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Clearance work has now begun on the Skegness seafront site almost two years after it was destoyed by fire.

Victorian buildings, built pre 1879 and forming what was initally known as Frederica Terrace, later the Parade Complex, had to be demolished after they were gutted by the Skegness Fire in August 2007.
The northern part of the [...]

Update – giant glass window panes installed – video
Update – crane dismantled video, photos below!
Well, after the Great Fire of Skegness back in August of 2007, which burned down the Parade Complex on Grand Parade, Skegness, the new building which has replaced Lucky Strike Amusement Arcade is almost finished.

The lower two floors of the new [...]

The Skegness Fellowship of Christian Churches celebrated Easter by holding a Good Friday parade. The parade began at St Matthew’s Church in Skegness, marching down to Roman Bank, along Lumley Road and around the Clock Tower before finishing outside Hildred’s shopping centre for a open air service.

Images of the original 1962 Skegness Pier Pavilion, Ted Dwyer’s Follies on Parade entertainment programme.

It’s party time is Skegness!
2007
Skegness held a Grand Party today to celebrate the re-opening of Grand Parade after the Skegness Fire.
And what a grand party it was!
Crowds gathered around the Clock Tower and on Grand Parade.
The procession made its way along Tower Esplanade, round the Clock Tower and into Grand Parade.
Cheers, applause and whoops of [...]

Skegness Fire Parade Complex Videos Photos from the Frontline
Video of The Skegness Fire

Source: BBC News
The fire could be seen from six miles away.
The demolition of buildings gutted by a huge fire in a Lincolnshire coastal resort is “well under way”.
More than 100 firefighters were called to The Parade in the centre of Skegness, Lincolnshire, on [...]