The Jolly Fisherman first appeared on a 1908 railway poster advertising the coastal resort of Skegness. The existing statue at Skegness Railway Station is damaged, but Lincolnshire County Council ...

The Jolly Fisherman is to return home as control of the mascot is passed from East Lindsey District Council to Skegness Town Council. Jolly will be handed back to the town council during the ...

The iconic sight of a carefree Jolly Fisherman gaily skipping across the golden sands of Skegness has become synonymous with the town. Painted more than a century ago, no one could have imagined ...

He has been an icon of the British seaside for more than a century – but now Skegness’s carefree Jolly Fisherman has run into a storm of trouble with health-and-safety officials. The ...

An ‘unknown’ sketch of the Jolly Fisherman by the artist who created the famous ‘Skegness is So Bracing’ railway poster has ...

An animal rights group is calling for the Skegness mascot, the Jolly Fisherman, to be replaced with a fish. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) wants the mascot to be replaced with ...

Mayor Dick Edginton tells The World Tonight that Skegness is 'vibrant' The magazine cover mocks the original Jolly Fisherman poster, from 1908, which featured the character on the beach with the ...

Among her interviewees was mascot Jolly the Fisherman, who is frequently seen hanging out on the pier of Skegness. The huge costume includes a large plastic head with a smiling face, as well as a ...

THE famous Skegness Jolly Fisherman mascot is facing the axe after 112 years. Health and safety rules mean volunteers can spend only 20 minutes a time inside the costume. They also need a minder ...

When Roslyn’s venerable Jolly Fisherman closed in 2023, local glutterati were half-hoping, half-expecting that the spot would be taken over by Gillis and George Poll, the brothers who operate ...