2024-04-24 09:10
A House To LetIn the section for tradesmen’s heavy turnouts other than motor, Messers Parsons Bros and Snape secured the red riband for a dray flanked by two huge lumps of the commodit… Read More
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2023-08-04 11:58
Source Skegness Standard 1960 Read More
2023-07-25 12:35
Skegness Standard 10th April 1963 Chatta Box Cafe on High Street up for sale Read More
2023-01-14 17:30
Last view of the gas retort house from Skegness railway tracks before it was demolished later that month. Source: Skegness Standard 28th September 1960 Read More
2023-01-14 15:17
GERMAN BOMBER ON VIEWFor Skegness Spitfire Fund ONCE in a squadron that was the pride of Goering’s much-vaunted Luftwaffe, but now lying humbled on the sward in the Tower Gardens at Sk… Read More
2017-11-26 10:45
The first reference I can find to Lumley Terrace, Skegness, is an advert for the sale of the newly-built houses in 1877. Source: Grantham Journal 25 August 1877 Photo: Lumley Terrace ju… Read More
2017-11-23 18:23
I’m adding this post just as a reference to the first old newspaper article I can find that mentions the Skegness Cricket Ground. This was in the 22 August 1874 issue of the Herts Adve… Read More
2017-11-23 16:02
The Warming Apparatus at Skegness Church The furnaces for heating the church have not been entirely successful in operation. The fire was put in them one Saturday morning, and on Sunday the… Read More
2017-11-22 14:56
The New Fountain Workmen are busily engaged in erecting the fountain and lamp-post on the plot of ground near the railway station, and already the large cast-iron base is fixed. The base, wh… Read More
2017-11-22 14:11
The business of the Earl of Scarbrough’s estate is now transacted at the new offices in Algitha Road and Romasn Bank. The offices of Messers Tweed, Stephen and Dashper are also removed… Read More
2017-11-21 16:04
The following photo, by Wrates of Skegness, depicting the opening of Skegness Cottage Hospital, appeared in the Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian 24 May 1913: The following arti… Read More
2017-11-20 14:00
This is how the Water Tower, proud product of the 1920s, finally crumbled into a mound of broken concrete over the weekend. On Friday it was still recognizable as a landmark on Burgh Road, S… Read More
2017-11-19 14:21
I have found several references to the Signal-post Cottage, between 1817 and 1838 but unsure where it was exactly. The first advert states that it is on the (sand) hills, near Stafford&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-11-18 22:05
Ever wondered what happened to the stone lion statue which used to stand outside the Red Lion Pub on Lumley Road, Skegness? Well we’ve done a little digging and can reveal the answer t… Read More
2017-11-17 11:12
The following article tells us that a new Wesleyan Chapel opened (on High Street, Skegness) in July 1876. From this, we are able to date the photo below, taken by Walter Smyth, as the pictur… Read More
2017-11-01 11:48
This article from May 1879 reveals some interesting facts, including reference to the new Estate Offices, paving of Lumley Road, divine services being held in Tower Gardens Pavilion, cricket… Read More
2017-10-31 11:26
In April 1880, the Chief Constable secured a site for a new police station to be erected in Skegness. The article states that the plot, containing about 570 square yards, is central and near… Read More
2017-10-31 11:04
Below is an invitation for tenders for the new Skegness Museum. I think this may have been Thomas Spikins’ museum on High Street, Skegness…where Nichola’s Nursery World is… Read More
2017-10-30 13:32
The following two adverts prove that National Schools opened in Skegness in 1839. I think the schools were situated opposite the old church on the Roman Bank, but not quite sure atm…… Read More
2017-10-30 13:00
Source: Stamford Mercury 13 April 1810 Advert for letting the Moat House, Drummond Road, Skegness, owned by Rev. Edward Walls Filed under: 1810 Read More
2017-10-30 10:21
Arguments and speculation concerning old Skegness affairs are continually cropping up, and in a certain circle the other day the question of when the Ship Eliza on the beach was broken up ca… Read More
2017-10-29 15:34
Following my post entitled St Matthew’s Church Description, where I wrote that the laying of St Matthew’s Church foundation stone seemed something of a mystery… Read More
2017-10-17 15:22
Ordnance Survey Bench marks (BMs) are survey marks made by Ordnance Survey to record height above Ordnance Datum. There are several of these benchmarks in Skegness. We have attempted to trac… Read More
2017-10-17 13:34
The Moody Family has been in High Street for some time and Henry Moody, fisherman, and Samuel Moody, who had a pot shop, both their wives running lodging houses. Fred Moody, a bricklayer, ha… Read More
2017-10-14 14:50
Council and Advancement association representative of the townspeople of Skegness joined with LNER officials in honouring the creator of the world-famous @Jolly Fisherman’ of the resor… Read More
2017-10-14 14:02
An interesting little ceremony was enacted at Skegness yesterday afternoon, when foundation stones of the new County Hotel, at the junction of North Parade and Castleton Boulevard, were laid… Read More
2017-10-12 08:21
IRRESPONBILE dog owners are in for a bigger fine if they fail to clear up after their pet when the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for the District comes into force on October 20… Read More
2017-10-10 14:21
