The Lincolnshire coast has been part of the British seaside experience since the railways opened up the area to holidaymakers in the late nineteenth century. Coastal resorts that in the eighteenth century were only for the gentry were transformed into towns that catered for mass tourism enjoying their heyday in the 1920s & 1930s. Even today though beyond the popular beaches there is a rural & unspoiled coastline
- one of the countys greatest landscapes. Winston Kime has spent most of his long life on the Lincolnshire coast & here records its history. Focusing not only on resorts such as Skegness Mablethorpe & Cleethorpes as well as all the smaller holiday spots he also describes the never-ending struggle with the sea the role of smugglers & wreckers transport in the area shanty towns of the 1920s Billy Butlins legacy social & economic development & much more. Profusely illustrated this new book will appeal to Lincolnshire residents & visitors alike.