Patchett Lodge Residential Home at Holbeach is holding its annual garden fete on Saturday (2pm to 4pm).
Join staff and residents for garden games, a car boot sale, barbecue, cakes, bric-a-brac stall and refreshments.
Funds raised are used for the benefit of the home’s residents.
Around 300 paintings by more than 100 artists will be on display at the annual art exhibition at St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Artists both professional and amateur have entered work in various mediums and subjects, including landscapes, sea and waterscapes, figures, animals and flowers as well as more abstract compositions.
The display is on Saturday (10am to 6pm), Sunday (noon to 6pm), Monday-Wednesday (10am to 6pm). Entry free – food and drink available.
Pinchbeck’s Lucy Hull admitted she was lost for words after she lifted the Girls County Consolation winners trophy at the HSBC Road to Wimbledon National 14 and Under Challenge Finals.
The 12-year-old Spalding High School pupil booked herself a spot at SW19 after competing in her County Finals and, although failing to progress into the main draw last week, she got another chance in the Girls County Consolation competition.
Some 20,000 promising young tennis players from all over Britain competed in pursuit of a prestigious place at Wimbledon with Hull among the top 144 boys and girls to have earned the right to play at the week-long National Finals.
And Hull continued her impressive run all the way to the final, where she defeated Bethany Cole on Saturday.
Following in the footsteps of 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in tasting victory on the lawns of the All-England Club, Hull admitted the week went down as a career high.
“It was exciting out there. When I went on I was really nervous but I overcame my fears and got through to the final,” she said.
“I was just hoping I didn’t make any mistakes because when you have an adrenalin rush you start whacking the balls out.
“But I didn’t do that, I just kept my cool and kept hitting them in with spin.
“I was 5-1 up in the first set and then let her back in as I was getting ahead of myself thinking I could do this.
“Then it went to 5-4 and I just thought to keep it going. The second set was quite close at the beginning and then, after that, I thought let’s just finish it.
“It’s amazing to win at Wimbledon, I don’t really know how to describe it, it’s a privilege.
“I haven’t played anywhere near as big as this before. I can now say I’ve played at Wimbledon and won at Wimbledon.”
Hull, who attends Boston Tennis Club, even got the chance to meet former British No.1 and HSBC tournament ambassador Tim Henman during her time at Wimbledon.
Henman spent time with the players, signed autographs, and posed for photos with the finalists and insisted he was impressed with the standard on show this year at SW19.
“I’ve been involved for the 12 years of the programme, and it’s fantastic to see how the standard has improved,” said Henman, who reached four semi-finals at Wimbledon before retiring in 2007.
“There are kids that are going to want to play tournaments and compete at a higher level and this is a great stepping stone, to have this experience and learn from the match-play and competition.
“You talk about the mental side of things, and it’s that application, going out there and giving 100 per cent is all you can do – those types of values will get you a long way in life.”
The HSBC Road to Wimbledon National 14 & Under Challenge is the UK’s largest national junior grass court tournament and forms part of HSBC’s investment in the stars of the future – www.hsbcroadtowimbledon.com
Police are looking for thieves who stole diesel from a building site in Oak Spring Gardens, Elsea Park, Bourne on Sunday.
It is being linked with damage caused to a farmer’s plough while parked on a sugar beet pad opposite the building site in Raymond Mays Way, Bourne, overnight on Sunday when the diesel theft took place. Meanwhile, two lawnmowers have been stolen from a padlocked shed in West Road, Pointon, overnight between Monday and Tuesday. The Sovereign petrol and Chevron Flymo lawnmowers were taken between 1pm on August 18 and 7.30am the next morning.
In other crime news, Police are looking for someone who broke into a home in Station Road, Rippingale, between 11am on August 10 and 8.30pm on August 15. Finally, a silver Nissan Nivaro pick-up, registration S10 LOG, was stolen from Dunsby between midnight and 4am on August 13 and found burnt out at Mareham Lane, Graby. Anyone with information should call 101.
Lutton Parish Council has a new member after Joshua Reeve was elected in a poll this month.
Coun Reeve, who lives in Lutton, was the only candidate in an election brought about by the death of former councillor David Mountain in April.
The council was rocked earlier this year by the resignations of four members, Jane Barwell, Mark Ludlam, Eric Saxton and John Tolliday over frustration that “nothing ever got decided”.
