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The Skegness camp contained all the standard Butlins entertainment ingredients: Butlins Redcoats, a funfair, a ballroom, a boating lake, tennis courts, a sports field (for the three legged and egg & spoon races and the donkey derby), table tennis and snooker tables, amusement arcades, a theatre, arcades of shops, a chairlift system and a ...
HMS Royal Arthur, Petty Officers' training school, Butlins Skegness, later Corsham, Wiltshire [32] HMS Royal Charlotte, Wireless Station , Cuxhaven, Germany. Post-WWII; Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
Butlins Badge Skegness 1938 Butlins Badge Filey 1945 Butlins Badge Blackpool 1961. From 1936 until 1967, on arrival at Butlins each camper was issued with an enamel badge unique to that camp or hotel, to wear for the duration of their holiday. The badge granted the camper readmission to the site should they take a trip out during their stay.
HMS Royal Arthur was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy, initially at Ingoldmells near Skegness, and later at Corsham, Wiltshire.During the Second World War, the former holiday camp at Ingoldmells was used to mainly train 'Hostilities Only' (for the duration of the war only) communications branch ratings and officers (signalmen, telegraphists, coders and wireless operators).
Skegness (/ ˌ s k ɛ ɡ ˈ n ɛ s / skeg-NESS) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire, England.On the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, the town is 43 miles (69 km) east of Lincoln and 22 miles (35 km) north-east of Boston.
The GNR proposed doubling the line from Firsby to Skegness but the Wainfleet and Firsby Railway company, still owner of the line, was not prepared to find the money, and suggested that the GNR could purchase the line. The W&FR was paying a handsome dividend of 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 % at the time, and suggested that the GNR should pay £25 for every £10 ...
Ingoldmells (/ ˈ ɪ ŋ ɡ ə ˌ m ɛ l z / ING-gə-melz) is a coastal village, civil parish and resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.It is situated on the A52, and 3 miles (5 km) north from the resort town of Skegness.
The resort offers many amusements, beaches, leisure activities and shops, as well as Butlins Skegness, Fantasy Island, Church Farm Museum, Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness Stadium, Skegness Pier and several well-known local golf courses. There are good road, bus and rail links to the rest of the county.