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Practice of Air Craft Guns
During the winter months visits will be made to the seashore by anti-aircraft squadrons for the purpose of practice. These practices may take place either during the day or night, and the inhabitants of Skegness are requested not to be alarmed whenever they may hear the reports from the guns.
Source: Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News [...]
WW2 aircraft propellor recovered offshore Skegness
Skegness lifeboat crew donned their dry suits and waded out to sea off the town’s Seaview Road for a rather unusual rescue in 1992 – to recover a huge propeller sticking out of the sand.
The crew were heading back to base after an exercises when they saw one of the propeller blades breaking through the [...]
Creative Patchwork Quilt Designs
Quilters from Skegness and Horncastle held an impressive quilt show at the Skegness methodist church last weekend. The talented quilt makers were members of the Skegness Jolly Quilters and the Banovallum Quilters, from Horncastle, and the quilts covered a wide range of themes. Among the quilters was Mike Hodgson (pictured below) from Croft, near Skegness. [...]
