Skegness Magazine

1973
A MEMBER of the Weight family, whose circus opened at the North Parade car park, Skegness, last week, is in Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, recovering f ram an attack on his leg by one of the circus animals — a Himalayan bear.
And the condition of Mr Philip Weight (25),  son of the circus. owner, Mr Charles [...]

DISASTER struck Skegness Dolphinarium in the early hours of Thursday morning and left two dolphins wallowing in only a foot of water in the bottom of their pool.
It took Skegness firemen about an hour to get the dolphins out of the tank and to safety. They were then taken to a dolphinarium in Margate.
The exact [...]

This picture, which was taken in the 1920’s, shows on the right, the Mountain Slide, next to the figure eight, which was about the same height as the astroglide which we have in Skegness today, and worked on the same principle.
The customers came down the Mountain Slide on mats and a dip in the middle [...]

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 [...]

WORKMEN guide a girder into position as it is lowered by a crane. This was the scene on the North Parade Amusement Park, Skegness, on Thursday when a start was made on erecting a 351ft-long Skyride.
This new attraction should be ready by next Easter. Fourteen open cars will take passengers along a cable up to [...]

Skegness Landladies were the talk of the town in November 1972.
THE Skegness Landladies Larks were the talk of the town in London on Wednesday night when they went to record their part in London Weekend Television’s Russell Harty Plus Show.
They opened the second half of this chat show with song and dance routines and then [...]

Hang up on phony caller
A NUMBER of Skegness women were complaining about a mystery male telephone caller in 1973, who first held their attention by saying he was conducting a survey on women’s fashions for Oldrids of Boston.
Because the firm he mentions is a reputable one, the women say they have not been averse to [...]

Now some of you MUST remember the Mardi Gras nightclub in Skegness! The club occupied the same premises as Flirtz Lap Dancing Club does today. It was my favourite disco when I first came to Skegness in 1976. It was always packed with revellers and was THE place to be. I remember they used to [...]

DAWN RAIL HORROR
Train Horror 21 Sheep Mowed Down
TWENTY-ONE sheep lying on the railway line near Havenhouse Station were killed when a four-coach diesel train ploughed into them just before dawn on Monday.
The train, which could have been travelling at up to 50 mph on that stretch of line, was the 5.40 from Boston to Skegness. [...]

It was with much interest that I read these 1973 local news stories about whether to ban showing The Exorcist horror film at the Tower Cinema, Skegness, and the clergy standing by to help the affected.
The film shocked the world when it was first released and reports of people ‘going mad’ after seeing it were [...]