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Holbeach Parish Council has announced the nine finalists in the town’s Christmas window competition. Between now and December 17, you can cast your vote to name the crown the festive shopfront in Holbeach. Numbers will be displayed on each of the shopfronts and that number can be used to vote at either the Parish Council offices or post on the ...

A village’s public hall is a few hundred pounds closer to its goal of a new boiler thanks to a donation by a Freemasons lodge. Fenland Masonic Lodge of Long Sutton has donated £750 to Gosberton Public Hall. Rona Perry, treasurer and trustee of the Public Hall, said: “We are over the moon to get this unexpected and most welcome ...

A Spalding Freemasons lodge has donated hundreds of pounds to one of the town’s health and wellbeing charities. Michael Morris, Chair of Trustees for Tonic Health, the local health and wellbeing charity, was delighted this week to receive a donation of £750 from Welland Lodge 9556 towards the Focus Group which is run from Tonic Health for those with dementia ...

Ayscoughfee Hall is offering a crafty break from the Christmas rush this afternoon (Thursday). A Crafternoon tea is being held at the historic hall from 12.30pm to 3pm and will have a host of free craft activities, mince pies and tea and coffee, while aiming to raise awareness of mental health and well-being. The event is for all ages and ...

The annual St Nicholas Fair in Holbeach had an amazing light show this year for the first time. A variety of local businesses took part in the event which saw crowds of visitors on Friday and Saturday around the church of All Saints’. The traditional fayre was first started in 2014 by the Holbeach Regeneration organisation. This year the children ...

Children from a Spalding Kindergarten enjoyed a special private visit to Santa ahead of Birchgrove’s official grotto opening. Birchgrove Garden Centre in Pinchbeck ran a Facebook competition for schools and nurseries to attend the special event, and Spalding nursery Munchkins Kindergarten was the lucky winner. Children from Munchkins went along to the winter spectacular on Wednesday, November 28. “We thought ...

Want to see Santa? Here’s the Rotary Club’s charity sleigh schedule. Thursday, December 6: Daytime, Morrisons. Evening Little London: Campbells Close, Little London, Highgrove Court, Mayfair Drive, The Sycamores, The Raceground, Aintree Drive, Kempton Close, Ascot Close, Sandown Close, Cradge Bank, The Ramper, Spalding Common, Goodfellows Road, Chepstow Close, Cradge, Hawthorn Bank, Manor Close, St. Andrews Road, stop at Wentworth ...

Progress on a community hub is well underway thanks to the region’s charitiable tradesmen who have worked for free to start. Health and Wellbeing charity Tonic Health put out an appeal for help to convert a disused former art studio into a community hub and café in Surfleet and the past two weekends the call was answered. For the charity’s ...

Spalding firefighters will be bringing some festive fun to South Holland later this month. The station’s sleigh run will begin on Monday, December 17 starting at Spalding High School before heading to Matmore Gate, Heathfield Avenue, Thornton Road, Mulberry Way, Alexandra Road, Johnson Avenue, Bowditch Road, Clay Lane, Peck’s Drove, Viking Way, Saxon Close, Holyrood Walk, Edinburgh Drive, Balmoral Avenue, ...

Spalding’s Christmas tree lights will be switched on at the end of a day of festive fun. On Saturday (December 8) Spalding celebrates Christmas in Hall Place and at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens. The event runs from noon until 5pm at Hall Place and 11am to 3.45pm at Ayscoughfee, and will include Christmas activities, performances and entertainment. Ayscoughfee will ...

Driving to Folkestone and back twice is among the fantastic efforts from our amazing readers in helping those less fortunate have a Christmas to remember. The Spalding and South Holland Voice teamed up with We’ll Let Your House director Harry Drury to launch the Give A Gift appeal and since then readers have been leaving gifts at drop-off points across ...

Holbeach Hospital is getting itself well and truly in the Christmas spirit with a range of events over the coming days. The community facility will be holding a Festive Friday this week with everyone encouraged to wear that fantastic Christmas jumper lurking at the back of the wardrobe. There will also be a cake sale and some busking and a ...

Thanks to the generosity of Holbeach residents and businesses there is a new ‘Tommy’ standing guard in the cemetery. The second Tommy arrived after Remembrance Sunday and joins his comrade already in place at the grave of someone who died in World War I. The silhouette outlines of soldiers from the era were sold by a charity organisation to mark ...

Market House in Long Sutton will become a winter wonderland full of the festive food and gifts at the Long Sutton Festive Feast. The event takes place this Sunday, December 9, and is sheltered from the elements inside the historic building. Entry is free and the event runs from 10am to 3pm, with live music and more. Nine local businesses ...

The heartwarming sound of children singing filled a Spalding church during its annual choir competition. On Friday, November 30, St Mary’s and St Nicolas Church hosted the Christmas School Choir Competition and 11 schools took part singing Christmas songs. With t-shirts that spelled out a festive message from the school, St Paul’s Community Primary School took the top spot, leaving ...

The Give A Gift Appeal has received a huge boost this week thanks to Weston’s Baytree Garden Centre donating 300 presents. The gifts will be added to scores of amazing presents given by our generous readers, ensuring children who wouldn’t normally get a present will have a happier Christmas. Harry Drury, of We’ll Let Your House, said: “I would like ...

Festive Pets is back and now is your chance send a photo of your pet in Christmas finery. Last year’s winner, Frank, received a £100 voucher from competition sponsor Rooke’s Pet Products. You can win the same this year by sending in a picture of your pet, not just cats and dogs, to the Voice. We will publish all the ...

Freemasons in Lincolnshire have helped give the air ambulance that serves the county a lift. Members of the group have donated £4,000 to the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance to help keep it running. David Wheeler, the Lincolnshire Freemasonry’s provincial grand master, said: “We all hope never to need the valuable support of the air ambulance, but tragedy can strike ...

There was plenty to celebrate at the bingo earlier this month. The total raised by Phyllis Baxter at Whaplode Village Hall saw a cheque for £576.60 presented to the village hall funds. “Many players were wearing Christmas jumpers and it was lovely. It made it go so well and everyone got a free mince pie and all the prizes were ...

Spalding Cats Protection League is hoping South Holland residents can help make Christmas for the animals in their care. The organisation was so overwhelmed by the amount of contributions collected by the Spalding Voice last year, that it is hoping to repeat the result this Christmas. Staff and volunteers have had a really busy year, with more cats and kittens ...