War-time Lights Offences

Posted in Skegness at War on August 9, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

These two articles, published during the Second World War, illustrate how stringently blackout rules were enforced:

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Wartime Advice for Women

Posted in Skegness at War on August 9, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

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War Declared in Skegness

Posted in Skegness at War with tags , , , , on July 20, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

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VE Day Street Party Skegness WW2

Posted in People, Town Council, War and Military with tags , , , , , , , , on June 15, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

End of World War II Celebrations

Like a Child Slave Market recalls Wartime Child Evacuee

Posted in Human Interest, Social History, War and Military with tags , , , , , , , , , on April 19, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

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World War II child evacuee (refugee)

Rats ate the Jam

Posted in Bizarre, Social History, War and Military with tags , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

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Police Machine Gunned

Posted in War and Military with tags , , , , , , , on March 30, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

1945
During enemy activity over an East Coast town, [Skegness] in the early hours of Sunday morning, various districts were subjected to cannon fire.

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Local Men Missing

Posted in War and Military with tags , , , , on March 30, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

1945

We searched the Commonwealth War Graves website for the men listed above. Thankfully, they are not listed, which means that they survived the war.

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What to do in an Air Raid

Posted in War and Military with tags , , , , , , on March 30, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

IN AN AIR RAID
If Caught Out-of-Doors

Skegness Officer Shot

Posted in War and Military with tags , , , , on March 30, 2008 by Skegness Magazine

SKEGNESS OFFICER SHOT
REGRETTABLE ACCIDENT TO CAPT. R. S. ROBERTSON
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE