1990s
SH = Skegness Herald SN = Skegness News SS = Skegness Standard SMA = Skegness, Mablethorpe and Alford News SM = Skegness Magazine (skegness.wordpress.com)
1990 | 5/1 | SS | Fred Nicholls, Skegness Market founder dies |
SS | Advert for Janice Sutton Theatre School | ||
19/1 | SS | First stone laid at new lifeboat station Tower Esplanade Skegness | |
SS | Advert for Quickfit Garage Wainfleet Road (picture) | ||
19/1 | SS | Secretary Mrs Pollock retires from Richmond Primary School | |
2/2 | SS | Storm damage | |
9/2 | SS | Driver crashes into Clock Tower Island – Steven Malcolm Cox | |
16/2 | SS | Man jumps to his death | |
23/2 | SS | Voyage | |
2/3 | SS | Gales | |
16/3 | SS | Yacht blows ove at Gibraltar Point | |
16/3 | SS | Michelle Pell is Best Boots Girl | |
23/3 | SS | Poll Tax protest demonstration | |
23/3 | SS | Skegness Trades Fare at the Embassy Centre | |
30/3 | SS | Rugs Temple shop opens on Roman Bank | |
30/3 | SS | Skegness Textiles business – includes pictures | |
13/4 | SS | Corky’s wine bar (includes picture of the interior) | |
27/4 | SS | Sea defence plan | |
4/5 | SS | Roman Relics unearthed at Water Leisure Park | |
4/5 | SS | Turbo’s Disco Castleton Boulevard – objections to the disco in a residential area | |
18/5 | SS | Church Farm Museum gets Edward VII post box | |
15/6 | SS | Jo Bird’s Beauty shop on Drummond Road | |
15/6 | SS | Nasty phone call – Turbo’s? | |
15/6 | SS | Elderly driver in tears after altercation with taxi driver | |
15/6 | SS | Then and now Lumley Road (includes pictures of various shops) | |
SS | Then and now Panda’s Palace | ||
SS | Rendez Vous Lumley Road shop advert (includes picture) | ||
6/7 | SS | Bells of St Clement’s | |
6/7 | SS | Drummond Road Shopping Area (includes features and pictures of various shops) | |
20/7 | SS | Two die in plane crash at Skegness Aerodrome – Richard Goodwin and Ian Mailer | |
27/7 | SS | Funding sought for sea defences | |
27/7 | SS | High Street history and pictures | |
27/7 | Skegness film star, Elizabeth Allan died at Hove, East Sussex | ||
10/8 | SS | Richmond school children in masks at Skegness library | |
17/8 | SS | Ingoldmells bus shelter falls on Sheffield boy, David Wilson age 7 | |
31/8 | SS | Skegness Standard Road Show – “Female Company” girls with water fountain at Natureland | |
7/9 | SS | Skegness brewery sales manager, Geoff Craft goes back in time – picture | |
30/9 | New lifeboat station official opening on Tower Esplanade | ||
28/11 | Boots the Chemist reopened after extending its Lumley Road premises to the shop next door | ||
28/12 | SS | Bombs away – a Skegness woman’s wartime memories (Tower Cinema bombing) | |
1991 | 4/1 | SS | Gay Days at Butlin’s homosexual weekend |
4/1 | SS | Before Castleton Boulevard was built (history of various parts of Skegness) | |
25/1 | St Vincent Wine Cellar set on fire Drummond Road | ||
22/2 | Boothby Barn dismantled for transportation to Church Farm Museum | ||
1/3 | SS | Wainfleet bypass opens | |
21/3 | SM | Bomb found on Mablethorpe beach by David Lascelles | |
29/3 | SS | Rose Bearings land | |
5/4 | SS | Gayle Adams tragic death | |
3/5 | Pier Super bowl installed | ||
3/5 | SS | The Storm opens at Botton’s amusement park | |
10/5 | SS | Crispy Cod chip shop fire | |
12/7 | SS | St Clement’s church hall vandalised | |
19/7 | SS | Two die on new Wainfleet bypass | |
19/7 | SS | History of Skegness by Seathorne School (supplement) (not photographed) | |
26/7 | Meccano exhibition at Festival Pavilion | ||
9/8 | SS | Ben Needham disappeared two weeks ago | |
16/8 | Animal cruelty – neglected dog abandoned at Chapel St Leonards | ||
23/8 | SS | Baltimore American Diner opens in Tower Gardens | |
6/9 | SS | Co-op bonanza | |
6/9 | SS | American Diner picture | |
6/9 | SS | The Storm, Botton’s new amusement park ride – pictures | |
20/9 | SS | Blaze destroys aircraft Skegness Air-taxi Service | |
27/9 | SS | Two big hotels up for grabs | |
4/10 | SS | Water Ski opens | |
4/10 | SS | Sir Peter Tapsell meets 107 year old woman, Miss Anne-Marie Scrimshaw at Windsor Lodge Residential Care Home in Skegness | |
18/10 | SS | Skateboard ramp constructed on Wainfleet Road playing fields | |
25/10 | SS | American Diner plans still opposed | |
8/11 | Harrington Hall gutted by fire | ||
15/11 | SS | Restaurant owner loses daughter but gains wife | |
29/11 | SS | Nicola Spencer’s murder case reopened | |
29/11 | SS | Vine Hotel new managers | |
13/12 | SS | Vagrant Barbara Manuel turns down Christmas Dinner offer | |
13/12 | SS | Wainfleet’s ancient dovecote restored | |
26/12 | SS | Dutton information | |
1992 | 3/1 | SS | Harrington Hall restoration |
8/1 | SN | Legends and Lore of Lincolnshire | |
10/1 | SS | Joe Tonglet retires | |
10/1 | SS | Top of the Pile Carpets first anniversary | |
15/1 | SN | Beacon Restaurant (Ingoldmells) fire | |
15/1 | SN | Lagoon Walk repairs | |
15/1 | SN | Demolition of old school building at Magdalen College Wainfleet | |
