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I was puzzled when I found this article about John Hassall working on this second Jolly Fisherman painting. Hassall painted the first picture, it’s said, in 1908, and this original, along with the second painting, hangs in the Mayor’s Parlour in the Skegness Town Hall today. It is generally understood that Hassall painted the second [...]

Where has Jolly Gone?
QUESTIONS have been raised about a Jolly Fisherman painting missing from the mayor’s parlour at Skegness Town Council.
Coun Andy Fletcher referred to a fixed assets list published by the council which stated the 1928 painting, received as a gift in 1996, was still an asset of the council.
Speaking at a council meeting, [...]

The well-known figure of the “Jolly Fisherman” which has played such a large part in promoting the popularity and prosperity of Skegness has been utilised as a motor car mascot by Mr. T. Gordon Williams, whose display of the familiar personage on the radiator of his car this past week-end attracted a great amount of [...]

Another Jolly good Skegness tattoo
JOLLY Fisherman fan Claire Gillett has been as good as her word by getting a tattoo of Mrs Jolly on her right foot.
The Standard got in touch with Mrs Gillett, of Skegness, a few weeks ago after she announced on our Facebook page that she had a tattoo of the Jolly [...]

SHOWING the way for local people in the town’s 1974 “It’s a Knockout” effort was 77-year-old Mr Reginald Cooley, of 94 Hoylake Drive, Skegness.
For in March 1974, Mr Cooley handed over a table cloth which he had embroidered himself to “It’s a Knockout” chairman Mr Ronald Williams as his contribution to the effort.
Embroidering was Mr [...]

A MODEL of the Jolly Fisherman could be obtained in town shops in 1994 — thanks to local amateur artist and sculptor Diane Brealey. Mrs Brealey found that a small statuette of him could not be obtained in the town’s shops, so determined to change things.
“We all love the Jolly Fisherman — he is Skegness,” [...]

Return of Jolly-gate
MEMORIES of a row with the south coast seaside resort of Bognor Regis were rekindled this week, as evidence was uncovered that the Jolly Fisherman’s logo, patented by Skegness Town Council, is being used without permission.
Former Skegness woman Gina Millington (pictured) who was appearing in pantomime at the resort in 1993 made the [...]

Skegness Jolly Fisherman Creator Honoured
Plaque to commemorate ‘Hassall’ the man who put Skegness on the map!
A SPECIAL plaque was unveiled at Skegness Train Station on Saturday, September 19th, 2009, to commemorate the artist who drew what has become arguably the world’s most famous seaside poster.
In 1908, John Hassall drew the iconic image of a Jolly [...]

In May 1939 an article was published in a local newspaper to the effect of “Hassall calls for a museum in Skegness’. The article stated that Hassall, through his famous Jolly Fisherman, had enticed many holidaymakers to visit Skegness. The article went on to say that “a Conference held at Skegness last week led to [...]

Well, our persistant historical research over the last few years seems to have uncovered many a skeleton in the Grand Cupboard of Skegness! First we discovered a spelling mistake on the Skegness Clock Tower, then we challenged the world when we proved that Skegness wasn’t infact the first UK resort to get a Switch Back [...]