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Spilsby Town Football Club team of 1882, and first winners of the Lincolnshire FA Cup in 1881.
Players are, from top, left to right:
John Southby, C Miller, H R Bellamy, John Searby, R Driffield, H Shaw, J H Barrat (captain), H Robinson, B Robinson, H Allington, H S Mawer.

The historical picture above appeared in a local [...]

Skegness Herald 1882
Accident
On Wednesday afternoon a girl named Taylor, residing at Cow Bank, met with an accident.
While cooking some beef at Mrs Ensor’s eating-house, Lumley Road, the gravy caught fire, and while endeavouring to extinguish the flames, it splashed into her face and severely scalded her.
She was speedily attended to by Dr Bernard, under whose [...]

Six Hours from Skegness to Mablethorpe
A meeting of the members of this association, which was in union with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, was held at the Eagle Hotel, Mablethorpe on July 27th, 1882.
The Skegness lifeboat left on the previous afternoon for Mablethorpe, and her departure was witnessed by a large number of persons.
The weather [...]

A new Wesleyan Chapel is built on Algitha Road, Skegness in 1882. The building superceded the old, smaller Wesleyan Chapel in High Street.

Source: Skegness Herald 1882

The first Skegness Town Guide was published in 1882 by Mr E A Jackson. The holiday guide gave account of both the ancient and modern history of Skegness, saying that Skegness had a haven, a walled-in town and a castle, all once consumed by the sea.
The guide included a coloured view of the Skegness Promenade [...]

A steam tramway was proposed between Skegness, Chapel St Leonards and Burgh in 1882. The plans never came to fuition.
Source: Skegness Herald 1882

Source: Skegness Herald 1882
Magistrates grant temporary permission for Skegness hotels to open later than 10pm.

THE PIER AND GARDENS
The number of persons who have paid admission to the pier during the past week has been about 8,000. On Saturday last the number was 3,774, Sunday 910, Monday 1,496, and Tuesday 809.
This amply shows that the pier is one of the great attractions, of the place. Many thousands have also visited [...]

The Skegness Herald Newspaper Issue 1 30th June 1882
Mission Statement
In the first issue, the Skegness Herald introduces itself to the public. We can at once get a feel for the flowing, flowery style of journalism peculiar to the day.
Though I am no journalist, I have tried to transcribe the introductory article into the modern style:
Skegness
The [...]

Skegness’ First Newspaper

I have secured copies of the “Skegness Herald” from Number 1 of the 30th June 1882 to Number 79 of the 28th December 1883, 79 4 page broadsheets, folio bound. Also secured are the full years issues from 1884, 1887, 1888, 1901 and 1902.
The Herald was the first newspaper published in this famous [...]