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Death of an Old Resident
We deeply regret to announce the death of Mrs Charlotte Toyne, a lady who had resided in Skegness for the lost quarter of a oentury.
The late Mr Toyne farmed the Sea View Farm for several years, and both he and his wife were much respected in the neighbourhood.
The deceased lady was [...]

Update: 23rd February, 2009 – Our report on the “cable work” to the Inner Dowsing/Lynn wind turbines carried out on Skegness beach recently has sparked reaction from concerned parties, therefore we would ask that you read the entire page. We have amended the title of this page.

14th February, 2009
We produced the following report after interviews [...]

RAF Sea King Helicopter Emergency Landing in Skegness
An RAF Sea King helicopter made an emergency landing in Skegness today when it was having problems with its rotor blades.
The rescue helicopter landed in the North Parade carpark, opposite the Sea View Hotel just before 6pm this evening, and coastguards arrived at the scene to offer assistance, [...]

Living History
The English Civil War era was re-enacted by the Living History group, Sealed Knot at Skegness Church Farm Heritage Museum recently.
The two-day event included an authentic battle and children’s toys, as well as displays of traditional crafts such as lace-making, woodwork, braiding and spinning wool.
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Can YOU guess these mystery objects?
Friends of the Skegness Church Farm Museum hosted a History Quiz night this evening at the Imperial Cafe North Parade Skegness.
Senior and junior teams of four or less pitted their wits against each other in a quiz that tested their memories about a slide show of happenings and places.
A selection [...]

Medieval Re-enactment Church Farm Heritage Museum SkegnessThe Medieval Re-enactment Weekend at Church Farm Heritage Museum recently, proved to be a great day out for all!
The re-enactment group donned 14th centuary clothing and performed activities like archery and tournaments as they would have been in Medieval Times.
Lady Joan (alias Jane Asquithward) told us that the group [...]

Grain from corn has many uses including making bread, beer and feeding to animals. But first, the grain has to be extracted from the straw and chaff, This is called ‘threshing’.
Hundreds of years ago, people used to thresh corn by beating by hand. This was a very time consuming and tiring job.
During the reign of [...]

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