Letters

I admire the fact that South Holland encourages and produces competitive swimmers, and any plans need to accommodate this.Also, it needs to provide facilities for anyone else who wants to swim – we are not all competitive!Can they provide a facility which everyone can enjoy? At a recent stay at a holiday hotel they had no problems getting a hoist ...

We have been running a gentlemen’s coffee morning since last October in The Old Copper Kettle in Crowland, thanks to an initiative taken forward by Graham Cleaver who ran TOCK.Due to the closure of TOCK, Tracey and Graham Cleaver have set up a new business, Becket’s Traditional Tea Rooms in the Minster Precinct of Peterborough Cathedral, we have now moved ...

As councillors in Spalding, we write to support the strong defence of local rail users made by our excellent MP, Sir John Hayes.Along with him, we are campaigning to persuade East Midlands Railway (EMR) to abandon plans to close the ticket office at Spalding Railway Station.As Sir John argues, this will have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable rail users who ...

I would like to say a very, very big thank you to the Chameli Indian restaurant in Holbeach, who have restored our faith in people.On the night of July 2, our car broke down. We had a phone on us so rang the breakdown company.My wife needed to go to the toilet, so she went to the restaurant to ask ...

We’d like to thank everyone who was involved in Inky’s Memorial Golf Day recently in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.Special mention to Charlie for hosting it for the sixth year at Gedney Hill Golf Course.The eventual winner was Eddie Rhodes, he was presented with the shield back at the Lincoln Arms where other prizes for the golfers were presented.There was ...

At almost 70 I decided it was time to shed a few pounds and get fit.I have always enjoyed swimming and with a pool a ten-minute walk away I thought it a good place to start.I hadn’t used the pool since COVID so visited their website.I sent an enquiry asking about pricing etc and two weeks on I have not ...

I would like to thank all the members of the public who stopped and assisted me after my fall outside the Spar shop on Winsover Road, Spalding, on Friday, July 21, at 8.50am.I hurt myself in a few places and am now suffering from some severe bruising. I was handed a bottle of water, first aid coverings to the cut ...

Recently after working a 12-hour shift, I called into a Spalding chip shop to grab myself some food. Unfortunately when I came to pay, my card wouldn’t work in their machine.I went to an adjacent ATM and still my card wouldn’t work, so I went back to the chippy, apologised and said that I’d have to leave the food as ...

Anyone who is a member of the Mason and Dennis families, or who knows or remembers them is invited to a family reunion on Sunday, July 30, in Moulton Chapel Community Centre from 1pm until 4pm.The guest of honour is 91-year-old Trevor Dennis who was born in Treena, Woodgate, and who married Maureen Mason at St James’ Church in 1954.Trevor’s ...

Last week’s Spalding Voice contained some fine examples as to why some people are thoroughly sick of party-political government.There was a report on the South Holland homelessness situation which appears to be much as it has always been.The report was summed up by Coun Tracey Carter, thus “I think we all know the country is in a difficult position” this ...

Is this the last nail in the coffin for Spalding?The ticket office at the railway is to be closed.The railway companies have ridden rough shod over Spalding town for years, with road closures, frustration for drivers, moving heavy wagons on to our line etc.Why can’t they do some good for a change for our town?An idea would be for some ...

I was sorting through some of my late father’s stuff, and came across this photograph, which given the renewed interest in the flower parade, I thought may be of interest to you.I believe my father was working for a Dutchman called Jac Amand at the time, so I would think it was a publicity stunt by him.Many would probably remember ...

I saw these lovely bright sunflowers in a field at Lutton Gowt.It looked like a beautiful field of sunshine.Julie SmartGrimston.

I live near Holbeach and a couple of years ago I noticed the road surface on the roundabout at the junction of the A17 and Holbeach had broken up into a trough 8cm deep and about 6m long.As I’ve previously ridden motorbikes I realised this road defect is a serious risk to road users, so I reported it to the ...

Last Thursday I had a bad puncture in Spalding.I was on my own, no-one wanted to stop and I just got shouted at.I phoned the breakdown company I was with and they didn’t want to know as it was a puncture, not an actual accident. I have an at home call policy.I tried Kwikfit, they said they were on the ...

Disappointed to read that the ticket office will be closing at Spalding.Readers please understand that this, along with hundreds around the country, is a bid to force the country to be cashless.Rishi Sunak is driving the agenda, the only way we stop this is to say no.Many are very concerned about Britain being a cashless society and the Chinese-style restriction ...

I am disabled and use a mobility scooter to take my dog for a walk.Sadly it’s too heavy to put in my car and drive somewhere different so I am stuck in the village.When you are able bodied, you do not think twice about uneven surfaces and bad path repairs, but since using my mobility scooter, I am disgusted with ...

We couldn’t believe the high winds blew a tree down on to our bungalow at 10.15am on Sunday, July 2. It fell on the roof.I emailed the highways department straight away.We had a telephone call back within the hour and was told that it was an emergency.We then had Mapleback Tree Care Hire out within four hours to deal with ...

The NPC Annual Convention heard calls for young and older people to work together to ensure that everyone can have a decent quality of life as they age.More than 300 delegates converged on The Imperial Hotel Blackpool (June 28-29) for our first convention since before the pandemic.They heard from leading speakers on all issues affecting older people across the two ...

It would be incorrect to say that all immigration is bad; many of those who have come to Britain make a valued contribution to our country, especially here in South Holland.But in the United Kingdom, the population appears to be ever-increasing with the most recent ONS figures showing a shocking record of net migration at 606,000 in one year.Our MP ...