Letters

We were recipients of a lovely act of kindness recently and we wanted to tell as many people as possible about it. We are friends who live in Georgian Court, Spalding. On Friday, November 18, we were having a coffee in Morrison’s café when a man walked past us carrying two bunches of flowers. We jokingly said to him “are ...

This winter could be particularly hard for hedgehogs as new RSPCA data reveals the number of them admitted to its wildlife centres have already topped figures for 2020.By mid-November the number of hedgehogs taken into the charity’s four wildlife centres was 1,896. Last year’s total figure was 1,883.The RSPCA receives thousands of calls about hedgehogs each year – more than ...

Spalding Branch of the Royal British Legion organised this year’s Remembrance Day Commemoration Service and other services held around the area on separate days last week, alongside the South Holland District Council, The Rotary and Ayscoughfee.Traditionally the parade is held on the nearest Sunday to Armistice Day, attended by many regiments and organisations who could not wait to be part ...

Thank you to The Voice for contacting British Gas press office, not only on my behalf, but also for other readers with similar problems.Not everyone is well enough, has the time or energy to wade through complicated websites and chat lines or choose the right telephone advice line to report an emergency or a problem.Along with many others we signed ...

It’s that time of year when, in addition to obsessed retailers beginning their two-month indoctrination of us with incredibly awful corny “festive” music, real hardcore enthusiasts start putting Christmas decorations outside their houses, making the rest of us groan.Last year about this time I encountered some research suggesting that people who decorated their houses earlier for Christmas tended to be ...

I note some feedback in your paper from Mr Bingham, Park Road Spalding, regarding my letter and some mis-information from myself. I stated that I had used as many cycle paths as I could and my route was from Crowson motors, Enterprise Way, Pinchbeck Road and Park Road. I hope I did not give the impression that I was riding ...

It has been a very disappointing year for those of us concerned about standards in public life. A couple of months ago we had news about the awarding of PPE contracts (getting Mr Hancock, the then health minister, a pint and a bag of crisps in his local seemed to be a deal clincher) and David Cameron graciously deciding to ...

This is my email to Spalding police about the campaign on cyclists:“I see on a news feed you are starting a campaign to try and sort the problems with cyclists.“After reading the feed it appears you are concentrating more on schools and children, also the centre of town, and I am sure that needs to be addressed as there are ...

Sometimes I think our local pubs are missing a trick!Recently whilst on holiday in Yorkshire I noticed a large number of their public houses, and even some smaller restaurants and cafes, welcomed dog owners and their dogs (well behaved of course) into their establishments. Lots were quite busy.Most couples and their families who have taken their dogs with them on ...

In the recent Autumn Budget what did the chancellor say about the elderly? Nothing.What has the budget done for the elderly? Nothing.What is this government doing for the elderly? Nothing.The UK’s largest campaign group for pensioners says the Autumn Budget dismally fails our oldest and most vulnerable who face a bitter winter of rising prices.The National Pensioners’ Convention condemns Chancellor ...

I wanted to pass on my thanks to the medical staff at Beechfield Medical Centre in Spalding.A few weeks ago I started to have symptoms I had never experienced – extreme cold, sickness, a raging temperature alongside severe aches and burning pain in the whole of my body. I was really worried as I hadn’t experienced anything like this before ...

Park Road path is for pedestrians. It is not a cycle path, it never has been and Rodney Sadd’s letter is giving out incorrect information. Neither is Pinchbeck Road from the top of Enterprise Way on to Pinchbeck Road. The cycle path ends and does not start again until you reach the traffic lights at West Elloe Avenue, both are ...

A open letter to Sir John Hayes: Sir John Hayes, what is happening in South Holland? We’re in a total mess more than any other part of the UK, a big vote to leave Europe, lead by your good self. We have a major shortage of land workers, land produce left unpicked, shortage of lorry drivers, food left to rot ...

On my recent visits to some local pubs/ restaurants, I have been offered ‘field reared sausages’. I have seen cows, sheep and pigs being reared in fields, but not sausages. Has anyone seen a sausage being reared in a field? I presume they must also be reared in fields where chickens have teeth. Phillip JamesFleet Hargate

I read with interest Rodney Sadd’s letter regarding the condition of cycle paths around town. May I add my voice as a wheelchair user as to the conditions of the pavements and riverside walkways. Just to journey into town is a nightmare, I can rarely use the footpath down my road for cars parked too far on to the pavement, ...

Sorry, The Voice has not got it quite right about the Johnson Drinking Fountain (October 14). It was not installed in Hall Place in 1874 “as a bid” by Miss Mary Anne Johnson (not Mrs) to bring fresh water to the people of Spalding. It was erected by the Spalding Water Works Company as a mark of gratitude to her ...

I would like to remind any residents wishing to make observations for or against planning application H16-1031-21 that they must be sent to South Holland District Council Planning Department by October 26, 2021. The proposal is for a 15m high pole and cabinets in the grass verge near the bus stop in The Parkway adjoining the green amenity area. You ...

Can I, through your letters page, say a massive thank you to all of my friends and supporters who have supplied me with quality items for me to sell on my charity car boot stall in aid of Springhill Hospice. Also to the many customers who have bought the said items.My total is now £30,000. Thank you once again, you ...

To follow up from my recent letter regarding better facilities for cyclists in Lincolnshire, including local towns and villages alike. I had a day in Spalding recently and took the opportunity to use as many of the designated cycle paths as I could. My journey started off down Wardentree Lane, then onto Enterprise Way where I found vehicles blocking the ...

Since its founding 20 years ago, the members of the Lincolnshire branch of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) Association have enjoyed the safety, comfort, and facilities of the Boston Drill Hall for their monthly meetings. Sadly, this is coming to an end as the MOD sets about making better, fuller, use of resources such as under-used buildings, as ...