Thursday 6 September 2018

Local news... Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  Summer (Jun-Aug) 2018

Temperature

 

Mean daily maximum:                22.1 (2.9 above average)

Mean daily minimum:                11.1 (0.8 above average)

Mean temperature:                  16.6 (1.8 above average)

 

Highest daily maximum:             30.3 (26th Jul)

Lowest daily maximum:              14.5 (24th Aug)

 

Lowest daily minimum:               4.9 (31st Aug)

Highest daily minimum:             16.2 (3rd Aug)

 

Lowest daily grass minimum:         0.8 (31st Aug)

 

Number of air frosts:                0

Number of ground frosts:             0

 

Days with max 30.0-34.9:             1

Days with max 25.0-29.9:            24

Days with max 20.0-24.9:            33

Days with max 15.0-19.9:            31

Days with max 10.0-14.9:             3

 

Frost duration:                     0.0 hours

 

Rainfall

 

Total fall:                        94.5  mm (35% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)            14.5  mm (26th Aug)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):         29

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):          17

 

Snow

 

Days with snow or sleet falling:     0

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    0

Deepest at 0900:                     0 cm

 

Sunshine

 

Total sunshine:                   472.8 hours (142% of average)

Sunniest day:                      14.0 hours (22nd Jun)

Days with no sun:                    4

 

Other phenomena

 

Days with thunder heard:             2

Days with hail:                      0

Days with fog at 0900:               0

 

Wind

Mean wind speed:                    4.9 mph

Maximum gust:                       45 mph (14th Jun)

Days with gale:                      0

 

Remarks

By a considerable margin, it was the hottest, driest and sunniest summer in my 10-year record. There’s a substantial short-term rainfall deficit but over the past 365 days the rainfall has been 91% of the 365-day average, so not a significant deficit over that length of time.

 

 

Much more at https://peakdistrictweather.org

Twitter: @TideswellWeathr



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Local news... Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  August 2018

Temperature

 

Mean daily maximum:                20.2 (1.3 above average)

Mean daily minimum:                11.3 (0.7 above average)

Mean temperature:                  15.7 (0.9 above average)

 

Highest daily maximum:             27.8 (5th)

Lowest daily maximum:              14.5 (24th)

 

Lowest daily minimum:               4.9 (31st)

Highest daily minimum:             16.2 (3rd)

 

Lowest daily grass minimum:         0.8 (31st)

 

Number of air frosts:                0

Number of ground frosts:             0

 

Days with max 25.0-29.9:             3

Days with max 20.0-24.9:            12

Days with max 15.0-19.9:            14

Days with max 10.0-14.9:             2

 

Frost duration:                     0.0 hours

 

Rainfall

 

Total fall:                        43.7  mm (50% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)            14.5  mm (26th)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):         15

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):           9

 

Snow

 

Days with snow or sleet falling:     0

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    0

Deepest at 0900:                     0 cm

 

Sunshine

 

Total sunshine:                    90.3 hours (99% of average)

Sunniest day:                       9.7 hours (31st)

Days with no sun:                    2

 

Other phenomena

 

Days with thunder heard:             1

Days with hail:                      0

Days with fog at 0900:               0

 

Wind

Mean wind speed:                    5.1 mph

Maximum gust:                       33 mph (26th)

Days with gale:                      0

 

Remarks

Yet another remarkable month. It was the hottest and driest August in my 10-year record. Sunshine was only average, though.

 

 

Much more at https://peakdistrictweather.org

Twitter: @TideswellWeathr



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Friday 31 August 2018

Local news... Remember the 50s and ‘60s?

If so, you’re warmly invited to a Golden Memories Afternoon with Tea.

Wednesday 19th September, 3pm to 5.30pm, Wormhill Village Hall.

Music and Memories of the1950s and 1960s or even before! Share your memories!

It would be wonderful if you could bring memorabilia of those times and there will be opportunity to talk about, write down or, with your permission, to have items copied for community archives. Volunteers on hand to help.

Free Community Transport  available from  villages in the parish. Details later!

To book places, please phone Ruth Taylor on 01298 22529; leave ruth your contact details, and we will be in touch about transport.

The event is being totally funded by The Bishop Pursglove and Francis Gisbourne Trusts.



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Local news... THE STORY OF THE RED POPPY

The traditional red poppies and other products sold during November are made and sold as a symbol of remembrance, and love and care for all those whose lives were either lost or changed in service to their country.

There are many people in Tideswell and District who already know this history, but donations for the Poppy Appeal are always so generous I hope you find the following helpful.

