Skegness Magazine

This bandsman from the Royal Anglian Band sure knows how to make his xylophone talk!
We captured this brilliant musician on video during the Skegness Jolly Fisherman’s 100th birthday Party in the Park, July 2008.

The unveiling of the Jolly Fisherman model by Mayor of Skegness, Coun Neil Pimperton in 2008.
The model was made by Steve Andrews, deputy manager of the Hildred’s Shopping Centre in Skegness.

The famous Skegness Jolly Fisherman is joined by 100 little jollies from Skegness Junior School on the Jolly Fisherman Trail centenary celebrations.

May 21st 2008

Video of the Remembrance Day Parade in Skegness, 2008.

Video of the 2009 Remembrance Day Parade in Skegness

Video of the Remembrance Day Service conducted by the Rev Malcolm France at the St Matthew’s Church War Memorial, Skegness, 2009.

Remembrance Day Skegness Photos

Nuttall’s Beach Donkeys
Back in the summer of 2008, the London film production company,  CineFlix.com, contacted Skegness Video after seeing an article about Skegness donkeys on our website. The production company wanted to include a clip about a day in the life of a Skegness donkey in an international  “Animals at Work”  film they were making. [...]

UPDATE: Today, 6th Jan, 2010, is the 1st anniversary of the closure of the Woolworths Store in Skegness!
The Skegness Lumley Road branch of Woolworths closed its doors to customers for the last time on Tuesday, 6th January, 2009, after the well-known chain store went into receivership a few weeks ago.
The closure means that the thirty [...]

Is there a spelling mistake on the Skegness Clock Tower, which has gone un-noticed for over a century?
You’ll probably be aware that I am a local historian and my latest task has found me studying the Skegness Clock Tower, particularly the laying of the foundation stone and the opening ceremony in August 1899. To illustrate [...]

Malicious Rumour is UNTRUE!
A malicious rumour is spreading around Skegness that the Marine Boathouse has lost its license and will be closed over Christmas and New Year.
This rumour is comlpetely and utterly UNTRUE!
Dean Gilison, owner of the Marine Nightclub Complex stressed that the pub will be open as usual throughout Christmas and New Year.
The Marine [...]

Joel Grunnill was presented with an MBE by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire today at the Skegness Lifeboat Station.
Mr Grunnill, 84, has been connected with the Skegness Lifeboat since he was three years old when he started fund-raising for the charity, and he is the last member of a long line of Grunnills who have been [...]

100 Years Centenary Grannys Opening Right of Way Asserted
Samuel Moody Cuts the Wire
2008 is a year of special 100 year celebrations in Skegness, not least of which is the centenary of Coun Samuel Moody asserting a public Right of Way over the North Shore Golf Links, Winthorpe Skegness. The pathway, which locals have dubbed ‘Grannys [...]