1990s News & History
1990s Skegness News
| Skegness Standard 1990 | 19/1 | First stone laid at new lifeboat station Tower Esplanade Skegness |
| 19/1 | Secretary Mrs Pollock retires from Richmond Primary School | |
| 2/2 | Storm damage | |
| 9/2 | Driver crashes into Clock Tower Island | |
| Skegness Standard 1991 | 25/1 | St Vincent Wine Cellar set on fire Drummond Road |
| 22/2 | Barn dismantled for transportation to Church Farm Museum | |
| 3/5 | Pier Super bowl installed | |
| 26/7 | Meccano exhibition at Festival Pavilion | |
| 16/8 | Animal cruelty - neglected dog abandoned at Chapel St Leonards | |
| 8/11 | Harrington Hall gutted by fire | |
| Skegness Standard 1992 | 3/1 | Harrington Hall restoration |
| 17/1 | Beach defenses | |
| 7/2 | New Scarbrough Avenue road sign spelt wrong | |
| 20/3 | Carnival Queen punch-up | |
| 3/7 | Tribute park bench to Betty Fainlight | |
| 21/8 | Letter to local toddler from Princess Diana | |
| 21/8 | Sex scandal Skegness woman has sex with young school boys | |
| 18/9 | Lifeboat charity pull | |
| 2/10 | Seacroft hotel being built picture | |
| 9/10 | Local business woman robbed of £10,000 outside Midland Bank Skegness | |
| 9/10 | RNLI recover WW2 aircraft propellor offshore Skegness | |
| 16/10 | Dogs die in car blaze Arcadia car park | |
| 13/11 | Skegness couple mugged on Miami holiday | |
| 11/12 | Skegness Labour Party pit strike demonstration | |
| 11/12 | Local missing toddler Ben Needham saves father from Sheffield courts | |
| Skegness Standard 1993 | 15/1 | Flood sirens axed |
| 29/1 | Floods flashback | |
| 12/2 | Robbery at Co-op | |
| 19/3 | Weekly fireworks display doomed | |
| 2/4 | Memorial bench for Esther Ward | |
| 2/4 | Jolly Fisherman steam train | |
| 9/4 | Earl of Scarbrough opens Lindsey Blind Lumley Avenue | |
| 9/4 | Nude beach plans | |
| 16/4 | Jolly Fisherman steam train | |
| 30/7 | Model lifeboat made | |
| 15/10 | Boots bid to boost town shopping | |
| 15/10 | Council board outside the Co-op | |
| Skegness Standard 1994 | 28/1 | Diane Brealey’s painted Jolly Fisherman models |
| 11/2 | Nudist beach | |
| 11/3 | Leigonaires club folds up | |
| 25/3 | Was there a MRS Jolly Fisherman? | |
| Man masturbates in public | ||
| 15/4 | Virgin for Queen? | |
| 29/4 | Drowning accident | |
| 29/4 | Pavilion, Tower Gardens is a Grade 2 listed building | |
| 6/5 | The first person to be saved by the ambucopter | |
| 10/6 | New miniature tramway | |
| 22/7 | Councillor hurt in attack | |
| 22/7 | Ride to Terror | |
| 29/7 | Sex scandal victim found hanging | |
| 5/8 | Man found hanging | |
| 12/8 | New theme park at Ingoldmells | |
| 30/9 | Adult weekend at Butlins | |
| 11/11 | Adult weekend at Butlins | |
| 18/11 | Man hanged himself when mum died | |
| 25/11 | Future of Tower Gardens Pavilion | |
| 25/11 | Woman vagrant in seafront sun shelter appears in court | |
| 2/12 | Man hangs himself when mother dies | |
| ? | Splattergram fun ends in fracas | |
| ? | Kids Burn in Holiday Nightmare | |
| Skegness Standard 1995 | 20/1 | Richard Branson Virgin airship rescued by Skegness lifeboat |
| 10/2 | Fantasy Island pyramid installed | |
| 24/2 | Skegness girl in public phone box in a bikini in winter - TV show | |
| 3/3 | Abseilers at Fantasy Island | |
| 23/6 | oil slick on Skegness boating lake | |
| 28/7 | Salvation Army Citadel built on High Street | |
| 25/8 | Drugs abuse at the Zoo rave nightclub Fantasy Island | |
| 25/8 | Jolly Fisherman poster carnival | |
| 1/9 | Ex-servicemens club bids for original Jolly Fisherman poster | |
