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The Springfields Probus Club elected its new president at its latest meeting. The April meeting, held at The Woodlands Hotel, was the annual meeting when new president Larry Spector was elected in succession to John Belcher. Any retired gentleman can apply to join the club which holds its meetings on the third Wednesday each month at the hotel.

Our latest competition winners are: Ragdale Hall Experience Day – Miss Ingrid Sheard, Wygate Road, Spalding. Truckfest family ticket – Vicki McClenaghan, Jubilee Close, Spalding; Mrs M Burton, Park Road, Spalding; Tim Embleton, Shackleton Close, Spalding and Miss E Batterham, Carrington Road, Spalding.

Great weather and a good turnout helped to make the first ever Tulipmania event a success. Held at Spalding’s Springfields Events Centre and Arena, the event saw hundreds of people turn out to soak up the warm sunshine and great atmosphere. Entertainment was provided in the form of solo singers, bands, dance troupes, go-kart racing and various stalls and games. ...

Holbeach Town Band, the Schuhplatter Dance Troupe and numerous community groups made Moulton Chapel’s Tuliptime Parade one of the best yet. Sunday’s parade saw 17 floats take part and was led by the parade queen Amber Bell and her princesses Matilda Sexton and Sadie Groom. Jenny Stanberry, who took over as chairman of the parade committee this year, said: “We ...

Three of South Holland’s funeral homes will be opening their doors to the public as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week. The week runs from May 12-18 with the theme ‘You only die once’ and people are encouraged to take five simple steps to make their end of life experience better, from telling family their wishes, to planning ahead with ...

The Rotary Club of Spalding’s push to raise £10,000 for a third successive Two Lips campaign is well under way. Fundraising events are on throughout this month but the focal week starts on Monday and culminates in a ball at the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding on Saturday, May 17. Tribute acts to Take That and Robbie Williams are the ...

South Holland District Council’s Summer Fun brochure is being compiled at the moment and submissions for inclusion are invited. Any community group, venue or organisation running arts, sports or cultural activities for children and/or young people in South Holland over the summer holidays can have their activities and events listed free of charge. The brochure is distributed to every pupil ...

  Surfleet is looking smarter now thanks to a litter pick by members of the community. Seven people took part in South Holland District Council’s latest Litter Blitz venue. The pick focused on local litter hotspots including the A16 underpass and the reservoir. Local resident and Surfleet parish councillor Judy Chapman organised the event as part of the environmental parish ...

A village hall has a brand new look thanks to the hard work of staff and a generous paint donation by Dulux. Gedney Dyke Village Hall applied for the paint donation because staff felt it needed a warmer and more inviting look to bring it into the 21st century. Chairman Richard Ward nominated the project online. He said: “We are ...

A full-scale exploration to hopefully find the remains of Pinchbeck’s ‘lost manor’ is within days of springing into operation. It is more than three years since Pinchbeck History and Archaeology Group’s last highly successful and rewarding dig at Healey’s Field was closed down, mainly due to lack of funding. But the project, which unearthed such a valuable wealth of information ...

A Spalding primary school has launched a breakfast club for its youngest students. Monkshouse Primary School already has a breakfast drop-in session established for Key Stage 2 pupils and has now extended the provision. Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 youngsters can enjoy cereals, toast and drinks during the 8am-8.45am session. Cost is £2 per day and children can be ...

The first Spalding Railway and Model Engineering Show was a great success. In March last year Dave Webster organised and ran, with the help of friends from his village, his first railway and model engineering show to raise money for the village hall and a local charity. It was a great success, and Dave had an amazing number of requests ...

The legacy of Spalding Flower Parade is set to continue in 2014 – all thanks to people power. The Spalding People’s Parade will echo the tradition of the town’s historic event with a smaller, cart-based parade on Sunday, June 22. Around 20 hand-carts, created by local schools, businesses and charities will leave the Sir John Gleed School at around 1pm ...

A teenager from Holbeach Hurn has raised more than £100 for Diabetes UK. Jonathan Clark (17) decided to take on a 13-mile run around his home village to raise money for the charity. So far he has raised more than £100 through sponsorship and online donations. Jonathan said: “I organised the run by myself but I wouldn’t have been able ...

Youngsters at Monkshouse Primary School have been learning all about the Egyptian way of life. Pupils at the Spalding primary school took part in a banquet, each playing various roles from the pharaoh and his queen to slaves. The children put on entertainment for the pharaoh while slaves served him food.

A group of 15 young people, volunteers and friends set off for a three mile run around town to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The Vista Crew, which is a group for teenagers that meets every other Saturday morning at the St Nicolas Church Hall, organised the charity run on Sunday. The event raised around £550. The total ...

A Holbeach nursing home broke out the best china and bunting to celebrate a special occasion with a 1940s day. It is 25 years since the community rallied round to open Holbeach Hospital as a nursing home and a celebration saw residents, staff, family and friends get together to enjoy a day of themed fun, including a street party, tanks, ...

A Spalding cyclist is getting ready to ride up hill and down dale on the Yorkshire stretch of this year’s Tour de France for charity. Terry Roberts decided to climb into the saddle and start cycling just a few months ago after a chance meeting with an old school friend on the market. The pair settled on the 120-mile challenge ...

Spalding’s iconic flower parade may well be a thing of the past – for now at least – but you can still count on South Holland’s churches to make the district bloom at this time of year. As always scores of volunteers from Spalding to Sutton Bridge and Whaplode to Weston Hills will be decking their churches out in a ...

This weekend sees Tulipmania come to town – and there’s still time to get involved. Tulip Radio is heavily involved in the event, which will see the crowning of the Tulipmania Prince and Princess who will lead a procession around the festival gardens. Their big part will follow a photoshoot around the festival site. So now the hunt is on ...