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Newest Review: ... in the near future. Its main attraction (!) is the annual Tulip Parade, where some badly decorated lorries chug slowly through the town centre and a lot of frightening clowns approach you with balloons / charity collection buckets / flick-knives. The strange thing is you actually see coaches arriving from as far as FRANCE for this spectacle. Lincolnshire is one of the only counties in the UK to still make kids sit the 11-plus exam and that really reflects the backwards attitudes of the people. Be aware that if you are gay, non-white or were planning to wear an even slightly controversial hat DON'T, unless you are prepared to be pop... more

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Shopping in Spalding: Local shop for local people (448 words)
by - written on 26/01/01 (Very useful, 31 readings)
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Thought I ought to write this as a warning. You know League of Gentlemen? You know Royston Vasey? Well Spalding and its surrounding villages are about as close to this as you're going to get. I grew up here, and no I don't have seven toes, but then again I wasn't born there. Lincolnshire as a county is hardly progressive, to be fair it is mostly fields and that probably explains a lot. But there is no need for cousins to marry, it only leads to heartache in the end. I suppose I should do the genuine tourist's guide thang in case anyone has the misfortune of having to go to Spalding in the near future. Its main attraction (!) is the annual Tulip ... Read the complete review

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