best wishes from all at PARWICH.ORG to the K family and especially to Philip.
Let us hope that having had three call outs (the first being a false alarm), we won’t be needing them again for a while.
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We have received two emails from Sandra Yould in Australia, who is researching the Calladines of Parwich and Alsop:
I just googled Parwich and found your site. May I congratulate you all. It’s great – I even had a play with the jigsaw puzzles! (My husband’s CALLADINE ancestors lived in Parwich and many are buried there. We actually visited the lovely village for a day in 1999.)
and secondly
now that you have offered it would be nice if you could say something about a ‘down under’ cousin seeking information on the Calladines of Parwich and Alsop.
My email address is sandyyd@tpg.com.au
So if you have any information on the Calladines of Parwich and Alsop do add a comment below or contact Sandy Yould. For more information on our local history see Parwich & District Local History Society.
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Our local PCT (Derbyshire County NHS Primary Health Care Trust) are holding an open event to give out information and find out about what people want in relation to NHS Dentistry provision (£450,000 to be spent) and the planned new Ashbourne (£20 million) health complex including the new hospital that will replace St. Oswald’s Hospital:
1pm to 4pm Saturday 11th October
Ashbourne Leisure Centre, Clifton Road
Copies of the PCT’s questionnaire on what people in the Ashbourne area want from NHS dentistry can be obtained at this event or downloaded from their website.
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Here are some items from this week’s Ashbourne News Telegraph that might be of interest:
- p.3 “Tom has magic in his hips says judge”. (Click here for the text of their article on Tom Chambers in Strictly Come Dancing.)
- p.5 Best wishes to PARWICH.ORG contributor Heather H who is currently with QUEGS in Northumberland competing in the 2008 Fieldfare Keilder Challenge final. Do let us know how you get on Heather.
- p.9 At various locations on Friday the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning will be taking place to raise money Macmillan Cancer Support. In Parwich all are welcome to School View between 9 and 12am (for more details see post on this site).
- p.21 Article on the Sycamore Inn’s winning Best Pub in the Midlands and National Best Community Pub (read our post), with a photo of Janet. There will also be a feature on this in Thursday’s Derby Evening Telegraph.
- p.21 Photo of the 12th July wedding of Alan Walker and Emma Bradbury that took place at Alsop Church.
- p.28 Pirate Night on Saturday at Parwich Legion (see poster on this site for more details).
- p.45 Darts results: the Sycamore won 7-2 against the Red Lion; the Shant won 7-2 against the Legion; and the White Hart won 6-3 against the Legion ‘B’ team.
Possibly also of interest are: Continue Reading »
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Harvest Supper on Monday night was an evening enjoyed by almost 60 people, there was good food, good wine (as long as you brought your own) and good company. A lot of work had been put into the event and we were very grateful to all those who donated salads, jacket potatoes & crumbles and those who helped in any other way. There was as always a very successful and entertaining auction, once we know how much was raised we will update this blog.
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At long last, Parwich has joined Alsop, Ballidon and Pikehall in having its own entry on Wikipedia. The page only contains fairly basic information at present, but this will doubtless be added to in due course.
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Stuart and Rosemary Chambers went to support Tom Chambers (aka Dr Sam Strachan of Holby City) at the BBC studios, Sheppards Bush in London for the Saturday Show and the results show on the Sunday 21st September.
At 4.30pm, having been in rehearsals since 9am, Tom is looking surprisingly relaxed – but maybe not.
Tom was a bundle of nerves as he and Camilla, his gorgeous Danish dance partner, were ‘first out of the trap’. We were delighted but so nervous for him too, a very live audience with demanding judges!
Rosemary and I were joined by three prominent members of the Holby City cast, Michael Spence, Daisha and Maddy Young, they were so supportive. Maddy and Michael gave some superb off camera tv interviews which we should see over the next few weeks. The cast of Holby City will attend the show as regularly as they can, maybe we’ll see Michael Spence dancing in 2010.
We had such a great time in the BBC bar before and after the show, chatting until near midnight with other contestants in particular a hot favourite being Rachel Stevens of S Club 7. I can’t tell you how exciting and exhilarating it was, gorgeous dresses to look at and lots of other celebrities to meet and see – a bbc bar to use too – I would recommend the evening to anyone, try and get a ‘wild invitation’ via the bbc.co.uk Strictly Come Dancing website. It’s a long day and it’s true you do see more on the TV but the vibrant atmosphere of a live show with the movement of boom cameras, technicians and all the contestants… Fantastic.
