Events

Who’s got the best garden in Holbeach? We want to know! Holbeach In Bloom is running a competition in conjunction with The Voice. Entries can be a lovely front or back garden or, for those householders with little or no outside space, a pretty window box or similar. Holbeach In Bloom chairman Graham Rudkin said: “Anything that anyone has got ...

Arts Council England is looking for more applications for Grants for the Arts funding from South Holland. Grants for the Arts is an open access funding programme for artists, individuals, art organisations, local authorities and others who use the arts in their work. Awards range from £1,000 to £100,000 and support a wide variety of arts-related activities, from dance to ...

An Elsoms Seeds trial site in Pinchbeck has been chosen by The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board for its Winter Wheat Variety demonstration next week. Adrian Hayler, agricultural division manager at Elsoms Seeds, said: “This is the first time this event has been held in South Lincs and Elsoms are delighted that their trial site has been chosen as the ...

by Karen Johnson Community development officer at South Holland District Council We are currently working on an exciting new initiative aimed at turning impressive ideas into reality. The district is the latest community to get involved in the Global Soup movement which organises live crowd funded events. South Holland Soup will see people coming together to pitch ideas for improving ...

Organising a wedding fayre from scratch would faze a lot of people but not June Wright. June is working hard to bring together an event, which takes place at Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding, on September 11 (10.30am-4pm), and all proceeds will go to Sue Ryder’s Thorpe Hall Hospice. June, of Spalding, lost her first husband David to cancer 20 years ago ...

Shoe retailer Brantano is helping to ensure no-one faces cancer alone after launching a partnership with a cancer care charity. The footwear chain has chosen Macmillan Cancer Support as its charity for the year, and has a host of fundraising events and initiatives lined up. Brantano is calling for South Holland residents to help support its first event – Go ...

Winners of this year’s Pride of South Holland Awards will be crowned on Saturday. It is the second year of the awards run by the Spalding and South Holland Voice and Tulip Radio and the standard of entries has been phenomenally high. We have been looking for those people across South Holland who go the extra mile to make their ...

Sutton Bridge residents have the chance to win a prize for their front garden in a new competition. Organised by Phil and Anne Scarlett, this is the first year that there has been a Best Front Garden Competition for Sutton Bridge. Phil and Anne are being supported by Sutton Bridge Parish Council and the competition is sponsored by Silverwood Craft ...

Crowland Amateur Dramatic Society is ready to take to the stage at South View Primary School with the farce Flying Feathers on Friday and Saturday.(June 10 and 11) Rehearsals have been something of a rollercoaster with the leading lady having to pull out through ill health. A spokesman said: “We were delighted a week later when one of the young ladies ...

More than 50 visitors took the chance to see around Sneath’s Mill in Lutton as part of National Mills Open Weekend. The “Mill Bug Hotel” proved very popular with children. Each youngster that visited the mill was given a selection of activities that included a flat pack make-your-own mill with sails that turned. Sneath’s Mill Annual Autumn Village Show at ...

Volunteers braved cold winds and wintry showers to assist at the annual litter pick in Surfleet. Between them they collected six full bags of rubbish from the verges and hedgerows of the village, mostly food wrappers and cans thrown from passing vehicles. Parish councillor Judy Chapman said: “We are grateful to the volunteers for turning out on such an unpleasant ...

There is reasoning behind the bushy sideburns currently being sported by Spalding pub landlord Pete Williams. He’s playing Bill Sikes in Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society’s production of Oliver!, which begins a four-night run at the South Holland Centre on Wednesday.(May 18) Few people might know that Punchbowl owner and South Holland district councillor Pete went to drama school ...

More tickets have been released for a popular visit to Spalding next month by Brian Blessed (pictured). The star – who describes himself as “actor, adventurer, raconteur” – will be on stage at the South Holland Centre on Thursday, June 9. He will be recounting tales of his adventures, notably up Mount Everest and becoming the oldest man to walk ...

It’s been all about food and fun for 1st Holbeach Brownies after a noisy street party to mark the Queen’s birthday and a Farm to Fork evening. The girls ressed in their best party dresses and feasted on sandwiches, sausages, crisps, jelly and ice cream, homemade cakes and a birthday cake to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. The girls were ...

Plans are well underway for the second Holbeach Music and Beer Festival this summer. The event is scheduled for the August Bank Holiday weekend from August 5 to 7 and organiser Sean Taylor promises a “high standard” in the music line-up – with a special headliner on board for the Saturday night. Sean said: “We want to create a family ...

Villagers and visitors made the 2016 Moulton Chapel tulip time parade a huge success. The usual parade of floats was joined by a decorated bicycle parade, which “went very well indeed” according to organisers. One special guest in the bicycle parade was Alex Frost, who had cycled from his home in south London. He had cycled to Cambridge on Saturday ...

Memories from more than 50 years ago were fondly recalled at a class reunion in Long Sutton. Many people from 1960’s Upper Five class at The Peele School (as it was then) had not seen each other in the intervening 56 years. The reunion was the work of Dennis Woods, who managed to pull together 23 of the 30 former ...

The minister who founded Calvary Baptist Church in Spalding more than 30 years ago has handed over to a new pastor. The present ministry is now under the leadership of Pastor Kevin Cowdrey. It was June 1985 under the leadership of the Rev Glenn Palmer that the first meeting was held. It was in the Ivo Day Centre in Albion ...

Artist Malcolm Cudmore shared his passion for coloured pencils with members of Spalding Arts and Crafts Society at its April meeting. Malcolm also gave a demonstration of techniques, showed off some of his work and told members it can take him more than 80 hours to complete a picture. The group is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. It was ...

Spalding’s flower-growing heritage was celebrated with a weekend of events at Springfields Festival Gardens. Springfields Gardens have been open for 50 years and Tulipfest and Craft Show marked the anniversary in traditional style with a family event including displays of colourful blooms and a mix of entertainment. Saturday saw Morris dancers, brass band, a falconry display, fancy dress competition, as ...