During the First World War (1914–1918) much of the fighting took place in Western Europe. Previously beautiful countryside was blasted, bombed and fought over, again and again. The landscape swiftly turned to fields of mud: bleak and barren scenes where little or nothing could grow.  Bright red Flanders poppies, however, were delicate but resilient flowers and grew in their thousands, flourishing even in the middle of chaos and destruction.  In early May 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres, a Canadian doctor, Lt Col John McCrae, was inspired by the sight of poppies to write a now famous poem called ‘In Flanders Fields‘, set out below.

McCrae’s poem inspired an American academic, Moina Michael, to make and sell red silk poppies which were brought to England by a French woman, Anna GuĂ©rin. The (Royal) British Legion, formed in 1921, ordered 9 million of these poppies and sold them on 11 November that year. The poppies sold out almost immediately and that first ever ‘Poppy Appeal’ raised over £106,000; a considerable amount of money at the time. This was used to help WW1 veterans with employment and housing.

The following year, Major George Howson set up the Poppy Factory to employ disabled ex-Servicemen. Today, the factory and the Legion’s warehouse in Aylesford produces millions of poppies each year.

The demand for poppies in England was so high that few were reaching Scotland. Earl Haig’s wife established the ‘Lady Haig Poppy Factory’ in Edinburgh in 1926 to produce poppies exclusively for Scotland. Over 5 million Scottish poppies (which have four petals and no leaf unlike poppies in the rest of the UK) are still made by hand by disabled ex-Servicemen at Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory each year and distributed by our sister charity Poppyscotland.

I have the RBL accounts for the year 2015/2016 showing how the RBL raises and spends its money, if anyone would like to see them, please get in touch.

Jean Jackson

IN FLANDERS FIELDS

In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders’ fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high,
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders’ Fields.



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Monday 6 August 2018

Local news... Weather Statistics  –  Tideswell  –  July 2018

Temperature

 

Mean daily maximum:                24.7 (4.3 above average)

Mean daily minimum:                12.1 (1.0 above average)

Mean temperature:                  18.4 (2.7 above average)

 

Highest daily maximum:             30.3 (26th)

Lowest daily maximum:              18.8 (28th)

 

Lowest daily minimum:               8.7 (25th)

Highest daily minimum:             15.5 (24th)

 

Lowest daily grass minimum:         5.6 (25th)

 

Number of air frosts:                0

Number of ground frosts:             0

 

Days with max 30.0-34.9:             1

Days with max 25.0-29.9:            14

Days with max 20.0-24.9:            14

Days with max 15.0-19.9:             2

 

Frost duration:                     0.0 hours

 

Rainfall

 

Total fall:                        36.2  mm (39% of average)

Wettest day (0900-0900)            10.5  mm (28th)

Rain days (0.2 mm or more):          8

Wet days (1.0 mm or more):           6

 

Snow

 

Days with snow or sleet falling:     0

Days more than 50% cover at 0900:    0

Deepest at 0900:                     0 cm

 

Sunshine

 

Total sunshine:                   193.6 hours (150% of average)

Sunniest day:                      13.5 hours (2nd)

Days with no sun:                    1

 

Other phenomena

 

Days with thunder heard:             1

Days with hail:                      0

Days with fog at 0900:               0

 

Wind

Mean wind speed:                    4.8 mph

Maximum gust:                       40 mph (29th)

Days with gale:                      0

 

Remarks

Yet another remarkable month. It was the hottest, driest and sunniest July in my 10-years of recordings in Tideswell.

 

 

Much more at https://peakdistrictweather.org

Twitter: @TideswellWeathr



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Tuesday 5 June 2018

Local news... Litton School Wakes

Litton School will once again be enjoying Wakes Week.  From Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th June throughout the school day there will be traditional Maypole dancing as well as refreshments in the school.

The children also help in the designing and making of the children’s well in the village, which can be seen next to the school.

Come and see the children in Victorian costume, visit the wells and enjoy a cup of tea, sandwich and homemade cake.

The children will be performing the Maypole dancing each day at 11am, 1.30pm and 2.30pm

Coach parties very welcome.



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Friday 1 June 2018

Local news... 2018 POPPY APPEAL

Pete, hopefully you still have the article I sent on the history of the red poppy, to be put in VV at your discretion. Today’s post has contained my PAO 2018 Appeal Pack, which is the cause of this note.
Could that article on the poppy be put in the September edition please (the one that goes out in October) – then people will read it in October and hopefully make their usual generous donations. I will also have a piece for the October VV, showing how money has been spent on helping 2 ex-military personnel have life-saving medical help.
Enjoy Wakes!!!
Regards, Jean Jackson



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