Letters

Mr Bland’s claims that many posts to the Spotted: Spalding Facebook group are full of racism (Mail, April 27) are absolutely astounding. I myself read this page most days and what one person classes as racist, others will class as expressing an honest opinion. Such as the many posts about street littering for instance, which Mr Bland seems to object ...

Having listened to Laura Kuenssberg and others on the national news recently saying, “what is the point of UKIP?”, I too am starting to wonder. They have no MP, no leadership (nationally or locally), no policies, locally or nationally and no influence. At a local level at the last county elections they were, for a few days at least, the second biggest ...

Can someone from the council please explain, in simple terms please, why migrant shopkeepers who are selling illegal goods are not closed down and deported? Irene Patterson Fairfields Holbeach

I am responding to Ms Woolard’s letter (April 27) regarding the recent move of Fleet Post Office. I would like to reassure readers that we did undertake a full public consultation and considered all comments received before making a decision to move Fleet Post Office to its new location.    The Post Office understands how much people rely on its services ...

Our Conservative PM, Theresa May, has made another major U-turn by deciding to hold a snap general election. This announcement has led to another period of uncertainty, closely following the Tory government’s disastrous decision to hold the EU referendum. Interestingly, Theresa May claims a Conservative government is the “government of stability”, possibly in the same manner in which she claims ...

I read in your April 13 issue that plans had been submitted for 100 houses in Wignals Gate. I find this rather strange as the “Local Plan” has taken years to formulate and submit and was completed for consultation in March this year. Now at the last minute (certainly after March 27th as this is the sign off date on ...

We have become accustomed to long delays at doctors’ surgeries as the local population increases, yet it appears that although the front line is under resourced the admin arm has been expanded in places. My own case is a prime example; I need an ear to be syringed to extract compacted wax as it impedes my hearing aid. This has ...

I was very pleased the cat charity shop has re-opened in Long Sutton after a report in The Voice stated it was doubtful it would re-open. The prices, however, have hugely increased. Books that we used to pay a few pence for (manuals etc) are now £4, and looking like the very same books they could not shift for a ...

About three months ago I found the disabled toilet in Vine Street car park disabled, which was down to vandals. They had smashed the mechanism to allow it to be flushed. Being a Saturday, I telephoned Lincolnshire County Council and got hold of a supervisor. I explained what the problem was and after about three weeks it was fixed. The ...

To anyone who may be listening! The town of Sutton Bridge, which is known as the “Gateway to Lincolnshire” is an absolute disgrace this year. The grass has not been cut, it is so long now that when it is eventually cut it could probably be bailed for hay! The church held their Easter service on the village green last ...

On the 30th March 2017, Fleet Hargate Post Office closed. Established for a hundred years opposite the Baptist Chapel, the post office then moved nearer the centre of the village before settling into a row of terraced cottages on the opposite side of Old Main Road.   This was convenient for elderly residents, especially those living in 32 sheltered bungalows ...

For the past few weeks as I’ve looked out of our back windows, I’ve seen a beautiful field of daffodils. Today they are dying, but with our flat, fenland landscape I can see for miles, and the contrasting fields that grow the food to feed us, so how disappointing, and disturbing, to learn that yet another site for building is proposed ...

In Spalding there is a Facebook page called “Spotted Spalding” – the principle behind the page is that people can make posts anonymously. This page has more than 19,000 “likes”. On Saturday afternoon a post was made that included a photograph of a lady by some flower containers with a comment accusing her of stealing the plants. This could not ...

I thank Coun Worth for his contribution (Mail, April 13) to the debate about who represents Holbeach at Lincoln, because that’s what his letter is about. Maybe a reply is in order and I’ll try to keep it brief, so as not to upset him too much. He is, in part, personally responsible for the withdrawal of library funding and ...

Recently my daughter was unfortunate to receive damage to the suspension of her car when travelling from Pinchbeck to Spalding. She notified Lincolnshire County Council as the damage was the result of a badly fitting drain cover on the road. A letter has now been received from the county council (unsigned) enclosing a SEVEN-page report form to complete. However, in ...

I have hit a wall in my family tree research. I am trying to find out information about any living relatives that we have lost touch with, over 60 years ago. My father was born in 1941 in Peterborough to Doris Minnie McCarthy (nee Vellam), born 1922 in Double Street, Spalding and Joseph McCarthy, from Lancashire. They lived in Winsover ...

With the county county elections being only weeks away, the electorate will have a choice to make for the future of our services. As central government continue to starve local authorities from adequate funding we see our council tax on the increase. We seem to have gone backwards by paying more for less, but we deserve better as our front ...

Paul Foyster’s numerous essays to The Voice, no doubt done to raise his own profile, raise a number of points. I make no apology for an equally lengthy response. His well publicised ten-point plan is in the main, the remit of the parish council of which he is a senior councillor. Seems like the ball is in his court… Paul ...

I read with interest your front-page article (“Jobs worry for 100 district council staff”, April 6) about the forthcoming service review at South Holland District Council. Am I the only one left thinking that, if anything like this many jobs are axed after seven years of austerity, there won’t be a district council left worthy of the name? Will we ...

There are six candidates for Spalding Elloe and a divided vote means it is almost certain the Tory will be returned. I have written to the other four candidates suggesting this is a time for unity as once it is shown the Tories can be beaten, public engagement and democracy will bloom. I would also ask every individual voter to ...