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Skegness Weather Station
The weather station in Skegness is situated on North Parade, as shown in the picture above with the Suncastle in the background.

The aperatus is very old and used to be situated in Compass Gardens as in the photo below. The station was moved to its present site around ten years ago when the [...]

JUMBO ” GETS “BRACING”
Amusing Incident Near Skegness Railway Station.
The “bracing” Skegness atmosphere has evidently been “a bit too much” for the elephant which had for the previous few weeks has been “housed” at Thompson’s amusement park on the North Parade, and had formed an unusual attraction. For on a Monday in 1929, about dinner time, [...]

Skegness Jolly Fisherman Creator Honoured
Plaque to commemorate ‘Hassall’ the man who put Skegness on the map!
A SPECIAL plaque was unveiled at Skegness Train Station on Saturday, September 19th, 2009, to commemorate the artist who drew what has become arguably the world’s most famous seaside poster.
In 1908, John Hassall drew the iconic image of a Jolly [...]

Thousands of sightseers lined the railway line from Nottingham to Skegness on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the “Jolly Fisherman” steam train.
Barring a demonstration run earlier this month, this was the first time a steam train had worked its way along the Skegness line for 25 years and some even perched themselves on top [...]