Lincoln Road Bus Stop: Holdingham Sleaford

I took this photo this morning (24th) of the position where a new Bus Stop is expected. There will still be a drop off/get on position on the opposite side of the road near Stokes Drive (I am told). Keep an eye on this one as it is expected to be installed soon.

Sleaford SOS!?

I received a Newsletter today from the Save Our Sleaford Group (SOS). The group is welcome and good luck to them. It is all part of todays society of communications through Social networking and other means.


It reminds me a bit of the FABS Group (For a Better Sleaford) that formed a year or two ago. Saving the recreation ground from development is one of its stated aims - hence the comparison to FABS.

However there are one or two misquotes which need to be put right: "Sleaford Town Council support our campaign against the closure of the crossing and have now decided not to sell any of the Rec for the new road." Just to put the record straight: the Town Council has never supported the the Rec road with its associated loss of trees (about 20 to over 100 with the latest somewhere just under 50) in the past few years. On August 24th it reaffirmed the decision of late 2008. The Station Gate is a matter for Highways and Network Rail.

The Station Gate cannot practically be closed if there isn't a road through the Rec. The only way that could be realised I supposen (just) is if a bridge for traffic and pedestrians were built.
Even then some might quite rightly argue that it is not the same thing.

Sleaford West & Leasingham Election Result

The result of the County Council election covering the Sleaford West and Leasingham division, held on Thursday 13th October, was as follows:



David Suiter: Independent 454 (32%)
David Harding-Price: Lib Dem 45 (3%)
Jim Clarke: Labour 315 (22%)
Andrew Hagues: Conservative 614 (43%)


2 spoiled votes
So the candidate of the Conservative Party was the winner.



The LCC web site confirms this but look at the low turnout. If a Town Poll had returned such a low turnout the wags would have been saying that it didn't ought to count.


% are approximate and relate to those who voted.

Sleaford Wood and Boston Road Rec Trees! Microclimates!

I have posted this on the Sleafordchat web blog. It applies to the Holdingham, Sleaford Wood and Boston Road areas in particular. Ok so the Woodland Trust is responsible for Sleaford Wood but the importance holds. Our trees, and clusters of them, are valuable beyond whatever cost is attached to them individually.

Microclimates are important!

Lincolnshire and Sleaford: NIMBYs? Holdingham too?

There is an article (or two) in the Lincolnshire County News which reflects future changes in Holdingham and the rest of the Sleaford area. One is about the future of our schools/ Academies etc (front page) and the other about the Not in my Back Yard" culture. The latter is about the growing movement against changes to the population of Sleaford - and the effects of the Masterplan. All against a backdrop of a large increase in the size of the population of the area in general. Also there may be a re-balancing of the age profile as more young families move in from outside the area.

Page 15 is about NIMBY's (not in my backyard). A bit unfair because I recollect people being encouraged to come and live in Sleaford to get away from it all - which is exactly what a lot of people did.

Computers - ain't this the truth?

This is not all new – it’s been around a while in different forms but still very true!!

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.

"In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating, "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash, twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five per cent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single, "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off.

P.S. I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!

P.S.S. No one over the age of 65 could drive more than one mile before having to have a grandchild come and restart the car.Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer!

Holdingham & Sleaford under attack?

It is all happening. What with accusations by the Town Council is being wronged by the Leader of NKDC: to the placing of a waste food depot on Pride Parkway, we have many fights on our hands.

The waste food depot, on an Enterprise Park, shows some derailment of community involvement. Busineses, some involved in food (Restaurants etC) may be affected. At the end of the day surely the Environmental Health authorities must become involved. Air borne particles, noise or other health related deposits may endanger public health.

We are in for a fight: big society means big changes in more ways than one - some seemingly out of control.