Wheels turn to prepare Skegness for Easter in spite of storms

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Mar 2018, 08:00 BST
Jan de Koning, of r The Giant Wheel Co, presenting a cheque to Skegness Mayor Coun Danny Brookes for £200 for his charities. Photo: Barry Robinson. ANL-180320-110015001Jan de Koning, of r The Giant Wheel Co, presenting a cheque to Skegness Mayor Coun Danny Brookes for £200 for his charities. Photo: Barry Robinson. ANL-180320-110015001
Jan de Koning, of r The Giant Wheel Co, presenting a cheque to Skegness Mayor Coun Danny Brookes for £200 for his charities. Photo: Barry Robinson. ANL-180320-110015001
Skegness may have got a second battering by the mini '˜Beast from the East' at the weekend, but there were still signs the resort is busily getting ready for Easter. '¨Mayor of Skegness Coun Danny Brookes turned up at the new '˜Skegness Eye' wheel attraction for what was hoped to be a '˜soft opening'. Unfortunately it was too windy to run the ride, but Jan de Koning, of The Giant Wheel Co, presented Coun Brookes with a cheque for £200 for his charities. '¨Jan said: 'I wanted to thank him for still turning out, and put something back into the community for having us.''¨It is hoped the wheel, featured inside today's edition of the Standard, will now open as planned this Saturday. '¨One attraction that did manage a '˜soft opening' and a welcome escape from the gale force winds was the Empire amusement arcade - the ground floor of a new attraction on Grand Parade by Bell Leisure. '¨*Also in today's Skegness Standard is an article about the work being done to prepare the coast for Easter after the ravages of the Beast of the East.
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