Written by Angela Gooch on Saturday, April 12th, 2008 in Clubs, Jolly Fisherman, Skegness Latest News, Tourist Attractions.
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!
Written by Angela Gooch on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in Historical Buildings, Memorabilia, Skegness Latest News, Social History, Tourist Attractions, Town evolution.
Church Farm Museum has secured a Project Planning Grant of £22,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the production of plans for conservation, access and audience development at the site.
Executive Councillor for Economic Development, Cllr Eddy Poll, said:
“This grant is a first step in enabling the Church Farm site to develop into a major attraction for Lincolnshire’s East Coast. The Museum has some outstanding collections with great stories to tell and the plans build on previous work that has highlighted the need to make the connections between our modern audience and the countryside.“
The plans that will be produced will be a significant step forward towards making the museum more accessible. Work on these plans will be carried out throughout summer 2008 in order to allow large scale grant funding to be applied for later in the year.
Written by Angela Gooch on Saturday, April 5th, 2008 in Demolition, Tourist Attractions, Town evolution.
Thompsons’ Pleasureland Removal from Skegness North Foreshore October 1927
The series of attractions known as “Pleasureland,” which for four years have occupied a considerable section of the North Parade frontage, are being removed from the resort. The decision has arisen out of the agreement made between the Skegness Council and Lord Scarbrough, when the authority purchased the foreshore and parades from his Lordship, coupled with the fact that the Council have decided that they are unable to prepare the site which has been allocated as a permanent “Joy City” in readiness for the coming season.
The picture, taken in February 1927, shows workmen engaged in dismantling the huge Sheltacade in which various popular amusements were located, while at the rear two intrepid gentlemen are seen taking to pieces the Great Flight.
The figure on the right arm of the structure is Mr Tom Burrows, manager for Skegness Enterprises Ltd., who were sub-tenants of a section of “Pleasureland”.
The miniature railway on the beach, which belongs to the same company, is also to disappear. Huge piles of broken concrete, timber, etc., show the gigantic nature of the demolition work and “flitting” operations. The value of the structures involved runs unto several thousands of pounds, and the departure of “Pleasureland” represents a loss in income by the Council of over £5,600 per annum.
As is generally known, the entire frontage of “Pleasureland” is not affected by the agreement in respect of the Park, in so far as the development of the latter has progressed to date, and Messrs. Thompsons’ Patent Gravity Switchback Railway Co., Ltd., the lessees, still retain certain powers which prevent the erection of amusement devices costing over a certain figure within a specified area.
The large section of the beach concerned will certainly present a very unfamiliar sight to the thousands of old visitors and excursionists to the resort during the coming season.
Written by Angela Gooch on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 in Skegness Latest News, Tourist Attractions.
SKEGNESS TO HIT THE HEIGHTS WITH LAS VEGAS SEAFRONT DEVELOPMENT
A futuristic landmark multimillion-pound Las Vegas style destination sky-high entertainment and hospitality development bringing employment to the town is proposed for the Skegness seafront by the Bola brothers.
Concept plans have been drawn up for the iconic building towering eleven floors high to be constructed on the site of the Bola’s Parade Complex, which was destroyed by fire last August (2007) on Grand Parade in the resort.
The environmentally friendly structure the tallest in the region would provide in excess of 100,000 sq ft of floor space unlocking the potential to create an exciting venue for the 21st century in Skegness visually appealing on the skyline by day and bathed in low energy produced light by night the Sky Pier development will transform the waterfront. Creating a vibrant heart in the Town that will appeal to the local community and visitors with a mix of ice skating rink, ten-pin bowling alley, cinema, gymnasium, Children’s play zone nightclubs, restaurants, visitor/education attraction, cyber café bar and food court combined with the resorts first boutique style hotel occupying the uppermost floors with stunning panoramic sea views. Standards will be elevated in the resort with the latest state of the art technology, plasma television screens, Jacuzzis and wet rooms incorporated into each of the 75 bedrooms.
Mr Taj Bola, for the Bola Family said “We have been presented with a unique opportunity to deliver a bench mark development to take leisure and hospitality in a coastal resort to its next level. Our vision is to invest £15 million pounds and open a dynamic complex bringing the reality and wow factor of Las Vegas to Skegness providing excellence and a quality experience throughout the day and evening. To meet the demands of an ever-changing audience there is a need for facilities that are inspirational, distinctive and raise the bar. We are confident that our development concept will enhance the reputation of Skegness as one of Britain’s leading holiday destinations, boosting confidence in the Town leading to the resorts economic future growth”.
He added, “These plans represent part of a much greater scheme which will now incorporate the L.A. Café building which we have recently acquired. This will undergo a massive face-lift and redevelopment making the structure unrecognisable. Our vision of how we envisage this will look will be unveiled later in April”.
Proposed concept designs for the redevelopment of the Parade Complex site, Grand Parade Skegness. These may not necessarily be representative of the final design.
Written by Angela Gooch on Monday, March 31st, 2008 in Entertainment, Skegness Latest News, Tourist Attractions, Town Council.
Have your say on plans for former arcade site in Skegness
SKEGNESS residents and interested parties are invited to a special consultation event to look at proposals put forward by Bells Leisure for the redevelopment of the amusement arcade on Grand Parade that was destroyed by fire last summer.
The event will take place in the Embassy Theatre on Monday, April 7, 2008, between 2pm and 6pm when Planning Officers from East Lindsey District Council will be on hand to answer questions and record feedback from those attending.
The plans can also be viewed on-line in due course but in any event will be on display for at least three weeks from April 7 at 2pm in the Embassy Theatre.
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