Letters

2015 – the General Election year – offers the electors of South Holland and the Deepings a new start. The chance to get a Government which is truly representative of the people – in short a different kind of politics. The area of South Holland and the Deepings also needs to be at the heart of government decision making. Better ...

South Holland District Council will have £1million less to spend in 2015-16 on services for the benefit of South Holland’s residents as a result of the cut in the grant from central Government. Coun Gary Porter has stated (The Voice, December 30) that the cut will not be passed on to the residents of South Holland. If the council has ...

Christmas Day has passed now, I hope people had a good time and that a little of the Christian spirit still evident in that special day, lingers on into the New Year. The 2015 elections campaign started ages ago, though it only officially opened early last week. There has been much in the local media about the achievements of the ...

There is a big dispute between car drivers and Network Rail over delays at crossings when people travel from the west side of the town. The fault lies with the people that gave the green light to building new houses on former railway land on the south side of the town. The former Spalding Avoiding line ran from Cuckoo Junction ...

Reading your recent article in The Voice regarding the Chief Constable’s concern that, due to a £10.4 million shortfall in funding, the policing of Lincolnshire will be “unsustainable”. If Mr Rhodes is so concerned then we should all be. But this situation made me think of how unfair the system of government funding is in the UK. Just before the ...

Next to my letter which made clear the nature of UKIP’s Mr Foyster’s attempt to deceive your readers with an invented story based on “made up” photographs you published his “apology”. Sadly Mr Foyster did what every child is taught not to do – apologise and then say why he didn’t need to! A simple, straightforward “sorry” would have sufficed. ...

As reported in The Spalding & South Holland Voice on Thursday, December 18, the newly elected UKIP parliamentary candidate for South Holland & The Deepings is calling for a debate on how immigration is impacting the local area. David Parsons says his party is not against immigration, but wants a controlled points system with secure borders. Let’s make one thing ...

I took this photo at around 11am on Thursday, December 18. As a regular Thursday morning visitor to the area, I confirm this is usual. The bin lorry is not expected for about 24 hours time. The bags were blowing around as usual – one had reached the other side of the road which I returned to the school office. ...

Further to my usual daily trip into town I have now decided it will be my last. No wonder trade is down. I visited a jeweller to enable my partner to purchase my Christmas present from them (we have both been customers in the past). I asked for my finger to be sized (any jeweller does this with pleasure). The ...

I am writing in response to the article ‘Threat to Success of Recycling Campaign’ in The Voice last week, quoting Coun Roger Gambba-Jones. When considering such a complex change to a service I feel it is important to present the whole picture to your readers, so they can develop a more informed opinion. The county council has not only been ...

A few words to say thank you for the support you all gave recently at B&M Bargains in Winsover Road, Spalding where our group was bag packing for three days. We, as volunteers of Spalding First Responders of LIVES, were dressed up and had a marvellous time with all the staff there. The total amount collected over the three days ...

When out walking on Saturday morning I saw a van with its front passenger wing destroyed and a flat tyre with debris from the vehicle on the floor. This vehicle was parked half on the path and half on the road. It appears the vehicle had been hit while parked outside its property. If this is the case, as it ...

Another year has gone and we have revamped Pinchbeck Road, Albion Street, Double Street, Westlode Street and all along the river. A walk in any of these areas now, with the sun shining, is really satisfying. I wish to thank shopkeepers and local people of all nationalities, and wish everybody a happy Christmas and new year. More than two years ...

I agree with Pat Rayment that the Halley Stewart playing surface is a disgrace. The pitch has never been in first class condition and has never been properly maintained for years. The council do not have the expertise to look after the pitch properly. There’s more to looking after a football pitch than just a cut now and again, or ...

Why is it we have heard nothing more on the recent survey over the Castle Sports Complex? Call me a cynic but could it be because the council leaders wanted the public to think that something was being done about it when really they want to do nothing? It wouldn’t be the first time something was buried in committee once ...

I have to agree with this week’s letter. I’m a keen cyclists and cycle to work every day, I never use the paths. I always sit in traffic and don’t jump lights. But on my way to and from work pretty much all the cyclists I pass are on the paths, jumping lights and traffic. It’s these people that give ...

In the early 1960s I was a uniformed police constable in South Wales when I was sent to the scene of a collision between a bicycle and a pedestrian. Two young men were riding on one pedal cycle down a steep footpath between two roads. Ahead of them was a lady who was walking to work and was due to ...

I am sorry that the pictures I sent you turned out to be a scam (VMail, November 27). Please accept my apologies. It was not deliberate on my part and I did say “said to be”. It came from our party website. Without access to the Commons library, it’s impossible to check these things out thoroughly. Anyone who tunes in ...

I am writing today as a local person as well as a politician, but I hope this can be considered by all of us, regardless of political parties. As a keen supporter of Buying Local, I wanted to share with you the five reasons I think you should head over to some of our great local shops this Christmas and ...

Please would it be possible to make an appeal to your readers? I would like to receive information and photographs of Les Fensom, the racing cyclist, also known as the Fenland Flyer. The reason for my search is that I’m attempting to list all Lincolnshire cyclists who have ridden a 24-hour cycle race. Les Fensom set the Lincolnshire record of ...