Sorry, Boston is closed!

The gloomy news that Boston's historic Guildhall will effectively be closed to local people for the winter is only lightened by the news that the "great glass box of arse and artefacts" is having its hours cut back as well.
The Haven gallery would probably have been better left as a boarded up derelict bed centre (when it might then have won the Turner Prize) than converted into the pretentious piece of cultural drivel that it is today.
The only problem with cutting back on the Haven's hours is that it means cutting back on access to the Tourist Information Centre as well.
But having visited the TIC a few times, we have been bitterly disappointed at the indifference of the staff and the lack of anything useful by way of information available.
It's almost as though Boston has a death wish as far as its desire to be a magnet for visitors is concerned.
But if you do want a decent TIC, we recommend the one at the Springfields outlet in Spalding.
Meanwhile if the quoted saving of less than £20,000 that will be achieved by the cuts in opening hours at the Guildhall and Haven are correct, we wonder whether the price is really worth it.
Still, it's only a fraction of the amount that the BBI will doubtless be wasting on next year's Party in the Park.

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