19Apr91 UK: KEEPING FLOOD AT BAY AT SKEGNESS AS EDMUND NUTTALL BEGINS THIRD SEA DEFENCE CONTRACT. (1 OF 2)

For more than 100 years holidaymakers have been drawn to the east coast resort of Skegness - enticed by the age-old posters advertising the bracing effect of the local climate. For centuries, however, the bracing wind, combined with the harsh action of the sea, has taken its toll on the coastline itself, leaving large areas of the Lincolnshire coast exposed to flooding.The latest attempt to prevent the onslaught of the waves along this stretch of coastline is being carried out by contractor ...