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Local history researcher, genealogist and webmaster, Angela Gooch.

email skegnessuk@gmail.com

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17 Responses to “ Contact ”

Jun 6th, 2007 at 7:40 pm

Hello Angela

The old soldier on your link is NOT of the KOYLI — but the York and Lancaster regiment.

See his badges –??

http://skegness.wordpress.com/tag/war-and-military/koyli/

Great story — but you have the wrong soldier

Les ex KOYLI/2LI
Jun 6th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

Thanks for pointing that out, Les.
If we look at the first page of the original diary
http://gillottfamilyhistory.fotopic.net/p11972132.html
four times does the soldier describe his position as ‘koyli’.
Could it be that Ernest and his peers were working ‘alongside’ the koylis in India?
This has indeed become a mystery.
I humbly confess I know little about the military, but have extracted the info from original documents.
mike maughan Jul 8th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Hello Angela, my grandmother worked as a maid at a hotel or guest house in the late 1930s in Skegness, called the flamstead. I can find no record of it. Her younger sister also worked as a chambermaid at a skegness hotel around the same time. I have a post card of the Rock gardens and there are hotels in the background. She has marked a hotel a couple up from one that looks as if it is called Belvedere or something similar. I would be grateful if you could cast any light on either. Indeed it may be that they are one and the same hotel.
Yours mike maughan
Angela Gooch Jul 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Okay Mike, I will have a look in holiday guides around that period and report back tomorrow.
Angela Gooch Jul 11th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Good news, Mike - I have found the Flamstead in an old holiday brochure, along with a picture of the hotel just searching for the other hotel you mentioned and will email them over to you tomorrow. Please give me a nudge if it slips my mind.
Angela
mike maughan Jul 15th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Thank you very much Angela, i am looking forward to seeing them. i have half a dozen letters from a Mr or Mrs Snaith to my grandmother in the late 30s. I can not tell whether Mr(s) Snaith is the owner or manager. My grandmother seems to have worked quite a few summer seasons there as well as a few christmases. She seemed to have had a nice time there, which makes me glad as she generally had quite a hard life.
Mike
Angela Gooch Jul 15th, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Hi Mike, an old advert and pic of the Flamstead is winging its way over to you as we speak, from the 1948 Skegness Holiday Guide.
I’ve found a hotel called the Belvedere in 1947, but its on Algitha Road, not on the seafront - would this be the one you’re looking for?
On my next trip to the Skegness Library, I’ll have a look in the 1930s brochures, as I have not got any from this period in my personel collection.
Meanwhile, have you looked at the 1958 holiday guide which I have put online in the Skegness Photo Gallery (link on right nav bar)?
Mick Rogers May 2nd, 2009 at 7:09 am

Hi me & my wife have an african gray parrot who has started to pull his feathers out he has pulled nearly all his chest feathers out & made his chest sore. Please could you tell us what to do to get him to stop self harming as it is distressing us & we cant seem to make him stop he is 5 years old & we have had him from being a baby he is very tame & likes to be out of his cage most of the time only going back in if we go out or when its his bedtime. Please we would be grateful for any help
M Rogers Hull East yorkshire
Angela Gooch May 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 am

Hi Mick - you’re best getting in touch with Steve Nicols, owner of the National Parrot Sanctuary, via their forum
http://www.parrotsanctuary.co.uk/Forum.htm
If you post your queiry on there they will be sure to answer you.
Skeggy47 May 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

A lot of hard work has gone into this Website, It just gets better and better, keep up the good work
Katie-May Hall Jun 5th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

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Sue Jones Jun 6th, 2009 at 8:09 pm

Hi Angela,

Love the site , it brings back some lovely memories.Do you by any chance have any photos of the amusing murals that were on the walls of a fish and chip restaurant in High Street for many years.I think the style of these murals were 1930´s/1940´s .I think tha restaurant was called Sparks and was at the station end of High Street and it was opposite Eptons.
Skegness Magazine Jun 6th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

This is ringing a faint bell, Sue, I think I have seen the story. Leave it with me and I’ll hunt for it. If there ARE any pics, they will only be newspaper quality. If you click “get notified when site updates” button right nav you’ll be emailed if and when I find it.
Kind reagrds, and thanks for kind words
Angela
Skegness Magazine Jun 7th, 2009 at 1:49 pm

Not good news, Sue, I found the story which I thought might be Sparkes but it turned out to be another fish shop owner, Fran Evans.
http://skegnessvideo.com/2009/04/skegness-comic-postcard/
Sorry, but I’ll definately keep my eyes open for Sparks!
Laura Chappell Jul 1st, 2009 at 10:08 am

sorry about that up there ^^^

my friend amy unwin did it.
amy unwin Jul 1st, 2009 at 10:09 am

sorry i didnt do that

the jolly fisherman did.
Leanne Stringer Jul 1st, 2009 at 10:13 am

Hello,
i enjoyed looking at this site, it brought back many old old memories of the past when i lived here as a young child.
i wish too come back and visit skegness before my death.