About Us
Mission Statement:
Old local newspapers are a very important record of the history of Skegness.
We are dedicated to researching historical local newspapers and using them as an insight into the history of Skegness and its people.
Photo below: research of old Skegness Newspapers in the Skegness library archives being carried out especially for this website
Skegness Newspapers
Skegness has been served by several local newspapers over the last couple of centuries.
* The Skegness Herald. first edition 30th June 1882 to 1916
* The Skegness Standard, first edition January 2nd 1922
* The Skegness News, first edition in 1924
* The Skegness Target, free newspaper, first edition in … (to be confirmed)
* The Skegness Citizen, a recently launched free newspaper.
Copies of every edition of the newspapers are kept in the archives at Skegness Library.
The Herald, serving the late 1800s and the early 1900s, is recorded on microfilm.
The other newspapers are stored as hard copies or on microfilm.
We have secured original copies of the Skegness Herald from 1882 to 1901
A study of these is being done separately, links on the right navigation menu.
Historical Newspaper Articles in the Archives
We have compiled a list of old Skegness newspaper articles which we have photographed, from the Skegness Standard and Skegness News. News stories from each decade have been grouped together (links on top navigation menu).
Eventually, all will be included on this Old Local Newspapers website, but until then, it will serve as an index of the old news articles.
All the old local newspaper stories are arranged in chronological order.
New content will be frequently added and updated, photographed newspaper articles constantly uploaded, so keep checking back.
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If you are eager to see a particular story, please email and we will make it a priority.
We will be digging into the old newspaper archives to look at some of the past news stories in Skegness as recorded in the local newspapers.
The articles give us an excellent insight into the real town of Skegness, how it develops as a seaside resort and of course, the people of Skegness.
The images of the old newspapers are quite large files so make take a few moments to download.
The newspaper articles often contain ‘flashbacks’ to perhaps fifty years prior to the date which the article was actually published.
So although the article is dated say 1930, it may report on a story or event which took place many years before.
Please be aware of this when reading the newspaper stories.
Special Features from the Old Newspapers
The old newspapers contain interesting features which are not directly news stories as such.
For example, The Herald published Victorian Poems in several of the issues, occasionally, aerial photos of Skegness were published.
I have grouped these together on dedicated pages.
Similarly, The Herald contained many interesting adverts, and the Standard and Skegness News many local businesses adverts,
including discos and pubs. These also have been included on their own pages.
Though these local businesses have long disappeared, the photos will enlighten us, or remind us of the changing face of Skegness
over the decades.
Old historical newspaper articles on this website:
* Aerial Views of Skegness
* Antique Homemade Twin Pram c1870
* Antique Summer House
* Breached Skegness Pier’s Future 1978
* Butlins House Skegness Demolished
* Butlins Amusement Park Skegness
* Butlins Bathing Beauties 1938
* Butlins Elephant Drowns in Swimming Pool 1962
* Dam Busters Film shoot in Skegness
* Death William Dowse Skegness Tradesman 1924
* Demolition of Old Lumley Square Skegness
* Donations to Skegness Cottage Hospital
* Electricity Supply Entrenching in Skegness
* Engineers Raise Roof Skegness Central Hall
* Farmer Found Hanging at The Poplars Farm Ingoldmells
* Festival Pavilion Opens in Skegness
* Fire at Lumley Cafe Tower Cafe Skegness
* Fire at Rainford Terrace Drummond Road Skegness
* Fireman climbing down ladder at Marine Hotel Skegness
* Foreshore Development Skegness 1926
* Gasworks
* Giant Turtle Ingoldmells Beach
* Gypsies invade Skegness 2000
* Hildred’s Hotel Skegness Struck by Lightening 1884
* Hildreds Hotel Skegness
* Horse Tramway Skegness Beach
* John Hassall Jolly Fisherman Model
* Jolly Fisherman Hotel Grand Parade
* Jolly Fisherman Potato Crisps
* Jolly Fisherman Statues Skegness
* Jolly Fisherman welcomes Mr Younger of Younger’s Brewery to Skegness
* Lawn Theatre Skegness Conversions 1935
* Lifeboat Men Rescue Photo
* Lion Mauls ex-Rector in Skegness
* Live Ammunition dumped in Skegness Waterway
* Local Author Margaret Dickinson
* Local Business Advertisements in Old Skegness Newspapers
* Lumley Cinema new picture house for Skegness
* Modern Architecture Hits Skegness 1930s
* New Headquarters for Air Training Corps
* New Police Court House in Skegness 1930
* New Shops Development Grand Parade Skegness 1957
* New Waterway Extension Skegness 1938
* Newly Developed Castleton Boulevard Skegness
* Old Newspaper Advertisements
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1920s
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1930s
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1940s
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1950s
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1960s
o New One Way Traffic System Lumley Square Skegness
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1970s
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1980s
o Formation of a Local Board (Council)in Skegness 1884
* Old Skegness Newspapers from the 1990s
* Old Tower Cinema Rebuilt in Skegness
* Parade Cinema Opens in Skegness
* Parade Hotel Storm Damage
* Pavilion Pleasure Gardens Skegness
* Pier Hotel Fire Tragedy Skegness 1963
* Pier Theatre Fire
* Pygmy Princess Butlins Attraction
* Pleasure Gardens Lumley Road Skegness 1938
* Pleasureland Removal North Foreshore Skegness
* Presentation to Skegness Lifeboat Crew 1935
* Quicksand on Winthorpe Beach Jackson’s Corner
* Record Launched for Skegness Lifeboat
* Remember Skegness Discos and Nightclubs?