17/1 | SS | Welcome Inn extension opens | |
17/1 | SS | Beach defences Lagoon Walk | |
29/1 | SN | Lincolnshire history feature | |
7/2 | SS | New Scarbrough Avenue road sign spelt wrongly | |
12/2 | SN | Skegness Illuminations switch on 1991 (picture) | |
12/2 | SN | Mayor Bob Sadler at Caterex exhibition | |
19/2 | SN | Gas fireball | |
26/2 | SN | Wartime memories | |
26/2 | SN | Barbara Manuel missing | |
Feb | Wainfleet bypass opened | ||
4/3 | SN | Wainfleet dovecote (includes picture) | |
6/3 | SS | Prince Edward Walk officially opened by the Prince | |
11/3 | SN | Mystery old picture of dancing girls | |
11/3 | SN | Ashley Wass Beethoven incarnate? | |
13/3 | SS | Humble Spud opens on what was previously Tonglet Corner | |
18/3 | SN | Miss-spelt road sign in Wainfleet | |
20/3 | SS | Jolly Fisherman presented to Prince Charles | |
20/3 | SS | Morris School picture 1951 | |
20/3 | SS | Tennyson stamps | |
20/3 | Carnival Queen punch-up | ||
27/3 | SS | £300 a Day to Keep Secrets | |
1/4 | SN | Api Mellors (ex-carnival queen) as a little girl | |
8/4 | SN | Old Skegness pictures | |
8/4 | SN | Richmond School mock elections | |
17/4 | SS | Blaze at Harry’s Cafe Roman Bank | |
22/4 | SN | Harrington Hall restoration pictures (story not photographed) | |
1/5 | SS | Fraud | |
15/5 | SS | Grammar School deputy head dies (Miss Parks) | |
15/5 | SS | Football Club pictures | |
8/5 | SS | Debbie Jenner | |
22/5 | SS | Mayor Ron Scott | |
22/5 | SS | Former Councillors Honoured Citizens | |
22/5 | SS | Over to you Ron, (Scott) | |
22/5 | SS | Kirks Butchers | |
27/5 | SN | Roman Bank brief history (old pictures) | |
29/5 | SS | Gay man’s body in wheelbarrow | |
29/5 | SS | Ken Holland | |
10/6 | SN | Vehicle stuck on beach | |
10/6 | SN | Mystery old picture | |
17/6 | SN | Waterway boat officially named after Jean Holland | |
17/6 | SN | A look back at Old Alford (includes pictures) | |
19/6 | SS | Lumley School picture 1948-1954 | |
24/6 | SN | Belgian visitors present Skegness Council with nude picture | |
24/6 | SN | Interview with Edith Sutton (not photographed) | |
24/6 | SN | Belgian visitors picture | |
1/7 | SN | Leaning Tower of Addlethorpe | |
3/7 | Tribute park bench to Betty Fainlight | ||
15/7 | SN | Was Gertie the Drowned Butlin’s Elephant drunk? | |
15/7 | SN | Interview with Ken Holland (not photographed) | |
15/7 | SN | Anderby pumping station museum | |
15/7 | SN | Richmond School sports day | |
22/7 | SN | War graves are a disgrace | |
22/7 | SN | Steve Andrews Church Farm Museum pottery demonstration | |
22/7 | SN | Sutton on Sea Museum | |
SN | Interview with Lynn Petulangro (palmist) | ||
31/7 | SS | Pier sign goes up in smoke | |
5/8 | SN | Addlethorpe leaning tower | |
12/8 | SN | Sad decline of Lumley School (picture) | |
19/8 | SN | Carnival Queen 1992 | |
21/8 | Letter to local toddler from Princess Diana | ||
21/8 | Sex scandal Skegness woman has sex with young school boys | ||
21/8 | SS | Hildred’s Float in Skegness Carnival | |
26/8 | SN | Interview with Harold Fainlight (not photographed) | |
2/9 | SN | Cards discovery | |
9/9 | SN | Salvation army hall | |
9/9 | SN | Skegness lion statue | |
11/9 | SS | Safeway’s opens on the site of the old railway goods yard | |
18/9 | Lifeboat charity pull | ||
23/9 | SN | Old hotel in Sutton on Sea | |
25/9 | SS | New vet for Fenwold Veterinary Surgery | |
30/9 | SN | ‘Rocking Horse Wendy’ | |
30/9 | SN | Human bones dug up | |
30/9 | SN | Monksthorpe Chapel gets facelift (includes old picture) | |
30/9 | SN | Living in Hell – Rutland Road flats in disrepair (not photographed) | |
2/10 | SS | Seacroft hotel renovation picture | |
7/10 | SN | Rutland Road flats in disrepair | |
9/10 | Local business woman robbed of £10,000 outside Midland Bank Skegness | ||
9/10 | RNLI recover WW2 aircraft propeller offshore Skegness | ||
14/10 | SN | Propeller on Skegness beach find | |
16/10 | Dogs die in car blaze Arcadia car park | ||
23/10 | SS | Murder *** for life | |
13/11 | Skegness couple mugged on Miami holiday | ||
13/11 | SS | Vandals damage George V Walk | |
18/11 | SN | New Lincolnshire Poacher cheese | |
2/12 | SN | Roseberry House threatened with closure | |
2/12 | SN | Lumley Road shops on fire | |
2/12 | SN | Drugs at Festival Pavilion | |
4/12 | SS | More about wheelbarrow killer | |
4/12 | SS | History of Herrick Watson in Skegness | |
9/12 | SN | Look back at Skegness’ first rock stall | |
11/12 | Skegness Labour Party pit strike demonstration | ||
11/12 | Local missing toddler Ben Needham saves father from Sheffield courts | ||
18/12 | SS | Howell’s shop 100 years | |
1993 | 6/1 | SN | A look back at the 1953 floods feature |
15/1 | SS | Flood sirens axed | |
Tower Esplanade – Princes Parade Miniature Railway closed down | |||
20/1 | SN | New Iceland store under construction picture | |
Jan | Kwiksave takes over the old Grandways store | ||
27/1 | SN | Mystery picture – Rev Tommy Towers (Ingoldmells and Addlethorpe Churches) with party outside Tower Gardens Pavilion | |
