Model Village Opens on South Parade

By Skegness Video on July 3rd, 2010

An Easter debut for new model ‘village’

ATTRACTIONS of Ronans Magna, a village you won’t find marked in the motoring handbooks, include a moated manor house, ancient Church, gypsy encampment, winding river and a swimming pool.

The village, a model on South Parade, has been made in the last year by Mr. John Simmonds and his wife, and on Wednesday morning it was declared open by the Chairman of Skegness Council, Mrs. Elsa Barratt.

The model village will be open throughout the year, and the place will really live, for Mr. Simmonds intends to change the sets at different times.

Within the next week or two, he will replace footballers on a school field with white-clad cricketers!

For 12 months Mr. Simmonds has been busy designing the buildings, some of which are based on existing buildings in Kent and Somerset, manufacturing the weatherproof materials and then doing the construction work. Recent bad weather has not made his job any easier.

Many model figures were made by his wife.

After opening Skegness’s latest attraction, Coun. Mrs. Barratt was conducted around the model village. She was accompanied by the Town Clerk, Mr. Milton Turner, Councillors, Council officials and other guests.

Photo: At this farm they don’t worry about Price Reviews or even the topic of the moment— potatoes, for it’s just one of the many true to scale buildings at the Skegness Model Village on South Parade, and these admiring youngsters were among the first visitors when this latest attraction opened last week.