Events

Spalding plant breeder Elsoms is inviting growers to find out more about its work and premises. The firm’s annual open days at its trials field alongside the A16 at Pinchbeck (postcode PE11 3JG) are on Wednesday and Thursday, October 12 and 13. With over 30 exhibitors from the industry booked to exhibit, and 200 visitors expected per day, it’s a key agricultural event in ...

Hovenden House held a Rio-inspired day to coincide with the Olympics and Paralympics. Staff members at the Leonard Cheshire Disability home in Fleet and their families were invited to join residents. The morning included an Olympic torch parade and games including welly throwing and basketball. A medal ceremony, which rewarded everybody who participated, was followed by a Brazil-inspired barbecue and refreshments. ...

Emergency vehicles, state-of-the-art lifesaving equipment and glimpses behind the scenes of a busy acute hospital will form part of a fun packed open day next month. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn will welcome the public on Sunday, October 2, to learn more about how it operates. Chief executive Dorothy Hosein, said: “As an organisation we are on a ...

The 1st Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers veterans will parade in Donington on Sunday (Sept 25) to mark the 72nd anniversary of The Battle of Arnhem. Accompanied by a piper, they will set off from Market Place at 10am and head to St Mary and the Holy Rood Church for a 10.30am service. This will include the presentation of the colours, ...

Spalding support group of the Macular Society raised awareness of eye disease and its work to help sufferers with its annual stall on the market. Members gave information and fundraised with a tombola in a venture supported by Hall Place family-run optician Molsoms and Associates. Andy Molsom received the Macular Society Award for Excellence in 2013 and 2015 and gave ...

Harvest Church Spalding is joining in the first-ever global Alpha advertising campaign, which features Bear Grylls. The survival expert said: “My Christian faith has brought light to a dark path, warmth to a cold mountain and strength to a failing body. I remember crawling onto the summit of Everest and clearing the snow from my mask to see the curvature ...

The Spalding branch of the Western Front Association is inviting the public to hear its guest speaker next Thursday.(Sep 22) Former Boston farmer Martin Middlebrook – one of the county’s best known military historians and authors – is finally bringing to an end over 40 years of writing and lectures on military history. He wrote his first book ‘The First ...

Wet weather failed to keep the crowds away from the annual Moulton Park Country Show. The show, which was celebrating its 21st birthday, offered a whole host of attractions, including vintage tractors, a classic car show, an arts and crafts fair and vintage fair rides. Members of South Lincs Herpetology Society gave people the chance to get up close and ...

There is very little anyone could teach Norman Beckett about pastry. And after 40 years’ employment, Spalding Bakery threw a surprise presentation for him on Tuesday and offered cake to all 560 staff members. During Norman’s time, which started as a process worker at Ruskington, the company has been owned by Adams Pork Products, Tulip, Kerry Foods and now Addo ...

An estimated 7,000 people made Bakkavor’s 30th anniversary fun weekend an event to remember. Employees and families from across the business nationally were joined by many people from the South Holland community for two days of fun at Springfields Events Centre in Spalding last Saturday and Sunday (July 23 and 24). About 5,000 employees and families from as far as ...

Be quick if you want to be in with a chance of winning a prize in our Holbeach best garden competition. We’ve had lots of entries already and the closing point is 5pm on Friday (July 29). We’re running the competition in conjunction with Holbeach In Bloom, which is offering three voucher prizes totalling £100. So whether it’s a fantastic floral front ...

A first skate and BMX jam – which could evolve into an annual event – is taking place on Tuesday (Aug 2). The venue is Spalding skate park at Low Fulney Field (opposite St Paul’s Church) from 10am to 5pm. Throughout the day there will be exhibitions by British champions and free coaching sessions for all ages. Entrance is free to ...

A night of birthday celebrations was held at The Reading Room in Holbeach at the monthly meeting of the Holbeach branch of the Royal Observer Corps Association. Ex-15 Group Commandant Peter Jex celebrated his 80th and ex-Chief Observer Frank Sauntson turned 91. Members enjoyed a buffet and both birthday cakes before watching a DVD.

An afternoon of beer, wine and song was enjoyed by residents and their families at The Bancroft in Long Sutton. Supported by Adnams of Southwold, a real pub atmosphere was created with cask ales especially popular and a jukebox of music from the 40s to the 70s keeping all entertained. Activity co-ordinator Steve Shore said: “It was lovely to see ...

by Karen Johnson – community development officer at South Holland District Council Do you consider that you have a disability? A new group the “South Holland Disability Forum” has now been set up to hear your voices and focus on your abilities and not disabilities. Lincolnshire Independent Living has been working alongside the Council to establish this valuable group. The core ...

Organisers of a primary school reunion are still trying to trace ex-pupils. The primary school in Fleet Fen, near Gedney Hill, closed in the 1970s. People still living locally and others who moved away are planning to attend the evening event organised by Philip Grummitt, Peter Bingham and Ian Laxton. They have specifically been asked if Shirley Beeken is planning ...

The search for Holbeach’s best garden is under way. We’re running a competition with Holbeach In Bloom to find the nicest garden in or around the town. Holbeach in Bloom is offering £100 in vouchers to spend in the town as prizes (winner £50, second place £30 and third place £20). Maybe you have a stunning front garden or a ...

Chartered accountant Bulley Davey has presented £3,600 to its chosen charities, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and Magpas air ambulance services, so far this year. The money was raised through events including a carol concert, the Great Eastern Run, coffee mornings, dress-down days and egg sales from home-reared chickens. Andy Atkins and Julie Matthewson, directors at Bulley Davey’s Spalding and Holbeach offices ...

More than 1,000 visitors kept the 30 stalls busy at the third annual Holbeach Food Festival. Holbeach cupcake maker Stephanie Smithson and Silver Finns (fresh Cromer crabs) sold out, Lymn Bank Farm Cheeses and Berberis House Apiary (honey and related products) reported good days, and Bakkavor Pizzas’ stall was busy. Main organiser Coun Nick Worth said: “It was a great ...

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the “big push” on the Somme, the Spalding British Legion, in association with the Rev John Bennett and Chris Carter from Tulip Radio, are organising a short service at the Cenotaph in Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding, on Friday. Proceedings will begin, as they did then, at 7.30am, with whistles blowing, signifying the launch of that fateful ...