1900s
1900s
Research by Angela Gooch skegnessvideo.com
| 1900 | Fred Clements first performance on Skegness beach, later occupy the Lawns east of Hildred’s Hotel |
| c1900 | Fatal ran-tanning ritual |
| 1900 | Queen’s chocolate box |
| Skegnessian’s letter from the front | |
| Hotel and Railway shop changes hands | |
| Skegnessian drowned at Blackpool | |
| Rejoycing at Skegness | |
| Wanted – water cart | |
| Modder River hero at Skegness | |
| Accident at the Lion Hotel | |
| Alleged highway offence | |
| Railway names alterations | |
| Death of gasworks manager | |
| Hildred – Pier | |
| Funeral of Skegness gasworks manager | |
| 1901 | Seacroft Hotel, formerly known as The Hydro is said to have opened but no evidence yet found |
| Queen Victoria’s death – how Skegness mourned | |
| Skegness sent memorial wreath to Windsor Castle | |
| Displays in Skegness in memory of Queen Victoria | |
| Memorial to Queen Victoria | |
| New Infectious disease hospital proposed | |
| Paper Chase Skegness college | |
| Architect’s report on the structure of St Matthew’s Church Skegness | |
| Derbyshire Poor Boys Home 10th anniversary | |
| Preparations for the taking of the 1901 census in Skegness | |
| Bring in a water diviner to find a supply for the isolation Hospital | |
| Death of James Hipkin | |
| Council man blows himself up when inspecting sewers | |
| Telephone exchange for Skegness | |
| John Charles Fowler Curtis and sister Grace Curtis commendation at school | |
| Isolation Hospital discussions | |
| Battle of Flowers may be abandoned through lack of support | |
| Live seals on display aboard Whale Ship Eliza | |
| Suicide of a teacher in Lumley Road | |
| Stabbing incident in Skegness | |
| Part of Skegness baths made into a concert hall | |
| Charles Hildred death | |
| Lumley Hotel Company Limited goes into liquidation | |
| Pembroke House (now the Masonic Hall Rutland Road) is now apartments | |
| Installation of the telephone in Skegness | |
| Comedy Theatre destroyed by fire | |
| Concert to raise money for Comedy Theatre destroyed by fire | |
| Concert Hall at the Baths in trouble with the Council SUDC | |
| Ratepayers refuse to pay rates | |
| Taxis not wearing badges | |
| Isolation Hospital | |
| Former National School teacher dies in South Africa | |
| Local baker gets gold award for his bread | |
| Death from consumption | |
| Death of a child by poisoning | |
| St Clement’s Preparatory School underway | |
| Skegnessians who lived under the rule of five kings and queens | |
| Wanton shooting of seagulls near Clock Tower | |
| 1902 | Letter to Editor – footpath hazard |
| H V Tippet is seriously ill | |
| Sewage disposal at sea | |
| Lady’s clothes catch fire at a house in Rutland Road | |
| Tippet’s death and funeral (this story is not photographed) | |
| Medical Officer’s report | |
| Dressmaking classes cease at the National School Roman Bank | |
| Divorce case in Skegness | |
| Letter to the Editor – Sewage problems at Seacroft and Drummond Road | |
| Royal lifeboat Institution decoration for Charles Fred Grantham | |
| Fred Clements entertainment tender accepted by the council | |
| Death of a child (Toyne) by poisoning inquest at the Vine Hotel | |
| Alleged mismanagement of lifeboat funds | |
| Coronation Walk proposed (not photographed) | |
| Stone-laying at Wesleyan Sunday school (not photographed) | |
| Death of Gasworks Manager | |
| Seacroft estate sold by lots | |
| Skegness Disaster Fund | |
| End of Boer War celebrated in Skegness | |
| Mrs Houghton’s premises catch fire | |
| Skegness College Hudson composer | |
| Bonfire | |
| Telegram from the Queen | |
| Retraction of disparaging remarks about Skegness | |
| Church attack on Skegness | |
| A visitor’s opinion on Skegness | |
| Skegness on Coronation Day | |
| Battle of Confetti on Skegness Pier | |
| Proposed new hotel at Seacroft | |
| Mrs Houghton has to pay for fire brigade | |
| BMD registration now available at Skegness | |
| ‘Goodbye, Skeggy Gay’ Nottingham Poor Boy’s Home song | |
| Call for a children’s shelter in bad weather | |
| Wesleyan Sunday School opens | |
| Druids 11th anniversary | |
| Queer Plurals ditty | |
| Caretaker appointed at the Isolation Hospital | |
| Death of Hannah Moody Alma Cottage High Street | |
| Wainfleet Road pond is a health risk | |
| Further developments in Skegness | |
| Charles Burnham Photographic Studio opens in High Street Skegness | |
| Funeral of W E Enderby at Halton Holgate (Shades Hotel) | |
| Fred Greenwood dies | |
| Death of Skegness waterworks manager | |
| Smuggling Murder Vine Hotel (nothing found in 1901/2/3 newspapers about this story) | |
| Skegness boasts a Royal musician | |
| 1903 | Formation of a Canine Society proposal |
| Call for a Skegness advertising poster | |
| Dog poisoning | |
| Living pictures at the Pleasure gardens Pavilion | |
| National School under new management | |
| Death of Mrs Almond post office mistress | |
| Damage to trees | |
| Dutton’s library | |
| Skegness College | |
| Horncastle to Skegness walk | |
| Blowing up of a vessel | |
| Sale of the Skegness steam laundry | |
| Seaview Hotel | |
| Beach planks | |
| Death of Edwin Green | |
| Accident to Dr Bernard | |
| Funeral of Thomas Smalley Skegness lifeboat coxswain | |
| Seaview Road and Roman Bank declared a dangerous corner | |
| Cleethorpes donkeys cause annoyance | |
| Advert for Skegness Bouquet Victorian perfume | |
