Skegness Magazine

Southend Pier Cut in Two
During the gale yesterday morning the Violette, of London, laden with 300 tons of timber, parted from her anchor while moored off Southend, and after drifting about the estuary for some time crashed into the pier between the old and new pierheads.
The vessel carried away several yards of the pier and [...]

Magistrate and Wife Beating
Rough on the Woman
“When a man knocks his wife about, it is invariably the wife’s fault,” said Mr Symons, the Clerkenwell magistrate, on Saturday, in a wife’s application for a separation order on the ground of her husband’s cruelty.
“A man,” he declared, “is no longer master in his own house. A woman [...]

Attempted Murder in Whitechapel Annie Farmer
Immense Excitement
Great excitement was caused once again in the East End of London on Wednesday by the attempted murder of a woman in the district of the recent Whitechapel atrocities. The woman’s name is Annie Farmer, and is over 30 years of age.
She met a man on Wednesday morning near [...]

“Under the Shop-lifting Act” (said Sir William Meredith, addressing the House of Commons in 1777), “one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention.
“It was at the time when press-warrants were issued on the alarm about the Falkland Islands. The woman’s husband was pressed, their goods seized for some debt of his, and [...]

A young man named Frank Burrows, between 16 and 17 years of age, lately residing with his parents at Hastings, has committed suicide under romantic circumstances.
He was found lying jammed between the rocks on the beach at Ecclesbourne valley, about a mile to the east of Hastings by the coastguard.
At the inquest held, it transpired [...]

Jolly was foaming at the mouth today as sneaky pranksters, not for the first time in history, added washing-up liquid to the Jolly Fisherman fountain in Compass Gardens, Skegness.
The water feature, brimming over with foam, proved to be the latest tourist attraction in Skegness as youngsters were having foam fights, much to the amusement of [...]

Suntan Lotion for Beach Donkeys
We were chatting to Skegness donkey owner, Chris Epton on the beach this morning when Chris’ mobile phone rang “Ok, I’ll go and pick up the donkeys’ suntan lotion now. Bye!”, Chris told the caller.
Er, did we hear you correctly, Mr Epton? You’re off get some suncream – for the donkeys?
“Yes,” [...]

SkegX Skegness Meccano 25th Anniversary
Meccano fanatics held their 25th annual exhibition at the Embassy Centre Skegness this weekend.

Some 140 very impressive models were on display and may be seen actually working in the video:
Exhibitors came from as far afield as Canada, South Africa and Europe.
John Thorpe from Clowne in Derbyshire won (1st prize) the Issigonis [...]

SkegX Meccano Exhibition 2008
Did you show off your meccano models at the SkegX Exhibition? What did YOU think of this year’s models? Tell us in the comments box below…
Well, folks, it that time of the year again when the fantastic Meccano Exhibition hits Skegness!
The 2008 SkegX Meccano Exhibition will be staged at the Embassy Theatre, [...]

A 3-year-old boy got trapped in a teddy-grabber arcade game after crawling through the ‘cat-flap’ where the toy is supposed to drop into, whilst holidaying in Skegness.
Little Christopher Air of Grangetown, Sunderland got so upset when he didn’t get a teddy, so when his mum’s back was turned for a split second, while she went [...]