Churches in South Holland will be blooming over the Bank Holiday weekend.
There are flower festivals going on at four churches, including The Parish Church of St Mary at Whaplode, which is celebrating ‘50 bloomin’ years’. The flower festival is from Friday until Tuesday (10am to 6pm, closing at 2pm Tuesday), with an open produce show in a marquee in the church yard on Saturday (11am).
At Crowland, the festival in the abbey runs from Friday until Monday (10am to 5pm, noon to 5pm Sunday).
Lutton St Nicholas church is also holding its flower festival from Friday to Monday (10am to 5pm) on the theme of Around Town. Stalls include cakes, produce, books and crafts, and there will be a LIVES demonstration.
On the Saturday, there will also be a village driveway sale (10am to 2pm) – look out for homes displaying red balloons.
Gosberton Baptist Church flower and craft festival is from Saturday to Monday (10.30am to 4.30pm, opening noon on Sunday).
Peter Morgan and Ben Stroud were in fine form with the bat as Bourne beat Nassington by 97 runs in the South Lincs and Border League Division One on Sunday.
After choosing to bat, skipper Morgan hit an unbeaten 80 while opener Stroud produced a fine 75 as third-placed Bourne reached 270-5.
Chris Binns then took five wickets in seven overs as Nassington were dismissed for 173.
Market Deeping were on the wrong end of a batting masterclass as they lost at Division Two leaders Medbourne.
Elliott Lyons hit 21 boundaries in a knock of 128 from 118 balls before finally being bowled out by Josh Smith.
Smith took five wickets but Medbourne’s total of 264 was too much for Deeping who lost by 102 runs.
Ross Barnes hit an unbeaten 55 from 53 balls, including eight fours, but Deeping were never likely to trouble the hosts.
Paul Edgeller ran out of partners as Long Sutton fell just short of their target against Warboys in Division Three.
James Hook had earlier taken two wickets to take his weekend tally to six as Warboys were dismissed for 201 and skipper Edgeller led by example with another impressive batting display, but he was left unbeaten on 78 as the last Long Sutton wicket fell with just ten more runs required.
Opener Daniel Whadcock top-scored with 43 as Bourne 2nd lost by 79 runs when hosting Kettering in Division Four.
Both openers scored half-centuries as Seas End Hall beat Wisbech 2nd by eight wickets in Division Five.
Richard Gilbert took five wickets in a little over six overs as Wisbech were dismissed for 183.
Dave Venables was out for 53 and fellow opener Lee Eyett hit an unbeaten 84 as Seas End Hall won for the loss of just two wickets.
Long Sutton 2nd suffered a heavy defeat against Market Overton in Division Seven, the hosts winning by 180 runs as the visitors were skittled out for 57.
n Spalding have the perfect opportunity to bounce back from a woeful batting display against Skegness when they host Grimsby Town on Saturday.
Grimsby are one of just three teams below them in the Lincs Premier and skipper Rob Ambrose will be looking for a return to form.
Charlie Kearns can usually be relied upon to produce impressive bowling figures but he shouldn’t be expected to be the club’s best batsman as he was on Saturday when Spalding were dismissed for just 66.
Market Deeping were reduced for an even lower total, going for just 63 during their defeat by Woodhall Spa, and they won’t have an easy task as they look to bounce back from their disappointing spell.
They travel to fourth-placed Lindum.
Leaders Bourne should have too much class for Louth while Billingborough’s wait for their first victory of the campaign is unlikely to end this weekend as they host second-placed Bracebridge Heath.
Listings from Thursday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 27
Pudsey the Dog, Thursday 10.30am; The Nut Job, Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday 2pm, Saturday 11am; Transformers Age of Extinction 3D, Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 2pm, 7.30pm; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Tuesday 7.30pm, Wednesday 6.30pm.
Visit www.southhollandcentre.co.uk
Peterborough Showcase
From Friday: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (and 3D), Deliver Us from Evil, Earth to Echo, Guardians of the Galaxy, (and 3D), Hercules 3D, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Into the Storm, Lucy, Planes 2: Fire and Rescue, The Expendables 3, The House of Magic, The Inbetweeners 2. Visit www.showcasecinemas.co.uk
Music
Saturday
Filthy Lucre, 9pm, Fisherman’s Arms, Pode Hole, 01775 712670; Rick Roberts, 8.30pm, Long Sutton RBL, 01406 362076; James Courtney, 8pm, Donington RBL, 01775 821112.
