Welcome Home Dinner for Skegness WW1 Soldiers

Welcome Home Dinner for Skegness WW1 Soldiers

WELCOME HOME To the Skegness Men who Served and Won
DINNER AT THE PAVILION Splendid Reception

Skegness townspeople last night gave a Welcome Home to all the men of  Skegness who served in H.M. Forces during the War on Sea, Land, or in the Air, and nearly 300 were present at the dinner given in their honour. [...]

Antique Tricycle 1890

Antique Tricycle 1890

Email from Herbert Noel Crawshaw 2nd October 2008:
You will recall that a few months ago we were “talking” about the above business,
today we went to see my sister-in-law who lives at Tenterden and visited Mr Chris Booth at Rolvenden whose Grandfather owned the business.
Mr Booth owns a collect of historic Morgan 3 wheeled cars as [...]

Whales Captured by Perrin and Moody

Source: Skegness Herald 1890
CAPTURE OF TWO WHALES IN THE WASH.
The Wash seems to be coming a favourite resort for the monsters of the deep.
About three years ago, it will be remembered, a large whale nearly 50 feet in length, was captured immediately opposite Skegness, and exhibited on the sands for some weeks, thousands of people [...]

Escaped German Prisoners Fear - Soldiers Shoot at Car

Escaped German Prisoners Fear – Soldiers Shoot at Car

THE ESCAPED GERMAN PRISONERS
HOW A CAR WAS STOPPED
SPLENDID MARKSMANSHIP
MUST HAVE BEEN A READER OF SEXTON BLAKE
At Spilsby Petty Sessions on Monday last, Albert G. Dyke, managing director of R. M. Wright and Co., Ltd., automobile engineers, Lincoln, was summoned for driving a motor car and failing to stop and answer questions when required to do [...]

Skegness Soldier Designs WW1 Christmas Card

AN ARTIST CHRISTMAS CARD By SAPPER A. W. PORTER, R.E.
We have just seen a splendid Christmas card designed by Sapper A. W. Porter, of the Royal Engineers, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. M. Porter, Ida Road, Skegness.
The card has been designed for the Scottish Division in France, to which the artist is [...]

Memorial to Old Skegnessian

Memorial to Old Skegnessian

Source: Skegness News 1925
The late Mr G. J Crofts Dedication of Two Stained Glass Windows
On Sunday last the Rev. William Disney, conducted a dedication service in connection with the two stained glass windows which have been placed in St Matthew’s Church, to the memory of the late Mr. G. J. Crofts.
Some years ago a window [...]

Jolly Fisherman Letter Seals

Jolly Fisherman Letter Seals

The Jolly Fisherman Seals
Following the paragraph in our columns last week, pointing out that the Advancement Association had secured a quantity of Jolly Fisherman Seals, and asking householders and tradesmen to obtain them free of charge, and place them on all correspondence, nearly 10,000 have been issued to applicants.
It is hoped that all householders will [...]

Sam Moody Retires from Skegness Council

Sam Moody Retires from Skegness Council

Sam Moody was presented with an easy chair when he retired from the Skegness Council in 1933.

Fire Rainford Terrace Drummond Road

Fire Rainford Terrace Drummond Road

Source: Skegness Standard 9th August 1933
Photos: Mrs Wrate Lumley Road Post Office Skegness and C O Shepherd Skegness
Reported as ‘The most spectacular blaze in the history of the resort”.
The row of houses described in the following newspaper article is called Rainford Terrace which is on Drummond Road in Skegness.
The report says ‘ “A fiery furnace” [...]

Grave of Keith Kime

Grave of Keith Kime

Grave: Keith W Kime
Death date: 3rd August 1940
Birth date: June Q 1938
Age at death: 2 years
Graveyard: St Clement’s Church, Skegness
Connected names: Godfrey (mother’s maiden name)

Commonwealth War Graves St Clement's Church Skegness

Name
Rank
Service
Regiment
Date Of Death
Age
Grave/Memorial Ref.

ABLITT , W
Private
2156
Suffolk Regiment
24/04/1916
Unknown
Grave

ALSOP, SAMUEL HAYWOOD, S H
Sergeant ( Pilot )
1006349
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
12/10/1941
19
Plot 35. Grave 16.

ATKINS, WILLIAM EVAN, W E
Warrant Officer ( Pilot )
741156
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21/01/1943
Unknown
Grave 843.

ATKINSON, HERBERT ANTHONY, H A
Company Serjeant Major
12/838
York and Lancaster Regiment
09/07/1916
34

BARLING, SYDNEY ROY, S [...]

Wainfleet Road Playing Fields Skegness History

Wainfleet Road Playing Fields Skegness History

Wainfleet Road Playing Fields Gates Restoration Appeal
Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
Community pull together to ensure future of gates
AN appeal to preserve a part of local history has received overwhelming support from members of the community.
Mayor of Skegness, Cllr Pat Phillips appealed for donations towards the refurbishment of the memorial gates at the entrance to Wainfleet Road [...]

Dam Busters Filmed at Skegness

Dam Busters Filmed at Skegness

Dam Busters film shoot on location in Skegness

Some scenes from the famous World War 2 film, The Dam Busters, were shot on location at Gibraltar Point Skegness in 1954.
The film which was an adaptation of Paul Brickhill’s best selling book, The Dam Busters, was directed by Michael Anderson and starred Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave. [...]

First Day Issue 1966 World Cup Postage Stamps

First Day Issue 1966 World Cup Postage Stamps

Special issue of World Cup stamps kept Skegness P.O. workers busy in 1966!

POST Office workers in Skegness were rushed off their feet on a Wednesday in 1966 when more than 500 people clamoured for sets of World Cup postage stamps specially issued for the occasion.
The rush began when the Post Office opened at 9 o’clock, [...]

Skegness Girl Marries Petula Clark's Brother

Skegness Girl Marries Petula Clark's Brother

International 60s singing star, Pet Clark, couldn’t make it when her brother married his Skegness bride at St Matthew’s Church, Skegness in September of 1966. So she paid for their honeymoon in Palma instead.
Skegness girl, Christina Clark was 21 when she married Petula’s brother, Malcolm McLaren, who she met when he was working in Skegness. [...]

Lincs County Council Childrens Home Skegness

Lincs County Council Childrens Home Skegness

Children from Ellerslie, the Lincolnshire County Council’s children’s home in Franklin Avenue, Skegness, set off for a weeks holiday in Scarborough on a snowy Easter Sunday in 1977.
Skegness Lions Club, who funded the holiday break, laid on a mini bus which was driven by one of their members, Gordon Hawkins who helped finance the holiday.

Castrated Bull Runs Amok in Skegness

Castrated Bull Runs Amok in Skegness

Runaway steer shot dead after sea rescue
A steer ran amok in Skegness before running panic-stricken into the sea after it broke away from the Skegness District Meat Traders in 1977.
The animal, a castrated bull, ran from Heath Road, through Dorothy Avenue, along Roman Bank, past the traffic lights and along Sunningdale Drive and Sea View [...]