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The town's tourist industry mainly caters for holiday-makers and day-trippers from the Midlands. Skegness has been named  "the Blackpool of the East Coast" or "Nottingham by the Sea".

It has a famous mascot, the Jolly Fisherman (designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway). The town is also known as Skeg, Skeggy or Skeg-vegas. Further North up the coast are the other holiday resorts of Ingoldmells, Chapel St Leonards, Sutton-on-Sea and Mablethorpe. 

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Perched on the official 'drier side of Britain', Skegness is a seaside resort that's small enough to offer a friendly atmosphere but large enough to provide hours of entertainment for young and old alike.

Until the town's first rail link was built in the mid 1870s, Skegness had been little more than a village with fewer than 400 residents, most of whom earned a living as fishermen or farm labourers.

But once the trains began rolling into town, Skegness soon burst into life as the successful seaside resort we know today.

The frequent rail excursions that brought visitors to Skegness in their thousands also gave rise to one of the town's best known icons - the cheerful and irrepressible Jolly Fisherman. His 'birth' in 1908 came at the hand of artist John Hassall, who created the character for an advertising poster at the request of the Great Northern Railway Company.

As traditions like bathing beauty contests blossomed, so Skegness itself grew to encompass all that was great about seaside holidays.

Back in the days when a donkey ride was about as hi-tech as it got, who would have envisaged today's stunning realism offered by arcade machines that pack more of a computing punch than even the crew of the first Moon landing missions were offered?

Today Skegness continues to enjoy its popularity, thanks in no small part to its ability to cater for the whole family.

Amusements, play areas, a seal sanctuary and of course the much-loved Fairy Dell are among the many attractions that keep the kids happy, while parents can enjoy a quiet drink or a buzzing night of entertainment at any of the resort's pubs and bars.

Delicious seaside fish and chips can be found on almost every corner, a variety of retail outlets caters for budgets of all sizes, the resort's Pier boasts the latest gaming machines and a host of activities both indoors and out, and bingo halls on Roman Bank and North Parade plus numerous prize bingos in several of the town's arcades offer the chance to win both cash and souvenirs of your time in Skegness.

It's little wonder, then, that Skegness is chosen not only as the holiday destination of countless people every year, but also as one of the UK's leading retirement hotspots for those looking forward to the friendlier, quieter pace of life and the bracing east coast air that our town has to offer.

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