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[[Image:Skegness rail poster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|London and North Eastern Railway promotional poster by John Hassall (1926)]]

[[Image:Skegness rail poster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|London and North Eastern Railway promotional poster by John Hassall (1926)]]

'''Skegness''' is a popular resort town in Lincolnshire on the east coast of [[England]]. It is home to the first Butlins Holiday Camp. Its popularity grew in the 1950's in response to increased mobility of workers in the nearby cities of [[Derby]], [[Leicester]], [[Nottingham]], and [[Sheffield]]. The town's success as a resort can in no small measure be attributed to two things: good railway connections to the industrial towns and cities of the East Midlands, which provided its core market of holidaymakers and day trippers; and advertising - most notably the iconic poster of an elderly, smiling fisherman skipping down the beach over the slogan 'Skegness is so Bracing'.

'''Skegness''' is a popular resort town in Lincolnshire on the east coast of [[England]]. It is home to the first Butlins Holiday Camp. Its popularity grew in the 1950's in response to increased mobility of workers in the nearby cities of [[Derby]], [[Leicester]], [[Nottingham]], and [[Sheffield]]. The town's success as a resort can in no small measure be attributed to two things: good railway connections to the industrial towns and cities of the East Midlands, which provided its core market of holidaymakers and day trippers; and advertising - most notably the iconic poster of an elderly, smiling fisherman skipping down the beach over the slogan 'Skegness is so Bracing'. Today Skegness is famous for offering camel rides along the beach, having switched to the animals from the traditional donkey in the early 1990s.

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]