As well as the Credit Crunch on Wednesday’s Breakfast TV, there is more to look out for.
Thank you Stuart for letting us know that Rosemary is being interviewed on the Radio Derby breakfast show (7-30am onwards on Wednesday) and that Tom is being interviewed on East Midlands Today (6-30pm on BBC1 Wednesday), possibly including some further Parwich clips. We will add the link when the TV programme comes online, as well as links to any ‘It Takes Two’ clips.
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Thank you to Lynne G for sending this in.
I was watching BBC breakfast just after 7.20 this morning when they were doing a series on how people are coping with the credit crunch (it’s probably one of those items that gets repeated a few times through the whole programme). They said that tomorrow (Wednesday) the item will be coming from the Peak District where they will be seeing how small villages are coping with the credit crunch. Could be interesting – let’s hope they decide to come to Parwich!
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A home security company has been contacting residents in the area. Although this is a legitimate company, they use high pressure selling techniques and often sell over-priced alarm systems to elderly people that are sometimes too complicated to use. They also sell long term warranties, ie. a 20 year warranty, for maintenance on the systems.
Always obtain several quotes. Even if the visit is solicited, householders have 7 days cooling off period. If you do go ahead, do not let work start straight away and don’t sign anything to say that work can commence before the cooling off period is over. Thank you.
Derbyshire Ringmaster.
If you have any information relating to incidents please contact 0845 164 1644. Derbyshire Constabulary can be contacted on 0845 123 33 33, or in an emergency 999. Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111. If you have any problems with ringmaster please contact your nearest Community Information Officer.
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Tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday 2-45pm) an Indian Music presentation is to take place at Parwich Primary School. Parents are welcome to attend.
Also, as the fund raising Curry & Quiz Evening had to be cancelled, please think about making a donation to the School to help with the cost of the presentation.
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If you took a Tuesday evening stroll along Smithy Lane this Summer, you may have heard the sound of clinking beer bottles, manic strumming, improvised accordions and uncontrollable laughter. This, ladies and gentlemen, was the sound of The A52s creating music. In the first week, the band learned some notes. In the second week, they tried putting them in the right order. As the weeks went by, these top musicians learned enough notes to do a debut gig! Terrifying huh?! We think so too!
The band turned down frantic offers from lesser venues such as the NEC and the O2 Arena, opting instead for the prestigious yet intimate Parwich Legion. The band will appear 8.30 to 9ish on Saturday 8th November. Make a note in your diaries for an evening of fine entertainment. Free admission (in fact, the band may be paying you)!
The A52s is Parwich’s foremost folk-rock band, comprising 4 musicians at the top of their game (which happens to be Snap):
The A52s Publicity Shot
The A52s In Full Effect
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Thank you to Brian Mullan of the Ashbourne Adult Community Education Centre for sending us details of this year’s courses with places still available, included are art, computing (open, CLAIT, ECDL, ITQ, web design, greetings card design), Spanish, English for speakers of other languages, first aid at work, maths for adults, tap dance, yoga and tai chi. Click here for information on days and costs (pdf format).
For more details or to register contact: Ashbourne Adult Education Centre, Cokayne Avenue, Derbyshire, DE6 1EJ, tel 01335 345 613, email ashbourneace@hotmail.com
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This week Parwich Primary School is holding a Healthy Eating Week. Perhaps the School will be able to add some comments to this post or email ideas to parwich@hotmail.co.uk to help the rest of the community. Also all you ‘non-school children’ out there might have ideas on how we can all eat more healthily.
(If you fancy a go at growing your own vegetables, seeds can be bought at discount rates through Parwich & District Horticultural Society; the Suttons Seeds catalogues will be given out at the Society’s up coming AGM or contact Mike Hart on tel. 456.)
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Parwich Primary School are collecting Morrisons ‘Let’s Grow‘ vouchers, so if you get any please put them in the School letter box (or post them to Parwich Primary School, Parwich, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1QJ).
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Better late than never
click on letter to see as pdf
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Although technically not in our area, Hoe Grange Farm is only a matter of yards beyond the Ballidon parish boundary. Hoe Grange Holidays based at the farm, recently won two East England Enjoy Excellence Awards from East Midlands Tourism:
Of general interest is their website’s useful Local Events page, listing a good range of Peak District events, though unfortunately they do not link on to the relevant event websites. Gold award winners in Derbyshire include Kedleston Hall (best Large Visitor Attraction), Buxton Festival (best Tourism Experience) and East Lodge Hotel at Rowsley (best Small Hotel).
Note. Also we have a new holiday let in our area, The Roost in Parwich. (See the holiday cottage links in the righthand column on most pages.)
