Skegness News and Views

Update: The Plans for the Skegness SkyPier have been approved pretty much as described below. February 2010. New plans have been submitted to East Lindsey District Council regarding FAT LOUIS, GRAND PARADE, SKEGNESS, PE25 2UG. From the Details of Planning Application – S/153/02562/08 Plans can be found online at http://www.eldc.gov.uk/planning/AcolNetCGI.gov?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=100344 Planning Permission – Erection of […]

The Skegness WebCam picture below is brought to you by Skegness RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and BBC.co.uk. The camera is set on top of the Skegness Royal National Lifeboat Institution tower looking across the Skegness beach. The Skegness WebCam updates every 10 minutes (when it’s running). Skegness WebCam The Skegness WebCam pans across the […]

The SEAS Festival Finale at the Embassy Theater was a fitting end to another poorly organised Skegness event. I arrived at the Embassy with my young son, we were welcomed into the theater by The Jolly Fisherman to what I was assured was a family night of musical entertainment. Here’s the information Skegness residents/visitors and […]

I wrote this a while back about the Illuminations Switch On, since the details haven’t been finalized I’m using this article for updates about Skegness Illumination event, in the comment section at the bottom of this page. Since things haven’t been confirmed yet and Skegness Illumination Switch On hasn’t taken place for some time a […]

Yes you read the title of this post correctly, East Lindsey District Council will STOP the green bin collections completely over the winter period (November to March)! I’m all for recycling and saving money and have always thought fortnightly collection of green bins throughout the year a waste of resources, even in summer our green […]

The Embassy Theatre could be expanded by using an upstairs space that is not used. There has apparently been a disused space in the Theatre since renovations took place in the Embassy 11 years ago! The Council are looking into ways to improve the Embassy Theatre for the public in Skegness and this extra space […]

I can’t get over over 1,000 of our neighbours voted BNP in 2005! That’s 2.4% of those who voted! Do you have any idea what the BNP really stand for? You might think it’s just to control immigration, but they have some nutty policies. For example they plan to force everyone to do national service. […]

Mayor Councilor Pat Phillips at Skegness Town Council’s meeting on Wednesday said: “The amount of dog fouling which is going on in this town is terrible. All around the bowling greens and all around the Pier Field is a dog waste haven.” It’s good the council has seen the problem first hand and are discussing […]

“GRUMBLES that Skegness’ outdoor pool remains closed during the sunny days of early summer were sounded at a town/district liaison meeting. However, for costs reasons, East Lindsey District Council has no plans to bring forward the opening from July, heating and chemically treating the water – plus the cost of lifeguards – could not be […]

I often keep up to date on what’s happening in Skegness by following the local paper online every week. The Skegness Standard has a poll on various subjects and one of the polls asked this Question: was the SO Festival money well spent by the council. I immediately voted YES and was shocked when the […]