Holbeach garden fete
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...
View ArticleSutton Bridge art exhibition
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...
View ArticleYoung Lucy serves up some Wimbledon glory
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...
View ArticleDiesel stolen and plough damaged in Bourne
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...
View ArticleNew member for Lutton Parish Council
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...
View ArticleChurch flower festivals in South Holland
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...
View ArticleSkipper Morgan leads by example
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...
View ArticleMovies, music and theatre in South Holland in the week ahead
Listings from Thursday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 27Pudsey the Dog, Thursday 10.30am; The Nut Job, Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday 2pm, Saturday 11am; Transformers Age of Extinction 3D, Friday...
View ArticleEvents in South Holland
Listings from Thursday, August 21 to Wednesday, August 27ThursdayLitter blitz: volunteers needed, fun for all in a day of litter and recyling activities, including litter picking, advice stalls,...
View ArticleBook of the Week
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...
View ArticleChristmas is coming...
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...
View ArticleWorld premiere of The Angel of Mons
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...
View ArticleSpalding man talks about our fear of the natural world
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...
View ArticleDost rate is key when it comes to everyday toxins
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...
View ArticleMan (44) in court on sexual offence charges
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...
View ArticleNews from South Holland’s art world
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...
View ArticleCollaborative art is way to go for South Holland artist
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...
View ArticleFrom our archives ten years ago
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...
View ArticleCarol’s bountiful harvest
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...
View ArticleTulips to make changes
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...
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