The Mail on Sunday

[Tony Goor]

Pretty fast car you've got there your Lordship.

But really, have you been to Spalding recently?  Walked through the town centre.  Empty shops all through the Market Place and Winsover Road.  Booming?  Just as many foreigners though, but they are not opening shops!!

[Lord Cutler Knobhead]

Pretty fast car you've got there your Lordship.

But really, have you been to Spalding recently?  Walked through the town centre.  Empty shops all through the Market Place and Winsover Road.  Booming?  Just as many foreigners though, but they are not opening shops!!

Town centre shopping is no longer a sign of a strong town.  I've been job hunting since January, I've had around 10 interviews, 1/2 of those have been in the Spalding postcode.  Bearing in mind my preferred commute is Grimsby, there is far more in the south of the county than the North.

[Bartmac]

Pretty fast car you've got there your Lordship.

 Booming?  Just as many foreigners though, but they are not opening shops!!

Oh yes they are, have you counted the "Foreign" food shops are opening up in Spalding, it's getting like there's one every 400 yds.

[Shoddys Lane]

Pretty fast car you've got there your Lordship.

 Booming?  Just as many foreigners though, but they are not opening shops!!

Oh yes they are, have you counted the "Foreign" food shops are opening up in Spalding, it's getting like there's one every 400 yds.

Bit like Harry's Bar, Fred's Fish and Chips, Chardonay's Boutique, Tina's Nail Bar, Bert's Pie and Mash Shop et al on the Costa del Grotty then!