Greetings from Skegness

This installment comes from the seaside town of Skegness. Skegness was a seaside resort whose claim to fame was having one of the original 'holiday camps', Butlins,which opened there in 1936. The holiday camp experience was later made famous in the Britcom Hi-De-Hi.

The tower was built in1898 for the Jubilee (Queen Victoria), and it almost looks like this was under construction when the postcard photo was taken.

 

  The shot below is a more recent view, from the Skegness wiki:

The reverse of the postcard reads:

"Dear Elsie, I am having a fine time here. We are having lovely weather. It is so hot that we can hardly walk. Hoping you are enjoying yourself. Hilda."



Posted 8 pm, 3 Aug 1914.