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Photos have been added to this post (Tues 23rd Sept)
Thanks to Val S for another literary masterpiece as well as champion tennis player.
I knew I was in trouble when I woke to the sound of Cher from my bedside radio….yes I KNOW our love won’t pay the rent but neither will it get a tennis tournament and end of season BBQ organised…..
Glynis (aka Drummond G) called, she’ll get rolls, beer and stuff, the Linnells are on sausages (obviously) and Colin B is organising the tennis; I get to clean and scrub two rusty dirty barbeques and plan some stuff for the annual dinner, my cup overfloweth.
All ready by 1pm. 24 highly motivated players were confronted by yet another cunning competition format, this time devised by Colin B……….And when I’m sad, you’re a clown …….. ….24 players – 3 Drummonds, 3 Smiths, 3 Linnells, 3 Beesleys, 2 Coates, 2 Yarletts, 2 Watsons, a single Fentem, a Chadfield (well done Sandra!) a Bunting, the vicar, a bloke called Richard and me – making 12 couples…I got you to hold my hand……
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PTA Anual General Meeting
6pm Tuesday 23rd September
at Parwich Primary School
all parents welcome
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Parwich Primary School Staff are organising a
‘Curry and Quiz’ night
on Friday 17 October from 7.30pm.
In the Memorial Hall
Tickets will cost £6.00 each (over 16’s only) and are available from Mrs Black and Mrs Wilkinson.
The event is to raise money for an Indian Music Workshop in school.
A raffle will be held on the night and you are invited to bring your own drinks and glasses.
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The Peak District National Park Authority are planning a series of visits to Peak District villages. The first visit will be to Hartington on 30th September, when the Chair, Narendra Bajaria, and the Chief Executive, Jim Dixon, will be meeting members of the Hartington community. Parwich is included in the list of villages to be visited, but we do not have a date yet. If you want to be involved in the visit contact John Fern, head of communications, on 01629 816356 or emailing john.fern@peakdistrict.gov.uk.
Below is the Authority’s full press release: Continue Reading »
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As well as the Sycamore Inn’s award, last week also saw a young Parwich man receiving well earned recognition. At last Friday’s Ashbourne Young Farmers’ dinner dance, Ben C. was named as ‘the Most Promising Young Farmer of the Year’.
Well done Ben from all at PARWICH.ORG. This is especially significant as you were up against others who had the advantage of living on a family farm.
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It is positive to see so many people adding comments. As well as approaching 80,000 hits, the number of comments so far is in the 980s. Who will make the 1,000th comment?
Don’t forget the more comments you add to the site and the more new posts you email to parwich@hotmail.co.uk the more this site will reflect the interests and needs of everyone connected with Alsop, Ballidon, Parwich and Pikehall.
Also do let us know if you have any ideas for more supporting pages, or if any further local groups that want their own pages here at PARWICH.ORG.
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This Friday (September 26th) sees Parwich participate again in the largest coffee morning in the world. It is of course the annual coffee morning for Macmillan, Cancer Support. Please join in at Sandra C’s anytime from 9am-noon. Cake Stall & Raffle, with prizes and cakes gratefully received.
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What a delightful service it was today at the Harvest Festival, a joint event with St Peter’s Church and Parwich Methodists. The church was beautifully decorated, every window sill full of autumn fruits and vegetables.
Harvest Supper. The produce will be auctioned tomorrow night at the Harvest Supper. We are delighted that all the tickets have been sold. We look forward to seeing you at 6.30pm in the Memorial Hall. Any further produce, fruit, veg, flowers and cakes will be gratefully received because we are a little short of things for the auction.
Thank you to Martin C for sending in these photos.
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To quote our weather man: “Now we have a drought? Stand pipes next?”