Sunday
Ryan, 8pm, Donington RBL, 01775 821112; Music in the Park, Long Sutton – Robbie Dee, noon-1pm, Steve Whiteman 1-2pm, Rattle Shack 2-3pm, Gifford 3-4pm, Sleeve of Wizard 4-5pm, Della 5-6pm, No Danger 6-7pm, Zeb Rootz 7.30-8.30pm, Groove Cartel 8.30-10pm.
Theatre
Key Theatre, Peterborough:
West Side Story.
Bourne Corn Exchange:
The Bon Jovi Experience.
Tolethorpe, Stamford:
The Taming of the Shrew.
Listings from Thursday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 27
Thursday
Litter blitz: volunteers needed, fun for all in a day of litter and recyling activities, including litter picking, advice stalls, competitions, 10.30am-2.30pm, Spalding Skatepark, Lower Fulney Field, Holbeach Road, Spalding, PE11 2JB, 01775 761161.
Real ale festival: live music, games, until Saturday, noon-11pm, Peterborough Embankment, PE1 1EF, 01733 896555.
Spalding Folk Club: singaround, Welland Yacht Club, Cradge Bank, Spalding.
Sailing: for people with disabilities, 10am-3pm, Rutland Sailing Club, Rutland Water Southshore, LE15 8HJ, 07957 2230369.
Friday
Flower festival: stalls, cakes, produce, crafts, ‘toybola’ 10am-5pm, St Nicholas Church, Lutton.
Mini monsters bug hunt: 11am-noon, 2-3pm, RSPB Frampton Marsh, PE20 1AY, 01205 724678.
Flower festival: 10am-5pm, Crowland Abbey.
Handful of Harmonies: singing workshop, 7.30pm, Langtoft Village Hall, PE6 9RJ.
Flower festival: 10am-6pm, St Mary’s Church, Whaplode, 07949 244817.
Spalding Kickers Taekwondo: 7.30-8.45pm, Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 01775 760190.
Saturday
Gull Farm: heavy horse open day, 10am onwards, Gull Farm, Deeping High Bank, PE11 3DY, 07944 300623.
Flower festival: 10am-6pm, open produce show 11am-5pm, local art and models, bell ringing session 5pm, organ recital 2pm, St Mary’s Church, Whaplode, 07949 244817.
Sailing: for people with disabilities, 10am-noon, Rutland Sailing Club, 07957 2230369.
Flower festival: stalls, cakes, produce, crafts, ‘toybola’, 10am-5pm, St Nicholas Church, Lutton.
Flower festival: 10am-5pm, Crowland Abbey.
Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum: promoting the museum and collecting photos, memorabilia and memories from former employees of Lincs Road Car (Holbeach depot), ride on an old bus, 11am, noon and 1pm, former Chandlers Agricultural premises, Boston Road, Holbeach.
Flower and craft festival: afternoon music from the Spalding U3A Singers, 10.30am-4.30pm, Gosberton Baptist Church, Spalding Road, PE11 4NP.
Driveway sale: 10am-2pm, around the village of Lutton, 01406 364127.
Art exhibition: 10am-6pm, St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Garden fete: garden games, barbecue, stalls, car boot, 2-4pm, Patchett Lodge, Arthurs Avenue, Holbeach, PE12 7LJ.
Fun dog show: and silken windhound show, 9.30am, judging 10am, fun show 1pm, Hedge Green Cottage, Blackjack Road, Swineshead, PE20 3HH.
Sunday
Car boot: sellers 6am, buyers 8am, Spalding Rugby Club, St Thomas’s Road, Spalding.
Music: in the gardens, Kirton Brass Band concert, Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding, 2-4pm, 01775 764555.
Fundraiser: for Holbeach Bank Football Club, 11am-4.30pm, Craft Outlet, Springfields Outlet shopping, Spalding, 07947 352330.
Flower festival: 10am-6pm, art and models 11am-5pm, bell ringing 5.25pm, music and dancing 1-4pm, St Mary’s Church, Whaplode, 07949 244817.
Open day and dog show: 11am -4pm, judging noon, Waggoners Rest, Station Road, Sutterton, PE20 2LF, 0845 548 4478.
Flower festival: stalls, cakes, produce, crafts, ‘toybola’, 10am-5pm, Songs of Praise 6.30pm, St Nicholas Church, Lutton.
