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Chance find reveals a wartime crash tale
A CHANCE discovery on Skegness beach has unravelled the story of a wartime crash.
Richard Bainbridge, from Hall Lane, Stickney, uncovered a brass plaque while he was metal-detecting on the beach last winter.
He said: “My first thought was it was a 12 inch ruler – but then I noticed the [...]

The east coast of England was a popular point of attack from the German forces in World War 2, being just across the North Sea from Denmark. There are many examples of evidence of defense to be found on this stretch of coast, particularly around the Skegness area. I hope to report on more of [...]

Bombs on East Coast Resort
OFFICES AND PRIVATE HOUSES DAMAGED
THREE CASUALTIES REPORTED
An East Coast resort suffered damage during the night of Tuesday, when an enemy aircraft made a low level attack in darkness, A number of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped and fires were caused which were soon extinguished by the N.F.S.
Three deaths among [...]

VIDEO NOW LIVE!
Skegness travelled back 65 years to witness a re-enactment of the greatest military invasion of the 20th Century – the 6th June, 1944 Second World War D-Day Re-enactment last weekend.
Operation Neptune took place on the Beaches of Skegness on the 19th and 20th September, 2009.
In addition to the amazing displays on the ground, [...]

A 70th anniversary reunion of former wartime evacuees from Grimsby to Skegness took place in the Tower Gardens in Skegness during the afternoon of Tuesday, lst September, 2009.
The Mayor of Skegness, Coun Pat Phillips attended the event.
Most of the former evacuees travelled to Skegness by coach, accompanied by Mrs Janet Layton (nee Stephenson), who has [...]

The photograph below gives a last view of the old Tower Cinema before the front of the building is entirely re-built. Taken by Wrates Pier Snaps of Skegness, the picture shows the re-construction operations that were commenced a few weeks ago.
Unused since the balcony portion of the cinema suffered a direct hit during an enemy [...]

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 [...]

WILL RESIDENTS BE CAUGHT?
Gas Stops Play at Skegness Cricket Ground
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When the last Gas Exercises in Skegness streets were held, many residents were caught unawares in Lumley Road, and when the tear gas was released, duly “wept for their sins ” through not carrying their gas-masks.
On another occasion the fumes drifted on to the Cricket Ground [...]

DODGEMS FOR MUNITIONS
GIFT OF METAL FROM AMUSEMENT PARKS
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Source: Skegness News 1942
Skegness Amusement Parks are to do their share in the national war effort.
Dodgem cars, scenic railways, roundabouts, water dodgems with their huge steel tanks, will soon be turned into munitions.
Messrs, Butlin’s Ltd. have presented to the Ministry of Works Scrap Metal Campaign many hundreds of [...]

Quilters from Skegness and Horncastle held an impressive quilt show at the Skegness methodist church last weekend. The talented quilt makers were members of the Skegness Jolly Quilters and the Banovallum Quilters, from Horncastle, and the quilts covered a wide range of themes. Among the quilters was Mike Hodgson (pictured below) from Croft, near Skegness. [...]