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Whilst browsing the old Skegness newspapers, we found an article that surprised us. It suggested that the Jolly Fisherman, mascot of Skegness and painted in 1908 by John Hassall may have had a wife. The article published a picture of a woman in a bonnet, a trailing scarf and an apron, doing the famous ‘Jolly [...]
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