Events

Two community groups have shown that teamwork can make the dream work after pulling together a big village event in double quick time. Cowbit Parish Council and the village hall committee worked together over just eight weeks to organise Fun on the Field, which included entertainment, fairground rides, refreshments and sporting activities for the young and not-so-young. Peter Simspon, of ...

Volunteers who help a charity which supports struggling families were invited to a coffee and catch-up event to thank them for their contribution. Home-Start South Holland relies on its volunteers to help families who have at least one child aged under 11 who are finding it hard to cope for a variety of reasons, such as disability, isolation, family bereavement ...

A parade and remembrance service gave Donington the chance to honour those who gave their lives for their country. Veterans paraded through the village in beautiful autumn sunshine, accompanied by a bagpiper, before laying wreaths at the village’s Arnhem Oak Tree. They then attended a service at St Mary and the Holy Rood Church, which has an Arnhem memorial in ...

A pioneering social reformer and evangelist is to be honoured in Spalding. The latest heritage blue plaque – which recognises a person of historical significance – is the fifth in the series and will honour William Booth, the co-founder of church and charity The Salvation Army, which is celebrating its 150th year. Booth’s 86-year-old great-grandson, Colonel Bramwell Booth, will conduct ...

Fleet took a step back in time when tractor drivers descended for the annual Fenland Working Weekend. A field in Branches Lane was filled with tractor drivers from far and wide demonstrating how traditional machinery was used in the past. This popular event attracted many tractor drivers with farming machinery, along with farming enthusiasts who took their tractors and machines ...

An event to relaunch Holbeach youth club and promote the building as a community hub has been hailed a “100 per cent” success. One of the trustees of the “Holbeach Hub”, in Boston Road, Tracey Carter said several community groups had expressed an interest in holding meetings and events as a result of the open day. The building boasts a ...

Families are being urged to make Spalding Pumpkin Festival another big hit. The annual event takes place on Friday, October 9, with the pumpkin parade (6.30pm from Sheep Market) and fireworks display (Market Place, 7.30pm) the highlights. There’s also daytime entertainment from 11am including a charity market, street entertainment, activities and competitions. In the evening, there will be live entertainment ...

Munro Medical Centre is taking bookings for free flu protection. The sessions are at its Spalding surgery this Saturday (October 3) and Saturday, October 17, and at the Church Walk branch in Pinchbeck on Wednesday, October 14. Patients considered at risk of flu include all aged 65 years and over, people living in residential care, main carers of the elderly ...

Green-fingered families enjoyed a gardening workshop as part of South Holland District Council’s SHout and About competition. The event took place at Silverwood Garden Centre in Long Sutton where participants learned how to fertilise and care for plants as well as enjoying a variety of gardening-themed games. They also got to take away a hanging basket of pansies and herbs. ...

Spalding In Bloom committee chairman Angela Newton says the town is gunning to come first in East Midlands In Bloom 2016. Spalding won gold for a second year running in this year’s awards in the large town category, with 172 points out of a possible 200. But the town was placed behind fellow gold winners Belper and Market Harborough, which ...

Two South Holland-based not-for-profit organisations are to share details of the work they do. Presentations from Agape Foodbank and the Lighthouse Projects and Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust form part of this month’s South Holland Voluntary Sector forum. The free forum is an opportunity for charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations to meet up, share information and promote their ...

There is a remembrance service and parade in Donington on Sunday (September 27). The 1st Air Troop Royal Engineers the Parachute Regiment World War Two veterans will be parading at 10am in Market Place, followed by a 10.30am service at St Mary and The Holy Rood Church and the laying of wreaths at the Arnhem Oak Memorial. Eveyone is very ...

More than 200 people took the chance to find out more about a huge housing and commercial scheme proposal for Holbeach. Organisers are sifting through feedback from an information day at the University of Lincoln campus on September 17. About 1,000 homes and a new primary school are planned on parcels of land owned by Lincolnshire County Council, Bovis Homes and a ...

Organisers of an appeal to help clothe Syrian migrant children have been overwhelmed by the initial response. But Spalding couple Mark and Sarah Le Sage say it is still early days and urged people to keep donating clothing suitable for 0-18 years. Within three days of Ella’s Syrian Appeal being published in The Voice (September 17), 28 bags had been ...

A new five-week long walking festival has its launch event at a free family fun day at Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve on Saturday (September 26). South Lincolnshire Walking Festival gets under way on Friday (September 25) and runs until Saturday, October 31. It will feature 76 free guided walks in South Holland, North and South Kesteven, and Boston. Heritage Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust ...

Children are being given the chance to learn more about what the theatre has to offer by one of the country’s oldest amateur dramatic groups. St Nicolas Players have written to around 50 schools across South Holland inviting pupils to see its latest production of Little Shop of Horrors and then take part in a question and answer session with ...

These are the winning entries in the Lincolnshire Churches competition run by Market House Photography Group in Long Sutton. This year the competition attracted 77 pictures and while the three winners were from Long Sutton and Holbeach, entries were received from North East Lincolnshire, Lincoln, Boston and the surrounding areas. The competition is run on an annual basis and is ...

Holbeach ex-Royal Observer Corps bunker was open to the public on Sunday (September 13). The old nuclear shelter saw service up to the stand down in 1991. The bunker, now owned by Heritage Lincolnshire, provided guided tours below ground by ex-Leading Observer Charles Parker, from Lincoln, and an above ground display was manned by ex-Chief Observer Frank Sauntson, from Holbeach. ...

Spalding and District Round Table is offering a free night out on Monday (September 21) to potential new members. The organisation is for men aged between 18 and 45 and anyone who might want to join is invited to join Tablers to enjoy ten-pin bowling at AlleyCatz followed by a meal at Indian restaurant Indus. It will be an opportunity ...

Spalding has won gold in East Midlands In Bloom 2015. It was one of five recipients of the top award in the large town category, the others being Belper, Boston, Long Eaton and Market Harborough. In the separate judges’ awards for the category, Spalding In Bloom was acknowledged for “floral enhancements at Springfields Retail Shopping Outlet”. There were silver gilt awards ...