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Culprit’s Confession
The circus came to town in 1961, bringing with it a revealation – the self-confessed culprit who painted the Skegness stone lion gold!
While the first performance under the big top on Richmond Drive was in full swing, Ivor revealled the secret that he had kept for twenty-five years:
“Yes, there were three of us. Me [...]

An animal fed by Mr. Bert Parrott, of the Lion Hotel, Skegness,  scored heavily at Mr. Geo. F. Ball’s Christmas Fat Stock Show on Thursday last.
The pig, which is a Middle White and  scales about 32 stones, was placed first in the open class for the best fat pig of any White Breed, over 18st. [...]

Source Skegness Standard 1st December 1971
Photo: Norman Beckett
Leone is definitely one of the family. Not only does the seven-month-old lioness live and sleep in Aby Grange, Alford, with her owner, Mrs Diane Clarke, but she has her own settee from which she watches television – colour, of course.
But then Leone has a special interest in [...]

Lion Cubs Skegness Zoo
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Ever wondered what happened to the stone lion statue which used to stand outside the Red Lion Pub on Lumley Road, Skegness?
Well we’ve done a little digging and can reveal the answer to the mystery…
Robbed of our Heritage
But before we do, we can tell you now, January 2009, we were unsuccessful in our appeal to [...]