Foreshore Development Begins in Skegness

Written by Angela Gooch on April 5th, 2008 in Early Skegness, Historical Buildings, Town evolution.

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This October, 1926 news article depicts the beginnings of the foreshore development in Skegness.
The Marine Gardens “come under the plough” as the first attempts begin to clear the way for the new Piazza and Bathing Pool.
The old photo also gives us a good view of the old Sun Shelter on Grand Parade.

“FARMING” ON SKEGNESS FRONT - Marine Gardens Come “Under the Plough”

The above photograph is one which many Skegnessians who take interest in local history will retain as a memento of the ambitious scheme undertaken by Skegness so far. It depicts the “passing” of a considerable section of the Marine Gardens, fronting the Grand Parade - the area to be occupied by the imposing 0rchestral Piazza at the rear of which a huge bathing pool is, to be constructed.
The gardens which have now come under the plough, have for years formed on of the chief playgrounds for visiting and resident children and during that period some hundreds of thousands of children (to say nothing of adults) have enjoyed romping and games of football, cricket, rounders etc on the turf which has now disappeared.
A section of the area will in due course of time consitute a “playground” of another sort, as a large dancing surface is to form a supplementary attraction to the Piazza.

The photograph will recall to many familiar in the days of war (World War I) when many grass fields were ploughed up to meet the exigencies of the national situation.
The timber building seen in the picture is one that has been erected as a workshop and store by the contractors.

Development begins on Skegness Foreshore in 1926