Whaplode Drove is a small village in South Holland, Lincolnshire

South Holland, Lincolnshire

South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding.It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural District...

. It is approximately 10 miles south of the market town of Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding, Lincolnshire

Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road....

. The hamlet of Shepeau Stow is nearby.

The village has a post office/shop, church, garage and a social club. Whaplode Drove is a largely rural village and lies in the middle of the Lincolnshire Fens.

Notable residents include organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

 maker Alan Pell and Paul Rance, the co-founder of Peace & Freedom Press

Peace & Freedom Press

Peace & Freedom Press are a British small press based in Whaplode Drove, and was co-founded by Paul Rance in 1985. Peace & Freedom magazine, also launched in 1985, remains its oldest title, and was originally a poetry and music fanzine. Early issues featured the likes of Chumbawamba, Paul...

 and The Peace & Freedom Band

The Peace & Freedom Band

The Peace & Freedom Band were a British group, formed in 1986, by two underground poets - Luton-born Paul Rance, and Hartlepool's Andy Bruce.Basically coming out of Peace & Freedom magazine - which was then a music/poetry fanzine edited by Rance, and later photocopied by Bruce - The Peace & Freedom...

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