It was Queen Inca rather than the Queen Vic holding centre stage when a former Eastenders star joined her to open The Umbrella in Spalding.
Dean Gaffney, who played Robbie Jackson, was on ribbon-cutting duties on Saturday to give a new lease of life to Spalding’s newly renamed youth centre in Westlode Street.
The actor has appeared with Polka Dot Pantos on the Spalding stage and it was Polka Dot’s boss, Darren Maddison, who helped set up the group that runs the centre, Supportive Parents of Tomorrow’s Stars (SPOTS).
Hannah Amess, operations manager at The Umbrella, said: “We had quite a lot of new, fresh faces and they really enjoyed meeting Inca and Dean, who were very supportive of our work.”