27/1 | SN | 1953 floods feature | |
27/1 | SN | Save Our Sirens demonstration | |
27/1 | SN | Interview with Frank Grunnill | |
29/1 | SS | Floods flashback | |
3/2 | SN | 1953 floods feature (not photographed) | |
3/2 | SN | New Song Cafe | |
10/2 | SN | 1953 floods feature | |
10/2 | SN | Nostalgia Corner – Murphy’s Factory women fill sandbags in 1953 floods – 1920s picture dray outside Skegness Farmers Dairy Co Walter Bray | |
10/2 | SN | 60s memories of Lumley School | |
10/2 | SN | Skegness Romany clairvoyant, Adeline Lee, lifts curse on top soccer club | |
12/2 | SS | Robbery at Co-op | |
17/2 | SN | 1953 floods feature | |
17/2 | SN | Lumley School old picture | |
24/2 | Roman Bank General Post Office closed down, and moved to the Co-Op in Lumley Road | ||
24/2 | SN | Unusual Trenches From Lost Ingoldmells White House Farm? | |
24/2 | SN | Skegness mayor officially opens CAB office | |
3/3 | SN | Lumley School reunion – mystery ex-pupils travel from Canada (Sue Binch says: The mystery pupil at the Lumley School reunion was Sandra Middleton who came over from Canada) | |
3/3 | SN | Interview with photographer, Mike Hardy (not photographed) | |
3/3 | SN | Giant trees in Coronation Walk | |
3/3 | SN | W&S | |
10/3 | SN | W&S | |
17/3 | SN | Nostagia Corner | |
17/3 | SN | Chemical scare at Funcoast World | |
17/3 | SN | Lumley School reunion pictures | |
19/3 | SS | Weekly fireworks display doomed | |
24/3 | SN | Skegness lollipop lady retires (Grosvenor Road) (not photographed) | |
31/3 | SN | Tragedy at sea – David Keal and Tony Pryor | |
31/3 | SN | Tragedy at sea rescuer hurt – Mick Abbott | |
31/3 | SN | New Iceland store nears completion – includes picture | |
31/3 | SN | Old pictures – Cottage Hospital carnival float – Ingoldmells Remembrance Day | |
2/4 | SS | Memorial bench for Esther Ward | |
2/4 | SS | Jolly Fisherman steam train blazes a trail into Skegness | |
April | Iceland Store opens on the site of the former Lumley Hotel’s Long Bar | ||
9/4 | SS | Earl of Scarbrough opens Lindsey Blind Lumley Avenue | |
9/4 | SS | Nude beach plans | |
16/4 | SS | Jolly Fisherman steam train | |
7/4 | SN | Derbyshire Miners – Sands – feature with old pictures | |
7/4 | SN | Earl of Scarbrough’s warning of charity treats | |
14/4 | SN | Hotel architecture | |
21/4 | SN | Nostalgia Corner – picture of old stream train at Skegness railway station – future Prime Minister, Harold Wilson visits Skegness – boxer Fred Taborn | |
21/4 | SN | Iceland opens in Lumley Square | |
21/4 | SN | Golden age of trains remembered – by David Briggs | |
21/4 | SN | Jolly Fisherman runs the London Marathon – first time in history | |
28/4 | SN | Anger when Skegness aerodrome shuts down | |
5/5 | SN | Sea Scouts | |
5/5 | SN | Interview with Graham Bonnet | |
12/5 | SN | Harold Fainlight’s Sunshine Tea Bar and Moody’s Tea Bar | |
26/5 | SN | Roman Bank information sign controversy – advertises private Richmond Pool rather than council facilities | |
26/5 | SN | Jolly Fisherman Logo, reckoned to be the world’s oldest seaside logo | |
2/6 | SN | Nostalgia Corner | |
2/6 | SN | Roman Bank shops feature | |
2/6 | SN | House fire Beresford Aveune (Briggs) | |
9/6 | SN | Joel Grunnill lifeboat gets new mobile phone | |
9/6 | SN | Man set alight in Mardi Gras – Jimmy Monaghan | |
16/6 | SN | New HQ for Skegness Seascouts | |
16/6 | SN | Children get lost running the Seabank Marathon | |
23/6 | SN | Cruel twist for widow of man drowned whilst working on sea defences | |
23/6 | SN | Robert Lloyd-Smith profile – Town Clerk | |
7/7 | SN | Idea dashed for Lumley Lodge to become a food kiosk | |
7/7 | SN | Charnwood Tavern wins Good Pub Grub award (not photographed) | |
14/7 | SN | Ray Clemence is jobless (not photographed) | |
14/7 | SN | New ‘Welcome to Wainfleet’ sign erected (not photographed) | |
28/7 | SN | Radio One Road Shhow comes to Skegness (not photographed) | |
28/7 | SN | A Beacon Park bungalow in danger of collapse | |
28/7 | SN | Lorry crashes into Burgh bakery shop | |
30/7 | SS | Model lifeboat made | |
4/8 | SN | Medieval find | |
4/8 | SN | Pictures of Mablethorpe Carnival Queens of the past | |
11/8 | SN | Paul Tipper wins battle to convert old lifeboat station on South Parade into retail outlet | |
11/8 | SN | Grand re-opening of Seathore Arms Winthorpe (Tony Tye) (not photographed) | |
11/8 | SN | Burgh le Marsh Railway | |
25/8 | SN | Boating Lake horror – glue-sniffer’s vicious attack on policeman | |
25/8 | SN | Nostalgia Corner – old picture of Buffs – Laurel & Hardy at Butlin’s – Royal visitor | |
1/9 | SN | Miss British Beauty Zoe Bolsover | |
8/9 | SN | Old pictures auction – Walter Smyth – Frank Wood | |
15/9 | SN | Sea View Road shops feature (not photographed) | |
15/9 | SN | Armed robbery at Skegness boating lake | |
29/9 | SN | Skegness industrial estate feature (not photographed) | |
29/9 | SN | No home for Skegness Silver Band (not photographed) | |
29/9 | SN | Lagoon Walk storm damage picture | |