Flower festival: noon-5pm, Crowland Abbey.
Flower and craft festival: noon-4.30pm, Songs of Praise 4.30pm, Gosberton Baptist Church, Spalding Road, PE11 4NP.
Music in the park: live music, children’s fun fair, stalls, food and bar, 10am-10pm, Winfrey Park, Long Sutton.
Spalding Kickers Taekwondo: 10.30am-noon, Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 01775 760190.
Art exhibition: noon-6pm, St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Ramblers: eight-mile walk, meet 10am Bourne Wood car park, 01733 751807.
Car boot: field, Moulton Chapel Road, Cowbit, PE12 0XD, 07445 736136.
Tea dance: live music, 2pm, Swineshead Village Hall, 01522 750317.
Cranwell: Aviation Heritage Centre remembers World War One, 10.30am-3.30pm, North Rauceby near Sleaford, 01529 488490.
Monday
Flower festival: 10am-6pm, teddy/soft toy parachute drop 1-4pm, St Mary’s Church, Whaplode, 07949 244817.
Flower festival: stalls, cakes, produce, crafts, ‘toybola’, 10am-5pm, St Nicholas Church, Lutton.
Art exhibition: 10am-6pm, St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Car boot: field, Moulton Chapel Road, Cowbit, PE12 0XD, 07445 736136.
Transported: The Case of the Curious Suitcase, 10.30am-4pm, Crowland Abbey, 07747 271823.
Grimsthorpe festival: gates open 10am, Grimsthorpe Castle, near Bourne, 07711 705604
Pairs tournament: 7.30pm, AlleyCatz, Westlode Street, Spalding, 01775 722211.
Bingo: 7.30pm, St Paul’s Church Hall, Fulney, Spalding.
Summer Fun: Jon Cooper’s School of Taekwondo, 7pm, Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 07941 069510.
Summer Fun: Budokai Blackbelt Academy, 4.30-8pm, Spalding Common, book 07950 833099.
Summer Fun: Spalding Badminton Club, 2.15-4pm, next to Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 07429 512228.
Tuesday
Holiday club: until Friday, crafts, games, stories, 9.30am-noon, Long Sutton Baptist Church, 01406 362746.
Flower festival: 10am-2pm, hog roast 6.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Whaplode, 07949 244817.
Mega Makers: holiday club, until Friday, ages four-11, 10am-12.15pm, Spalding Baptist Church, Swan Street, 01775 723365.
Art exhibition: 10am-6pm, St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Summer Fun: Spalding Badminton Club, 2.15-4pm, next to Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 07429 512228.
Diamondz DG: summer school, 9am-12.30pm, 12.30-4pm, Moose Hall, Love Lane, Spalding, book 07928 870118.
Gymnastics fun session: 10.30am-noon, Holbeach and Fenland Gymnastics Club, book 01945 420280.
Introduction to riding: 10.30am-noon, Four Winds Equestrian Centre, Leaveslake Drove, West Pinchbeck, book 01775 640533.
Pond dipping: 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, RSPB Frampton Marsh, PE20 1AY, book 01205 724678.
Pottery painting: with Doodles, 10am-4pm, Unique Cottage Studios, Fulney Lane South, Spalding, PE12 6FA, 07940 449424.
Wednesday
Art exhibition: 10am-6pm, St Matthew’s Church, Sutton Bridge.
Transported: Fen Boy, 4pm, Sutterton field, 07747 271820.
Summer Fun: Spalding Badminton Club, 2.15-4pm, next to Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 07429 512228.
Chill out: ages 10-14, 7-9pm, Spalding Baptist Church, Swan Street, 01775 723365.
Bingo: doors 6.30pm, eyes down 7.30pm, Moulton Chapel Youth and Community Centre.
Junior hockey: coaching and games with Spalding Hockey Club, 9.30-11am, Glen Park, Surfleet, PE11 4DB, book 01775 724832.
Activate: have a go at a variety of sports and arts activities, 11am-3pm, Crowland, more information on 01775 761161.
Summer fun: golf, 2-3pm, Gedney Hill Golf Club, book 01406 330922.
Table tennis: summer fun with Spalding and District Table Tennis League, 7.30-9pm, Castle Sports Complex, Spalding, book 01775 760162.
Blacksmithing: 10am-noon, Chain Bridge Forge, High Street, Spalding, book 07960 587724.
