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| − | Skegness is a popular resort town in Lincolnshire on the | + | 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'. |
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]] | [[Category:UK Towns and Cities]] | ||
Revision as of 13:40, June 20, 2007
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'.