6/10 | SN | Picture of Viking school headmaster Major William White | |
6/10 | SM | Spotlight on High Street – current shops feature (not photographed) | |
6/10 | SN | Duchess of Gloucester visit | |
13/10 | SN | Ron Scott made Honoured Citizen of Skegness | |
13/10 | SN | Burgh history – includes picture of old Victorian School, now the library | |
13/10 | SN | Billy Bunter Goes To Skegness | |
13/10 | SN | Plan of foreshore for proposed development | |
15/10 | SS | Boots bid to boost town shopping | |
15/10 | SS | Council board outside the Co-op | |
20/10 | SN | Vine Hotel new owners feature | |
22/10 | SS | Shamed Carnival Queen | |
27/10 | SN | Vine Hotel ghosts | |
27/10 | SN | Old picture Wainfleet Market Place | |
3/11 | SN | Nostalgia Corner – 1968 Woman Buried Alive Stunt, 1887 Skegness Whale story and 1964 Mods & Rockers riots | |
3/11 | SN | Photographer Henry Wilkinson profile | |
3/11 | SN | Missing toddler Ben Needham | |
10/11 | SN | Tramway proposal – Skegness Electric Tramway Co | |
17/11 | SN | Miniature railway owner angry about lease renewal – Cllr Malcolm Stuart (Boating Lake Train) | |
17/11 | SN | Lagoon Walk storm damage causes concern | |
17/11 | SN | BBC set to take over flood warning role | |
17/11 | SN | Flood siren Buckthorne Avenue | |
24/11 | SN | Nostalgia corner – 1920s Lily Crane’s dancing school Skegness Chicks (pictures) | |
15/12 | SN | Nostalgia corner – 1922 (gales destroy White House Farm Ingoldmells [picture]) and 1934 (strange stories) Picture of John Minkley scissor-grinder | |
15/12 | SN | Lifeboat man, Wilf Perrin dies | |
15/12 | SN | New owner for County Hotel – David Williams who also owns the Richmond Holiday Centre | |
22/12 | SN | Christmas ghost story by Town Clerk, Robert Lloyd-Smith | |
22/12 | SN | Seacroft Hall home (Shardelos Road) to close down on 27th January 1994 | |
Dec | Carey House Convalescent Home, Roman Bank, Seathorne, demolished | ||
Lumley School Pelham Road demolished to make way for new County Junior School | |||
1994 | 28/1 | Diane Bradley’s painted Jolly Fisherman models | |
11/2 | Nudist beach | ||
11/3 | Legionnaires club folds up | ||
25/3 | Was there a MRS Jolly Fisherman? | ||
15/4 | Virgin for Carnival Queen? | ||
29/4 | Drowning accident | ||
29/4 | Pavilion, Tower Gardens is a Grade 2 listed building | ||
6/5 | The first person to be saved by the ambucopter | ||
10/6 | New miniature tramway | ||
22/7 | Councillor hurt in attack | ||
22/7 | Ride to Terror | ||
29/7 | Sex scandal victim found hanging | ||
5/8 | Man found hanging | ||
12/8 | New theme park at Ingoldmells | ||
30/9 | Adult weekend at Butlin’s | ||
11/11 | Adult weekend at Butlin’s | ||
18/11 | Man hanged himself when mum died | ||
25/11 | Future of Tower Gardens Pavilion | ||
25/11 | Woman vagrant in seafront sun shelter appears in court | ||
2/12 | Man hangs himself when mother dies | ||
Splattergram fun ends in fracas | |||
Kids Burn in Holiday Nightmare (1994 or 1995) | |||
1995 | 20/1 | SS | Richard Branson Virgin airship rescued by Skegness lifeboat |
1/2 | SN | Industrial Estate feature | |
10/2 | SS | Fantasy Island pyramid installed | |
15/2 | SN | Old shop sign Winham of 8 Lumley Road | |
15/2 | SN | Switchback roller coaster recalled | |
15/2 | SN | Fantasy Island pictures of construction | |
24/2 | SS | Skegness girl in public phone box in a bikini in winter – TV show | |
3/3 | SS | Abseilers at Fantasy Island | |
8/3 | SN | Tony Blair visits Skegness | |
15/3 | SN | Dusty the Church Farm Museum mascot | |
15/3 | SN | Jolly info | |
29/3 | SN | Jolly Fisherman in London marathon for a second time | |
29/3 | SN | Interview with Bob Suich | |
5/4 | SN | Judy Tasker wins Boots award | |
5/4 | SN | Skegness school? memories | |
12/4 | SN | Flounders fish cafe opens on Lumley Road (not photographed) | |
12/4 | SN | Lowndes 70th anniversary | |
19/4 | SN | Seacroft Golf Club centenary | |
19/4 | SN | Interview with Bert Crane | |
19/4 | SN | New Skymaster ride opens at Botton’s amusement park – includes picture (not photographed) | |
3/5 | SN | Missing WW2 Roll of Honour designed by Burgh artist, Ernie Wilbraham | |
3/5 | SN | VE day celebrations | |
10/5 | SN | Sense charity shop officially opened on Lumley Road by Carnival Queen (not photographed) | |
10/5 | SN | Skegness County Junior School feature (part photographed) | |
10/5 | SN | VE day celebrations | |
17/5 | SN | VE day celebrations | |
17/5 | SN | War picture of sailors at Fairy Dell fountain | |
24/5 | SN | Mayor making | |
24/5 | SN | Fantasy Island royal visit | |
31/5 | SN | New shirehorse at Hardy’s Animal Farm | |
7/6 | SN | Roman Bank shops feature | |
14/6 | SN | Antiques feature (not photographed) | |
21/6 | SN | Earl of Scarbrough School feature (not photographed) | |
5/7 | SN | Shades pub coincidence – Chris Severn | |
5/7 | SM | David Bellamy at Skegness County Junior School (not photographed) | |
23/6 | SS | Oil slick on Skegness boating lake | |
