The historic images we have selected show the changing face of Skegness over the decades.
We’ve got images of how the town’s beachfront area looked in 1900, the beach fashions of the 1920’s and the opening of Butlin’s.
There’s pictures of the town’s lifeboat, navy recruits in the town in 1940 and a packed beach scene in 1950.
No beach trip would be complete without a donkey ride for the little ones, but have you ever seen elephants playing cricket on the beach?
There’s all that and more, in this gallery.
13. Skegness beach
The picturesque beach at Skegness, circa 1950. Photo: Fox Photos
14. Winning design
Kathryn Hall, an employee of the Franco-British Electrical Co Ltd of Hendon, with a selection of illuminated Fairy Folk the company has designed for Skegness Urban District Council on 19th June 1953 They formed part of an illuminated display in the Tower Gardens. Photo: Fox Photos
15. Skegness landladies
Skegness landladies Hazel Adams and Marjorie Romanis wearing 1914 bathing costumes on the beach in the snow for publicity photographs in the mid 1970's. Photo: Ian Tyas