Letters

I write to pass on the thanks of Spalding & District Branch of the RNLI to Morrisons shoppers who generously donated a total of £801 to the charity on September 14 and 15. Such donations are vital to maintain the rescue services of the RNLI. Despite 95 per cent of RNLI personnel being volunteers, funds are always needed to run ...

With the retirement of Dr Nathu and the movement of the Spalding practice to Johnson Hospital, Healthwatch Lincolnshire is aware that a number of patients are concerned about the practicalities of the move and the future of GP services at the Pennygate end of town. Healthwatch is hearing concerns focusing on how to access the service at Johnson both in ...

Moulton Park remains closed to the public with the dire warning that anyone venturing onto this “public” space will be prosecuted. 1) When can we expect to have public access without fear of prosecution? 2) Why has the owner of sheep, and his flock, been allowed constant access? 3) When can Moulton expect to have a play area for its ...

On behalf of the Rotary Club of South Holland I write to thank everyone who helped with our annual charity golf competition at Spalding Golf Club on Thursday, August 23. Our many sponsors, the principal of whom were Howdens Joinery, the friends who donated raffle prizes and the competition entrants can all be proud that together we were able to ...

Throughout May this year, St Barnabas Hospice teamed up with local Solicitor firms to give Lincolnshire residents the chance to make or amend their will free of charge. In return, they asked people to leave gifts to the Hospice in their Will. Compared to 34 people who participated in 2017, this year saw an overwhelming 139 people taking part, with ...

I worked as a journalist for more than 20 years in South Africa. Last week I received an email from an old pal editing a business magazine there. He said: “Thanks for your e-mail regarding lack of clarity over Brexit next year. “I would like to hope there is a lot going on behind the scenes regarding free trade areas, ...

Horrendous child abuse has been taking place here and up and down the country in our cinemas. It’s all making money for the fat cats in Hollywood. I’m referring to the recent screening of Incredibles 2 which we suffered with grandchildren recently. Fortunately they are of secondary school age and were able to cope with it, though the content was ...

I find myself now having to write to the local newspaper in frustration as the local authorities are paying no attention to the current problem of pavement parking on the Taylor Wimpey estate in Spalding. The Taylor Wimpey estate just off Monks House Lane was completed around two years ago and was handed to the estate management company RMG. The ...

Having recently had a social evening get-together of motoring enthusiasts in our group who attend shows and events in the region, much comment was made about the running of this year’s Holbeach Town and Country Fair. The fair seems to have had some recent criticism as to how many people attended plus how much gate money was taken, with the ...

Do I live on the wrong side of the tracks? The only GP surgery in the Wygate Park/Holland Park area of Spalding is in Pennygate. Our doctor of 32 years is retiring, but why can’t the Pennygate Health Centre continue under a new NHS doctor or doctors at least for the time being or, perhaps until a new health centre ...

As a keen cyclist, I am amazed how few (if any in certain places) bike racks there are in the Holbeach and Long Sutton towns. So often I have to secure my bike to a lamp-post or a downpipe of guttering. Cycling is superb in the Fens due to the flatness of the area and parking in small towns can ...

Regarding your front page report in the Voice – Thursday, August 9, (Troubled surgery will close to patients). I had been a patient at the Pennygate Surgery for the last 29 years because of living in the ward of Monks House, but recently I transferred to the Munro Medical Centre practice. When the news first broke about the Pennygate Centre ...

I was greatly saddened by the directive from the NHS whereby they informed me that Dr Nathu is to retire. I wonder, was she used as a scapegoat because I’m sure there are many inefficiencies in other practices in the town? I was also appalled by the inflammatory letters that you, in my opinion, allowed to be published unprofessionally in ...

The BBC Radio 4 programme Any Questions came to Spalding on Friday, July 27. These seven questions were not asked on the programme: 1. Should it be compulsory to vote in this country? 2. Should the school-leaving age be lowered to 14? 3. People have travelled from Spalding to Boston in various ways over the years – by foot, by ...

It is heartening to see that in this unusually hot summer the fly tippers have come to our rescue. While walking out to Springfields this morning I noticed that they had provided a fairly new fridge/freezer for public use. I am not sure it is actually connected to the mains but if you or your readers would like to give ...

May I through your excellent newspaper thank Nigel – my knight in shining armour. I had a tyre puncture in Springfields on Wednesday, July 25. He pumped my tyre up enabling me to service it at a garage. Thank you so much. Name and address supplied

I attended the BBC Radio 4 debate programme Any Questions on Friday, July 27, which was broadcast from St Mary and St Nicolas Church in Spalding. The evening was well attended, there must have been well over 200 people present. Before going live we had the introductions where I learned about the history of the lovely church which was built ...

In response to recent articles in The Voice I would like to give my personal view of Dr Nathu of the Pennygate Health Centre in Spalding. Dr Nathu has been my GP for the past 21 years. I came to live in Spalding from Kent and, in that time, I have received the best of treatment from Dr Nathu. I ...

May I, through your columns, congratulate Mr Jackson on supplying the best political joke of this year. “Boris Johnson and David Davis had the courage of their convictions to put the national interest before their careers.” Rats and sinking ships spring to mind. If they and their spineless ilk had the faintest belief in the national interest we would not ...

Stirring stuff from Mr Craig Jackson (letters, July 26). Storm the barricades, eh? But one or two points about his claims: No, Mr Jackson, the majority for leave, did not all vote for a ‘clean Brexit’. They voted for ‘leave the EU’ that’s what it said on the ballot paper, without any specification of what that meant. I personally know ...