Lincolnshire Echo

The Lincolnshire Echo has launched a special publication to celebrated the Skegness Fisherman’s 100th birthday.

At a mere 60p, the special edition is packed solid with facts and pictures accounting the last hundred years of the Skegness Jolly Fisherman which was created by artist John Hassall in 1908.

We are proud to say that many of the stories and facts contained it the publication have been drawn from our extensive historical research on this our Skegness Magazine website, though by some minor oversight, we have not been credited.

The first two-page spread tells “How a pipe-smoking, rosy-cheeked figure on a 12 guinea rail poster became an iconic symbol which has lasted 100 years”. It tell us that Jolly has “left his mark” by appearing on advertisement campaigns for Hamlet cigars to lace copies. There’s also an account of the speculation the Jolly may have had ‘a wife’

The spread of page 10 and 11 gives an account of John Hassall’s first visit to Skegness in 1936, and shows us a picture of the Vellum presented to Hassall on that visit. The Vellum (pictured below) will be on display at the Skegness Town Hall in September, along with other Skegness memorabilia, as part of the Skegness Jolly Fisherman Centenary Exhibition.

Turning the page, the next spread tell us “100 things you didn’t know about the coast” which includes research from our website -

Jolly Fisherman statuette presented to American Ed Sullivan

Mablethorpe is SO Bracing

Woman found on Skegness beach naked except for her shoes and stockings

Couple charged with sleeping-out in air raid shelters

Grandmother found a dead frog in a packet of Walker’s crisps

Pigmy princess Butlin’s top attraction

Skegness’ first donkey man

Chinese lion hypnotist at Burgh le Marsh

First car arrives in Skegness

Jolly in tights

Jolly Fisherman crisps

Jolly Fisherman postmark

10,000 Jolly Fisherman seals

Winscale postcard - Jolly prances in nuclear fallout

Giant turtle washed ashore at Ingoldmells

Bodies of two dead sailors found frozen to a boat

Shannon distaster

Miss world contestant at Gibraltar Point

Malcolm Campbell motor racing trials Skegness beach

Lion strolls along Algitha Road

Sheffield holidaymaker sees the Skeg-ness monster

The special edition also contains articles about the history of the Royal Hotel, formerly the Seacroft Hydro, Batemans Brewey and Butlins Holiday Camp.

The Lincolshire Echo’s Jolly Fisherman Souvenir is a ‘must-have’ for collectors of Skegness memorabilia, AND it makes a fantastic read.

So grab two today, one to read now and the other to stash away in your bottom drawer for your great-grandchildren to read on Jolly’s 200th birthday!

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