After a break of three years the Siege of Crowland Abbey is back bigger and better with cannon, musket, pike and cavalry to mark the Siege of Crowland Abbey 1643.The Sealed Knot will be occupying Crowland for the weekend of September 16 and 17 to re-enact this English Civil War event.The weekend will consist of parades, mock battles, a torch ...

There will be plenty of pomp at Whaplode Drove’s Elizabethan Centre on Saturday as the King’s Lynn Town Band put on their own Proms Night.The theme this year is music from the stage and screen along with, of course, the stirring Proms-themed numbers that embellish the second half of the night.On the baton will be the ever-popular Steve Ingham and ...

The latest Best In Comedy show at the South Holland Centre boasts a fantastic line-up headed by Zoe Lyons.On Saturday, September 9 at 8pm the award-winning comic who has appeared on a host of the UK’s TV shows is joined by Tez ilyas, Paul McCaffrey and Peter Flanagan.Tez fronts his own sketch programme The Tez O’Clock Show on Channel Four ...

Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is holding two fascinating events this month – The Adventures of William Stukeley exhibition from September 12-16 in the Broad Street Museum and Archaeology and Landscape – 18th century prints of Samuel and Nathaniel Buck on September 30 in Broad Street Methodist Church.William Stukeley was born in Holbeach in 1687.The museum has 44 drawings and documents, a ...

West Pinchbeck is hosting two popular events this weekend.Saturday sees the return of the West Pinchbeck Village Show in the village hall, Six House Bank.Schedules and entry forms are available. Entries cost 25p per item with the children’s section free.Entries are limited to one exhibit per person, per class. Enter as many classes in each section as you wish. Exhibits ...

Virginia Woolf’s classic one woman show, A Room Of One’s Own, is heading to Spalding’s South Holland Centre as part of its nationwide tour. The production stars Rebecca Vaughan and is from the award-winning creators of Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, and Christmas Gothi. It sees the return of Dyad Productions with a 21st century take on Virginia Woolf’s ...

Thousands turned out for the 2023 annual Holbeach Food Festival as temperatures hit 25 degrees. Around 60 stalls offered a wide range of food, drinks, crafts, and even a beach-themed beer garden. The hot food available included wood fired pizzas, Caribbean curries, Mexican fajitas and artisan burgers. Desserts included waffles, handmade Lincolnshire ice cream and cakes galore.The event showcased a ...

Moulton is set to celebrate one of its biggest weekends in the calendar.The Moulton Harvest Weekend, which is this year incorporating the Tractor Working Weekend, takes place across the village on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17.The tractors will be operating down Broad Lane (PE12 6PW) on both days from 10am to 4pm.There will be a host of vehicles ...

A new Lions club has launched for the Crowland and Holbeach area. Trinity Lions Club is the latest branch of the worldwide charity.There used to be a Crowland and East Elloe Lions Club some years ago but now a new group has been specifically set up.A spokesman for the group, said: “We are part of Lions Clubs International, with 1.4million ...

Spalding Rugby Club paid a mark of respect for one of their own after he died in the early hours of Friday. Steve Machin was a hero off the field and was one of the first to tackle a terrorist on London Bridge in 2019 after the young man had murdered two people at a conference.A special ceremony was held ...

A young leader in the making has been given a fantastic trip courtesy of the South Holland Rotary Club.George Neal went on the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards course.The Head Boy at Spalding High School is now moving on Sheffield University.Before he leaves, he joined others supported by Rotary organisations at the week-long course at Grafham Water.A spokesman for the club ...

The public of South Holland are being asked to get involved with a new artwork being created for Spalding. Flos Pompa (Latin for flower parade) is a ceramic work being created in an attempt to brighten the town’s Abbey Passage.Transported Arts, which has been commissioned to create the work, will be holding two public sessions on Spalding Market to invite ...

Increased fines are set to be brought in as part of a bid to deter people littering and fly-tipping. South Holland District Council has announced its intention to increase its Fixed Penalty Notice (FPNs) threshold following an internal review.The increased fine amounts in South Holland would now be as followed:Fly-tipping: £400 (with larger offences to be prosecuted through the courts)Littering: ...

The first phase of Spalding Active Travel ‘Levelling Up’ improvements have come to an end.Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “I’m really happy to announce that the first phase of our ‘Levelling Up’ active travel improvements in Spalding are now complete.“As part of this initial set of works, the team has built a 3m wide footway/cycleway near the ...

Wellbeing hubs could be created in Spalding and Holbeach after a South Holland charity was given £200,000 to expand its fantastic work. Tonic Health has been given the money by the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board to expand its Safe Places mental health support across the district.Safe Places has been delivering crucial mental health support in the community for over six ...

More than £1.3m of outstanding debt is being recommended for write-off by South Holland District Council. In a report to be considered by the Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, officers are recommending that the debts, which are made up of Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefit overpayment and other sundry debt over a 15-year period, are approved for write-off.The ...

Take a look into the history of Gosberton is being held.The village’s history society is putting on a Gosberton Heritage Day at the Public Hall in High Street from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, September 16.It will include filmed guided tours of the Five Bells crossroads and High Street, a walk-along history timeline stretching 4,500 years and displays of art ...

A community larder is set to celebrate ten years of service and helping thousands of people. Holbeach Community Larder and Café provided food parcels for more than 20,000 people, £30,000 in food vouchers and cooked and served more than 22,000 two-course meals.It was started on September 13, 2013, following a scoping exercise in which it was decided that the town ...

A woman is walking the coast of England to raise money and awareness for Motor Neurone Disease.Susanna Janner (64), from Walthamstow in London, stayed at the Anglia Motel in Fleet Hargate last week as she passed through on her journey.She set off from London on Aprll 1, 2022 and hopes to have finished her challenge by the end of October.Susanna, ...

Sheltered housing residents in South Holland are set to benefit from a wide range of improvements to 14 community centres. South Holland District Council has announced the project which started last month.Communal facilities, including lounges, kitchens and patios, will be improved and tenants encouraged to use the meeting places.One of the elements of the project sees the Long Sutton Youth ...