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Can YOU help with this old Skegness Song?
I was quite excited to perchance upon an old copy of a Victorian humorous song about Skegness, written by Thomas H Dows.
Dows composed the lyrics and music in 1883, an era which saw British seaside resorts like Skegness booming with popularity, especially amongst working class people. So one [...]

We found an old advert in our copy of a 1903 Skegness Holiday Guide, advertising the exclusive Skegness Bouquet perfume, made by Skegness chemist, George Morley.
Our picture of the bottle of perfume shows an image of the old St Clement’s Church in Skegness on the label. Wouldn’t it have been lovely to know what this [...]

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 [...]

The Cake Walk emerged in fairgrounds just after the turn of the 20th century. It was named after a dance which was in vogue at the time.
The mechanism consisted of undulating bridges and gangways driven by cranks, The driving belt was often connected to the organ which meant that a speed up of the music [...]