19/7 | SN | Pull-out souvenir of Fantasy Island (includes pictures of construction) (not photographed) | |
19/7 | SN | Skegness Illuminations switch on 1995 by Panther of The Gladiators | |
26/7 | SN | Shades pub coincidence | |
26/7 | SN | British Army Chief who fought to save Gunby Hall | |
28/7 | SS | Salvation Army Citadel built on High Street | |
2/8 | SN | Dangerous Lagoon Walk | |
2/8 | SN | Fantasy Island flume accident | |
9/8 | SN | War snippets (not photographed) | |
SN | Jolly ‘Mona Lisa’ set to fetch cool £5,000 at auction | ||
9/8 | SN | Judith Charmers Wish You Were Here TV holiday guide visits Skegness | |
16/8 | SN | Wartime snippets (excellent article) (not photographed) | |
16/8 | SN | Abandoned car | |
16/8 | SN | Carnival queen | |
23/8 | SN | Jolly Fisherman poster auction | |
25/8 | SS | Drugs abuse at the Zoo rave nightclub Fantasy Island | |
25/8 | SS | Jolly Fisherman poster carnival | |
1/9 | SS | Ex-servicemen’s club bids for original Jolly Fisherman poster | |
6/9 | SN | ‘Where’s Jolly’ competition | |
13/9 | SN | Roman Bank funeral parlour feature (not photographed) | |
15/9 | SS | Objections to funeral parlour on Roman Bank | |
29/9 | SN | Steve Curtis karate grading | |
4/10 | SN | Nostalgia Corner -1945 picture of Skegness Girls Training Corps netball team | |
6/10 | SS | The Zoo rave nightclub Fantasy Island | |
11/10 | SN | Tenth anniversary of the rebirth of Skegness News – a look back over the last ten years | |
11/10 | SN | Jolly Fisherman steam train headboard presented to Skegness Council | |
11/10 | SN | Grammar reunion plans – inclues 1946 picture of headmaster Mr K G Spendlove and deputy head | |
11/10 | SN | Jolly’s home – poster back in Skegness after 70 years in a garden shed | |
11/10 | SN | Carnival Queen chain of office presented | |
13/10 | SS | Woodward buys heritage Jolly Fisherman poster | |
18/10 | SN | John Smith and Ponahontis story | |
18/10 | SN | British Town Crier Championship in Skegness | |
25/10 | SN | Derelict buildings at Richmond bus station | |
25/10 | SN | Wash em n Dry Laundrette opens on Roman Bank | |
25/10 | SN | Jolly Fisherman reunited with old poster at Fantasy Island | |
25/10 | SN | Jolly statue to become a water feature in Compass Gardens | |
1/11 | SN | Old Chapel St Leonards coastgusrd hut moved to village hall | |
1/11 | SN | Citadel opens its doors officially – includes picture of old Citadel and first wedding | |
1/11 | SN | Jolly Statue | |
1/11 | SN | Tribute to the late Ron Scott | |
1/11 | SN | Railway staff award | |
17/11 | SS | Woman sets fire to Skegness guesthouse | |
24/11 | SS | Welcome home. Jolly – Jolly Fisherman poster returns to Skegness | |
6/12 | SN | Roman Bank shops feature | |
6/12 | SN | Skegness County Infant School set to undergo complete transformation | |
13/12 | SN | This Charming Man film made in Skegness (not photographed) | |
13/12 | SN | Drummond Road shops feature | |
13/12 | SN | Argos to convert Golden Lion Shopping Arcade | |
20/12 | SN | Mystery yellow crystals washed up on beaches from Gibraltar Point to Mabethorpe | |
Kids Burn in Holiday Nightmare | |||
SN | Old Lumley Road shop sign – Winhams | ||
1996 | 1/3 | SS | Sex attacker escapes jail |
10/1 | SN | TV PG Tips chimps feature Skegness in ‘Secret Diary of Kevin Tipps’ | |
7/2 | SN | Clock Tower refurbished (includes picture of one of the bells) | |
7/2 | SN | Cripsey’s wall of death set up on outskirts of Skegness | |
14/2 | SN | Surprise Surprise Cilla Black catches Skegness school teacher, Lesley Toyne, by surprise – Cilla tries Skegness fish & chips | |
14/2 | SN | Skegness to Burgh cycle path discussed | |
28/2 | SN | Skegness Infant School feature | |
6/3 | SN | Facelift for the seafront | |
13/3 | SN | New watercoaster constructed at Fantasy Island | |
15/3 | SS | Compass Gardens Jolly Fisherman statue new water feature | |
27/3 | SN | Campaign launched to update Tower Gardens play area | |
3/4 | SN | Mystery pipe exposed under Skegness Pier | |
3/4 | SN | Ride of terror – child toppled out of Dragon Mountain ride at Fantasy Island | |
10/4 | SN | Explainations for mystery pipe exposed under Skegness Pier | |
10/4 | SN | The clock tower is listing | |
10/4 | SN | Jolly to run London marathon | |
12/4 | SS | Male shop assistant exposes himself when schoolgirls buy sweets | |
12/4 | SS | The Jolly Fisherman exposed | |
12/4 | SS | Public toilets row Skegness town council and East Lindsey district council | |
17/4 | SN | Emmerdale star on Wall of Death | |
17/4 | SN | Wartime memories – Ken Wilkinson and Gordon Middleton | |
19/4 | SS | Ecstasy drug seller at Fantasy Island rave is jailed | |
19/4 | SS | Son brutally tortures mother | |
24/4 | SN | Jolly pictured in the London marathon | |
24/4 | SN | Samuels gift shop closes its doors for the last time after 70 years in Skegness | |
1/5 | SN | New weather centre proposal | |
1/5 | SN | New red tar layed on Tower Esplanade, as part of foreshore facelift, churned up by lifeboat | |
8/5 | SN | Cilla Black surprises Skegness woman Nickia Burton | |
