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POPULATION. Out of season, 10,000.
AREA. 6 square miles (approx.).
ASPECT. South Eastward to the Sea.
SUNSHINE, 1934. 1,578 hours.
RAINFALL, 1934. 19 inches.
CLIMATE. Dry, sunny, equable temperature.
NUMBER OF HOUSES. 3,360.
RATEABLE VALUE. £IO2,256.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. U.D. Council.
RATES, 1934-35. 11/8 in the C.

GAS.Town owned. The 1934 charges were based on a sliding scale at 3/9 per 1,000 ft. for consumption of 10,000 ft. per quarter. 3/7 for 20,000, 3/5 down to 2/9 per 1,000.

ELECTRICITY.
The Mid-Lincolnshire Electrical Supply Co., Ltd. Tariff—FLAT RATE Lighting per unit 6d.
Lighting, for less than 104 units per year 7d.
COOKING 1d.
HEATING 1d.
WATER HEATING - 6/10ths of Id.
TWO PART Based on floor area of houses, plus 1d.

WATER.
Town owned. ABBUNDANT SUPPLY OF SOFT PURE water from well bores at Welton (10 miles from Skegness). Analysis reports show ONLY 5 DEGREES OF HARDNESS.

MUNICIPAL OFFICES. The Town Hall, Roman Bank.

POST OFFICES.
Head Office—Roman Bank.
Town Sub-Offices—Seathorne, Burgh Road, Drummond Road, Lumley Road, Sea View Road, Sandbeck Avenue.

BANKS.
Barclays, Lumley Road. Branch, Drummond Road.
Lloyds, Lumley Road. Branch, Drummond Road.
Midland, Lumley Road.
National Provincial, Lumley Road.

LIBRARIES.
Free Library, Town Hall.
Subsciptions etc., Libraries—Avery’s, Boots,’ Dutton’s, Smith & Son’s, etc.

SCHOOLS.
SKEGNESS GRAMMAR SCHOOL (Boys and Girls) Talbot Road. Headmaster, Mr. K. G. Spendlove, M.A. (Oxon.).
ORIENT BOYS’ COLLEGE. Boarding and Day School. Sea front position (Morrie Mead, Seacroft). All subjects. For prospectus and particulars apply to the Principal.
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. (1) Lindsey County Council New Senior School (Pelham Road). Headmaster Mr. H. Bamber. (2) Lindsey County Council Junior School ( Cavendish Road). Headmistress, Miss Scrimshire.
INGLEWOOD PREPARATORY SCHOOL. The Misses Sweeten. A home school for children from 4 to 11 years— Special individual attention given to delicate and backward children. All the usual subjects, including drill, games, and kindergarten work.
SEACROFT SCHOOL. First-class Preparatory School. For particulars, apply Mr. W. E. Dyson.
SEACROFT GIRLS’ SCHOOL (under the London Board of Education). For prospectus, apply Principal.
THE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Principal, Mr. J. R. Shepherd Terms on application.
TENNYSON COLLEGE, SKEGNESS. Day School. For Girls all ages. Kindergarten for Boys. Apply Principals.

CLUBS and SOCIETIES.
“Avenue”, Non-political, Lumley Avenue.
“Tennyson”, Non-political, Drummond Road.
Seacroft Golf Club. North Shore Golf Club.
Rotary Club, Lumley Hotel on Tuesdays at 1-0.
Skegness Miniature Golf Club.
Skegness Swimming Club.
Skegness Amateur Dramatic Society. Skegness Players Society.
Skegness Amateur Operatic Society. Piazza Badminton Club.
Skegness Wheelers Club.
Skegness Bowling Club.
Skegness Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. Skegness Rugby Football Club.
Skegness United Football Club.
Skegness Blue Rovers Football Club.
Skegness Hockey Club.
Skegness Angling Club.
St. John Ambulance Brigade.
British Red Cross Society.

WINTER ENTERTAINMENTS AND PASTIMES.
Golf, Putting Greens, Badminton, Horse Riding, Hunting with the South Wold, Skegness Beagles,
The Sun Castle and Orchestra.
Twice nightly performances at the Central, Parade and Tower Cinemas (including Sundays).
Frequent plays and entertainments at the Arcadia Theatre.
Whist and Bridge Drives weekly.
The Pier is open throughout the year.
For information required relating to any of the above clubs or organisations, please write to the Publicity Manager, Town Hall, Skegness.

FOOTBALL.
Grimsby Town is a 1st Division team, and excursions are run fortnightly throughout the winter for their home matches.

We’ve all heard of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, but did you know that there was once a Skegness Thursday Football Club?

APRIL, 13th, 1949

SKEGNESS THURSDAY FC, with players, committeemen and a number of friends and supporters, form a happy group after their annual dinner at the Links Hotel, Seacroft.

The Club’s President, Mr. Tom Gurnham, and Chairman, Mr. Horace Dexter, are seated on the second row, and the large moustache partially hides the face of Mr Jack Postlethwaite, one of the club’s oldest officers.  (Photo: Walfred Photographics, Ltd., Skegness).

Scouts from Derbyshire had a fun away-day in Skegness today. The Skegness Jolly Fisherman welcomed the party in the Compass Gardens, where we snapped the ensemble doing the Jolly Prance! Have a nice day, guys, and hope to see you in Skegness again soon!

The annual Easter Egg Run was held in Skegness today.

Bikers from Skegness and surrounding districts gathered at the Seaview Hotel for hot tea sandwiches before they set off for the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston to present Easter Eggs to children in hospital.

The event was set off by the Mayor of Skegness, Coun Ken Milner.

The picture below shows the bikers infront of the Seaview Hotel, along with the Mayor and Mayoress of Skegness, Coun Ken Milner and Mrs Deborah Milner, and Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Skegness, Coun Neil Pimperton and Coun Mrs Rita Pimperton.

Skegness Video heard that Skegness was to host the University of the Third Age group so we went along to see what was happening. The venue was the Methodist Church in Skegness.
The University of the Third Age is a group formed by and for senior citizens. They participate in various activities including amateur dramatics, poetry and prose recitals.

When we arrived on scene, the Louth UTA Players were just about to go on stage to perform ‘Cinderella in Five Minutes’
The short play was very amusing.

Louth Players go onstage
The compare introduces the act, finishing with arms outstretched to welcome the cast from the wings…nothing happens… the audience is agog!
Tension is broken when the cast march in unexpectedly from a side door in the audience! In the photo above, Prince Charming gives the Good Fairy a ‘helping hand’ onto the stage.
Louth UTA Players
The play begins! (left to right) Good Fairy, Prince Charming, Cinderella, Buttons, Dick Whittington (Dick Whittington? in Cinderella?), and the Ugly Sister.

The play is cleverly written, consisting soley of ‘one liners’ and sometimes merely one word. The cast are seated, standing only to deliver their line. The lines were expertly delivered, with expression that conveyed each character’s personality. The overall result was hilarious!
Louth University of the Third Age Players
Cinderella’s script consisted mainly of the word ‘alright’, said in many different ways, the final delivery of which caused an uproar as the finale…

…much to the delight of the audience!