Events

Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick paid a visit to Spalding on Tuesday to talk to residents and shoppers about the force. It was part of a community engagement event by Spalding Police in Sheep Market. Local officers were joined by the Roads Policing Unit, officers featuring in Channel 5’s Police Interceptors series (which is focusing on Lincolnshire), dogs ...

Youngsters were given a taste of life on the home front in the 1940s during a themed day of events in Spalding. Ayscoughfee Adventurers – the children’s educational and play sessions based at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum – learned about food rationing during World War Two and evacuees, and had the chance to make their own gas mask. Last Sunday veterans ...

A young mum who lost her aunt to cancer last year at the age of 50 has organised a charity garden party in Spalding this weekend. Tina Bryan died last October and Saturday’s event at Ayscoughfee Gardens is the latest fundraiser for Cancer Research UK by niece Liz Batterham (33). Liz, who has raised more than £3,000 this year, said: ...

Europe’s largest producer of pumpkins is confident that he won’t be left sweating over the readiness of this year’s Spalding crop. David Bowman says a combination of the 2014 weather and years of experience tells him not to lose any sleep over the imminent harvest. In some wet years recently his firm has been a little concerned that its crop ...

A call has been made for talented people to get involved in a weekend of festivities in Spalding. Plans for three days of pre-Christmas events are progressing and organisers want to hear from choirs, singers and other performers. The switch-on of the town’s lights on Friday, November 28 is part of the fun after Santa’s arrival (7pm). This year is ...

There will be a chance to relive a bit of Holbeach history at a special event taking place in the town on Saturday. The Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society (LVVS) is holding the event at the former Chandlers site in Boston Road where there will be at least four vintage buses on display. At 11am, 12pm and 1pm, there will be ...

Volunteers are being urged to help with a litter pick next week. South Holland District Council’s Litter Blitz event returns this summer with the Spalding Summer Spruce Up taking place on Thursday, August 21 at Spalding Skate Park in Fulney Avenue from 10am until 2pm. Representatives from local organisations will be joining in with this community effort to tidy up ...

In Transported Live’s latest production, join Boy and Girl as they journey through the yearning and searching, the romance and fun, the joy and hope and heartbreak of looking for love. Colourfully created for town centres and market places, this promenade performance lets you follow either Boy or Girl and then listen into their innermost thoughts through your own pair ...

An enterprising young Spalding boy has completed the first of two fundraising events this month for charity. Jake Winkett was the chief organiser of a fun day at St Paul’s Primary School in Spalding on Saturday. It raised £200 for Peterborough City Hospital’s Amazon children’s ward. And on Saturday, August 30, the youngster is doing a two-and-a-half hour solo sponsored ...

The Kustom Kulture Blastoff event comes to Spalding for the fifth time later this month and organisers are hoping it’s going to be the best yet. Hosted by Horny Mike from the History Channel’s Las Vegas TV Series Counting Cars, the event from August 29 to 31 at Springfields Events Centre brings a slice of true Americana to Spalding, giving ...

The packed programme of summer activities for children of all ages continues across South Holland this week – and there really is something for everyone. On Friday, there’s plenty to be getting on with, starting with a family pottery session at Unique Cottage Studios, Low Fulney, from 10am to noon and 1pm to 3pm. There’s also a mini monsters bug ...

Residents across South Holland are being asked to switch off their lights as part of a poignant commemoration. Lights Out is a UK-wide campaign to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War and South Holland District Council is supporting the initiative. The event invites everyone to turn off their lights from 10pm to 11pm on Monday – 100 years ...

People turned out in force on Sunday for Holbeach’s annual Music in the Park. Held at Holbeach United Football Club, the event saw eight live bands and musicians take to the stage in glorious sunshine. Many of the acts entertaining the crowds were local and they included Alfie Jack Meg McPartlin Gypsy Heart Beachy Head Diving Club Sleeve of Wizard ...

Local volunteers from the National Citizen Service rounded off their valuable help for Spalding’s In Bloom effort this year by donating £461.24. The young people – part of a scheme to learn skills for work and life – worked with In Bloom committee member Jan Whitbourn to tidy areas around the town in the run-up to judging. Fellow committee member ...

A finely crafted model of a Romany horse and cart was one of the attractions which drew a crowd of more than 300 to an open day at Gordon Boswell’s Romany Museum. As well as enjoying the work of Border Fine Arts, guests were also able to look at all the exhibits at the museum in Clay Lake, Spalding, and ...

Live music, karaoke and barbecue kept the crowds entertained – and fed – at a charity music day at The Black Bull pub in Holbeach. The event was held in aid of Make-A-Wish UK, a charity that fulfils the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses. As well as music, there was also a face painter and a raffle. Performers all ...

Fenland Aero Club’s Wings and Wheels Day proved a popular attraction. The air parking area at the Holbeach St Johns site – usually home to club and visiting aircraft – became a huge display arena for classic vehicles from vintage caravans to classic cars, lorries, motorcycles and small steam engines. A spokesman said: “There was something to attract the eye ...

Have you unearthed an old telescope in the loft, or picked one up for pennies at a car boot sale and want to find out more about how to use it? South Lincs Astronomical and Geophysical Society (SOLAGS) is holding a telescope workshop at St Paul’s Church Hall, Fulney, Spalding, tomorrow (Friday, July 11) to teach beginners how best to ...

The first-ever Spalding parade to mark Armed Forces Week received great support. Held on market day, a stall and bucket collection raised £751.21 for the charity Veterans’ Aid. The parade was led by South Holland District Council chairman Coun Robert Clark and Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire Tony Worth, and included Spalding Marching Ambassadors Band. Standards borne were Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ...

Allotment holders got together for some banter and a barbecue to raise cash for a hospital ward which cared for a friend’s wife. The green-fingered gang from Horseshoe Road allotments in Spalding sat down for a social occasion – and to compare the size of their spuds – and raised £350 for the Tulip Suite at Spalding’s Johnson Community Hospital. ...