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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