For the regular weekly listings visit www.spaldingtoday.co.uk or see next week’s Lincolnshire Free Press.
This information is supplied to us, please ring the organisers where possible to confirm the event before setting out on your journey.
Bookmark in The Crescent, Spalding, selects Watching the Match, by Brian Barwick, as its Book of the Week.
If you love to gather round with family and friends to watch the big match and find yourself shouting “Offside!” at the television then Watching the Match is the book for you.
Football on television has provided some of the small screen’s most unforgettable moments, delivered some of its biggest audiences and given the game a remarkable financial windfall in recent years.
Great games, great goals and great players have been caught on cameras that have changed from black and white to colour and from 2D to 3D. The game has provided the ingredients for some truly fantastic television, presented and described by some of broadcasting’s most famous names. Watching the Match by former chief executive of the Football Association and ITV’s former controller of sport Brian Barwick, goes on a 75-year journey tracing the fascinating story of football on television.
With an introduction by veteran commentator John Motson, who says Barwick’s research has “uncovered things even I was unaware of”, this book is a must for football fans!
The book retails for £8.99 but there is a 20 per cent discount at Bookmark with the voucher contained in the Spalding Guardian of August 21.
Oh yes it is – and too soon for Tulip Radio’s Jan Whitbourn who makes a plea to readers.
I know it is summer and many of you will not have had your holidays yet, but it will soon be here: Christmas is around the corner. Nineteen weeks and counting!
Are you in a choir, a singer, dancer, entertainer or performer? Do you have an organisation that would like to be part of the Christmas Light Switch On in Spalding on Friday, November 28 or the following day’s town entertainment provided by traders?
Can you help in any way? For instance, could you provide a prize for the schools’ choir competition? Will your school choir come and sing and be a part of the great event we are planning this year?
We need to hear from you as soon as you can. Did you help out last year in any way and would like to be involved again? Is there something you would like to do in the event? If you are available, it would be great to have you as part of the Christmas festivities.
The event will be similar to other years: schoolchildren sing in the School Choir Competition, Santa arrives and the lights are switched on.
If there is anything you can contribute towards making this a successful event or entertaining the community, please email me on admin@tulip-radio.co.uk or ring me on 01775 712400/07779895388.
Thank you to all those people who have already let me know they are available.
The world premiere performance of The Angel of Mons by composer Patrick Hawes and his librettist brother – vicar of St Michael & All Angels Church at Edenham, Canon Andrew Hawes – takes place in the church on Saturday (7.30pm).
The world premiere performance of The Angel of Mons by composer Patrick Hawes and his librettist brother – vicar of St Michael & All Angels Church at Edenham, Canon Andrew Hawes – takes place in the church on Saturday (7.30pm).
The concert is taking place on the exact centenary of the apparition of an angel to over 100 British soldiers of the first battle of the First World War. This occasion is especially poignant because many of these soldiers were from the Lincolnshire and Royal Anglian Regiments and all profits from the concert will be going to the Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Fund.
The sensational soprano Grace Davidson, who featured on Patrick’s number 1 selling album Angel, will be performing the new work live.
There will be other works by Butterworth, Elgar and Handel performed by the specially formed Edenham Festival Consort, the tenor Mark Wilde and baritone Martin Pickering.
Tickets are £20, £15 or £10, depending on the seat’s position within the church.
Mike Harrison has counted the number of plant species in his garden in Low Fulney, Spalding.
He admits it was a bit of a geeky thing to do, but a story in these newspapers drove him to it.
We featured a woman raising the alarm over a plant she had found in her garden that was poisonous and, good community newspaper that we are, we duly spread the word.
Of Mike’s 120 species, he tells us that 29 are varieties of food plant; 30 are rated as herbal medicine; 18 are poisonous; 14 have medicinal uses; and nine are both a poison and/or one of the other categories.
“Everything is poison. It’s the dose rate that makes the difference,” says Mike, quoting Paracelcus, an ancient philosopher and medical practitioner.
To demonstrate that we really do not need to worry about this, Mike says that about 240 grammes of salt is enough to potentially kill 50 per cent of humans (weighing about ten stone).
He said: “Toxicity is a relative measurement (a comparative scale) and on this scale weed killer can be less harmful than common salt and farm herbicides are relatively safe.”