* Ship Eliza Whale Museum on Skegness Beach
* Skegness Beach Development News Story 1929
* Skegness Boating Lake Construction
* Skegness Council Removes Old Gas Street Lamps
* Skegness Grammar School opens 1933
* Skegness Herald Newspaper First Issue
o Formation of a Local Board (Council)in Skegness 1884
* Skegness Herald Newspaper
* Skegness Pier Head Redesigned
* Skegness Public Baths Demolished after WW2 Bomb Damage
* Skegness Tourism Publicity 1929
* Skegness Town Hall Gutted by Fire
* Sky Sentinel on Tower Esplanade Plans Ditched
* Suncastle being built in 1932
* The Old Manor House Skegness
* Two Fires at Skegness Butlins Holiday Camp 1939
* Victorian Fountain Lumley Square Skegness 1930
* Victorian Poetry
* Wall Collapses Skegness Market Tragedy
* Whale Hunt in Skegness 1887
More Old Newspaper Stories
There are more articles from historical newspapers on our
Skegness News on Video website which includes the stories below, the latest of these can be seen in the RSS feed reader top left navigation menu.
* Carnival Queen: “So angry I hit her” - claim
* Dogs Die in Car Blaze
* WW2 aircraft propellor recovered offshore Skegness
* Mis-spelt road sign Skegness
* Young girl blooded at fox hunt
* Runaway Landau Horse Crashes into Clock Tower
* Camels in Skegness
* Kissogram for Skegness Mayor
* Skegness Market Wall Collapse Trial
* Stolen Churchill Letter Found
* Skeg Ness Sea Monster Claim
* Listed Building Demolished
* Mystery Sand Castles Skegness Beach
* Coronation Street Stars 1960s
* Jolly Fisherman Winscale Postcard
* War Declared in Skegness
* Woman’s Nude Body Found
* Lusitania Survivor in Skegness Police Court
* Butlins Attraction Pygmy Princess
Ruined Historical Skegness Newspapers -Skegness History is being Destroyed!
Someone needs to do something, and it needs doing fast if the record of our history, our heritage, is to be preserved!
The photos below are of old local newspapers, the Skegness Standard issues in 1932 and the Skegness News issues in 1922. The photographs illustrate the atrocious state that some of our old newspapers are in.
Since Skegness local newspapers were launched in 1882, a copy of each issue has been stored at the Skegness library. Up to just a few months ago, the hard copies were in the public arena in the library. These may be the only copies in existence, or at least accessible to the public.
They are of unpresidented importance, giving an account of the history, in prose and photos, of Skegness as it happened.
The newspapers are being slowly destroyed by stains, rips and tears!
Some have just disintegrated into fragments, and some people have even cut out articles they have taken a fancy to!
Oh, and don’t bother requesting to examine the 1925 Skegness Standard, the whole folio bound year’s issues has disappeared presumed stolen!
The old newspapers have now been removed from the public area, but are still available on request.
Still subject to destruction!
What can be done? Is there an answer?
Well, yes, two answers actually!
Transfer the old newspapers to microfilm or DVD!
Copies of the old local newspapers from some years have already been transferred to microfilm, but this amounts to a mere handful of the 123 years worth of issues. Though this project is ongoing, the process is obviously very slow, too slow. It all comes down to financial availability.
But look at the censuses, they have all been transferred to DVD and copies are selling like hot cakes!
So what’s the second solution?
Ban public access!
What a sad day that would be!
But why do I have this awful feeling that ‘they’ will choose the latter?
Save Our Newspapers!
Have you any views?