The demolition is taking place at Skegness this week of Ivy Cottage, Sea View Road, one of the oldest houses, and familiar to thousands of visitors to the North Shore side of Skegness. It is… Read More
2017-10-10 14:00
Lifeboat A boat of very peculiar build, said to be a model life-boat, is now lying at Skegness, near the Sea View Hotel. It is totally unlike any boat we have ever seen before, and it looks… Read More
2017-09-04 11:50
THE ECONOMIC value of tourism to East Lindsey has seen a significant increase – topping £600,000,000 for the first time in 2016! The most recent STEAM report (a measurement of to… Read More
2017-07-04 18:43
A Sea Eagle measuring about seven-and-a-half feet in breadth from the tip of each wing, and weighing thirteen-and-a-half pounds, was shot a few days ago, by a man named Tooley, at Ingoldmell… Read More
2017-07-04 18:06
This 1814 advert tells us there was a newly-erected inn in Ingoldmells called The Castle. Source: Stamford Mercury 18 November 1814Filed under: 1814 Read More
2017-06-27 18:54
The present open-air pool as it looked in 1928, shortly after its opening. The dome which also covered a stage for concerts in the Tea Gardens on the other side, has been demolished this win… Read More
2017-06-03 18:33
The top arrow points to Mrs Lily Curtis nee Toyne, who is holding the hand of her daughter, Jean Curtis, both of Skegness. Source: Skegness News 12th May 1937Filed under: 1937 Read More
2016-09-25 19:04
This 1844 article proves that the Old Ship Hotel in Winthorpe, junction of Burgh Road and Roman Bank, was built prior to 1844. However, it was NOT the building in this photograph, actually b… Read More
2015-05-22 10:24
After a year in office, outgoing Chairman of East Lindsey District Council Councillor Robert Palmer has handed over the Chains of Office to Councillor Stan Avison. When Councillor Palmer was… Read More
2015-05-20 00:02
Three East Lindsey District Council-managed beaches have been recognised amongst the best in the world DISTRICT Council-managed beaches in Skegness, Mablethorpe and Sutton on Sea have once a… Read More
2015-05-16 19:38
The following story about Lincolnshire’s largest bible appeared in a 1937 issue of a Skegness newspaper. The burning questions is…does this bible still exist today? If YOU… Read More
2015-05-16 14:12
LINCOLNSHIRE COCKPIT During last summer the curiosity of thousands of motorists their way to Skegness was aroused by the fact that excavations were being carried on by students at the mound… Read More
2015-05-15 14:09
B.B.C. DID NOT KNOW ABOUT OUR INDOOR CIRCUS Last week’s Radio Times, publishes an apology to the Winter Gardens! ‘Circus management, Skegness. When the big Yarmouth night wa… Read More
2015-05-06 17:08
Two suffragettes, fortunately not of the militant type, held two meetings from a landau near the railway station on Saturday afternoon and evening last. A large crowd of both sexes gathered… Read More
2015-05-06 16:55
To advertise the suffragettes meeting last Saturday, the words ”Votes for Women” followed by an announcement of the meetings had been chalked upon the pavements in the town [Skeg… Read More
2015-05-06 16:30
Food Safety Week 2014 reached millions of consumers with the ‘don’t wash chicken’ message and this year the Food Standards Agency are looking to build on this by making the… Read More
2015-05-06 10:20
CONSERVATISM SKEGNESS NEW CLUB OPENED The Conservative cause had a strong’ impetus to-day, when a handsome club for the Conservatives the town and district was opened by Lord Willoughb… Read More
2015-05-01 07:22
WITH just seven days to go until the elections on Thursday, May 7 residents are urged to check details of their Polling Station on their Polling Cards. This year not only will there be Natio… Read More
2015-04-29 18:59
VOLLEYBALL England’s National Beach Tour kicks off in Skegness on June 13th and 14th and there is an opportunity for local people to be involved. The two day event will take place on c… Read More
2015-04-22 15:21
THE DISCOVERY OF A SUPPOSED RELIC It was briefly reported the other day that while digging for dams on the sand banks at Gedney Drove End, the fringe of the Wash a few miles from King’… Read More
2015-04-05 12:16
These ’20s models were local girls THE 1920 view of Skegness central beach we published last week turns out to have been a postcard view for which two local girls were asked… Read More
2015-04-05 11:23
THIS photo of the 90-foot tall chimney at Burgh Old Road, toppling to the ground, was taken by Skegness Standard photographer Eric Spencer, from a video film of the demolition made by Mr R… Read More
2015-03-11 20:12
Princess Marie Louise Lays Skegness Cottage Hospital Foundation Stone 29th September 1911. Filed under: 1911 Read More
2015-03-11 12:50
The one way traffic system was introduced in Lumley Square in 1967, not without problems, as reported by the Skegness Standard local newspaper. The photo shows two cars (arrowed) going the w… Read More
2015-03-01 17:17
Click the link for our collection of Photos of Skegness Streets and Houses hosted on Facebook, showing how Skegness looked in the past. Filed under: Photos Read More
2015-02-28 14:43
Click the link for our collection of Old Skegness Postcards hosted on Facebook, showing general views of how Skegness foreshore and Lumley Road looked in the past. Filed under: Photos Read More
2015-02-11 12:25
Source: Skegness Mablethorpe and Alford News 5th July 1922 Filed under: 1922 Read More
2015-02-11 11:44
Source: Skegness Mablethorpe and Alford News 17th May 1922 Filed under: 1922 Read More
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