29th May 1929
The photograph below is of the motor omnibus which toured the Midlands in 1929 to advertise the salubrious, bracing air of Skegness.
Note how the Skegness Jolly Fisherman character was portrayed in the 1920s, in contrast to the modern Jolly Fisherman.
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