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Former Skegness Man’s Fate
Body Found Floating in French Dock
Year-old Mystery Solved
Almost a year after death, the body of an Englishman found floating in a dock at Boulogne was identifed in 1924 as that of Skegness hotel proprietor, Mr Francis William Naylor, aged 62.
Mr Nayor, who was well known in Skegness as the proprietor of Hildred’s [...]

A look back at the days when the tide lapped the brickwork of the Hildred’s Hotel, Skegness.
The picture below of Hildred’s Hotel and the entrance to High Street was taken around 1882.
In the foreground is a drinking fountain which, some years after was located outside the Lawn Theatre.
It is now located outside Natureland on North [...]

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 [...]