| 15/9 | Objections to funeral parlour on Roman Bank | |
| 6/10 | The Zoo rave nightclub Fantasy Island | |
| 13/10 | Woodward buys heritage Jolly Fisherman poster | |
| 17/11 | Woman sets fire to Skegness guesthouse | |
| 24/11 | Welcome home. Jolly - Jolly Fisherman poster returns to Skegness | |
| Skegness Standard 1996 | 1/3 | Sex attacker escapes jail |
| 15/3 | Compass Gardens Jolly Fisherman statue new water feature | |
| 124 | Male shop assistant exposes himself when schoolgirls buy sweets | |
| 12/4 | The Jolly Fisherman exposed | |
| 12/4 | Public toilets row Skegness town council and East Lindsey district council | |
| 19/4 | Ecstasy drug seller at Fantasy Island rave is jailed | |
| 19/4 | Son brutally tortures mother | |
| 31/5 | Jolly Fisherman statue ’shrinks’ on new water feature, letter to editor | |
| 31/5 | Ghostly goings-on at Hildred’s jewelers | |
| 14/6 | Man cleared of indecency towards shchoolgirls | |
| 5/7 | Anniversary of Jolly Fisherman poster | |
| 19/7 | Barry McGuigan switches on Skegness illuminations | |
| 19/7 | Storm brewing for proposed new Skegness weather station | |
| 9/8 | A new theme song for Skegness seaside resort | |
| 16/8 | Trapped in drain horror | |
| 30/8 | Skegness’ past characters in cartoon, flash back to 1936 | |
| 6/9 | New weather centre for Skegness artist impression | |
| 20/9 | Council says ‘NO’ to Zoo rave signs | |
| Self promotion supplement | The origins of the Standard Local Newspaper plus pictures of press printers | |
| 4/10 | John Woodward presented with Jolly Fisherman statue for donating original Jolly Fisherman poster to Skegness Council | |
| 4/10 | Jolly Fisherman painting in the Mayor’s Parlour Skegness town hall | |
| 18/10 | UFO sighting at Gibraltar Point Skegness | |
| 1/11 | Old Woolworths photo taken in Skegness, shop and staff | |
| 8/11 | Man jailed after beating son with wood | |
| 8/11 | Human fireball gas blast Drummond Road | |
| 29/11 | The Lion pub is sold to Wetherspoons | |
| 29/11 | The Street nightclub to replace roller rink on North Parade Skegness | |
| 6/12 | Les Sharpe motor car repair advert | |
| 13/12 | Woman abusive towards police | |
| Skegness Standard 1997 | 21/1 | Water feature not so Jolly (statue in Compass Gardens) |
| 21/2 | Queen’s portrait donated to Skegness Town Council erected in council chambers | |
| 14/2 | ‘Drain Deaths’ unlawful killing verdict | |
| 23/5 | The Street - new nightclub for Skegness | |
| 6/6 | Ghosts in the unused Post Office building | |
| 13/6 | NO MORE RAVES! Woodward destroys Zoo sign after drugs death at rave nightclub | |
| 2/5 | Sex sneak jailed after secretly filming up a girl’s skirt | |
| 1/8 | NO to Street laser lights | |
| 4/4 | The Grunnill family history story | |
| 27/6 | What’s happened to the stone Lion statue outside Lion Hotel? | |
| 27/6 | Millenium ride - John Woodward | |
| 27/6 | Knife attack on shop manager | |
| 27/6 | The Street to get ‘laser lights’ | |
| 27/6 | Local disabled woman in Skegness beach quicksand ordeal | |
| 75th Birthday Supplement | Cooks butchers and other old Skegness photos in the special supplement | |
| 4/7 | ‘Grey Lady’ ghost haunts Wainfleet museum library | |
| 4/7 | Laser lights problems for The Street nightclub | |
| 4/7 | New design fo Jolly Fisherman water feature Compass Gardens | |
| 4/7 | Missing stone Lion statue found safe and retired | |
| 11/7 | Petrol dowsing threat at DHSS benefits office | |
| 11/7 | Street laser lights - threat to wildlife fears | |
| 17/7 | Zoo rave nightclub teenager Ecstacy tablets | |
