Skegness Magazine

TOMBSTONE PROBLEM
SKEGNESS RECTOR’S COMMENTS
Writing in the current issue of the Skegness Church Review the Rector, (the Rev. G. R. Sansbury) comments:
Some months ago I reminded you of  “a new threat to our churchyards,” as it has been described by an authority, namely  black tombstones.
Expert opinion in the church has warned us against this type of [...]

Wainfleet Road Playing Fields Gates Restoration Appeal
Wednesday, November 11, 2009.
Community pull together to ensure future of gates
AN appeal to preserve a part of local history has received overwhelming support from members of the community.
Mayor of Skegness, Cllr Pat Phillips appealed for donations towards the refurbishment of the memorial gates at the entrance to Wainfleet Road [...]

SUN CASTLE MANAGERESS
EIGHTEEN YEARS’ SERVICE OF Mrs. HANSON
MANY TRIBUTES ON RETIREMENT
Manageress of the Sun Castle solarium at Skegness for the past eighteen years, Miss Margaret Hanson retired from that position on Saturday last, and many have been the tributes which have been paid to her from many sources during the past week.
The Sun Castle was [...]

The ‘village school’ is listed as being on County Bank in 1841. The building has since been demolished (sometime before 1932) but was situated opposite the Methodist church (now the Old Church second-hand shop) on Roman Bank.
The schoolmaster was Joseph Jepson age 40, who was born outside Lincolnshire. His wife, Martha, aged 30, son George, [...]

Skegness News 6th June 1951
Farmer found hanging in Ingoldmells cow shed
Local Farmer Found Hanging – state of depression revealed by inquest
A verdict that a local farmer caused his own death by hanging whilst in a depressed state of mind was returned by a Skegness Coroner.
The 41 year old man, Frederick Charles Paul was found hanging [...]

ITS A SERIOUS BUSINESS!
RADIO STAR JULIE ANDREWS, appearing last week at the Arcadia Theatre, finds it a serious business giving advice on the choosing of prizes to winners of the Tiny Tots section at last Friday’s bathing beauty competitions at the Skegness Pool, but at least receives a certain amount of assistance from the Pool [...]

Source: Skegness News 12th September 1951
Carnival Queen Crowning Ceremony Cartoon

‘ERB, the naughty nipper from Nottingham creation of Skegness News cartoonist Rowland, wends his mischievous way into the Embassy Ballroom during an important ceremony at the opening of Skegness’ September Carnival week.

APPEALED IN VAIN
DISTRESSING CASE OF A SKEGNESS MAN
The appeal of John Henry Gask (52), of 9, Scarbrough Avenue, Skegness, against a total of six months’ imprisonment in respect of three convictions for indecent offences against young girls at Skegness before the Lindsey Appeals Committee at Lincoln on Wednesday was dismissed.
The sentence had been imposed by [...]

THE Old Salt (editor Mr Fletcher) of the Skegness Standard, filling a huge bottle with twists of salt at the stand of the Jolly Fisherman crisps firm at the Festival Models Exhibition. Next to him is Coun C. H. Salt (joint promoter of the exhibition), Mr. Harold Fainlight (director of Jolly Fisherman Crisps), and Mr. [...]

Fourteen year old Sylvia Levers, The Grange, Fishtoft, was present at the Boxing Day kill of the South Wolds hunt, and, as is the custom, she was ‘blooded’ by the Master, Mr Donald Burt. This is a ceremony in hunting circles, and Sylvia had her face smeared with the blood of the animal. She was [...]