When it comes to potentially harmful garden plants, Daphne is poisonous, but it is also a herbal medicine, and the same is true for a whole list of common plants – from daffodils to geranium. Mike says: “Anything can be a poison, in enough quantity.”
The trouble is, believes Mike, we have become disconnected from the plant world – and the thousands of queries to the National Poisons Information Service backs this up.
Mike still has that knowledge, partly because his professional life has been spent in industrial weed control and in the pesticide sciences area.
But he also thinks it’s a generational thing, and as an example talks about his own upbringing, which other older people may relate to.
He grew up on a farm in south Lincolnshire where guano was used as a fertiliser and where his home had no electricity or running water.
The toilet was outside, the water came from a well, lighting was from oil lamps and coal or wood was burned for heat. There was no bathroom; just a tin bath in front of the grate.
A pig kept in the garden was killed and salted, the bacon hung to dry in the house, and they made their own sausages.
Other than that, the family had a small garden and kept cattle, so milk was fresh, and they also had sheep and grew a variety of crops.
Mike says: “The level of knowledge generally and understanding of plants and their interactions has been lost in comparison with older generations because there is no need for this information any more.”
Bluebells are a poison, but they are also used in medicine for Alzheimer’s, as are daffodils.
Comfrey is a poison and can be found in fertiliser, but it is also used in herbal medicine, as are horsetail and geranium.
Mike Harrison says he has both box hedge and privet hedge in his garden, and both can be poisonous. He also has a laburnum tree and a number of plants that are considered poisonous.
He has no intention of getting rid of them all though because they would need to be eaten in large quantities to be harmful.
In fact, he points to information from the National Poisons Information Service that shows any number of things in our home and gardens are potentially toxic, from plants to fungi.
Potentially toxic things in the home include various cleaning products, naturally occurring substances such as methane gas, toxic metals such as arsenic, lead and high levels of radiation.
Even sunlight can be harmful, says Mike.
A 44-year-old man has appeared in court today charged with ten sexual offences which are alleged to have taken place in Bourne last summer.
Mark Huggins, of Romford, Essex, appeared before Lincoln magistrates after being arrested and charged by Essex Police last night.
Huggins has been charged with six counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a person aged under 16 and a count of rape of a person aged under 16.
There are also charges of attempted rape of a person aged under 16, grooming a person aged under 16 and inciting a person aged under 16 to prostitution or pornography.
SAAC member Diana Garfield currently has an exhibition at Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, writes chairman Mo Teeuw.
The latest Spalding Arts & Crafts ‘Paint out’ was held in Moulton yesterday. It was open to everyone and most brought their own lunch, though coffee and tea were provided.
The next meeting of Spalding Arts & Crafts Society is on Tuesday, September 2 when Carol Hill will give a pastel portrait demonstration at Pinchbeck Village Hall (7.30pm to 9.30pm). All welcome. Visitors £4.50 including free tea and coffee. Carol is a member of the Society of Women Artists, The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and the Society of Floral Painters. She is also president of the Matlock Artists Society.
In April 2009 at the Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London, Carol was awarded the ‘HRH Princess Michael of Kent Watercolour Award for the most outstanding watercolour in the exhibition.
Our last demonstration was by David Woolass.
He demonstrated in oil pastels. Not only was it informative and interesting but we were all able to see, thanks to the projector and screen we borrowed.
His finished demo appears above – he donated it to the society.
Also coming soon
South Holland Centre, Spalding
South Holland Centre in Spalding is screening from some of the big blockbuster international art exhibitions, starting with Matisse: The Cut-Outs from the Tate Modern, which is showing on Thursday, October 2 (2pm).
The landmark show explores the final chapter in Matisse’s career, which saw him ‘carving into colour’ and creating his series of spectacular cut-outs.
The film features Tate director Nicholas Serota and friends and relatives of Matisse, and includes rare archive footage.
Tickets cost £10.
In 2015, the centre will screen exhibitions on Rembrandt, Van Gogh and The Impressionists.
Mixed media artist Carol Parker’s Visible Mending Exhibition, a travelling exhibition about darning and repair, to buildings and people, is currently touring the UK.
Carol says it is completely self-funded and organised through social media – and will hopefully keep touring.
Visit it at http://www.pinterest.com/yarnbombing/visible-mending-exhibition-brought-to-you-by-carol/
Also visit http://artonthehighstreet.wordpress.com/about-colabaration/ to find out about Carol’s collaboration with other artists to put art in accessible places.
