Skegness Magazine

A MODEL of the Jolly Fisherman could be obtained in town shops in 1994 — thanks to local amateur artist and sculptor Diane Brealey. Mrs Brealey found that a small statuette of him could not be obtained in the town’s shops, so determined to change things.
“We all love the Jolly Fisherman — he is Skegness,” [...]

News story review:
Butlins Skegness
The article tells us of the controversy of the Adult Weekend held at Butlins Skegness.
The article begings by saying that “Billy Butlin’s famous quote ‘any publicity is good publicity” was never more questionable than this week.” Apparently the tabloids really went to town on the story, describing the male and female strippers [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 22nd July 1994
Photo: not credited
News story tells of six-year-old, Georgie Odlin who crashed a go-cart at a Friskney school fete.
The little girl was treated at Pilgrim Hospital. She was concussed, badly shaken and temporarily lost her memory and eyesight.
The picture published alongside the news article captures the moment when Georgie crashed the [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 15th April 1994
A plea “not to go overboard” over the rules of this year’s Skegness Carnival Queen competition has been made by town clerk, Mt Robert Lloyd-Smith.
The rules are under review following a wave of adverse publicity surrounding last year’s winner.
Zoe Chapman, 19, of Barnes Road, Skegness, was allowed to retain her [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 1994
Photo Mike Cooper
A Janice Sutton dancer nominated the town crier Ted Davy for a ’splattergram’ which was duly administered in Compass Gardens, Skegness on Wednesday afternoon.
ITV cameras took a long series of shots before the final one, when the Saturday Disney Programme presenter, Carmen, pushed a custard pie into Ted’s face on [...]

Whilst browsing the old Skegness newspapers, we found an article that surprised us. It suggested that the Jolly Fisherman, mascot of Skegness and painted in 1908 by John Hassall may have had a wife. The article published a picture of a woman in a bonnet, a trailing scarf and an apron, doing the famous ‘Jolly [...]

Sun shelter woman held in custody after throwing stones
A woman who had been sleeping in a seafront shelter in Skegness appeared before the resort’s magistrates court on Monday after throwing stones at a car.
Barbara Manuel, 54, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody for three weeks for pre-sentence reports to be prepared, after she [...]

Source: Skegness Standard 29th July 1994
Sex blackmail scandal victim, Derek Freshney, has been found dead in a garage at his Friskney home.
Stunned neighbours and children watched a macabre scene unfold as police using crowbars forced entry into a garage in Church Road.
There they discovered the body of the bachelor and retired bank manager.
It is believed [...]