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Organisers of a primary school reunion are still trying to trace ex-pupils. The primary school in Fleet Fen, near Gedney Hill, closed in the 1970s. People still living locally and others who moved away are planning to attend the evening event organised by Philip Grummitt, Peter Bingham and Ian Laxton. They have specifically been asked if Shirley Beeken is planning ...

A Moulton Seas End business has scooped a regional award. D. Brown Building Contractors will now go through to the national finals of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards. They were part of a project team that also included Chaplin Farrant Ltd, Waterloo Housing Ltd and Focus Consultants who worked on the Blue Street development in Boston. ...

Two projects in South Holland have been awarded grants totalling £16,500. Spalding’s St Mary and St Nicolas Church has been awarded £10,500 to research integration with foreign nationals. The town has been identified as one of the least integrated places in England. The Parochial Church Council wants to employ people to research the barriers to integration and to identify ways ...

Health visiting teams at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) have been working alongside local charity Baby’s Basket, supporting parents who are struggling through financial hardship or other difficulties, with essentials for their new baby.   Ed Jones, a trustee of the charity, said: “Baby’s Basket receives donations of gently used baby clothes, Moses baskets and bedding from parents ...

Seaside fun at the eighth – and best – annual Johnson Community Hospital Ball raised £5,000.   Five hundred guests were at this year’s ‘A Beach Ball’ event, raising money to directly support patients, visitors and staff at the hospital. Proceeds are to be divided between the hospital’s League of Friends and Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) Charitable Funds. The ...

The search for Holbeach’s best garden is under way. We’re running a competition with Holbeach In Bloom to find the nicest garden in or around the town. Holbeach in Bloom is offering £100 in vouchers to spend in the town as prizes (winner £50, second place £30 and third place £20). Maybe you have a stunning front garden or a ...

Chartered accountant Bulley Davey has presented £3,600 to its chosen charities, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and Magpas air ambulance services, so far this year. The money was raised through events including a carol concert, the Great Eastern Run, coffee mornings, dress-down days and egg sales from home-reared chickens. Andy Atkins and Julie Matthewson, directors at Bulley Davey’s Spalding and Holbeach offices ...

A reunion is being planned for former pupils of Fleet Fen Primary School.   The get-together is being organised by Philip Grummitt, Peter Bingham and Ian Laxton who have received a positive response to their plan.   Former pupils still living locally and those who have moved away from the area have all been in touch about attending.   Organisers ...

A teenager from Holbeach Hurn has shown to be a cut above the rest after donating her long hair to charity. Imogen Hutchinson decided to give her locks to the Little Princess Trust cancer charity after a family friend was affected by the disease.   The 16-year-old had her charity haircut at Head Office Hair Design on New Road last ...

Tutor groups at the South Holland Post 16 Centre rose to the challenge of raising money for charity during the summer term. Emma Barlow’s group opted for the Make A Wish charity which funds giving children with terminal illnesses the chance to have a wish come true.   One of the students – Jade Hewitt – carried out a very ...

A clay pigeon shooting event hit the target for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal after raising more than £2,000.   The Britforce Masters event was held at Sinclairs Shooting Ground at Whaplode Drove and organised by Oliver Bird and Alan Sheppard.   Several dozen shooters from near and far competed for prizes ranging from a new Webley Scott shotgun ...

The hit film Frozen has inspired the naming of three baby reindeers at Baytree Garden Centre at Weston.   In a competition run in conjunctiuon with The Voice, readers were invited to submit their suggestions for the three calves.   And the winners have now been revealed as eight-year-old Aaron, his mum Taryn and dad Tony Bean, from Whaplode Drove, ...

Surfleet residents are being urged to attend a meeting about shaping the future of their community. It takes place at Surfleet Village Hall on Thursday, July 14 (7.45pm) and is aimed at creating a Neighbourhood Plan for the village. Ideas will include developing a shared vision for the neighbourhood and to set planning policies for the development and use of ...

More than 1,000 visitors kept the 30 stalls busy at the third annual Holbeach Food Festival. Holbeach cupcake maker Stephanie Smithson and Silver Finns (fresh Cromer crabs) sold out, Lymn Bank Farm Cheeses and Berberis House Apiary (honey and related products) reported good days, and Bakkavor Pizzas’ stall was busy. Main organiser Coun Nick Worth said: “It was a great ...

Holbeach Town Band have been kitted out in a smart new uniform. They unveiled their new waistcoat and tie in the band’s traditional purple colour at a concert in Ayscoughfee Gardens. A new logo on their waistcoats, ties and music stand banners – with band hats to follow – was also featured at the event which was part of the ...

An established Spalding toddlers group is facing closure unless more volunteers can be urgently found. Tulip Toddlers meets each Monday morning at the Vista Hall, which is adjacent to St Mary and St Nicolas Church in Churchgate. More than a dozen families usually attend, but the group’s 12-year existence is now seriously under threat. Bridget Jones, who organises the weekly ...

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the “big push” on the Somme, the Spalding British Legion, in association with the Rev John Bennett and Chris Carter from Tulip Radio, are organising a short service at the Cenotaph in Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding, on Friday. Proceedings will begin, as they did then, at 7.30am, with whistles blowing, signifying the launch of that fateful ...

Holbeach Town Band and Gedney Drove End Youth Club have both received £1,000 donations from Holbeach charity shop Chosen. Pictured at the Fleet Street shop are (from left) Chosen volunteer staff Dorothy Holdbrook, Mary Cooper and Iris Boland, Holbeach Town Band’s Mel Hopkins receiving a cheque from Patricia Burgess, and fellow staff member Christine Pritchard presenting a cheque to Christopher ...

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 ...

A village bingo group has turned their monthly meetings into a fundraising initiative to help worthy causes. Organised by Phyllis Harris, the group meet every third Friday of each month at Whaplode Village Hall. And already two organisations have benefitted from the fundraising events. A cheque for £533.55 has been handed over to Moulton Health Centre to help towards buying ...