Letters

Having spent 25 years reporting on and working with politicians at all levels and of every political persuasion, I have observed that most MPs are more preoccupied with power, money and privilege and doing the best for themselves rather than their constituents. So it should come as no surprise that John Hayes has pocketed £1m from playing the property market ...

Thursday, June 23 will be a historic day because for the first time in 40 years we will be asked to decide through a referendum whether we wish to leave the European Union. This poll will possibly be the most important vote we cast in our lifetimes. It will answer once and for all the big questions, “who governs Britain ...

As the debate on Europe continues and the referendum draws closer no doubt many people have already made their minds up about whether we should stay in or opt out of the EU. But let’s take a closer look at what the European Union does for Britain and dispel some of the myths for the people who are undecided. Creates ...

Thank you The Voice newspaper for highlighting the growing concern over these illegal shops with those awful window displays. What an eyesore! What is the matter with South Holland District Council for allowing this tolerance? The council and town centre manager should take a long walk down Winsover Road and have a good look around and see what we have ...

I cannot get a Voice every week as I don’t get one delivered so I missed the story Enough is Enough, but I do agree with the letters, like one letter said Spalding is not a nice place to live. I was born in Spalding and have seen change – not for the good. I now go once a month ...

With the EU referendum in June the people of this country have, at long last, a choice to pass judgement on our membership of the EU. We must give David Cameron grudging praise for at least keeping his word on that. However his rather trivial negotiations carry no guarantees whatsoever and contain nothing about a return of powers to our ...

There was more than a hint of the defensive about Christine Lawton’s description of her role as a South Holland district councillor in last week’s Voice. She would have been better advised to keep quiet about the things she no doubt sees as her ‘duties.’ Sitting in on boringly bureaucratic meetings about things that have little or no relevance to ...

Readers’ experience of Spalding’s European shops, uninviting and making the town look distressed, seemed to be replicated in Holbeach – until Julia’s Polish shop opened in town. Beautifully designed and welcoming frontage, open to all – a credit to the Polish owner, with thanks from one Holbeach patron. G Mitchell Fleet Street

Not wishing to tempt fate but it’s been a while since any failure of the level crossing barriers in Spalding. Let’s hope the Network Rail problem we were forced to tolerate for months on end is actually resolved for good. Now, on to the time that we sit at the barriers when they are working ordinarily and down. At Winsover ...

It was instructive to read about South Holland District Council’s decision to purchase the 23-acre Moulton Park to provide recreational space for the local community. This contrasts sharply with the reaction of the council when, in 2003 and at a time when the authority’s financial position was much healthier than it is now, it was approached for relatively modest financial ...

Lorna Webb and her team of helpers put on a lovely coffee and pancake morning on Shrove Tuesday, raising around £360 for the Jenny Freeman Lodge, St Barnabas Hospice. Mrs Webb was making pancakes until 2am the previous morning and then up again at 6am on the morning, making a total of 250 pancakes altogether, all enjoyed by the large ...

Last week I responded in this letters page to the excellent lead that The Voice gave to the issue of off licence proliferation and abuse, asking our elected MP John Hayes to do what he said he would do just nine months ago. I also noticed how many readers believed proliferation and abuse of a licence was not being addressed ...

Due to the successful Holbeach Town & Country Fayre held last year the committee held a presentation evening recently that saw £1,400 divided between Holbeach in Bloom, local RAF Cadet Unit, LIVES, Holbeach Hospital and Spalding Young Farmers, whom are all based in the area. This would not have been possible without the help and support of many people, some ...

In a recently published interview entitled “The Name of God in Mercy” Pope Francis described the quality of mercy as the most important message that Jesus gave. In the sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us “blessed are the merciful for they shall have mercy shown them.” Mercy should not be confined to the virtuous but to all ...

On Monday, January 18, I went shopping in my buggy to Aldi. When I got home I discovered I had lost my Russian wedding ring (which is of sentimental value to me and very old). After a sleepless night, I telephoned around all the shops I had visited. I phoned Aldi and someone had found it and handed it in ...

On Sunday, February 7 I decided to go against my own principles and clear up other people’s rubbish. This was in my own street, Carrington Road, Spalding. I just felt I had enough of seeing such a mess along the street in my local neighbourhood. I do appreciate that a group of people have embraced the initiative to clean up ...

What is wrong with designers for the council? The proposed pavilion will do absolutely nothing for the gardens. It is not in keeping with the surroundings I suppose we shouldn’t be too surprised though, look what they built in place of the old Corn Exchange. That does not blend in with its surroundings either. My friends and I go to ...

Regarding the proposed design for a new pavilion in Ayscoughfee: my concern is the site, which is next to the children’s play area and the aviary, not a suitable place to listen to a concert. I feel the right place would be on the site of the old bandstand. Mrs B Watson Spalding

I live in Park Road, Spalding and I am disgusted and appalled by the council for agreeing to the numerous off licences in Spalding. The town is going downhill and the appearance is a big problem for us local long-time residents. I really hate walking into town now and avoid it as much as possible. This has to stop now. ...

We do not need another off licence in the town. Do we assume that all these shops cannot do enough trade and make a living without having an off licence. We live just off St John’s Road so we have garage at Little London that sells alcohol – cross the road from there we have the shop, again selling alcohol. ...