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Update 27th May 2009 – After appealing for information about the German Gun below, it has been brought to our attention that the gun was actually sold to local scrap dealer, Sid Dennis, in the early 1930s. We are making further enquiries about this and will update the page as soon as we hear more.
Trophies [...]

Carrying a Camera Without a Permit
Lillian Thornton was summoned for taking photographs without a permit.
Supt Marshall stated the prosecution had been taken by the orders of the Brig-General Commanding the East Coast Defences, but the witness was unable to be present, and he suggested the case be dismissed on payment of costs.
Purchase of Cameras
Magistrates Remarks [...]

Roll of Honour in the Pleasure Gardens
The Roll of Honour of the Skegness men who have joined the colours in any branch of the Service has been placed at the Pleasure Garden entrance.
Over 400 names are inscribed, of which 8 are missing, 40 are wounded, and 22 men who have died in the glorious cause [...]

Advertising Skegness
G. N. R. Co.s Latest Novelty
In connection with the opening of the new line which will greatly facilitate excursionist traffic from the North to Skegness, the Great Northern Railway Co have issued a decided little novelty for distribution in the industrial centres affected.
This is a card upon which the last two Skegness posters are [...]

Miraculous Escapes
Exciting Adventures of a Former Skegnessian
Many men have met with exciting experiences, ashore and afloat, since the outbreak of war, yet we question whether those “enjoyed” by Mr Albert Tippet, a brother of Mr V H Tippet, Assistant Clerk to the Skegness Council, do not deserve a high place.
We give below a brief outline [...]

Hucks is Among ‘Em
B C Hucks Drives Off a Hostile Aeroplane
An interesting account of an aviator believed to be Mr. B. C. Hucks who gave Skegnessians their first view of a fight in the town has been given by Private Thomas O’Dea of the 2nd Battalion, Sea-forth Highlanders, who has returned home wounded in the [...]

After several rumours of wounded soldiers due to arrive at Skegness by certain trains – which drew large crowds to the railway station – the first batch of these gallant defenders of the Empire arrived on Monday last. the batch numbered 18, all of whom are British soldiers who took part in the battle of [...]

Capture of a German Schooner off Skegness Pier
On Sunday about 4pm the German schooner Gerhard, of Geestemunde, a Prussian seaport, was chased and captured by two British gunboats within five miles of Skegness Pier.
The vessel, which was iron-built, was taking a cargo of timber from Sweden to France. She left port before the outbreak of [...]

America Joins the War 1917
America Day
Flags Flying at Skegness
On Friday and Saturday last, to celebrate the entry into the war arena of the United States on the side of the Allies, the Skegness Council had hoisted on their “municipal”  buildings the Union Jack and Stars and Stripes.
Several private houses also followed suit.

Lost Hats
It is rumoured that 47 people lost their hats in Skegness last Saturday night. Well, we saw more than one who had got a “tin hat” on!
Source: Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News 1916