1890s News & History
1890s Skegness Herald
| 1891 | Derbyshire Poor Boys Home opens on Roman Bank Skegness, junction of Ida Road | |
| 1895 | 18/1 | A sickening and gruesome find - mutilated body washed ashore |
| 15/2 | Soup kitchen recentry opened in Skegness | |
| Skegness land plots to become freehold instead of leasehold | ||
| 1896 | Mr WT Berry’s Bicycle Shop commenced in High Street | |
| 1897 | 15/1 | Planing for the erection of underground toilets juction of Lumley Road and High Street |
| 22/1 | Story of Mr Neal who first introduced the donkey to Skegness | |
| 9/4 | Mr WT Berry’s Skegness & District Bicycle Shop commenced in High Street now moved to bigger premises | |
| 16/4 | Alternatives to Clock Tower suggested | |
| 16/4 | Letter to Editor - erect the Clock Tower on the Pier | |
| 30/4 | More alternatives to Clock Tower suggested | |
| 2/6 | Service held at St Matthew’s Church to celebrate Jubilee of Queen Victoria | |
| 13/8 | Woman’s body found in the sandhills | |
| 13/8 | Proposed erection of Clock Tower AND a drinking fountain | |
| 17/9 | Magistrates visited proposed site for the Clock Tower erection | |
| 29/10 | Ten designs submitted for the Jubilee Clock Tower | |
| 19/11 | Infectious disease hospital discussed | |
| 3/12 | Severe gales and floods | |
| 3/12 | Plans for a Steam Laundry in Skegness | |
| Skegness Urban District Council formed (previously named the Local Board) | ||
| 1898 | Underground toilets built on Lumley Road | |
| c1899 | Bryhtwen High School opens in Skegness at the junction of Lumley Avenue and Algitha Road (presently Churchills pub) | |
| 1899 | First motor car arrives in Skegness | |
| 1899 | Jubilee Clock Tower official opening ceremony | |
| 1899 | Wesley Manse built for Wesleyan Chapel minister, 15 Lumley Avenue |
