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Death of an Old Resident
We deeply regret to announce the death of Mrs Charlotte Toyne, a lady who had resided in Skegness for the lost quarter of a oentury.
The late Mr Toyne farmed the Sea View Farm for several years, and both he and his wife were much respected in the neighbourhood.
The deceased lady was [...]

During the last few days a great deal of excitement has occurred at Mablethorpe by the finding of sealed bottles loaded with shot, each bottle also containing a post card, with the heading ” One Shilling Reward.”
It appears that the International Fishery Investigation Society are having a test made of ocean currents, and all the [...]

UPDATE: Picture of a ship wreck off the Lincolnshire Coast sent in by Peter Gregory.
Secrets of the Sea
You’re strolling along Skegness beach at the water’s edge, breathing in the bracing sea air, glancing out to the windfarm, glancing towards Gibraltar Point.
But do you know the secrets the Skegness sea holds?
As I was researching this historical [...]

Old Skegness Sea View Hotel turned into flats
The Housing Question
Flats for Skegness
At Spilsby on Monday, in an application by Messers Bass & Co, to delicense the oldest portion of the Sea View Hotel premises, it was stated that the owners were cognisant of the difficulty as to housing accommodation and were trying to meet a [...]

Skegness lifeboat crew donned their dry suits and waded out to sea off the town’s Seaview Road for a rather unusual rescue in 1992 – to recover a huge propeller sticking out of the sand.
The crew were heading back to base after an exercises when they saw one of the propeller blades breaking through the [...]

Skegness 500 Years Ago
To the Editor of the Skegness Hearld
Sir – I have just come across an entry in an “Inquisition” held by order of King Edward the third, in the year 1333, which I think will be of interest to many of your readers as showing that the claims of the neighbourhood of Skegness [...]

FROZEN TO THE BOAT
Great consternation was caused at Skegness on Monday last, when a report rapidly spread round the town that a boat containing dead bodies had been washed up on the beach near Gibraltar Point.
Various rumours gave the number of bodies found as two, three, four, and even five, and many other varying details [...]

RAF Sea King Helicopter Emergency Landing in Skegness
An RAF Sea King helicopter made an emergency landing in Skegness today when it was having problems with its rotor blades.
The rescue helicopter landed in the North Parade carpark, opposite the Sea View Hotel just before 6pm this evening, and coastguards arrived at the scene to offer assistance, [...]

RAF Waddington Survival School and Skegness Lifeboat crew to raise money RNLI during Lifeboat Week 2007
Flight Lieutenant Lea Dunning (left in picture) and Master Air Crew member, Mark Dolman will be again raising money for the RNLI during Lifeboat Week on 27th and 28th July this year.
A 26 man survival raft, containing a crew of [...]