8/5 | SN | North Shore pathway controversy | |
8/5 | SN | Jolly Fisherman surveys newly-refurbished Clock Tower face – also aerial views from top of Clock Tower | |
8/5 | SN | Interview with Ken Holland (not photographed) | |
15/5 | SN | Princess Alexandra visits Spilsby | |
15/5 | SN | Fantasy Island balloon installed | |
22/5 | SN | Roller rink owner wins lottery | |
22/5 | SN | Barry Mcguigan to switch on Skegness illuminations (not photographed) | |
22/5 | SN | Interview with Betty Wise wife of Mayor (not photographed) | |
31/5 | SS | Jolly Fisherman statue ‘shrinks’ on new water feature, letter to editor | |
31/5 | SS | Ghostly goings-on at Hildred’s jewellers | |
5/6 | SN | Church Farm Museum 20th anniversary (not photographed) | |
5/6 | SN | Agra Tandoori opens on Drummond Road feature (not photographed) | |
5/6 | SN | Complaints about the cost of seafront revamp | |
12/6 | SN | New pond at Skegness Junior School (not photographed) | |
12/6 | SN | Reunion at Spilsby Grammar School 60 years ago | |
12/6 | SN | Magdalen Museum becoms a registered charity (not photographed) | |
14/6 | SS | Man cleared of indecency towards schoolgirls | |
19/6 | SN | Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Home to stay open | |
19/6 | SN | Daniel Wharmby death | |
26/6 | SN | Save Our Beds petition | |
26/6 | SN | Jolly poster is coming home | |
26/6 | SN | North Shore pathway controversy – confusing it with Granny’s Opening? | |
3/7 | SN | Two sisters honoured at East Kirkby Aviation Museum | |
5/7 | SS | Anniversary of Jolly Fisherman poster | |
17/7 | SN | Boxer, Barry McGuigan to switch on Skegness illuminations 1996 | |
17/7 | SN | Woman rescued three times by Skegness lifeboat | |
19/7 | SS | Barry McGuigan switches on Skegness illuminations | |
19/7 | SS | Storm brewing for proposed new Skegness weather station | |
24/7 | SN | Official opening | |
9/8 | SS | A new theme song for Skegness seaside resort | |
14/8 | SN | Horror at carapark | |
16/8 | SS | Trapped in drain horror | |
21/8 | SN | Horror at carapark – mourners arrested | |
21/8 | SN | Jolly a financial burden | |
21/8 | SN | ? | |
21/8 | SN | Private postman Brian Swales | |
30/8 | SS | Skegness’ past characters in cartoon, flash back to 1936 | |
4/9 | SN | First wedding at Fantasy Island | |
6/9 | SS | New weather centre for Skegness artist impression | |
11/9 | SN | Cassie Graham killed by dangerous driver | |
11/9 | SN | Last post for private postie Brian Swales | |
11/9 | SN | Flood warden | |
18/9 | SN | Largest collection of Butlins memorabilia – Mike Smith | |
18/9 | SN | Fantasy Island wedding | |
Argos opens on Lumley Road | |||
20/9 | SS | Council says ‘NO’ to Zoo rave signs | |
SS | The origins of the Standard Local Newspaper plus pictures of press printers (supplement) | ||
2/10 | SN | Lincolnshire gets new chemical incident unit (not photographed) | |
4/10 | SS | John Woodward presented with Jolly Fisherman statue for donating original Jolly Fisherman poster to Skegness Council | |
4/10 | SS | Jolly Fisherman painting in the Mayor’s Parlour Skegness town hall | |
9/10 | SN | UFO Mystery Sighting | |
9/10 | SN | Jolly poster home for good | |
9/10 | SN | Mitchells’ award | |
9/10 | SN | Skegness man makes history | |
9/10 | SN | Burgh Dobson’s mill feature (not photographed) | |
9/10 | SN | Skegness to Horncastle walk | |
16/10 | SN | Birth at Skegness hospital | |
16/10 | SN | Jolly Fisherman poster | |
16/10 | SN | St Clement’s chuch cottage | |
16/10 | SN | Antiques Road Show at the Embassy (not photographed) | |
16/10 | SN | Kwiksave expected to announce its closure | |
16/10 | SN | Strange sightings | |
18/10 | SS | UFO sighting at Gibraltar Point Skegness | |
23/10 | SN | Burgh gun club | |
1/11 | SS | Old Woolworth’s photo taken in Skegness, shop and staff | |
6/11 | SN | Man jailed for child abuse | |
8/11 | SS | Man jailed after beating son with wood | |
8/11 | SS | Human fireball gas blast Drummond Road | |
13/11 | SN | Gas explosion | |
13/11 | SN | Son of buried alive, Emma Smith, wants to follow in mother’s footsteps | |
20/11 | SN | Interview with Edith Sutton (not photographed) | |
27/11 | SN | Toynton St Peter schoolboy Daniel Wharmby dies after car accident | |
27/11 | SN | 25th anniversary of Alexandra Court (not photographed) | |
27/11 | SN | Nora Burley obituary | |
27/11 | SN | Cheryl Miles wins karake award | |
29/11 | SS | The Lion pub is sold to Metrobrook (and rented by Wetherspoon) | |
29/11 | SS | The Street nightclub to replace roller rink on North Parade Skegness | |
6/12 | SS | Les Sharpe motor car repair advert | |
11/12 | SN | Birth at Skegness hospital | |
11/12 | SN | Hoteliers’ letter from the Queen | |
13/12 | SS | Woman abusive towards police | |
25/12 | SN | Water feature | |
1997 | 21/1 | SS | Water feature not so Jolly (statue in Compass Gardens) |
21/2 | SS | Queen’s portrait donated to Skegness Town Council erected in council chambers | |
14/2 | SS | ‘Drain Deaths’ unlawful killing verdict | |
