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Few jobs have escaped the march of technology, but the print trade has changed beyond recognition during the 46-year career of Pete Boekestyn. Pete retired as general manager of Welland Print on Monday having spent his working life at the company he joined at the age of 16 on September 2. Pete at Welland Print. When he started from Spalding ...

South Holland will be taking part in this year’s Heritage Open Days event, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Holbeach Cemetery Chapels will be open on Saturday, September 12, from 11am to 4pm. There will be an exhibition about leisure and pastimes in the iconic Victorian chapels in the town. A guided cemetery trail will be complete with anecdotes about those ...

A sport loving ten-year-old is netting money for charity while also donating 20 inches of her hair. Freya Willerton, a pupil at St Paul’s Primary School, is donating the hair and money so a wig can be made for a child that’s lost their own hair for medical reasons. Freya Willerton. As well as her long locks, she’s also hoping ...

A local man has landed a prestigious building award. Dave Rogers, who works for Ashwood Homes, has been named the Local Authority Building Control Site Manager of the Year for the East Midlands. A spokesman for Ashwood Homes said: “It’s an amazing achievement. “Dave is a hard working and dedicated site manager committed to providing quality homes for our clients.”

Pupils at Quadring Cowling and Brown’s Primary School will have an improved outdoor environment to return to this week thanks to the actions of a South Lincolnshire company. A couple of weeks ago the school appealed for materials and help to relocate a large shed to enable a new outdoor seating and recreational space to be created. This was to ...

A woman who it’s claimed set up the first pre-school in the area has passed away. Jane Hill (78) is the wife of Rev David Hill who moved to Lutton from Richmond-on-Thames In 1968. Jane, with her husband, Rev David Hill, moved from Richmond-on-Thames to the Vicarage. Before moving she was a bilingual secretary in London and Geneva. She set ...

A new fundraising charity quiz has been created, to help us all during these difficult times, and to exercise those little grey cells. Spalding Gentleman’s Society’s latest is themed on ‘Numbers’ and has been created by Dave Jacobs. Dave Jacobs with the quiz. There will be three prizes, £20 for first place, £10 for second, and a £5 random prize, ...

Those behind Spalding’s water taxi hope a year without the service will entice more users in 2021. The attraction which ferries people between the town and Springfields was not able to open in March in line with government guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although those guidelines changed to allow it to operate, it would have left just five weeks ...

A Long Sutton resident has been recognised for his hard work around the town. James Bailey was presented with a Community Award and a bottle of malt whiskey by Long Sutton Parish Council chairman John Clarey. Mr Bailey tirelessly clears the town of litter including the parks, the Market Place, around the Co-op area and as far out to Wisbech ...

Ella’s Project is continuing to help provide scrubs for care staff. The team recently drove over to Newark to collect material to supply Spalding Scrub Hub which was kindly donated by the local sewing team over there and gratefully accepted by the coordinator Chloe Spinks. Delivering to Chloe Spinks Ella’s Project also received some great news when Simon Lord organised ...

The 2020 London Marathon may not be taking part for the non-elite, but that’s not going to stop local runners like Samantha Hall and Shaun Turner. After ten years of trying, Shaun (43) was delighted to finally get into this year’s event, initially set for April before being put back to October 4. Samantha Hall It’s now been cancelled but ...

A South Lincolnshire arts group is offering craft kits to help beat loneliness. Transmission Arts are providing the kits as part of the Craft Catalyst Club to those who request them across South Holland. A spokesman for the arts collective said: “If you know someone that is still staying at home, may be feeling isolated and may not have access ...

Work has begun to turn the former Welland Hospital site into a development of affordable homes. Longhurst is building 36 homes to be accessible from Roman Bank and Holbeach Road, half of whch will be available for shared ownership and half for rent. The group’s director of land and new business, Charlotte Smith, said: “We’re delighted to have started work ...

A Fleet Hargate man is putting on an event this weekend to mark Victory in Japan Day and buy Holbeach Hospital staff a Christmas dinner Harold Payne is welcoming visitors to the Anglia Motel on Saturday and Sunday where a host of vintage vehicles will be on show, including his own tanks such as the 432. Entrance is free on ...

Police have appealed to motorists parking in Long Sutton Market Place not to do so on a Friday. PC Freeman, of Holbeach Police, has written a letter to business owners in the town saying the police are regularly receiving calls about illegal parking in the Market Place. Following a disagreement between South Holland District Council and Long Sutton Parish Council ...

Pinchbeck Baptist Church reopens to the community on Sunday (August 16). The church on Knight Street has had renovation work carried out during lockdown. The church will be open to the public on Sundays between 10.30am-11.30am, when people can view renovations/refurbishment of the church and use the church for private prayer or as a quiet place to escape from the ...

A bench installed and paid for by volunteers to allow somewhere peaceful for NHS staff to sit down has been destroyed – but another group has stepped in to help The Vernatt’s Volunteers who look after the Vernatt’s Nature Reserve put in the two benches 18 months ago at the back of the Johnson Hospital in Spalding But one of ...

A five-year-old who had to be cut out of the bike he became entangled in is back in the saddle thanks to a generous gift. As reported last week, George Hallifax, of Holbeach, was left a little bruised but otherwise unhurt after he fell from it and became trapped. But the firefighters who cut him out teamed-up with JR Cycles ...

Three friends are walking a “Hundred Miles Home” to raise cash for three charities that are close to their hearts. Hollie Atkin (25), Lauren Day (33) and Charlotte Walsh (26) will be dropped off in Hemsby on August 17 and over the following five days will be walking their way back home. They will be camping on the way which ...

A South Holland grandmother has made the most of her lockdown time to get creative and knit more than 100 hats. Sina Booth has spent the last three to four months working tirelessly on the bumper bundle which she has earmarked for Oxfam to distribute. “I love knitting and have quite a lot of wool and I wanted to knit ...