Nuttall's Skegness Beach Donkeys

By Angela Gooch on September 6th, 2008

Nuttall’s Seaside Donkeys

John has very kindly sent us some pictures of his donkeys, and tells us a little about them. “The first photo is of the best British team of ours the second year of winning, we also won Britains best donkeys award beating competitors from all over the UK in 2004 and 2005.
We lost to Weymouth in 2006 by 1 point.
We won East Lindsey’s best group of working donkeys in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
We didnt enter in 2003 otherwise we might have had a clean sweep!”
This is my Father who is 85 years young. He’s worked donkeys all of his life apart from the war years when he had a break from the beach. With him in the picture is my wife Michelle and baby Thalia, who is the latest Nuttall in our large family.

Nuttalls donkeys at awards presentation on Skegness beach

85 year old Mr Nuttall who has worked with donkeys all his life

Bentley the prize Nuttalls donkey on Skegness beach

“This is Bentley looking very proud of himself at the sign board.

gallery of awards won by Nuttalls donkeys

“This is a photo of our ‘wall of fame’, These are the awards which have been presented to our donkeys for their achievments over the years.

” Here’s Michelle getting some flowers from the donkeys for making them look smart to gain the title.

“Below is a picture of Rocky, Joey and Sam. They’ve just had a shower and are waiting for the judges coming that day.”

Nuttalls Donkeys logo

donkeys awaiting inspection

John promises “We will try this year to win back the title for Skegness but there is some good competition out there!.
Our family originates from Cleethorpes and donkeys have been in our family for over 100 years, thats why our logo is ‘Family run for donkeys years’ “.

The Best British Donkey competitions are organised by the Donkey Sanctuary who put lots of hard work into the events.

Down at Nutshell Farm

John Nuttall invited Skegness Magazine to take some video footage of the annual donkey inspection by the donkey sanctuary down at his Nutshell Farm in Skegness. The donkeys were brought out one by one to be examined by the vet, chipped and branded. Sam the Donkey proved to be a bit of a handful for his handler – he thought his luck was in when he saw the trailer which transports the herd down to the beach! He made a beeline for it several times, despite rigourous attemps to constrain him!

Video Bygone Days Nuttall’s Donkeys in Cleethorpes

password = skegness

Categories: Nature, People, Tourist Attractions
Tags: beach, donkeys, nuttall, rides, sands, skegness

4 Responses to “ Nuttall's Skegness Beach Donkeys ”

jessica&tomes Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am

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ashley blackwell Jul 26th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

I would like to watch the video can i have the password
its ashley from the north east coast redcar cleveland i bort tack from you about 3 years ago for my donkeys.

moblie:07947491736
Angela Gooch Jul 26th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Ashley, you should be able to view the video if you type ’skegness’ into the password box.
valerie whitmell Feb 7th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

we have very much enjoyed visiting your site. We also visited Skegness in the summer and enjoyed seeing the beach donkies and chatting with Mr. Nuttall.

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