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I was up dating the parwich film pages here at PARWICH.ORG and noticed that the cinema at the new Quad centre in Derby is up and running. This is the awaited replacement for the much loved old Metro Cinema. Those who have already been do let us know how you have found it, or give us your thoughts on the other cinemas in driving distance.
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The response to our first on-line poll at PARWICH.ORG is heartening. So far 37 people have responded of whom:
We will forward the results to Defra in response to their consultation on this, so see what others think and continue to have your say by clicking here, the more people who contribute the more they have to listen.
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Many thanks to Chris E for pointing out the following:
Gordon Brown had asked Matthew Taylor MP to carry out review looking at how land use and planning can better support rural business and deliver affordable housing. The full report can be seen at the Communities & Local Government website.
Its recommendations include
The government has yet to respond. It would seem that what we have been attempting to achieve in Parwich is ahead of Government policy. Are there opportunities here for our communities; is it possible that we can persuade the Government to support directly local projects as examples of good practice?
For the full CLG press release: Continue Reading »
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Thank you again to our weather man on the hill:
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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 12th |
1 |
1022.2 |
1017.8 |
17.8 |
9.4 |
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Mon 13th |
0 |
1013.9 |
1015.9 |
18.0 |
9.8 |
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Tue 14th |
7 |
1018.2 |
1015.5 |
14.6 |
10.5 |
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Wed 15th |
7 |
1012.7 |
1012.5 |
12.3 |
11.5 |
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Thurs 16th |
2 |
1012.3 |
1018.8 |
12.1 |
6.4 |
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Fri 17th |
0 |
1019.5 |
1019.2 |
14.2 |
4.0 |
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Sat 18th |
0 |
1018.0 |
1016.1 |
15.3 |
7.3 |
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Total |
17 |
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Average |
14.9 |
8.4 |
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…but THE A52s are coming.
You heard it here first!
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The judges’ points put Tom’s American Smooth on this evening’s Strictly Come Dancing in joint first postion, impressive considering it is part of his Stag Do, and he must travel up to Derbyshire in the early hours of Sunday morning. This is only half the final score. Find out the results on Sunday at 8-10pm on BBC 1.
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click on poster to enlarge
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For the first time the male and female celebrities are competing against each other in tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing, at 6-40pm on BBC1. The programme will be shown on the super sized TV at the Sycamore with chip butties to follow and the TV cameras present. Tom and Camilla will be dancing the American Smooth this week. An excellent wedding present for Tom would be to:
You can only vote this evening after the dancing is finished at approximately 8pm up to 9-30pm (see BBC website for details). The results will be announced on the Sunday Show (8-10pm BBC1).
Finally, here’s this week’s round up of Chambers press clippings: Continue Reading »
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This afternoon’s meeting with Justine Ball, our grants officer for the Big Lottery Fund, was very positive. She met with several of the Project Team: Mike Gerard-Pearse, Brian Beasley, Val Stevenson, Nick Stevenson and Peter Trewhitt. First she looked round the Memorial Hall and the site, and then we moved to the School to access their internet and projection facilities.
We discussed the consultation process, the additional future uses of the Hall that have been identified (e.g. after-school activities and adult education classes) and our strategies to obtain matched funding / in kind donations. Some additional detail was required and several of our outcome measures need rewording to fit into their format, but overall Justine was very complimentary of high standard and thoroughness of our application. Continue Reading »
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Tonight’s ‘It Takes Two‘ on BBC2 kicked of with the story of Tom and Clare’s romance, in the build up to Saturday’s competition and to Tom and Clare’s wedding. Best wishes to both Tom and Clare from all at PARWICH.ORG.
The highlight of this for me has to be Stuart yodeling; it left Tom with a tear in his eye.
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The Bishop of Patna, the Rt. Rev’d Philip Marandih, has long been trying to get me to visit his diocese. So when the director of schools for Derby Diocese suggested that I join a trip to India, designed to set up and develop links between schools in Derbyshire and in India, including Patna diocese, I readily accepted her invitation. A few days ago I returned from a tour which took me through the flooded areas of Bihar state, one of the poorest parts of India, to some tribal villages which have been left virtually untouched by India’s recent economic growth.
Christianity was first brought to these peoples – the Santali tribe – in the 1860s, and the first church was built there, in the village of Taljhari, at about the same time as St. Peter’s church in Parwich was being rebuilt. Fenny Bentley school is making links with two schools in this area, one in the tribal village of Barharwa, where it costs only £800 to build a new classroom, and one in the city of Patna, where email links are likely to be better. My tasks during the visit included speaking and preaching on several occasions, and giving three talks to a conference on the Church’s engagement in society in another tribal area, this time in the diocese of Eastern Himalaya.
This is a video clip of the welcome shown to us by the Santali tribespeople of Barharwa –
Other video clips of the visit, and of my visit to Assam earlier this year, may be seen here.
