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Borman long established Coal Merchant Retires A FAMILY connection of over 100 years in the coal ...
This piece of Skegness' social history was written in 1972 by an unknown writer who ...
Lincolnshire Echo The Lincolnshire Echo has launched a special publication to celebrated the Skegness Fisherman's 100th ...
Kool Coasters celebrate success in dance exams SKEGNESS' very own line dancing troupe — the Kool ...
IN a town where old buildings are something of a rarity, it is a sad ...
Skegness pupils being treated for swine flu TWO cases of suspected swine flu have been confirmed ...
It was a great day in Skegness when the first charity Santa Fun Run was ...

Missing Skegness Doctor Layfield Body Identified

UPDATE 29/7/2010 Police identify Dr Layfield's body Police have confirmed that the body discovered in woodland near Friskney on 7 July, is that of the missing GP, Dr James Layfield. The cause of death has not yet been established but there ...
Missing Skegness Doctor Layfield Body Identified

Ghastly Discovery of Human Remains

GHASTLY DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS NEAR SKEGNESS A gruesome discovery was made a few days since in a garden attached to some cottages at Winthorpe, and which has created a great deal of talk in the neighbourhood and given rise to ...
29 January 2010 I Read the full story

Strange Birthday for Jolly Fisherman?

Here is an excerpt from a 1936 issue of the Skegness News which covered the story of John Hassall's first visit to Skegness. Hassall joined a party at the County Hotel where he sketched the Mrs Jolly Fisherman character. Well, yes, ...
21 December 2009 I Read the full story

Gertie the Butlin’s Elephant Drowns

Gertie was a 28 year old Indian elephant who was a tourist attraction at Butlins holiday camp in Skegness. She was used to paddling in Ingoldmells pool during the winter months so she had no quarms about splashing about in the ...
3 July 2010 I Read the full story

Pier Theatre Seats Moved to Festival Pavilion

TAKE A SEAT! UNSCREWING all 1,160 seats in the old Skegness Pier Theatre and transporting 830 of them to the Festival Pavilion for the Pier Company's summer show there has been a tricky job. [hidepost=0] It has involved undoing about 10,000 screws and ...
3 July 2010 I Read the full story

Bride Marries Best Man in Wedding Mix-up

July - 28 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

A WEDDING BLUNDER
A BRIDE MARRIED TO BEST MAN
A curious mistake, said the Sheffield Independent in 1891, occurred a day or two ago at a wedding at St Michael’s parish church of Brierley Hill on the borders of the Black Country.
The bridal party by some means had got mixed up, and the bride was actually married to the [...]

Isolation Hospital Erected

July - 28 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

An isolation hospital containing accommodation for twelve patients has been erected about three-quarters of a mile out of the town on the Wainfleet Road. The building was constructed by Messrs. Humphreys Limited, London, at a cost of about £400. At the same time the Council erected a care-taker’s lodge, mortuary, disinfecting chamber and wash-house at [...]

Skegness Illuminations Switch on 2010

July - 25 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

Platiciens Volants Skegness SO Festival 2010 Illuminations Switch On
Skegness was cram-packed last night, with thousands of people who had gathered on the seafront to watch the illuminations switch on.
Giant illuminated balloons, in the shape of fish, lobsters, crabs, jelly fish and an octupus, transformed the parades into an aquatic wonderland, causing the crowd to gasp [...]

Transe Express Mobile Homme Skegness SO Festival 2010

July - 24 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

Transe Express Mobile Homme Skegness SO Festival 2010

Scenery Fell Off Lorry

July - 23 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

Rope broke outside police station !
PART of a lorry load of painted stage scenery being taken to Derbyshire Miners’ Welfare Holiday Centre by Arthur Smith (28), of 51, Lancaster Avenue, Skegness, fell off the lorry outside the Roman Bank police station, it was stated at Skegness Court on Wednesday, when Smith was fined E2 for having [...]

So Festival 2010 What’s On Programme

July - 22 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

The SO Festival 2010 opens in Skegness today, transforming Skegness into a kalidescope of colour!
Programme of SO Festival Events
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Thursday, July 22
All day: Traffic Art, Tower Esplanade – The UK premiere of the work of visual artist Ra Kajol. He will transform 4,000 square metres of the town with a ‘colourscape’ painting reflecting the history of [...]

Skegness Marks & Spencer Earmarked for Closure

July - 22 - 2010 Reporter: Angela Gooch Respond

Staff at the Marks & Spencer store in Lumley Road, Skegness, have been told that the company intends to close the Skegness store next year.
“For several recent years we have recorded declining sales and profitability,” said spokesperson Amanda Glover.
“We have looked at other options, including modernisation, but none were commercially viable.”
A petition has been set [...]

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