Apr | Frank Grunnill Profile | ||
23/5 | SS | The Street – new nightclub for Skegness | |
6/6 | SS | Ghosts in the unused Post Office building | |
13/6 | SS | NO MORE RAVES! Woodward destroys Zoo sign after drugs death at rave nightclub | |
2/5 | SS | Sex sneak jailed after secretly filming up a girl’s skirt | |
1/8 | SS | NO to Street laser lights | |
4/4 | SS | The Grunnill family history story – Frank Grunnill profile | |
27/6 | SS | Millennium ride – John Woodward | |
27/6 | SS | Knife attack on shop manager | |
27/6 | SS | The Street to get ‘laser lights’ | |
27/6 | SS | Local disabled woman in Skegness beach quicksand ordeal | |
SS | Cooks butchers and other old Skegness photos in the special supplement | ||
4/7 | SS | ‘Grey Lady’ ghost haunts Wainfleet museum library | |
4/7 | SS | Laser lights problems for The Street nightclub | |
4/7 | SS | New design for Jolly Fisherman water feature Compass Gardens | |
4/7 | SS | Missing stone lion statue found | |
11/7 | SS | Petrol dowsing threat at DHSS benefits office | |
11/7 | SS | Street laser lights – threat to wildlife fears | |
17/7 | SS | Zoo rave nightclub teenager Ecstasy tablets | |
25/7 | SS | Illuminations switch on by Chuckle Brothers | |
25/7 | SS | Dogs horror wounds | |
25/7 | SS | Four held at gunpoint at Skegness Hotel | |
8/8 | SS | The Street nightclub laser light fury | |
15/8 | SS | The Street nightclub laser light opposition | |
29/8 | SS | Mayor of Skegness poses with topless ‘Daily Sport’ models | |
5/9 | SS | Bouquets laid in memory of Princess Diana | |
5/9 | SS | Paedophiles in Skegness outrage | |
3/10 | SS | Vicious rumours – The Street is NOT closing! | |
31/10 | SS | Baby died in parents’ bed | |
7/11 | SS | Stone lion disappears from Red Lion Hotel Roman Bank | |
14/11 | SS | Underground loos closure fears | |
14/11 | SS | Woman’s body found in Tower Gardens | |
21/11 | SS | Woman’s body found in Tower Gardens | |
5/12 | SS | Laser light plans for The Street | |
19/12 | SS | Jolly Fisherman’s 90th birthday celebrations | |
26/12 | SS | Advert for The Street nightclub | |
Zoo Rave Nightclub sign smashed by owner after drugs deaths | |||
1998 | 2/1 | SS | Jolly Fisherman promotes Bateman’s Beer |
17/1 | SS | Majors Stationary shop closes after more than 100 years trading | |
21/1 | SN | Majors Stationary shop closes after more than 100 years trading | |
21/1 | SN | New deputy head for Skegness Infant School – Mrs Janice Kennedy | |
21/1 | SN | Future uncertain for Witch & Cauldren pub Friskney (formerly Barley Mow) | |
23/1 | SS | Butlin’s Gaiety Theatre demolished | |
4/2 | SN | Effort to ascertain which hotel famous poet D H Lawrence stayed at during his visit to Skegness | |
4/2` | SN | Last act for Butlin’s Gaiety Theatre | |
4/2 | SN | Specially made Jolly Fisherman kite flies in Australia | |
11/2 | SN | Specially made Jolly Fisherman kite flies in Australia (picture) | |
18/2 | SN | Skegness policeman Andy Steeples on TV show Catchphrase | |
25/2 | SN | End of lessons at Skegness Infant School when the old building is demolished | |
25/2 | SN | Mayor lays first brick for new look-out tower at Skegness lifeboat station | |
27/2 | SS | Local bar manager ‘groping’ charge | |
27/2 | SS | Skegness infants school demolished | |
Mar | SS | Sayer’s Jewellery shop closes after over 100 years trading | |
4/3 | SN | Skegness Industrial Estate extension opened (not photographed) | |
4/3 | SN | Picture of Skegness Silver Band in 1980 | |
11/3 | SN | Skegness Sommerfield supermarket 10th anniversary (not photographed) | |
11/3 | SN | Meridian line passes through East Kirkby Aviation Museum – tree planted | |
18/3 | SN | Plan for Tower Gardens revamp (not photographed) | |
18/3 | SN | Memories of Skegness | |
1/4 | SN | The Woodward Tower to be built at Fantasy Island (April Fools Day joke?) | |
8/4 | SN | Jolly Fisherman runs London Marathon picture | |
8/4 | SN | Skegness News office moves to 9 Lumley Avenue | |
15/4 | SN | Macarbre stunt dies a death (Emma Smith’s son to be buried alive on Skegness north foreshore) | |
15/4 | SN | Mayor opens Skycoaster ride on North Parade | |
15/4 | SN | Light shed on where famous poet D H Lawrence stayed in Skegness | |
22/4 | SN | Jolly Fisherman Bateman’s Beer | |
22/4 | SN | Prestigious honour for Spilsby photographer David Pleming | |
22/4 | SN | Roman Bank shops feature | |
22/4 | SN | Skegness man Peter Pope sets off on his walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats | |
22/4 | SN | Wainfleet Magdalen College undergoes revamp | |
22/4 | SN | Skegness female stunt bike rider Vickie Bonnett makes a come back after accident – Wall of Death | |
22/4 | SN | Jolly Fisherman completes London Marathon | |
6/5 | SN | Plans to move post office from Roman Bank (not photographed) | |
6/5 | SN | Princess Anne’s visit to Skegness | |
6/5 | SN | Pope’s Land’s End to John o’ Groats progress report | |
6/5 | SN | Georgie Boy shop on Lumley Road | |
6/5 | SN | Terry Bryan profile | |
