Events

A revamped village war memorial is to be rededicated on Easter Saturday. A special parade through Pinchbeck will take place as part of the service on Saturday, April 8, which will also double as the Royal British Legion’s annual rededication parade for Lincolnshire.It follows a £9,000 clean up of the area by Pinchbeck Parish Council.The village’s branch of the Royal ...

A special event to crown Spalding’s Flower Parade Ambassador is to take place next month. The South Holland Centre will see which of the ten final nominees lands the top position for the event on Saturday, May 13. Before that though, the person who will be the Ambassador for the parade and sit atop one of the main floats need ...

Pinchbeck has crowned its carnival queen and attendants for the year. Bryony Sweeting will take the top position at the village’s carnival on Saturday, June 10. And she’ll be joined by princes Nathaniel Garfoot and Edward Bates in helping to lead the procession. The judging was held at a special cabaret night at Pinchbeck Village Hall on Saturday.Pavanotti, aka Jeff ...

Spalding Lions held the annual Race Night to help boost funds.The town’s South Holland Centre was packed with supporters for the night which was hosted by Tom Mehew and Premier Race Night.“Spalding Lions would like to thank their sponsors and those who bought advertising space in the race programme, compere Terry Patey, the horse owners, raffle donors and Harrington’s Catering ...

The great and the good will gather on Sunday for the Pride of South Holland Awards 2023. For the last few months we’ve been inundated with nominations for those people you feel should receive recognition for their work in the community.The judges had the unenviable task of whittling that down to a shortlist, and at the South Holland Centre from ...

A Spalding mum-of-two is hoping her smile will light up the Spalding Flower Parade as its Ambassador. Johanne Seymour is Spalding born and bred with the Juniper Crescent resident having been to previous incarnations of the parade countless times before it finished in 2013. A warehouse operator at Fowler Welsh she says her hobbies are reading, horse riding, running, gardening ...

Spalding Photographic Society is looking to put January in the picture with a special open evening. On Wednesday, January 11, a special presentation on wildlife photography is being held by Andy Hayes. It takes place at the Castle Outdoor Bowls Pavilion, Albion Street, Spalding PE11 2AJ at 7.30pm. The club’s treasurer Bruce Hayes said: “After the excitement of the festive ...

The Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is urging people to use its historical museum more as it looks to attract grants to secure its 300 year history. The Broad Street institution boasting many thousands of artefacts will now be open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm with entry free. It’s part of a bid to get more visitors in as 1960s extension ...

Crowds have been flocking to Springfields from across the region to take in this year’s festive lights. The shopping outlet says 2022 has been its best year ever for the light show with people coming from far and wide to view the transformation of the gardens. A spokesman said: “The word has been spreading fast in the press, on the ...

Santa hitched a ride with a tractor and trailer when the Young Farmers came to town. A parade of 75 tractors took part in a tour of the area so Santa could say hello to his young friends. Phillip Rouston, Santa’s driver, said it was the second year the parade had been held and the reception had been very positive ...

The annual Christmas Fayre at Spalding United Reformed Church has been hailed a success. This year it tied in with the town’s Christmas celebrations recently, and members of church were heartened so many regulars and visitors came through the doors to grab a bargain or see the Christmas Trees. During the event, the Marching Ambassadors took time out from their ...

A relative of Spalding’s first published Flower Queen is among those vowing for the title of Ambassador for the returning Spalding Flower Parade. Hotel worker and semi-professional model Megan Vellam has applied for the role for the event taking place on May 13 next year. Megan says she “would like to follow in family footsteps” by applying for the role. ...

Local wildlife watchers got front seats for a flypast by some spectacular feathered friends last week. Leading health and wellbeing charity, Royal Voluntary Service, and long-term supporter, Yakult, hosted a free event for older people to meet Baytree Owl and Wildlife Centre, Spalding’s resident birds of prey, as part of their Safe, Warm and Well winter wellbeing campaign. Light refreshments ...

A popular orchestra which was forced to stop playing when the pandemic hit is back in business. The Ukulele Orchestra of Spalding is playing local gigs after a long, enforced break. The first performance will be for the Gateway Club, organised by Spalding Mencap Society. “It has always been one of our favourite gigs, and it seemed only right to ...

A woman is working towards creating 2,023 different flowers for next year’s Spalding Flower Parade as a thank you for a home’s care for her dad. Avril Barker has made 1,000 flowers for Cedar Falls’ float for Spalding Flower Parade so far. She’s aiming to make 2,023 in total for next year’s event as part of a thank you for ...

Santa was working flat out when he visited Holbeach at the weekend for the town’s Christmas Fair. Having borrowed some room at Jamie’s Carpets, Santa gave out more than 500 wrapped gifts. There was quite a queue to see the big man, and Jamie said it was an ‘unreal turnout’. The town was bustling with families when some 50 food, ...

Christmas kicked off in Spalding with a bang at the weekend. The town was packed with people enjoying this year’s Christmas Celebration to help get residents and visitors into the spirit.The event, organised by South Holland District Council, offered a giant snow globe, vintage carousel and swing boat ride, as well as a pop-up vintage theatre from Punch and Judy ...

Santa Claus is once again touring South Holland this Christmas. He’ll be visiting Spalding thanks to the South Holland Rotary and many other towns and villages via the Spalding Lions.Both will be collecting for charity. South Holland Rotary will be touring around Spalding.You can donate to the Rotary by texting NOEL 3 to 70480 to donate £3. Change the 3 ...

After 13 years, the Johnson Hospital Ball committee has called it a day. The committee went out with a bang on Saturday night with the Winter Wonderland Ball – raising £1,500 for the League of Friends’ television campaign.Committee chairman Sally Brown said: “It was a fantastic night, everyone had a brilliant time.“It’s a shame that it was the last one ...

A Spalding teen is looking to emulate her mother as she looks to be the Ambassador for next year’s Spalding Flower Parade. Trinity Barker (17) has lived in Spalding all her life. She’s a second year student studying Early Years Education at Peterborough College having previously been a pupil at Spalding High School. As well as caring for a child ...