Skegness Magazine

A HULL cargo ship, which anchored off  Sea View pullover to pick up fresh vegetables, was the talk of the beach on Tuesday.
Locals with binoculars gathered on the beach to survey the Alice PG, while two crew members were in Skegness looking for potatoes and cabbages.
Little did they know that 23-year-old Mr Richard James, of [...]

The ramp which used to lead to the swimming pool entrance is now a favourite viewing platform for spectators as the work of demolishing the old tea Tea Gardens behind the Embassy gets under way.
The bulldozers have removed the open-air stage surmounted by a dome and opened a way through the swimming pool.

Source: Skegness Standard [...]

May 1982
THE ice-skating rink at the Winter Gardens, North Parade, Skegness, will be opened in style tomorrow evening (Saturday) when an invited audience will see a demonstration by professional ice-skaters on the plastic rink.
One of them will be the current world professional ice-skating champion, Angela Greenhow, who was the principal skater with Ice Follies in [...]

THIS Jolly Fisherman advertising sign was auctioned in 1982, by the famous Christie’s, of South Kensington. Expected to fetch between £100-150 the plaster and wood sign, measuring 33in x 21in (84cm by 53cm), used to hang at Kings Cross station to remind people of the Great Northern Railway’s daily trips to the town for as [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 2nd April and 14th May 1982
Photos: Lincolnshire Standard Group (Skegness) and Ben Hardaker
Stone Lion Statue Vandalized
This news article tells us that the stone lion statue which stood outside the Lion Hotel, Roman Bank, Skegness had been broken by vandals. The owner of the hotel, Tom Morley found the statue lying on the [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 1982
Photo: Henry Wilkinson
The news story reveals that it was ’shoe-shine week in Skegness and local man Henry Wilkinson submitted a photo dated 1924 of the famous music hall comedian, George Robey. George, who was starring at the Arcadia Theatre at the time, is shown in the picture having his shoes shone by [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 7th December 1982
Photos: Lincolnshire Standard Group
An old gift from Gracie Fields drew Morris School pupils to Lowndes shop in Lumley Road, Skegness last week. The second year pupils who are studying Skegness from 1936 to 1953 met Mrs Betty Roberts, whose father bought the gift for 14 guineas (£14.70). Gracie, star of [...]

Boer War Victorian Graffiti Burgh Train Station
SCALE modeller Mr Iain Holmes made a surprising find at old Burgh Railway Station last week — Victorian graffiti.
Mr Holmes, who hails from Crewe and is a driver for the touring company Smith Happiway Spencer, found these words engraved in the stonework at the station: “Boer War first shot [...]