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Home of Rest
A new “Home of Rest” for lady teachers and members of adult classes connected with the Nottingham Sunday School Union was reported officially opened [hidepost]in the 28th July, 1893 edition of The Skegness Herald.
The article described the Rest Home as situated adjacent to Hiley’s Dining Rooms, overlooking the Pleasure Gardens and the Sea. [...]

DEDICATED BY CANON MORRIS AND UNVEILED BY SCHOOL’S FIRST HEADMASTER AT IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
DIGNIFIED STONE PLAQUE DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT WHO WAS A FORMER PUPIL
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MANY students, past and present, and their friends, together with those who have a deep interest in the Skegness Grammar School, will remember for many a long day the impressive occasion that brought [...]

The School of Cookery, 28 Lumley Road, Skegness went up for sale by auction in 1959, by direction of the Executrix of Lucy Ann Drury deceased.
The auction took place at the Lumley Hotel. George Dunkley and Son were the chartered auctioneers.

What began as a quirky ghost story unfolds into a story of human tragedy…
Ghost Haunts Skegness Grammar School?

A ghostly brown figure has been seen by four people on two different occasions, haunting Skegness Grammar School.
The second appearance of the figure occurred in 1977 during the rehearsals of the school play in the assembly hall.
Two prefects [...]

The Lily Crane School of Dance was situated on South Parade in 1946, later moving to High Street in Skegness. The school was famous for it’s “Skegness Chicks” and produced a number of famous dancers, one of which is Janice Sutton who herself is now the proprietor of the successful theatre school in Skegness.

The following [...]

The following is an advertisement placed in the the Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News in 1918.  I have included the advert because it tells us that the Essendon School, situate in what is now the Masonic Hall, Rutland Road, Skegness, has moved to Scotland.

Essendon School Moved to Scotland
Messers Mackinder & Bennett (acting for George Ball [...]

The ‘village school’ is listed as being on County Bank in 1841. The building has since been demolished (sometime before 1932) but was situated opposite the Methodist church (now the Old Church second-hand shop) on Roman Bank.
The schoolmaster was Joseph Jepson age 40, who was born outside Lincolnshire. His wife, Martha, aged 30, son George, [...]

IN LESS than a year these children of the Morley Adams School of Dance, Skegness, have passed their Royal Academy of Ballet examinations:
Alexia Adams, Grade I and II honours, both honours;
Janita Brown, Grade I commended, Grade II highly commended;
Sharon English, Grade I commended, Grade II highly commended;
Elizabeth Babbage, Grades I and II, both commended;
Jane Lewis, [...]

St Clements Prep School was underway in Skegness in 1901, the principals beings Rev W Disney and Mr E H Ford.
In the advertisment below, which appeared in a 1901 issue of the Skegness Herald, tells us that “boys [are] prepared for the Public Schools and the Navy”.
Additionally, special arrangements were made for children visiting Skegness [...]

Photo courtesy of Peter David Photography
The Janice Sutton School of Music and Dance has been established in Skegness for over 50 years, and over the decades has continually turned out first class theatre productions at the Embassy Centre in Skegness, with glitzy costumes and polished dance routines. The Janice Sutton School has starred at the [...]