| 25/7 | Illuminations switch on by Chuckle Brothers | |
| 25/7 | Dogs horror wounds | |
| 25/7 | Four held at gunpoint at Skegness Hotel | |
| 8/8 | The Street nightclub laser light fury | |
| 15/8 | The Street nightclub laser light opposition | |
| 29/8 | Mayor of Skegness poses with topless ‘Daily Sport’ models | |
| 5/9 | Bouquets laid in memory of Princess Diana | |
| 5/9 | Paedophiles in Skegness outrage | |
| 3/10 | Vicious rumours - The Street is NOT closing! | |
| 7/10 | Disapperaing stone Lion statue | |
| 31/10 | Baby died in parents’ bed | |
| 14/11 | Underground loos closure fears | |
| 14/11 | Woman’s body found in Tower Gardens | |
| 21/11 | Woman’s body found in Tower Gardens | |
| 5/12 | Laser light plans for The Street | |
| 19/12 | Jolly Fishermans 90th birthday celebrations | |
| Skegness News | Zoo Rave Nightclub sign smashed by owner after drugs deaths | |
| Skegness Standard 1998 | 2/1 | Jolly Fisherman promotes Bateman’s Beer |
| 23/1 | Butlins Gaiety Theatre demolished | |
| 27/2 | Local bar manager ‘groping’ charge | |
| 27/2 | Skegness infants school demolished | |
| 15/5 | Jolly’s head removed reveals a ’star’ | |
| 24/7 | Skegness illuminations switched on by Corrie star, Ken Barlow | |
| 24/7 | Spider and ladybird plague in Skegness | |
| 14/8 | Sex and controversy hits The Street nightclub in Skegness | |
| 21/8 | Fire at the Marine Boathouse nightclub in Skegness | |
| 11/9 | Letter to the editor “Where has the Stone Lion Statue gone?” | |
| 16/10 | Time capsule to mark Clock Tower 100 years anniversary | |
| 23/10 | Time capsule to mark Clock Tower 100 years anniversary “see you in 2028″ | |
| 23/10 | Gay man kicked out of Salvation Army | |
| 4/12 | Mark De’ath guilty of possessing cannabis resin | |
| 25/12 | Jolly Fisherman looks ‘cool’ in sunglasses | |
| 1999 Skegness Standard | 1/1 | Bedsit teenager dies from alcohol and drugs mix |
| 8/1 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales | |
| 15/ | Gun-point robbery Spa shop Winthorpe | |
| 15/1 | Skyline Pavilion Butlins | |
| 22/1 | World Champion snooker player Willie Thorne meets Skegness Mayor | |
| 26/2 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales | |
| 19/3 | Pensioner gets young schoolgirl girl pregnant | |
| 26/3 | Janice Sutton officialy opens Squirrels nursary | |
| 26/3 | Man fakes suicide on Skegness beach | |
| 23/4 | Historical Skegness Town Plans 1878 go under the hammer | |
| 23/4 | High Street in 1999 (photo) | |
| 7/5 | Coun Bob Stow dies | |
| 7/5 | Wall of Death | |
| 21/5 | Truck crashes into Burgh butchers shop | |
| 21/5 | Beach Bar opens | |
| 11/6 | Pier View Hotel (Oasis amusement arcade) gets make-over | |
| 11/6 | Twister hits Skegness | |
| 18/6 | Curtis bakery opens on Lumley Road Skegness | |
| 4/6 | Pictures of the Beach Bar opening | |
| 25/6 | Donkeys run amok in Skegness | |
| 2/7 | John Woodward’s son gets (real) train set for third birthday | |
| 16/7 | Mum seduces 11-year-old | |
| 16/7 | Jolly is turned down a TV make-over | |
| 22/7 | Local author, Margaret Dickinson asked to write a Skegness Millenium Play | |
| 23/7 | Mum seduces 11-year-old (follow-up) | |
| Lowndes reburbished | ||
| 20/8 | Clock Tower 100th Birthday Celebrations | |
| 10/9 | Paedophile lures child with playstation | |
| 10/9 | Local plumber found dead | |
| 10/9 | Nude sunbather distresses children | |
| 1/10 | Mum seduces 11-year-old - walks free from court | |
| 1/10 | Tower Gardens - history repeats itself | |
| 12/11 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales (follow-up) | |
| Dec | Millenium Bug |
