Letters

Mr Sloan (Letters, July 23) speaks of John Hayes’ ‘appalling’ voting record in supporting government measures that have promoted austerity and brought hardship to many. Sir John has supported measures that have cut the NHS and put stress on its staff and has supported cutting the police force to a level where it can no longer cover all its responsibilities ...

Having read your article on the CCTV debacle in Holbeach I am amazed at the unprofessional approach to this “dads only system” What consultation took place between the police and the council? You cannot expect the organisation that has to follow up investigations not to have a say in such a system.The installation of a system that relies on incidents ...

Lincolnshire is renowned for its flowers, exemplified by the Spalding tulip festival. May I report the sighting of several new growths seen in a number of Spalding’s domestic gardens? These are neither annuals nor perennials, merely prolific. It is understood that the cultivation of this garden vegetation was not supported by a grant from the National Lottery. The most common ...

I would like to place on record my thoughts and respond to media reports re Spalding Market post-COVID shutdown. I was shocked when we were told that Spalding Market would close completely during lockdown. Many of the other local markets continued safely. This was supported greatly by locals. Closing the market completely, was wrong. Government advised that markets were a ...

I have lived in Spalding for 50 years. When I first moved here the town was really nice with numerous individual shops. It was not really necessary to go out of Spalding to buy what you wanted as we could buy from our local shops. Over the years these individual shops have closed either when the owners have died or ...

I refer to the new page of The Voice dated Thursday, July 16, headed “£4m bid to boost Holbeach centre”. Has the person/persons who are suggesting no right turn for traffic leaving Church Street and Boston Road ever driven in Holbeach? I own and regularly visit and park at a property in Church Street. To return to my home at ...

There is a photo of local boys. Their young working lives were affected by World War II. The king sent one to mend aeroplanes in Africa and Italy, where he saw lots to interest him on his long foreign not-quite-holiday. The king sent another to the far east, where he became a prisoner of war. They both came back. I ...

May I suggest that Mr Livsey (Letters, July 16) examines the voting record of Sir John Hayes and then explains how this has been of benefit to local people. As has been said before in this column, Sir John has an appalling record of voting for every Tory government proposal promoting austerity and bringing hardship and poverty to many people ...

May I be permitted to correct a misconception as stated in the Spalding Voice in the letter by Julia Fairman. She suggests that half the school summer break, i.e. three of the six weeks should be spent back in school to catch up with the time children have spent at home during the pandemic. Further, the letter states that teachers ...

I am writing this letter regarding coronavirus and school holidays. School children in the UK as we all know by September will have been absent from school due to coronavirus for six months. Home schooling has been in operation along with parents doing an excellent job, plus working from home themselves. This virus is declining very slowly (although still there, ...

I am writing in reply to G Kent’s letter concerning charity shops. Firstly I work in a Spalding shop. People should have been well aware not to leave bags of goods outside these shops as they are closed. So my point is that the blame lies with the public, not the shop. As far as payment for staff, ie managers ...

Having read the letter regarding charity donations, I felt compelled to respond. Visiting many towns in South Holland I feel a charity shop is far more preferable than an empty shop which are becoming far more prevalent in these times. I have also seen many charity shop doorways with donations in them and every shop I have seen had a ...

I was bemused to read Mr De Jong’s letter in the Voice (July 2). It is precisely because the readership of this excellent paper are capable of forming their own opinions that robust and open debate so regularly features! The point of comment columns is to promote ideas and stimulate debate. It may disappoint a few, but most people welcome ...

It’s good to see Lincolnshire Highways have started to wake up and listen to the call of the locals by using common sense regarding the A16/B1166 (Radar Junction). This was nothing short of being a stupid and ridiculous idea. Is it now time the highly paid Richard Davies and The Lincolnshire Highways Department sat down and spoke to the local ...

The country is broke, as it was when I was born. I am in receipt of a benefit called State Retirement Pension. I also receive a Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) of £200. WFP is a universal benefit, paid to all pensioners, rich or poor. Just for once, there isn’t a means test which excludes people who have lived modestly and ...

I was interested to read the article in The Voice dated July 2, about Spalding’s Western Relief Road and Coun Richard Davies’ comments about how it would be ‘incredibly difficult’ to finance the middle sections of the road. I cannot see where the problem is. It has been proved in the coronavirus emergency that money, if the political will is ...

To all of our customers, past and present, John and Julie Longford, of JL Taxis, Holbeach, would like to offer our thanks to you all for supporting our local taxi service in and around Holbeach, since 2000 to the present. As some of you may already know, retirement now beckons us, so from July 31, 2020, we shall cease trading. ...

There is a tendency for people to bask in the achievements of others, a trait that is very often encountered in politicians, not least in the recent and ongoing virus emergency and the roll of the NHS. There have been congratulations and plaudits from all levels of ministers, even the saintly Boris has been known to clap. It might be ...

Regarding the recent letters about non-delivery of domestic refuse sacks. Do you not realise how fortunate we are in South Holland? I have never lived anywhere else where free sacks are supplied plus we are one of the few areas left to retain weekly collections – most councils only provide fortnightly or even three-weekly collections. So someone’s house was overlooked? ...

Towards the end of May I wrote to you about the closure of South Holland District Council offices in Priory Road presenting a problem for those like me in receipt of a German pension and having to get the annual Life Certificate authorised. But the good news is that I have now received the Life Certificate from the German pension ...