Skegness Steam Laundry

Built on the site of an old Brick Pit on Roman Bank, Skegness, Fenland Laundry started out life almost 130 years ago in 1880, originally being named Skegness Steam Laundry.

The business kept the original name right up until 1958 when it changed its name to Fenland.

The Fry family bought the laundry in 1929 and gradually built it up during the 30s and 40s, before extending the business into Grantham, Louth and Wigan.
In 1952 dry cleaning facilities were introduced and during the mid 1970s a Garment Hire Service.

Steam Laundry Fires

Over the years the laundry built up to the successful business of today, overcoming one major setback – a fire in 1973, which completely burned down the old works, being replaced by the modern building we see today. Water from the old pond (the Brick Pit) was used on the fire. There was another, earlier fire, in 1898, which slightly damaged the roof of the Skegness Steam Laundry, but nothing more serious.

{The Skegness Steam Laundry is not to be confused with another laundry which was situated on the site of the former Kwiksave supermarket off Wainfleet Road, Skegness.)

Below is a 1909 advertisement for the Skegness Steam Laundry: