Letters

Interested to read front page of The Voice about the tip. Our bug bear is that to use a van you have to register the log book! Although my husband has full private use of his work van, he doesn’t have his name on the log book. We have a big garden and used to visit the tip to get ...

I think it is an absolute disgrace that the new owner cannot set out his table and chairs to enable customers to sit outside the Red Lion on market days. Tuesdays and Saturdays would be the two days when customers could sit and enjoy a drink and a chat and enjoy the market as well. Who is being obstinate or ...

My wife and I have just returned to Holbeach after a pleasant few hours in Spalding. We completed our booking at the recycling centre – the tip – where we were cheerfully greeted and helpfully directed by the excellent staff, as always. We moved on to do our “weekly shop” before having a hearty lunch. Had we not been booked ...

So Lord Porter and Coun Gambba-Jones are trumpeting their four hours free parking. Well done them, but really, they do need to get out on the streets more! Do they really think this “carrot” will encourage visitors to come into Spalding town centre? I doubt it when people see the amount of fly tipping on our streets. I reported six ...

I’m about to write my version of the tragic story of the Lancastria, so if any reader wishes to contact me they may do so at david464u@icloud.com. My website of validation is www.jdbbooklets.org.uk David Banks

It is commendable that free parking will be available to visitors in Spalding, however as a former Spalding resident, I would say what is the point? I despair when I visit the town to see my sister and look around. To be honest it breaks my heart to see the state of Spalding, not only the town centre but surrounding ...

I refer to the article (June 16) in the Voice regarding “Help for our town centre”. This is like shutting the gate after the horse has bolted! So many people over the past few years have aired their strong views on how lacking our town centre had become and how it’s now like a ghost town due to bad management. ...

We have recently come to live in Spalding after living in France for 20 years. There we lived in a commune of three villages all of which were served by one household waste tip. We also had weekly bin collections, one for recyclables and one for bagged general waste. For access to the household waste tip each resident had a ...

I read the letters regarding the booking system at Spalding tip with some slight incredulity. The tip at King’s Lynn near the power station operates no such silly system of booking slots. You just turn up and put rubbish in the appropriate skips and leave. Sometimes there is a queue, but that is down to COVID-19 at present. The tip ...

Whilst visiting Carter’s Park in Holbeach on June 16 with my dog, I heard a man shouting. I walked towards the noise and there was a very drunk man, who was “supervising” a toddler in the play area. His voice was incredibly loud and he was swilling beer from a can. He was shouting at the child, not maliciously but ...

I write further to the recent spat between the PM and Mr Macron over Northern Ireland being a part of the UK. Instead of citing Toulouse or Strasbourg, the PM should have reminded Mr Macron about the five overseas departments – French Polynesia – Wallis and Futuna – French Guiana – St Pierre-Miquelon – Saint Barthelemy – Saint Martin – ...

I offer this photograph taken today of ‘the real‘ Deeping St Nicholas Churchyard.Sometimes the grass is delayed in being cut by the weather, the ground consistency or other churchyard priorities (this time the removal of large tree branches hanging over the main road).I offer a sincere thank you to our church team and contractors who endeavour to keep this beautiful ...

The leader of Lincolnshire County Council has recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the way Spalding’s waste tip is being managed by South Holland District Council.Many residents in the Spalding and Holbeach area are unhappy with the inflexible click-and-book system of slots and a number of people have complained.I can no longer decide on the spur of the moment to mow ...

I read a letter in the Voice concerning being unable to contact doctors in this area.I felt I should add my experience to this subject.I was recently contacted by my surgery to tell me I was to collect a new medication from Superdrug. This is my selected chemist for all my medication.When I queried this I was told that the ...

I’m not normally a person that would write to the newspapers but I do feel that your lead story in the June 10 edition titled “State of Spalding Tip brings criticism” is totally different to my views of the controls at the Spalding refuse site.I am a user of the site, going about every two weeks, and as well as ...

The wonderful people working in our NHS have come through a time like no other and now is the time like no other for our NHS and for what the future holds for it. The NHS urgently needs billions of pounds of extra investment to shore up staff numbers and head off a haemorrhaging of doctors, nurses and other frontline ...

After three attempts to repair the sink hole in Boston Road South, Holbeach, it is once again sinking badly. In another week or two, low-slung cars will be bottoming out, especially if drivers are new to this stretch of road. There is a warning sign, but really the problem should be addressed once and for all. Is this on the ...

After the shock announcement by LCC Highways that Two Plank Bridge and Blue Gowt Lane will be closed for 18 months, I carried out a survey of pedestrians and cyclists using the bridge. At the time the weather was not brilliant so there would have been a higher count on a dry sunny day. Over a 10.5-hour period I counted ...

I am writing after visiting my late wife’s grave in Deeping St Nicholas and seeing what a mess the graveyard is in. It is completely overgrown and looks terrible. You would think there should be some pride in the village and the churchyard would be nicely kept. I do try and cut the grass near my wife’s grave, but I ...

After 15 years, Neville and Gill Ward retired from Saracen’s Head Village Hall, along with Gordon Kirk. Having been very active committee members; Gill as caretaker and treasurer, Neville as caretaker and chairman – they will be very much missed. Residents from several villages in the area will join Saracen’s Head in thanking them for all their hard work and ...