Letters

Thank you to Holbeach Parish Council for clearing up the public toilets, first wipe of the seat took a day to do, final clearing took a couple of days. I know it wasn’t the nicest thing to clean. Update – the toilets are clean, they look like they are being looked after. Even the bin has been cleared of empty ...

When I first moved here 137 years ago, sorry I meant to say 26 years ago (it just feels like the former with the way the area has gone in recent times), I remember quite a few people, who had made the move to here prior to me, stating how they had found that Lincolnshire was at least ten years ...

On Monday, January 8, I was running along Pinchbeck Road heading in to town and an oncoming cyclist came around the corner by Sherwood Drive and almost cycled right into me. We both had to stop abruptly and I was lucky not to be knocked down. Cyclists shouldn’t be on the path there and if they are, they can’t see ...

I read the letter about the alleged crossing problem in the Voice last week with near disbelief. It is almost exactly 50 years since the dreadful level crossing accident at Hixon, when an express train collided with a transporter slowly crossing the line at a crossing, with a number of fatalities. Entering the yellow box without the exit being cleared ...

The (Lincolnshire County Council) decision to not help with the running of the local Donington K59 bus service is going to have far reaching effects for many residents. Donington and the surrounding villages residents have to rely on the bus for many of life’s necessities that townsfolk can just take for granted. A trip to the doctors, dentist and hospital ...

To teddy bear knitters, Unfortunately ladies, King’s Lynn Hospital no longer needs them, so we will not need so many. What you send will now go to Armenia for the children. You can still drop them off at Broad Street or St Thomas’s Road Methodist churches. Blankets and jumpers would also be very welcome. Thank you for all your help. ...

The firefighters at Spalding Fire Station would like to say thank you to the people of Spalding who gave so generously to The Firefighters Charity when we accompanied Santa with his visit to the town just before Christmas. We made five collections between December 18 and 22 and raised a total of £1,921.99. We would also like to thank Morrisons, ...

On behalf of all the trustees of Holbeach Community Larder and Café I would like to publicly thank, from the bottom of my heart, all those who have so generously supported the Community Larder and Café over the Christmas period. First of all there were the hundreds of Tesco customers who donated such a generous quantity of food during the ...

Just before Christmas I witnessed an incident at the level crossing on Winsover Road. This incident could have had fatal consequences, a car proceeding towards the town centre had been caught on the train crossing. The driver had proceeded believing the traffic flow would continue and entered the crossing as the prevailing traffic lights were all set to green and ...

I wish to thank staff and first aiders at Tesco, Holbeach for the kindness and support that they gave me on December 28 after I was hit by a cyclist in the car park. Linda Pesl Fleet Hargate

A big thank you to Sainsbury’s staff and the ambulance men, for looking after me when I was taken ill on Wednesday morning. Shirley Bingham Spalding

As we say goodbye to 2017 and usher in the New Year, there’s no better time to reflect on the last 365 days and for me, the hobby that changed my life! I started in February and In just ten months I’ve lost weight, made dozens of new friends, met the love of my life and had my name in ...

Spalding Lions would like to say a big thank you to all the residents of the villages that we recently visited with Santa. We have had one of the most successful years of raising money and it would not be so without your kind donations. We would also like to say thank you to Morrison’s and Sainsbury’s Supermarkets for supporting ...

Regarding your front page report on Thursday, January 4, 2018, “Inadequate surgery is put in special measures”. This has come as a shocking piece of news at the start of 2018 as I have lived in Carrington Road for 29 years and have been a long-term patient of the Pennygate Health Centre for most of that time. Like so many ...

President Nick Rangeley and members of the Rotary Club of South Holland would like to put on record our sincere thanks to the people of Spalding who contributed so generously to our Christmas Sleigh Collection in December. We are indebted also to other local charitable groups and organisations whose members turned out to help us with our collection as we ...

My 80-year-old sister was in an accident on Winsover Road. The driver of the car she was in apparently blacked out, swerved across the road and crashed. My sister was trapped in the car and no passing motorists stopped to help. On behalf of my sister, I’d like to say thank you to the lady with the dog and the ...

Whether it’s “legal porn” (whatever that is) or MPs’ dodgy expenses you would find greater integrity in a bag of cheese and onion crisps than you would in public life in the country today. To have that sort of material on a work-based computer would guarantee that not only would you be dismissed, you would probably be escorted off the ...

The Holbeach branch of the Royal British Legion has done its sums following this year’s Poppy Appeal, and it seems the people of the town have once again been very generous. A total of almost £10,400 was raised. Every year we are so grateful to everyone in Holbeach who contributes to the Poppy Appeal. Every penny raised goes to help ...

With reference to Springwell’s consultation meeting at the High School in Spalding (December 7) we feel the Academy would have gained invaluable insight had they openly engaged the local community at the very beginning, not the end, of the consultation process and it would have been helpful if Lincolnshire County Council had sent a representative. We thank Phil Willott for ...

I’m pleased to see that the Holbeach Peppermint Junction is now open at last and hope it will reduce heavy traffic through the town. Part of the price for this work was the development of a huge new housing estate and industrial area nearby. There is the possibility the commercial aspect of the site will attract new jobs and if ...