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AN ARTIST CHRISTMAS CARD By SAPPER A. W. PORTER, R.E.
We have just seen a splendid Christmas card designed by Sapper A. W. Porter, of the Royal Engineers, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. M. Porter, Ida Road, Skegness.
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The card has been designed for the Scottish Division in France, to which the artist is [...]

The Hildred’s Late Night Christmas Shopping Fancy Dress competition was held this evening in Skegness. A total of thirty shops and cafes entered.

More photos of the Christmas Fancy Dress Competition

VIDEO Skegness Christmas Lights Switch on now LIVE!!
The Skegness Christmas lights switch on ceremony was held this evening Thursday, 26th November at the Hildred’s Shopping Centre, and what a FANTASTIC turnout it was!
Lincs FM Presenter, Ed Bretten hosted the ceremony and hundreds of people watched him do the all-important job of switching on the town’s [...]

Late Night Christmas Shopping Hildreds Fancy Dress Competition
The Hildred’s shopping centre jingled into the Christmas spirit with its annual fancy dress competition. Thirteen shops entered into the competition and we managed to snap a selection of them.
The theme this year was ‘Christmas at the Movies’.
Several of the shops on Lumley Road were open but none [...]

Social History Spilsby Workhouse 1905
The inmates of the Spilsby Workhouse enjoyed their customary bill of fare on Christmas Day. This consisted of roast beef, plum pudding, etc., several gentlemen of the town, and, district acting as carvers, waiters, etc.
After dinner the men were regaled with tobacco, and the women and children with nuts, oranges, apples, [...]

A Doggie Christmas Party and Fancy Dress
Glencheal Dog Training Club
in aid of
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Charity
Skegness Glencheal Dog Training gives free agility and obedience training for dogs.
Demonstrations and events, such as Sponsored Sits, are held throughout the year, usually in Tower Gardens Skegness, and proceeds are donated to charities like Hearing Dogs for Deaf [...]