Visit the Seaside launch in Skegness

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Visit the Seaside launch at the Hildreds Centre in Skegness.

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00:00 We're here at the Hildred Centre today to launch the new Visit the Seaside directory.

00:15 The Mayor is here with me and all this array to show you the Book of the Century.

00:23 This pocket-sized book is a must-have for you, packed full of useful advice on brilliant

00:31 places to visit or view and show how to save on the price.

00:38 There are vouchers galore to save you some cash, but places for fun and for pleasure.

00:46 Your copy is free and we have quite a stack.

00:50 You can read yours at home at your leisure.

00:54 You can also download it on Tinternet for those who are good at computing.

01:01 It shows all the bargains that you all can get when Sir Lincoln just coasts your commuting.

01:09 So for food and for drink and for places to stay, its usefulness just never ends.

01:17 So make sure that you get a copy today and grab one for family and friends.

01:24 Welcome to the launch of our Visit the Seaside booklet.

01:29 Welcome to sunny Skegness.

01:31 God save the King!

01:38 Good morning from sunny Skegness.

01:40 Now if you're wondering what on earth was going on just then, we're going to come over

01:45 to Bob Walker who is a member of the Skegness area chamber.

01:50 Bob, what's happening down at the Hildreth Centre today?

01:53 Today is the launch of our new Skegness Visit the Seaside book with lots of information

01:59 for attractions and vouchers for all sorts of different situations all around the coast

02:04 area.

02:05 We pass these to all the caravan sites, all the guest houses, hotels, the Hildreth Centre,

02:12 everywhere like that.

02:14 We do over 100,000 of these.

02:16 And then obviously this weekend coming, Skegness is open and busy and weather like this will

02:21 be fantastic.

02:23 We've got the scooter rally where there will be thousands of scooters coming into the town

02:27 and spreading themselves all over the place.

02:29 And it's a wonderful situation as far as that's concerned.

02:31 There's lots of other things, we've got the village church farm, we've got the re-enactment

02:37 there this weekend.

02:39 So weather wise, hopefully everything's going to be looking good.

02:42 Hopefully the weather's going to be as good as today.

02:45 Now we do have lots of characters here today.

02:50 Have a little walk through and see who we can find.

02:55 We've got Mr Mayor there, we'll come and have a chat to him in a minute.

03:00 Sir, that's a very big bike you've got there.

03:04 Where have you come from today?

03:05 I'm usually known as the Alfred Penny Farby but I live in Skegness now so I'm the Skegness

03:11 Penny Farby man.

03:12 Ok so where can people see you?

03:16 I'm usually based in the church farm in Skegness.

03:19 Ok so obviously we're going to have a word with some people from the church farm because

03:24 they've got an event on this week.

03:26 They've done a lot of things, yes.

03:29 Ok so that's where they can find you.

03:32 Hello sir, well you're quite a grad character and who are you?

03:38 I'm Optimus Prime.

03:41 And where can people see you if they're coming to Skegness soon?

03:45 You can see Optimus Prime at Skegness Comic Con.

03:50 Ok and when is that?

03:52 Sunday August 11th at the Embassy Theatre.

03:57 Ok so that's a date for your diary isn't it?

04:00 So let's come over and see who else we can...

04:04 That was a fine cry there.

04:06 Thank you.

04:07 Where are you from?

04:08 I'm from the North.

04:09 Where are you from?

04:12 We don't have a Skegness town crier do we?

04:15 You borrow.

04:16 We borrow you.

04:17 I'm Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Seas town crier.

04:20 Like Alford, Louth, Skegness, I cover the whole area at the moment.

04:26 So this is the start of a busy summer for you?

04:28 It's already started.

04:29 So all the people, because we do share information, so all of the people that are heading to Mablethorpe

04:36 this weekend, what can they expect?

04:39 Right at Mablethorpe this weekend there's all sorts of fun going on but next weekend

04:44 which is May Day weekend we're resurrecting the Maypole in the Bacchus Hotel grounds in

04:52 Sutton-on-Sea and we'll be doing Maypole dancing and if you fancy coming along we'll teach

04:56 you how to plat, double plat and dance.

05:00 Oh that's really traditional isn't it?

05:03 Very much so.

05:04 That sounds good.

05:05 So we'll have a, photographs are still being taken, everybody's posing there.

05:12 Hello!

05:13 Hello!

05:14 Right, who've we got here?

05:16 I'm Heidi, I'm the event coordinator from Fantasy Island.

05:20 What can people expect at Fantasy Island because it's the beginning of a busy time isn't it

05:25 for you this weekend?

05:26 Yeah, so we have events and entertainment on Fantasy Island and Skegness Pier.

05:30 Skegness Pier we have the Pirate Adventures on the Broadwalk on Saturday and we also have

05:35 Eddie Soulfinger for Mod Weekend and also we have Father's Day, Armed Forces Day, lots

05:40 of offers for Wildlife Day with the children who do a scavenger hunt with the Lincolnshire

05:43 Wildlife Trust and some of the beach parties and lots of different activities and a meet

05:48 and greet with one of the characters on a Sunday, the 12th of May.

05:54 Ah yeah well we met Pepper the other weekend which was great fun, you know seeing lots

06:00 of characters on there.

06:01 Now, come to Fantasy Island, last time I saw you was at the bar.

06:06 Yes, absolutely.

06:07 How's that going?

06:08 It's going great to be honest, we've had some fantastic acts on, lots of people coming to

06:13 visit us to see what new things and exciting things we've got on offer this year so going

06:18 really well, really positive, everybody seems to be taking the new entertainment very well.

06:23 So yeah, can't complain really, we've got some great things coming up at Fantasy Island,

06:26 we've got the Comedy Club in May, we've also got a Eurovision Weekend coming up where we've

06:31 got Booksters, the original Bobby G from Booksters, just loads of exciting fun things coming up

06:37 so please check our website out, check our social media pages and see what's coming on

06:41 because there's lots of great things happening.

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