| 1904 | Stone Lion Statue aloft the Lion Hotel is brought to ground level for safety reasons |
| Billy the Diver Thompson began his diving displays off the end of the Pier | |
| Proposed verandah for the Lion Hotel | |
| Sad death of an old fisherman | |
| Occupation Road | |
| Whale ship Eliza | |
| Electric light plant | |
| Stabbing threat | |
| Sensational diving off Skegness Pier | |
| Skegness builder poisons himself with cyanide | |
| Skegness builder poisons himself with cyanide | |
| Objectionable postcards | |
| 1905 | Christmas in Spilsby Workhouse |
| Relocation of the Skegness Post Office | |
| Canning’s letter re the new post office | |
| Ghost at the farm | |
| Accident to a Skegness railway guard | |
| Sad deathbed story (national news) | |
| Suicide in a cathederal (national news) | |
| Vicar’s daughter elopes (national news) | |
| Little gir’s shocking death (national news) | |
| Moody vaccination charge | |
| Lady’s dreadful suicide (national news) | |
| Fortune-telling swindlers (national news) | |
| Negro burnt to death (national news) | |
| Fatal accident – horse clock tower | |
| Sad bathing fatality | |
| First sands motor race | |
| Tents on the foreshore | |
| Blown to pieces on horseback (national news) | |
| Extraordinary hallucination | |
| Noah’s Ark demolished | |
| Christmas at the Derbyshire Children’s holiday home Skegness | |
| c1906 | Will Marsh’s Merrie Men major entertainers in Skegness |
| 1906 | Advert for the Sea View Skating Rink (proprietors Lawrence and Bircumshaw) |
| Hydro | |
| Orient College opens | |
| Change of Skegness station master | |
| A new lifeboat arrives for Skegness | |
| Tobogganing Tower Skegness attraction | |
| Gosberton Hall School | |
| Big gun testing range opens at Gibraltar Point | |
| Fishing smack and boat rescue | |
| Skegness attraction – Great Wheel erected | |
| Foxes on display at the Ship Inn | |
| Assault | |
| Gosberton Hall School | |
| Runaway horse | |
| Sewage Works official opening | |
| Call for a town band | |
| 1907 | Figure 8 constructed on North parade |
| Alfred Wrate set up his photography business at 17 Lumley Road | |
| Fire at Marshalls | |
| New infant school – letter to Council from Disney | |
| Proposed high school for girls | |
| Important sale of property | |
| Samuel Lewis lifeboat first launch | |
| Entertainers injured | |
| New brick company | |
| Herald changes publishing day | |
| Pathetic help message | |
| 1908 | Samuel Moody Cuts Wire Right of Way over North Shore Golf Links asserted |
| Skegness County Infant School opens on Cavendish Road | |
| Grusome find | |
| Skegness boy’s escapade | |
| Tornado wreaks havoc in Skegness | |
| Human skeleton found at Burgh | |
| Nottingham Poor Girls Home opens in Skegness | |
| Brave rescue | |
| Baby whale washed ashore at Skegness | |
| Proposed development | |
| Picture William McKay | |
| William McKay | |
| Sordid story | |
| Millinary dispute | |
| 1909 | Servant girl dies after clothes catch fire at Pier View Hotel Skegness |
| Skegness boy’s escapade | |
| First issue of Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News local newspaper | |
| Lifeboat launch | |
| Figure 8 Railway built | |
| Sales of first issue of Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News local newspaper | |
| Bellamy’s bottle works gas engine mishap | |
| Nottingham Poor Girls Home | |
| Man of the moment | |
| Plan for new Winter Gardens | |
| Death of Rev E E Tippet | |
| New Winter Gardens | |
| Lion hotel burglary | |
| Proposed visit of 1st Cruiser Squadron | |
| An eccentric visitor | |
| Lost little Grantham girl causes problems (Berry fetched her back from Chapel) | |
| Mr Day summond for blocking Lumley Road pathway by talking | |
| A W Rowley death (not photographed) | |
| Billy Thomason’s fire dive off Skegness Pier | |
| Warships anchored off Skegness Pier | |
| Death at 93 Lumley Road | |
| Death of Nicholas Pearce | |
| Arrest of Skegness eccentric – serious charge | |
| Skegness man’s sad death | |
| Alarming carriage accident | |
| Tragic death inquest | |
| Sudden death at Skegness train station | |
| Father of the child? | |
| Joseph Grunnill lifeboat presentation (not photographed) | |
| Pier Hotel manager goes bankrupt | |
| Council discusses Manchester to Skegness direct railway line (not photographed) | |
| Emma Cable death Aldeburgh lifeboat Pascoe | |
| Attempted suicide man (Rose) dies in prison | |
| Extension of Skegness churchyard | |
| Message in a bottle (Stamper) | |
| Death of James Perrin | |
| Extension of Skegness churchyard | |
| Lumley Hotel stables on fire | |
| Details of various shops in Skegness | |
| Billy the Diver saves holidaymaker’s life | |
| Hucks drives off hostile plane | |
| Nurse found dead at Craigside Hotel Scarbrough Avenue | |
| Ode to the Red Cross nurses in Skegness by a wounded soldier | |
| Kaiser’s dream | |
| An exciting career | |
| How Capt Scorer died | |
| Too old to fight in the war | |
| German in the Skegness ‘camp’ rumour | |
| First telegram from Skegness |
Shirley Horton said:
A very interesting read. I lived in Skegness on Scarborough Avenue between 1961-1970. I have recently given a series of talks about Skegness to local history society groups in South Derbyshire where I now live. This new magazine is great and has helped me to build up ,my knowledge of the older history of skegness.