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Pressure in Mb pm |
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Sun 14th |
0 |
1022.6 |
1023.9 |
15.4 |
9.5 |
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Mon 15th |
0 |
1022.2 |
1025.1 |
15.9 |
9.4 |
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Tue 16th |
0 |
1022.7 |
1021.9 |
14.4 |
9.9 |
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Wed 17th |
0 |
1021.5 |
1022.3 |
15.3 |
9.7 |
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Thurs 18th |
0 |
1021.3 |
1021.8 |
18.4 |
6.0 |
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Fri 19th |
0 |
1021.6 |
1025.8 |
20.0 |
9.1 |
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Sat 20th |
0 |
1026.4 |
1026.4 |
19.6 |
9.1 |
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Total |
0 |
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Average |
17.0 |
9.0 |
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(To view this clip in full-screen mode, click on this video a second time – then select “watch in high quality” – then click on the “full screen” icon in the bottom right hand corner of the playing window.)
Tom and Camilla were the first to take the floor on this evening’s Strictly Come Dancingwith a ChaCha. The judges’ score of 28 puts them currently in second place behind Austin Healey and Erin Boag, however to make sure they are not in the dance off they still need our votes. The results will be announced on the Sunday show at 8pm. Continue Reading »
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Congratulations to Denise, and thank you to the Professor for sending this in:
She’s Done It! Denise’s Sponsored SkyDive! She’s a Star!
If you cast your minds back to July, many of you will have filled in Sponsorship Forms for Denise’s Skydive in aid of the Derby City General Hospital Breast Cancer Clinic.
On 19 July we went out to Langar airfield (between Nottingham and Grantham – and the home of the British Parachute Schools Skydiving Centre). The winds blew and blew, and if a jump had been made Denise would probably have landed in the Netherlands. We waited all day, and eventually returned disconsolate (to drown our sorrows in a pub in Markeaton).
Since then a combination of dreadful weather and domestic problems intervened to make a jump impossible, but on Tuesday 16 September we were told that Wednesday weather would be ideal – we should get there as early as possible. So we turned up at 10.30 – only to find mist and a very low cloud-base which would make tandem jumps for starters unsafe. The day went on and on.
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Tom Chambers is featured on page 3 of today’s Derby Evening Telegraph.
Stuart said Tom wants to succeed on the show to make people in the county proud.
He said: “He really wants to help put Derbyshire on the map and everyone should get behind him.”
Patti, who lives in Parwich, has known Tom since he was at school and is certain the village will back him all the way.
She said: “When Holby City first started we all watched the show in the pub. He may be on TV but he’s still our Tom.
“If he goes right to the end, and I think he ought to, I’m sure the village will have a fantastic party.”
Extra copies of the paper are on sale at the Sycamore.
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An amazing £170 was raised at the Church Kneeler Coffee Morning today, this also included the sale one of the kneelers. It was disappointing to see so few people supporting a village event, but for those there it was a lovely opportunity to catch up with friends. Thank you especially to Helen & Ian who opened their home up despite the damage caused by the floods, and thank you to all who donated, supported and helped.
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The Sycamore Inn is opening early this evening at 6pm so that those who want can come and cheer Tom along collectively. There is an extra large plasma TV especially for tonight. ‘Strictly’ starts at 6-10pm so you will need to be prompt to get your drinks and settle down for the start.
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To vote for Tom ring:
09015 22 23 01
(lines are open only between 7-30pm and 9pm Saturday 20th Sept)
The competition gets underway on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 at 6-10pm (Saturday 20th Sept). This week sees the male celebrities competing. All of us here at PARWICH.ORG intend to be totally impartial, showing no favouritism at all in our all out campaign to see Tom Chambers as the 2008 winner. Vote for Tom this Saturday evening. The results will be announced on Sunday’s show (this week the results show is at 8-00pm Sunday 21st Sept).
How to vote:
Strictly Come Dancing will be broadcast on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturdays the celebrities and their partners will dance for the judges scores and your vote. When the programme finishes on Saturday night viewers will be able to continue to vote until the lines close that evening at 9pm. The Sunday show is recorded on Saturday night but no element involving the results of the vote will start recording until after lines are closed and votes counted and verified. Continue Reading »
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Here are a couple of photos of Janet back at work having come from the station via the cash & carry:
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The results of the 2008 Great British Pub Awards are now in
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Being one of the three men that attended this talk, I can uncategorically say that those of you who did not go on Thursday evening missed an excellent talk and some incredible photos. Clare Shea-Simonds, an experienced athlete, has recently won a European silver medal for Triathlon. She and her husband, with some 80 other westerners and Nepalese, entered last year’s Everest Marathon, and Parwich WI reaped the benefit of having her mother on their committee.
