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Kettering's travels this week take them into the Fens again with trip to Spalding. Best known for its flower parade Kettering hope they will be blooming marvellous this weekend.Spalding currently find themselves in the early drop zone with two defeats and no goals, similar to our skippers beloved Palace. Kettering won last week without really hitting top stride and welcome back wedding guest Grant Carlin. Currently sitting near the top of the fledgling table Kettering are in bouyant mood. Week 1s victims Leadenham overcame Spalding last week so it bodes well.
The town was well known for its annual Spalding Flower Parade, dating from 1959,which attracted many regular visitors from around the world. The parade celebrated the region's vast tulip production and the cultural links between the Fens and the landscape and people of South Holland. At one time, it attracted crowds up more than 100,000, but attendance decreased to fewer than 40,000 in 2012
That year, two local councils announced they would no longer fund the parade, and the 2013 parade was the last. A bit like the kind of thing Kettering Council might do. Since 2002 the town has held an annual Pumpkin Festival, not linked to Hallowe'en, in October.
Pumpkins all round then on Saturday.
If you're making a weekend of it here's their visit Spalding link:-
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