LETTER: My faith is restored

I am writing to thank three kind strangers who came to my aid in Spalding on Sunday lunchtime (November 3). I suffered a blackout on Love Lane and fell to the pavement banging my head and smashing my specs. I came round to find two men and a lady rushing to my assistance and putting me into the recovery position ...

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LETTERS – Lucky to have Sir John

Local MP for South Holland and the Deepings, Sir John Hayes recently received an honorary doctorate for his services to education from the University of Bolton. Sir John has played a big role in changing the national narrative about vocational education through his advocacy of practical learning and then went on to put theory into practice as a Government Minister ...

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LETTERS – I’ll swim in Wisbech

I write to express my concern regarding the increased car parking charges in Spalding, especially at the swimming pool. Effectively the council is increasing the cost of my swim by £1.30. As I live in Gedney I shall now use Wisbech pool even more frequently as parking there is free. It follows that all of my shopping spending will also ...

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LETTERS – Car parks losing money

Geoff Garner (Letters, October 31) must be one of the rare honest folk who buy a car park ticket. Regular users know there is no enforcement, so don’t bother paying. One man boasts he has parked all day, every day, for over a year in Herring Lane without paying a penny. At £1.30 for four hours, he has defrauded the ...

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LETTERS – Facts about junction trial

In response to reader’s letters I wish to dispel further rumours and put the record straight regarding the A16/B1166 Radar Junction trial. The Highways Authority has been working with Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to identify measures to improve safety. The trial is expected to become operational early in the new year and will be in place for a maximum period ...

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LETTERS – On Time – Every Time

Parkinson’s UK Spalding and District Branch launched the local appeal for the On Time – Every Time national campaign. Raising awareness that the timing of taking Parkinson’s medication is critical for well being. In hospitals 60 per cent are failing to meet the needs of Parkinson’s patients and we heard new stories of harrowing details of deterioration of people because ...

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LETTERS – Vote for least unliked party

Nancy’s uncle once said something to this effect: “You need the Labour for the ideas and you need the Tories to make them work out financially.” What have been Labour’s ideas from 1945 until now? That is a straight question. Why was a Conservative government voted into office in 1979? When a Labour government left office in 2010, what were ...

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LETTER: Thanks for support

Could I through your letters page say a huge thank you to all my family, friends and supporters who have helped me over the past year, either by donating quality items for me to sell on my car boot sales in aid of Springhill Hospice, or by buying the said items. I am really pleased to say my total is ...

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LETTER: Bid to become 51st state

Yet again we have the stock Conservative answer to everything. If only we could bring back flogging and hanging we could have royal parades and spectacles every month, life could be even better than that promised by our duplicitous fantasising Prime Minister and his vision of life outside the EU. Harsh uncaring political policies have caused upheaval and strife in ...

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LETTER: New plan will cause more confusion

Here we go again, Lincolnshire Highways, Richard Davies pleading there’s no money available to make proper, safer improvements to the A16/B1166 (Radar Station) Junction. While they are prepared to spend millions on a new local road. The Lincolnshire Highways Department employees are paid very good money to solve these problems, if they are unable to come up with the answers, ...

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LETTER: Incensed at parking rises

I am, and I’m sure others will be, incensed after reading your report of the huge rises in car parking soon to be imposed in Spalding. Percentage rises of the scale proposed are disgusting and allied to the imposition of unwanted, technically advanced meters. The recent thoughts of Parliament’s Transport Committee have recently realised that car parking charges are major ...

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LETTER: Grants should be used

As an ex chairperson of a parish council I cannot understand why wind farm grants that have building up for years due lack of usage request from residents can’t be used for projects rather than inflicting increased costs to residents for new buildings and street lighting (which when asked many people don’t want additional lighting) which make this an ineffective ...

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LETTER: Junction not fit for purpose

The A16 “Radar Corner” junction is back in the news. This time because of an impending trial to put a central barrier the length of the junction and introduce a 40mph speed limit. As I have said many times before we, locally, are not highway engineers but we do have local knowledge and common sense suggests this idea is ridiculous. ...

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LETTER: Are our councils most incompetent?

Do we have the most incompetent local and county councils in the land? They have received massive grants for the so-called Spalding Western Relief Road. How can any right minded person claim that two cul-de-sacs, approximately three miles apart can be classed as a relief road? They claim to have held public consultations. Surely a consultation should consist of discussions ...

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Wonderful that Flinders is coming home

It was truly wonderful to read the news that Matthew Flinders is coming home! When I first read about the campaign, I must admit that I thought we didn’t stand a chance. Bodies are almost never relocated for reburial and initial responses did not seem optimistic. But I can think of few more impressive examples of successful campaigning. Our MP ...

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LETTER: Still no visit from the police

Unfortunately the owner of Shear Shak has still not seen anyone from the Lincolnshire Police regarding the break-in or crime prevention nearly three weeks after the event. I have noticed police presence on Pinchbeck Road opposite, obviously dealing with more pressing matters on the waste land with drugged or drunken individuals, also individuals threatening to jump into the Welland River. ...

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LETTER: Get Brexit done

My understanding of the Benn Act is that Boris Johnson will be obliged to ask for an extension in the event of there being No Deal, to prevent the UK leaving the EU with No Deal. Now that Boris has negotiated a deal with the EU, it means that the Benn Act is now redundant. If – as expected –Parliament ...

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LETTER: Put people’s needs first

In a recent Sunday Times article it was reported that in Britain areas that have been stripped of bank branches are typically poorer, have older populations and suffer from slow broadband. It goes without saying that South Holland and the Deepings has been hugely affected by the closing of many bank branches – since 2015 a staggering 44 per cent ...

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LETTER: Traffic in town centre

Could someone tell me if the pedestrian precinct in Spalding town centre has been done away with because I notice when in the town centre there is traffic traveling through at all times of day. I’ve even seen council vehicles travel through and park outside of Greggs bakery to get their lunch. Unfortunately the PCSOs just turn a blind eye ...

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LETTERS – Remember beet factory?

Sometimes I have heard people say that Spalding used to be a nice place but it isn’t as nice as it was. Sadly, the speaker often means that he or she moved to Spalding, legally, for above-board financial reasons and now begrudges other people moving in, legally, for above-board financial reasons. I am not sure that Spalding was ever a ...

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