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Passing of the Ship “Eliza”
Messrs George Dunkley & Son, of Skegness, conducted the sale of the Ship “Eliza,” which for many years has been a familiar figure on the Pullover at Skegness.
Considerable interest was evinced in the sale, and a large crowd attended.
The bidding commenced at £5, made by Mr W. Dawson, and the property [...]

A little snippet from a 1936 Skegness newspaper containing an interesting reference to Oliver Cromwell’s boots:
CROMWELL’S BOOTS
Burgh, in the words of the late Mr. Jabez Good, was a particularly healthy town, and for several years he shaved six persons over eighty years of age, namely, J. Bowls, 96; E. Houghton, 92; T. Andrews, 90; W. [...]

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 [...]

1971 – The train about to leave Butlin’s Holiday Camp is the 13.00 hours for the Blessingham, Steam Museum. This picture shows the “Royal Scot” all set for its last big journey yesterday (Tuesday) morning. Its first stop was at the traffic lights in Skegness, where Coun George Walker, Chairman of the Urban Council, gave [...]

Capture of Seals
A Boston trawler captures seven fine seals on the Lincolnshire coast a few days since, These have been secured by our enterprising townsman, Mr J Wingate, and may be seen alive on the ship “Eliza” on the beach.

Research source: Skegness Herald 1901

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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