Carol writes: “I’m currently busy completing arts funding applications to finance future work, some with other artists and organisations as collaboration is the way to go.
“I started Lincs Artist Forum, an artist-led online arts collective, in answer to a request for more connectivity and support in Lincolnshire.
“The group, with over 240 members, took the artist lead for the successful £2.5million Creative People and Places funding bid (Transported).
“I’ve recently secured funding to run an Arts 4 Dementia for arts facilitators workshop in the autumn and took two Lincs Artist Forum artists to a ‘fundraising for artists’ day in Nottingham to equip them to be able to make successful Arts Council Grants applications – one already has!”
High achievers at Spalding High School were elated at their A-level results.
Headteacher Tim Clark said it had been an excellent year, with results topping the previous year’s outcome.
He said: “We had 59 per cent of students achieving A and B grades compared to 56 per cent last year.
“I put it all down to the hard work and dedication of both staff and pupils.”
Jodie O’Toole, of Spalding, won a place at Oxford university after achieving four A grades while Catherine Carter, of Spalding, achieved three As.
Beans, beans, beans! Following a poor show last year, I doubled up on my planting this time to make sure I would reap at least a small harvest… how was I to know that this was going to be a bountiful bean year, asks Carol Parker.
With a full to bursting freezer, I’ve resorted to leaving pickings on friends’ doorsteps as I’d hate the little green beauties to go to waste.
While we’re on the subject of a glut, I inherited a bush on my allotment, nothing special, but it does serve to provide some shade during the hottest hours of the day.
Recently I noticed small green fruits appearing, which then swelled into beautiful bright yellow ovals. After searching online, I discovered they were Mirabelle plums and they make fantastic jam (and brandy apparently!).
As for the rest of the allotment, I’ve not been so lucky. The fennel and ruby chard both suffered from lack of water and went to seed early, but there’s been enough other veg to keep me well supplied and feed the odd rabbit, pheasant and caterpillar… plenty for all of us.
Ever since taking on my plot, I’ve never quite managed to cultivate it all. There’s always been a piece at the far end that I’ve left to grass.
I know how popular allotments are and that waiting lists are getting longer, so I felt a little greedy keeping such a huge plot to myself.
I therefore contacted the council offering half back for someone else to take on. I’m looking forward to meeting my new neighbour whoever you are.
And talking of neighbours, I’ve made contact with new pals at Willoughby Road Allotments in Boston (more about that next month).
As for my other creative work, my self-funded Visible Mending Exhibition has now been posted on to the next leg of its tour on the Isle of Lewis. Images from all tour dates can be seen at: http://www.pinterest.com/yarnbombing/visible-mending-exhibition-brought-to-you-by- carol/
I’ve completed two knitted pieces for public art installations: one for Los Angeles and the other for Auckland in New Zealand. In between the knitting and digging, I’ve submitted two funding applications – so fingers crossed for those please!
More info on my blog: http://artrovings.wordpress.com/
Pat Rayment has already made up his mind over two changes to Spalding United’s line-up – despite their first win of the season.
The Tulips boss will bring key men Andrew Tidswell and Nathan Stainfield straight into the side for Saturday’s home game against Chasetown.
They missed Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over Brigg Town but Rayment admits the decision to put Stainfield and Tidswell into the team “is not even a selection headache”.
He said: “They will come straight back in, although I was really pleased with the performance in midweek.
“We are all together as a squad and the players know Stainfield and Tidswell inside out so they will understand the changes.
“We need to get points on the board while all the players are slowly but surely getting back to full fitness.
“Stainfield should be fit on Saturday as it was a precaution to leave him on the bench on Tuesday.
“Tidswell has missed the first two games but we know he’s a goalscorer. His overall play is very good.
“We need to get our best players on the pitch because they are still behind in terms of match fitness after injury.”
Rayment revealed that striker Mark Jones could be ruled out for up to six weeks.
But the Spalding manager was delighted to see the new-look squad get off the mark in the Evo-Stik League First Division South.
He added: “We lifted our performance again when they equalised and didn’t feel in any danger. I think the scoreline reflected the game.”
The Tulips, meanwhile, are looking for volunteers to help with general duties on matchdays. If you would like to help, email tulips@uk2.net or call secretary Audrey Fletcher on 07778 411916.