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A Spalding scout group has had a cool donation – two refrigerators. The Spalding and Welland Rotary Club has purchased the items for the group to use on their regular outings.Rotary president Barry Elliott presented them recently to Scout and Cub leaders Adrian Parker and Andrew Wood.Barry said: “The Rotary Club of Spalding and Welland are constantly aware of local ...

Spalding Gateway Club members have been getting their boogie on. The group for adults with learning disabilities puts on a host of events and entertainment for attendees.At its most recent session, Movement to Music representatives came down.A spokesman for the Gateway Club said: “Bekki from Movement to Music came down and gave them the time of their lives with movement ...

Fast cars, classic cars, a trike and a tractor were among the modes of transport favoured by students celebrating the end of their secondary school time. Year 13 students at Spalding Grammar School got together for their leavers’ ball which took place at the Sessions House in Spalding on Friday.

Air display team the Red Arrows are due to fly over Spalding and Donington tonight (Thursday, June 22). According to the website www.military-airshows.co.uk they’re due to go over South Holland shortly after 7.35pm as part of a fly-past of RAF Waddington. The iconic planes are based there and are due to leave at 7.32pm, flying west of Donington at 7.36pm, ...

People came from across Lincolnshire for Spalding’s Armed Forces Day Parade on Tuesday. This week is Armed Forces Week celebrating those that defend the country.Armed Forces Day itself is actually on Saturday, but Spalding traditionally marks it on the Tuesday alongside the usual market.The King’s representative in Lincolnshire, Lord Lieutenant William Webb, took the salute as the parade marched through ...

Four friends from Spalding have raised over £2,500 by completing the Three Peaks Challenge. Elliott Lea (23), Connor Lewis (25), Josh Clarke (22) and Jamie Bingham (25) climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within 24 hours recently.They were driven around by Conor Price who climbed the final peak in Wales with them.They completed the challenge to raise money for ...

Those using a Long Sutton charity have provided another bench for the community to use. The members of the Long Sutton Men’s Shed which aims to beat loneliness in males were asked to provide somewhere to sit outside the town’s Co-op branch.Rox Croot, the South Holland Community co-ordinator put in the request for the stout, all weather, hardwood bench.It was ...

A team from Spalding Ramblers was successful in defeating nine other Lincolnshire Ramblers teams on Sunday, June 11 at Westwoodside in the north of the county when they took part in the annual Ramblers Goodban Trophy Competition. The Goodban Competition is a treasure hunting competition open to all of the 11 Lincolnshire ramblers’ groups and consists of finding clues via ...

A group of children at Spalding Parish C of E Primary School have been working with Wombles. You may have seen some pupils join the Wombles of Spalding Common on their float for the Spalding Flower Parade last month.And some of the volunteers have been going into school to teach the pupils about the importance of looking after the community ...

Around 4,000 people descended on Holbeach at the weekend to enjoy the annual Town and Country Fayre. Held at a new venue off Hurdletree Bank, the event has been hailed a “brilliant success” by organisers.Attractions over the weekend included classic tractors, steam engines, performances by the Rockets motorcycle stunt team, a range of stalls and a flypast by the Lancaster ...

Holbeach Medieval Festival is back on July 1 and 2. Once again a host of re-enactors will be setting up camp in Carter’s Park for the free attraction.A spokesman said: “It has grown considerably since first staged last year.“We have even more re-enactors, even more displays and even more traders, even more performers so there’s lots more to see and ...

Spalding’s Armed Forces Day Parade returns tomorrow (Tuesday, June 20). Serving members, veterans, cadets and other organisations will be in the town’s Market Place for service just before 11am. Afterwards there’s a service and presentation in St Mary and St Nicholas. Those taking part are gathering at The Red Lion from 10am. Jan Whitbourm: “Relaly looking forward to it. “I’m ...

Pinchbeck Carnival returned on Saturday and around 2,000 people descended on Rotten Row. Among the attractions were a huge amount of classic vehicles, which paraded around the village and there was a host of stalls from charity and community groups.The event was opened by the carnival queen Briony Sweetland, accompanied by princes Nathaniel Garfoot and Edward Bates,There was also a ...

A keen cyclist is taking on a mammoth challenge to raise money in memory of his nephew. Mark Necus is taking part in the London to Brighton Cycle Ride on Sunday raising funds for Rethink Mental Illness.Mark’s nephew Adam Jackson, who was well known on the South Holland football scene, took his own life in March. He was 34 and ...

A host of people have stepped up to help at a historic Spalding church. St Mary and St Nicholas Church in Spalding organised a drop-in session to encourage more volunteers to come forward and help the church which dates back to the 13th century.“I was delighted by the response,” said Rev John Bennett, of the event put on by the ...

Battle sites, memorials and cemetery visits were the focus of Anglia Motel veterans Graham Smith and Harold Payne during their recent visit to Normandy. Tilly-sur-Seulles, Ranville, Bayeux Cemetery and Memorial and the Mont-Ormel Memorial were on the agenda for the first day, followed the next day by the Pegasus Bridge, the Merville Gun Battery Museum, and the Normandy American Cemetery ...

There’s ten projects set to receive a share of £4.9m in the latest round of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocated to the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland is a partner. Those receiving the money that work in this area include the Lincolnshire Community Foundation – Levelling Up Community Grants Programme which is to match ...

A wildlife sanctuary has received a donation for £2,500 from a local friendship group. Outgoing chairman of the Nene and Welland Oddfellows friendship group, Elaine Brown, handed over the cheque, having chosen the Exotic Pet Refuge in Deeping St James as her charity of the year.The money has been raised through a number of events, including raffles, car boot sales ...

A Holbeach woman is to mark what would have been her life-long friend’s 21st birthday by taking a huge leap for a road safety charity Abby Wright is to take on a skydive in memory of Amy Cooper who died last November when she was knocked from her motorcycle by a disqualified driver.Abby is jumping from the plane on July ...

Four beautiful images are set to adorn the revamped rooms at a palliative care ward. The Spalding Hospice Foundation appealed through The Spalding Voice for readers to submit their photos that could adorn the walls of the four rooms at The Tulip Suite where patients receive end of life care.It’s part of a plan to refurbish each room at a ...