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1st Spalding Boys’ Brigade and 2nd Spalding Girls’ Brigade recently held their celebration evening and presentation of awards at Spalding Baptist Church with a jubilee theme. Relatives and church members joined in some royal-themed quizzes and games before all the members were presented with badges and awards gained during the year. These included the Queen’s Badge, the highest award in ...

Pupils at Spalding’s St John’s Primary School have been fundraising for the Lily Foundation again. A non-uniform day which saw children go to school dressed in anything you would see in the sky raised £1,054. There was music related to flying at the gates and the children were able to make a donation if they wished. The following day staff ...

Children at Gosberton Academy have raised money for the school’s PTFA by walking 1,600km. All of the children took part on Friday, May 27, taking it in turns as classes to walk an average of just over 10k per pupil around the village. Every child at Gosberton Academy has taken a sponsor form home and it has been agreed that ...

Saracen’s Head Village Hall had a sweet afternoon last weekend as they held a ‘Pudding Party’ for local residents. Around 30 people took part in the event which amid many servings of tasty puddings brought in by attendees involved quizzes, competitions and singing. The evening raised £165 and was co-hosted by Christine and Richard Austen along with Sue and Nick ...

A charity has named a Spalding 16-year-old as its Youth Ambassador of the Year. Jake Winkett was presented with the trophy by KidsOut’s CEO Stewart Moulds last Saturday at a charity mediumship evening at the Women’s Institute Hall in Holbeach. He’s collected gifts in the run up to the festive period every year since he was eight. In January 2021 ...

South Holland District Council has reaffirmed it’s commitment to support Armed Forces personnel and their families alongside its council partners. The authority’s leader Coun Gary Porter recently signed the Armed Forces Covenant alongside counterparts from Boston Borough and East Lindsey District Council which make up the South and East Lincolnshire Local Councils Partnership. Observers of the ceremony included the Veterans ...

Spalding St Paul’s Primary School crowned their own queen to mark the jubilee, one who was 32 when The Queen was crowned. That honour went to 102-year-old Bridget Bloomfield who was crowned by Year Four teacher Gary Ward, a former Staff Sargent in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. Bridget Bloomfield (102) was crowned at by teacher ...

A stunning host of golden daffodils has brought more Chelsea Flower Show success for a South Holland company. Hours and hours of hard work paid off when Taylors Bulbs took its 27th consecutive Chelsea Gold Medal. The company grows 18,000 daffodils to find the perfect 1,200 for its show-stopping display at the world famous flower show. Flowers are cropped fully ...

A Holbeach 90-year-old is looking to toast the Queen’s Jubilee in the same mug she drank from during her coronation. Jean Sauntson was an enthusiastic 20-year-old trainee assistant cook at Holbeach Bank school in 1952 and decorated the hall for all the residents from Holbeach Bank and Holbeach Clough. She cycled to the school at 7am to meet the baker ...

Holbeach is looking blooming marvellous thanks to a community effort. With the town’s In Bloom organisation having stepped aside, others have stepped up to the plate. County and district councillor Tracey Carter, deputy leader of SHDC Nick Worth, along with parish councillor Rachel Flood took on the role of sourcing hanging baskets thanks to money given to South Holland District ...

Peacocks have returned to Spalding, partly thanks to a 90-year-old resident. The birds were once a regular sight in Ayscoughfee Gardens. Now a Spalding family have picked up two from a rescue centre and are re-introducing them. Anthony Grunwell and his mum Anne have been looking after the pair named after her parents Billy and Peggy letting them out after ...

Holbeach is set to welcome back its community minibus as a new committee has taken up the reins. The bus was available to hire at reasonable rates for community use, but a combination of the pandemic and lack of committee members saw the service come to an end. Supporter Martin Howard was keen to see the service reinstated and approached ...

Those organising Moulton’s jubilee celebrations have been quizzing the village’s children about what they want to see. Members of the committee organising numerous events in the village recently went to the John Harrox Primary School and Moulton Preschool to discuss the jubilee celebrations in the village with the children. They talked about the painting competition that all the school and ...

Time to dust off your suits and gowns for the 12th annual Johnson Hospital charity ball. This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland and the event is due to be held on Saturday, November 19 at Springfields, Spalding. The event will include a meal, raffle, live music and a disco. Tickets are £45 and can be bought via johnsonhospitalcharity@gmail.com The event ...

Holbeach firefighters can keep fit while on duty thanks to a donation from Holbeach St Marks Community Gym. The gym has donated some unwanted equipment to Holbeach Fire Station. Nick Worth, a director of the community gym, said: “We had several pieces of gym equipment that were duplicated and we needed to create some space in the village hall for ...

Holbeach is gearing up for its celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. Shops are already decorating their front windows ahead of a whole host of events in the town from June 2-4. A special Jubilee Garden is being created for the momentous occasion in Carter’s Park while Coun Tracey Carter is in the process of erecting ...

A former Land Army girl celebrated VE Day in style in Spalding. Bun Smith (96) was delighted to mark the special anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Now a resident at Spalding’s Cedar Falls Care Home, Bun was even happier when she heard that activities coordinater Sharon Kendall was dressing in honour of the day. Bun pictured ...

A Spalding man who works for the police says his life has been turned around thanks to a charity that aims to improve people’s mental health by getting them closer to nature. Matt Heaton was one of 20 people who took part in the Mind Over Mountains arranged trip to the Peak District last weekend. He was so impressed by ...

Nurses have been given special treats to mark National Nursing Day. Mark Le Sage and members of the South Lincolnshire branch of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) went around the area with gift bags on Thursday, May 12. The day marks the birthday of Dame Sarah Swifts who founded the RCN. Mark, pictured left with Sam Showler of Deepings ...

The kings and queens of Spalding Duplicate Bridge Club held a special celebration competition recently to mark its half century. Members held a special bridge competition at the Spalding Services Club on Saturday, May 7 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its formation in 1972. It originally met at Ayscoughfee Hall before moving to the South Holland Centre and then ...