How to banish the holiday blues
KIDS getting fed up with summer holidays at home will find an antidote to boredom at Holbeach Library.Story Time at 2pm on Friday afternoons for younger children turns into free-for-all fun to include...
View ArticleSummer of fun to rise from ashes of disbanded club
RESIDENTS at Hovenden House Nursing Home in Fleet can look forward to some summer treats after a donation from a disbanded charity.Trustees of the former St Raphael Club for physically disabled people...
View ArticleWe’re about to change – want to help?
HERE at the Spalding Guardian and Lincolnshire Free Press we are constantly striving to come up with ideas to improve our publications.It’s not easy to persuade people to buy two newspapers on set...
View ArticleAndy wins dad’s seat on council
FIRST-time candidate Andy Tennant bagged his late dad’s seat on South Holland District Council in a by-election at Long Sutton on Thursday.His dad, long serving councillor Dennis Tennant, died in June...
View ArticleUnmissable Mozart
YOU don’t have to be an experienced opera-goer to revel in the delights of world-class productions from Salzburg screened as encore live performances this month at the South Holland Centre.On Monday...
View ArticleCricket and barbie
SUNDAY will see the first meeting of cricket teams from Lutton and Long Sutton as the two clash in a friendly charity match.Lutton has never had a village team, but the Old Luttonians have arranged the...
View ArticleA taste of district’s first pop-up parties
CORDON Bleu cook and hostess with the mostest Lulu Rymer has launched South Holland’s first pop-up restaurant in the front room of her home in view of Moulton Mill.You can invite as many as eight...
View ArticleFOOTBALL: Tigers roar through in FA Cup, but Tulips and Deeping dumped out
HOLBEACH United earned a cracking 2-0 FA Cup victory at Arnold Town on Saturday, while Spalding United were upset 2-1 by Blaby and Whetstone and Deeping Rangers slumped 3-1 at Holbrook Sports.The...
View ArticlePlay area for disabled children on the cards
SUPPORT is growing for a campaign for play equipment suitable for disabled children in Bourne.About 120 people responded to a survey compiled by Dare to Be Different, a social support group for parent...
View ArticleYouth centre to open up for all
HOLBEACH’s Youth Centre is all set to be opened up so that everyone in the community, regardless of age, will be able to use its sports and social facilities.The former school building in Boston Road...
View ArticleCool Wave pansy gets the thumbs up from Daphne
LAST week was my annual pilgrimage to Ball Colegrave’s trial grounds near Banbury. This is always a cue to come home disheartened and dissatisfied with my own garden, as, no matter the weather, they...
View ArticleFans steam in
WET weather and the Olympics didn’t stop hundreds of people from visiting this year’s Weston Steam and Country Fayre last weekend.A flypast by a Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance...
View ArticleVandals damage play area
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after vandals struck in Gedney Hill and damaged the sports pavilion and a concrete play tunnel used by children.PCSO Ben Harrington said damage was caused between...
View ArticleShining a light on life of Sir Peter
AS HOLIDAY homes go, the East Lighthouse at Sutton Bridge is far from perfect.It’s miles from anywhere for its owners, who have to travel up from Kent to stay there. And it’s damp in...
View ArticleNew generation inspired by Olympics to try sport
OLYMPIAN Geoff Capes is to move his throws academy to South Holland.The news comes as the country celebrates the success of London 2012 and Team GB – and a new generation of hopefuls are inspired to...
View ArticleIs this the ugliest shop in Spalding?
SUPERDRUG – newly dubbed “the ugliest building in the town centre” – will be asked to put a mosaic on its front wall to mark the Olympic Torch Relay passing through Spalding.A new Christmas lights...
View ArticlePrickly problem for Southfield Nurseries
LINDA and Bryan Goodey have only one prickly problem: where to display the many awards they have picked up over the years for their cacti and succulents.The couple, who run Southfield Nurseries in...
View ArticleBetter broadband campaign takes off
PEOPLE in South Holland have been racing online to Say Yes to Better Broadband.In the past week, 46 more people and businesses in the area have backed the OnLincolnshire project which aims to bring...
View ArticleK2 climb is challenge of a lifetime for Auran
CLIMBING Africa’s highest mountain is the challenge ahead for a Pinchbeck musician hoping to raise at least £10,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.Auran Lyonheart (26) will climb Mount...
View ArticleEBF BOWLS: Castle B capture season’s first gong
EBF Spalding and District League: EMPHATIC Castle B are the first team to wrap up an EBF title after another sensational Division Four performance last week.Virtually assured of the fourth tier crown...
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