Skegness The Fairly Dell & Boating Lake 1976 Rose stamp

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  The Fairy Glen and Boating Lake, Skegness, Lincolnshire
• Publisher:  Bamforth 'Color Gloss'
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  GB 1976 18½p Roses (Elizabeth of Glamis) SG1006
• Postmark(s):  Skegness 2 July 1976 slogan
• Sent to:  Anfield, Liverpool
• Notes & Key words: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, 43 miles (69 km) east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910.^[1] Grid reference: TF564636.

Skegness is the location of the first of the Butlins holiday resorts, built in 1936, which remains within the area to this day, and in this capacity, remains one of the more famous seaside resorts in the United Kingdom.

On the southern foreshore sits a popular family attraction, the Fairy Dell paddling pool. Closed by the district council because of health and safety fears in 2004, the pool soon became the centre of controversy as people from Skegness, elsewhere in the country and as far afield as Australia voiced their dismay at the loss of such a time-honoured free facility.^[28] Taxpayers and town councillors joined forces with the local press to campaign for the Fairy Dell to be reopened, and the district council gave way to public pressure and promised to have it back in operation by summer 2006.

On May 22, 2006 the Fairy Dell re-opened following a major refurbishment during which many improvements were made to the pool such as clean-filtered water and extra water features.^[29]