15/5 | SS | Jolly’s head removed reveals a ‘star’ | |
27/5 | SN | Volcano erupts into life – new ride at Fantasy Island | |
27/5 | SN | Duke of Gloucester visit (not photographed) | |
27/5 | SN | Duke of Gloucester’s recent visit sparks memories of Duchess of Gloucester’s visit to open Skegness hospital | |
10/6 | SN | Pope’s Land’s End to John o’ Groats progress report | |
10/6 | SN | Mayor officially opens Skegness & District Volunteers Bureau | |
17/6 | SN | Tree planted at Seathorne school in memory of Ann Frank | |
17/6 | SN | British Beef vox pop in the light of recent mad cow disease scare | |
24/6 | SN | Skegness man Peter Pope completes his walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats | |
24/6 | SN | Fantasy Island pull-out souvenir | |
1/7 | SN | Coronation Walk – a brief history | |
8/7 | SN | Comedien Duggie Chapman promotes Skegness by wearing Jolly Fisherman waistcoat | |
8/7 | SN | Harold Bayes’ tragic death was accidental | |
22/7 | SN | Carnival Queen | |
24/7 | SS | Skegness illuminations switched on by Corrie star, Ken Barlow | |
24/7 | SS | Spider and ladybird plague in Skegness | |
29/7 | SN | National Lottery broadcast live from the Embassy Skegness | |
5/8 | SN | The Street new Members Club | |
14/8 | SS | Sex and controversy hit The Street nightclub in Skegness | |
21/8 | SS | Fire at the Marine Boathouse nightclub in Skegness | |
26/8 | SN | Sycamore Cottage – book by Sheila Pacey | |
9/9 | SN | Gnomes back in Halton Halgate after mystery holiday in Skegness | |
11/9 | SS | Letter to the editor “Where has the Stone Lion Statue gone?” | |
30/9 | SN | Wainfleet woman Jane Young hit by train | |
30/9 | SN | Jet ski explosion at Jackson’s Corner – John Wright | |
30/9 | SN | Sir David Attenborough visits Gibraltar Point nature reserve | |
16/10 | SS | Time capsule to mark Clock Tower 100 years anniversary | |
21/10 | SN | Time capsule buried on Clock Tower Island | |
23/10 | SS | Time capsule to mark Clock Tower 100 years anniversary “see you in 2028” | |
23/10 | SS | Gay man kicked out of Salvation Army | |
28/10 | SN | Superdrug St Trinians fancy dress | |
4/11 | SN | Secret Garden children’s play group opens on Rutlan Road | |
18/11 | SN | Monster sun fish washed up on beach | |
18/11 | SN | Skegness girl entertains at Prince Charles’ birthday party | |
2/12 | SN | Leaked document reveals that post office could be set up in a mobile unit | |
2/12 | SN | Honey Pot health food shop moves to 96 Lumley Road | |
2/12 | SN | Skegness News in TV limelight | |
2/12 | SN | Child suffers chemical burns after glow-in-the-dark toy breaks – Sayers | |
4/12 | SS | Mark Death guilty of possessing cannabis resin | |
9/12 | SN | Suspected arson attack on The Street nightclub after two fires in one night | |
16/12 | SN | Mystery black box found when burying time capsule on Clock Tower Island – contains rare cine film of Jolly Fisherman from the 1930s | |
16/12 | SN | Superdrug Christmas late night shopping fancy dress competition | |
23/12 | SN | Row over the Millenium coaster at Fantasy Island | |
25/12 | SS | Jolly Fisherman looks ‘cool’ in sunglasses | |
30/12 | SN | Man’s body lay undiscovered for four weeks | |
Boothby Barn Church Farm Museum | |||
1999 | 1/1 | Bedsit teenager dies from alcohol and drugs mix | |
8/1 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales | ||
15/ | Gun-point robbery Spa shop Winthorpe | ||
15/1 | Skyline Pavilion Butlin’s | ||
22/1 | World Champion snooker player Willie Thorne meets Skegness Mayor | ||
26/2 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales | ||
19/3 | Pensioner gets young schoolgirl girl pregnant | ||
26/3 | Janice Sutton officially opens Squirrels nursery | ||
26/3 | Man fakes suicide on Skegness beach | ||
23/4 | Historical Skegness Town Plans 1878 go under the hammer | ||
23/4 | High Street in 1999 (photo) | ||
7/5 | Coun Bob Stow dies | ||
7/5 | Wall of Death | ||
21/5 | Truck crashes into Burgh butchers shop | ||
21/5 | Beach Bar opens | ||
11/6 | Pier View Hotel (Oasis amusement arcade) gets make-over | ||
11/6 | Twister hits Skegness | ||
18/6 | Curtis bakery opens on Lumley Road Skegness | ||
4/6 | Pictures of the Beach Bar opening | ||
25/6 | Donkeys run amok in Skegness | ||
2/7 | John Woodward’s son gets (real) train set for third birthday | ||
16/7 | Mum seduces 11-year-old | ||
16/7 | Jolly is turned down a TV make-over | ||
22/7 | Local author, Margaret Dickinson asked to write a Skegness Millennium Play | ||
23/7 | Mum seduces 11-year-old (follow-up) | ||
Lowndes refurbished | |||
20/8 | Clock Tower 100th Birthday Celebrations | ||
10/9 | Paedophile lures child with play station | ||
10/9 | Local plumber found dead | ||
10/9 | Nude sunbather distresses children | ||
1/10 | Mum seduces 11-year-old – walks free from court | ||
1/10 | Tower Gardens Re-opening History Set To Repeat Itself | ||
12/11 | Boy murdered on Skegness beach Christopher Swales (follow-up) | ||
Dec | Millennium Bug | ||
A Look Back at 1999 |