Amazing though the challenge of a marathon starting near Everest Base Camp at 17,000 feet is, the challenge of walking to the start is as impressive. Described as the worlds most impressive race, it has been run 12 times since 1987. Clare talked of Nepal, the poverty (the average income is around £125 a year) and the people. Continue Reading »
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IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.
It has been a quiet month on the property front, with no changes to last month’s list.
- Hideaway Cottage, The Square, Parwich. 2 bed detached, £275,000
- 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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Thank you to Gareth Butterfield of the Ashbourne News Telegraph for alerting us to this item. Although outside our immediate area it may be of interest to our readers and could have future implications for within the Park.
Yesterday the Planning Inspectorate over turned Derbyshire Dales District Council’s refusal of a commercial wind farm on Carsington Pastures overlooking Carsington Water. West Coast Energy now have the go ahead to build four large wind turbines. Details of the appeal can be seen at the District Council Website and the Planning Inspector’s decision can be see at their website (with a bit of searching).
It is perhaps surprising that this got the go ahead in such a conspicuous and archaeologically important site, though the Government is working to facilitate the planning process for alternative energy installations. Just outside the National Park’s boundary it is interesting to speculate how this will impact on the PDNPA’s reluctance to allow even small domestic wind turbines.
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Just a quick reminder about the Harvest Supper on Monday 22nd at 6.30pm in the Memorial Hall. Demand has been very high and there are only 6 tickets left. If you would like to go please ring Andrew or Rachel on 202. Please remember to tell us if you are vegetarian or have any special dietary requirements. Don’t forget to bring your own glasses & drink!
Harvest Festival will be a joint service with the Parwich Methodists this Sunday at 10am – Everyone is welcome.
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The Ashbourne News Telegraph hits the mean streets of the Derbyshire again today (17/09/08). Here are some items of local interest:
- p1 & p4-5 The unveiling of the sculpture a Shrovetime Hug in Ashbourne last weekend. The paper is running an opinion poll and plans to have a video of the event on their website. See also Tim Baker’s Shrovetide blog.
- p2 Car fire in Parwich Parish last Friday with two fire engines and the police attending the blazing 4×4 in the Dale (the Newhaven road) near Middlemoor Farm in the early afternoon. (This was their second visit to Parwich that day, the earlier had been a false alarm following a toddler’s experiments with the telephone.) See also the Comment section “Busy days for police” on p.4. Continue Reading »
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The results of the Great British Pub Awards are to be announced tomorrow evening at a formal reception the Park Lane Hilton in London. Continue Reading »
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Our yet More Links page has recently been updated. It contains list of links relating to:
- Other Derbyshire or Peak District communities’ websites
- General Derbyshire and Peak District sites
- Midlands and National general rural living sites
Do let us know about any other websites that you think we should add, particularly other Peak District community sites that we have missed. Also, please send us any reasonably local links for our Where to go page. As well as the links via post, these two pages can also be accessed from the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG list in the right hand column.
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A conversation between several people over a garden wall resulted in us being asked to do the following post:
People have had varied responses from their different insurance companies in relation to the rain/flood damage of the other weekend. Some feel they have had a very rapid response and an exemplary service, but others have concerns. One household had a very rapid initial response but now feel they are left not knowing what is going to happen; another feels their contents insurers are trying to shift the reponsibility to the buildings insurer for what should be contents leaving them falling between the two stools.
It has been suggested that comments here on the Blog may help those less happy with the service they are getting. If people that are happy with their insurers say so in the comments section below, this will give those unhappy with theirs something to cite to their own insurers, or in the worst case the name of alternative insurance companies to change to when their policy comes up for renewal. Those people unhappy with their insurers may be able to use comments on the Blog to put the pressure of adverse publicity on them to come up with the goods. Continue Reading »
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Ben would like to extend his thanks to all those who have shown concern over his pile. He is delighted to say that it has now gone but it’s disappearance has taken a couple of months and involved considerable effort and a certain amount of pain. He has coped well with the friendly “jibes”, but was disappointed that no-one took the bit between their teeth and got stuck in.
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