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The Climbing Wall in Skegness Tower Gardens proved to be a fantastic success today as the 2008 season kicked off in the seaside resort.

The highlight of the day surely must have been the daring attempt to climb the wall by none other than the Mayor of Skegness, Coun Ken Milner.

At first, Mr Mayor was somewhat confused by the harness, which seemed to have bits which no body parts fitted into…

… but fortunately, East Lindsey District Council Communications Officer, James Gilbert was at hand to offer some assistance.

James, judging by Mr Mayor’s expression, you’ve adjusted something a little too tightly!

At long last, Mr Mayor eventually began the precarious and dangerous ascent of Mount Everest, sorry, I mean the kids climbing wall. But fortunately, Jolly Fisherman was at hand ready to catch him should he have missed his footing and fallen the whole two feet!

Well done, Mr Mayor, thanks for that professional demonstration!

Now let’s take a look at the amateurs…

Check back soon for video!

Don’t forget the Skegness Climbing Wall is in the Tower Gardens until Easter Monday.

SO GET YOURSELF DOWN THERE!

PIAZZA PLANS

As it now seems likely that the Piazza may be de-requisitioned shortly, as soon as the War Department has re-moved its fittings from the premises, the Foreshore Committee has made the following recommendations.
If the premises are de-requisitioned in time, the Council is recommended to operate them as a cafe during the coming season.

The Chairman of the Foreshore Committee and the Surveyor are to investigate the work to be carried out and the equipment to she purchased in order to use the premises for catering
purposes this season and the possibility of heating the premises.

The Surveyor is to prepare a scheme for the conversion of the lower portion of the Piazza Cafe into a restaurant and the upper Portion into a conference and dance hall.

The Clerk is to press the Military Authorities to release the premises in time for the coming season.

Picture of the Piazza, Grand Parade, Skegness taken around 1933.

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SINCE it was introduced on Wednesday this beach train has been proving popular with the holidaymakers on the central beach. Run by the District Council and a Peterborough firm on a sharing basis, the purpose-built diesel-powered engine has been trundling along the new sea walk and the South Bracing at a steady 6 mph every day, drawing an open carriage filled with passengers.

The circular-trip from the Tower Esplanade and back — including the time taken to unluck and lock the gate on the boating compound esplanade — lasts nearly 20 minutes. A bell and a motor horn can be used to give warning of approach by drivers Mr Dick Revill and Mr Jarvis Taylor.

Skegness news article 1975/76

JAYNE Brealey was the toast of Skegness at the weekend when she appeared live on national television -in a bikini.
Brave Jayne jumped at the chance to enter the “Number Cruncher” challenge on Saturday night when BBC’s Noel’s House Party called at the resort.
When show host Noel Edmonds an nounced that the strict dress code was a swimming costume, Jayne gave no thought to the bracing weather.
She ransacked her room to find a pink bikini and ran down to the seafront with her brother, Sebastian.
Hundreds of well wrapped House Party “guests” turned up to cheer on the challenge, as well
as a dozen or so who braved the elements in swimsuits.
From the warmth of his studio in London, Edmonds telephoned Jayne at a specially erected call box on the foreshore.
“It looks like it might be just a -little bit chilly there” the observant host said.
Freezing
“It’s freezing!” was Jayne’s response.
Edmonds congratulated Jayne for being a sport in her swimsuit and the biggest cheer of the night came when Jayne unravelled the number code in record time.
“That was incredible. Nobody has ever done it that quickly before,” said Edmonds.
For a bonus, Jayne won £64 and escaped being “gunged”, a
fate suffered by those who fail to solve the problem within the time limit.
The Brealey telephone at the home in Scarbrough Avenue, Skegness, was busy throughout Saturday night, with relatives ringing to congratulate Skegness’s latest star.
Recognised
Jayne was instantly recognised while out that night, having become something of an instant celebrity on her television debut.
Jayne now plans to send Noel Edmonds a personals d Jolly Fisherman to say thankyou for she and her mum, Diane, operating as Martins Fine Art Miniatures, produce a smaller version of Skegness’s famous colourful character.

1994 local newspaper story

ITS A SERIOUS BUSINESS!
RADIO STAR JULIE ANDREWS, appearing last week at the Arcadia Theatre, finds it a serious business giving advice on the choosing of prizes to winners of the Tiny Tots section at last Friday’s bathing beauty competitions at the Skegness Pool, but at least receives a certain amount of assistance from the Pool Superintendent and organiser of the contests, Capt. W. A. Keyworth.

Miss Andrews, who was accompanied by her mother, acted as one of the judges.

Skegness news story 1951