Letters

There were many reasons why I decided to stand for election to the local council, the main one being that I feel I have so much to offer the local community. As a hard and dedicated worker, I’m one for getting on with the job and getting things done. I’m also a listener and happy to work with my residents ...

A big thank you to whoever found a letter in Morrison’s car park and put it in a postbox for me. Janet HutchinsonBourne RoadSpalding

Noticed this morning that fuel went up 5p litre from last night at Sainsbury’s in Spalding. So they put the price down as they got ripped to pieces in the media and now they’ve put it up even more than it originally was. Absolutely shocking. Won’t be getting fuel from Sainsbury’s any time soon… Diane Virdenvia email

The co-ordinated strikes by left wing, Labour supporting unions is a General Strike in all but name. Very similar to Putin’s war in the Ukraine described as a Special Military Operation. The government is now calling on the services to step in. There is a bigger army waiting in the wings. They are the pensioners who want to help and ...

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal raised some £12,600 in Holbeach and the surrounding area this year. Alan Sheppard, branch chairman and Poppy Appeal organiser for the town, said the response was more than he could have hoped for. “With the cost-of-living crisis and other continuing pressures on everyone, it is remarkable that people have been so generous once more ...

I went for a walk along the river bank close to the dock in Sutton Bridge and was so surprised when this beautiful seal popped its head up out the water. It was absolutely amazing to see this, I’ve never seen one there before. It watched me for quite a while before it went under the water again. I got ...

I recently attended an open meeting of the Crowland Parish Council and I was interested to see a plan for a new pavilion to replace the current facility. Proposals have been put forward by the CPC for a new facility that would serve the community of Crowland much better than the current outdated one that is quickly becoming unfit for ...

On behalf of the Pinchbeck Baptist Church and the Pinchbeck Community Garden, please could we take this opportunity to thank all the amazing volunteers who are working so hard to make this garden a reality. The generosity and support from the people of Pinchbeck has been overwhelming. We’d particularly like to thank the Spar Shop (Blakemore Retail) for their £200 ...

After attending last Saturday’s Christmas Fayre I felt compelled to express my thanks for all the hard work the team of volunteers puts in to organise this and other events enjoyed by a large number of people throughout the year. Holbeach really does seem to be on the up, with the Indoor Farmers Market, the Holbeach Past Exhibition on the ...

I absolutely agree with the letter published in last week’s Voice. I also saw the programme regarding Skegness, it’s quite frightening to think of what can happen. I’m of the opinion that this island is full to bursting. We are a compassionate nation, but also very stupid unlike the French who take the money but show no progress in stopping ...

An open letter to any MP, council officials, police chief, civil service official:I write with a growing sense of concern for the criminally negligent actions of the Home Office. I recently saw footage of a council meeting in Skegness where local people attempted to gain answers as to the setting up of a ‘dilution camp’ in multiple hotels in the ...

Last spring, I planted a Willow Wand.This consisted of six branch cuttings from a willow tree of about 24in long, twisted together and tied at each end.This was then planted in good quality growing compost and left.Very quickly the cuttings took and started to grow.Over the last nine months I have enjoyed watching it increase in size and the tree ...

It is brilliant to see our wonderful Christmas lights being erected in Sutton Bridge.Huge credit needs to go to the clerk to the Parish, Robert Smith, for his hard work negotiating a compromise with the county so that our much loved celebration lights could be erected again this year.Many thanks to Robert from us all. Coun Chris Brewis

I am concerned that Coun Grocock is over-optimistic in his description of the works recently carried out on Spalding bus station.The bus shelters may have been deep-cleaned, but their general aspect is still unattractive.Yes, the asphalt looks fresh, but imagine arriving at the bus station for the first time?There are no signs pointing to the railway station, the public toilets ...

Since launching an on-line petition to save the Spalding to Peterborough Stagecoach No 37 Bus service in its entirety, I received overwhelming support from the local community, especially in Crowland, but feel the service has now gone from bad to worse.Let’s be completely open and honest about this as I feel some people have helped me and others in the ...

Matthew’s Quiz Night on Saturday, November 19 at The Elizabethan Social Club, Whaplode Drove, raised £253 for Macmillan Cancer.Thanks to everyone who attended. David BarfootWhaplode Drove

The National Pensioners’ Convention members are celebrating winning their fight to reinstate the triple lock to guarantee state pensions rise by 10.1 per cent next year.But as the increase does not kick in until April, older people already having to choose between paying for food or heating, still face a bleak six months of rampant price rises.And there are other ...

I would like to say it has been a privilege and an honour to lead the Veteran’s Parade through Spalding town on Armistice day every year. Frank WhiteOutgoing Parade Marshal

We are what we remember. Where we have been, those we have met, what we have thought and done, combined comprise who we are. It is in remembrance that personal lives are charted and the shared life of our nation too. So, laying a wreath – as I have for each of the last 25 years – at Spalding’s Lutyens ...

The overwhelming majority of the population believe the Government should do more to help people through the energy crisis, according to new polling by Omnisis on behalf of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition. Over 60 charities and organisations, co-ordinated by the Warm Winter campaign, including the National Pensioners’ Convention, have joined forces to write to the new Prime Minister demanding ...