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We are really sorry to announce that the Snail Trail is being postponed, there are just not enough venues because of the clash with the half term holidays. However, it will definitely go ahead in spring so hang onto all those items and sell them in the Spring.
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We have a chrome Dualit 3 slot toaster that we no longer need, free to a good home. One of the elements has gone but they can be repaired. Please ring Rebecca on 318.
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The Government is consulting on whether people think direct elections to National Park Authorities are a good idea. What are your views?
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The Memorial Hall Redevelopment Project continues to move forward. Tomorrow afternoon Justine Ball of the Big Lottery Fund is visiting Parwich to meet some members of our Steering Group and to visit the Hall site. She is the Grants Officer overseeing our application and is gathering information towards their final decision whether or not to give us the grant.
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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 USEFUL INFO page, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.
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If you are a member of the Over 60’s and want to join in the Pie & Pea Supper on November 11th at 6pm in the Memorial Hall , please can you ring Alan as soon as possible on 279.
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Click on the photo to the right to see the feature on Tom Chambers shown on this evening’s East Midlands Today (BBC1 6-30pm).
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We understand that tonight Tom Chambers will be on the news again on EAST MIDLANDS TODAY, which starts at 6.30pm on BBC1.
Also, “A day in the life of Tom Chambers” was screened last night on “It Takes Two”, which is shown weekdays at 6.30 on BBC 2, hosted by Claudia Winkleman. Please click on the video window to view it.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
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Here the stories from our immediate area in this Ashbourne News Telegraph:
Here are some other stories that might be of interest to our viewers: Continue Reading »
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Many congratulations to Esther Tyson, our recent artist addition to the village (see previous post).
She has won not one but two(!) prestigious awards for her art work, which are:
The RSPB Award for “Bullfinch Study” and the Capmark Europe Art Award (first prize) for “Early beginnings – Moorhen nest building”.
Interestingly, the Moorhen picture (see below) was based on Esther’s studies of the Parwich village pond.
Both awards were presented by Germaine Greer at the Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Exhibition 2008 at the Mall Galleries, London on the 23rd September (see photo below).
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During the afternoon of 13/10/08, there were a number of reported thefts of purses from shoppers in Matlock, Buxton, Bakewell & Chesterfield.
The descriptions of the offenders vary but they were of Eastern European appearance. Two offenders were arrested in Chesterfield but other offenders were still out and about stealing purses/bags. Please be extra vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police.
If you have any information relating to incidents please contact 0845 164 1644.
Derbyshire Constabulary can be contacted on 0845 123 33 33, or in an emergency 999.
Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Janet asked us to let people know that they can order their magazines via the Shop at the Sycamore. Either call in or phone Janet on 390 212.
Also last Saturday the Pub was featured in the Derby Evening Telegraph referring back to its winning the Best Community Pub Award in September:
Another Derbyshire pub which has stayed successful despite the trade crisis is the Sycamore Inn, in Parwich. It scooped two gongs at this year’s Great British Pub Awards, for East and West Midlands Pub of the Year and Community Pub of the Year.
Janet Gosling, who has run the pub for eight years, said the business had stayed central to the village community. In March, she and her partner, Stephen Conway, opened a shop in the pub, selling vegetables, newspapers and household goods. Continue Reading »
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These photos were taken in Wolfscote Dale behind Hartington on Sunday afternoon. It was glorious to see the turning leaves in the sunlight….and such a short drive from Parwich. Makes you forget all about the wet Summer!
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The rest of the Blog Team would like to congratulate Christopher and give our very best wishes to him and his family. Not only are we losing a repected vicar, but also a valued member of the Blog Team, though our loss is Nottingham City Centre Church Group‘s gain:
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It is with much sadness that I have announced that we will be moving from Parwich in February – I have been asked to be priest in charge of three churches in the centre of Nottingham.
St. Mary’s is situated in the Lace Market; St. Peter’s is in the heart of the shopping area, next to Marks and Spencer’s, and All Saints is near to the Arboretum and to Trent University. Our years in Parwich have been wonderful in so many ways, but working in the heart of a major city will also offer some splendid opportunities.
I expect that we will leave Parwich in early February – my licensing service in Nottingham is on Sunday 22nd February at 3.00 pm. The process of finding a new vicar for Parwich will involve the drawing up of a profile of the group of five parishes, which will be put to possible applicants. This will be overseen by the bishop and his colleagues, but the main work on the profile needs to be done here.
At least it’s not too far from here – do come and visit! Details of the parish are at www.nottinghamchurches.org
Christopher
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To find out more – Continue Reading »
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The postponed September AGM has been rescheduled to:
PTA Annual General Meeting
6-30pm Tuesday 14th October
at Parwich Primary School
all parents welcome
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