Fire Threat to Zoo Butlins Amusement Park Skegness
FIRE THREAT TO ZOO
ARMED POLICE ON DUTY DURING DODGE’EMS BLAZE
POLICE with loaded rifles stood guard in an amusement park at Skegness on a Sunday night in July 1953, to prevent the escape of lions, bears, and other wild animals in a zoo next to a blazing fun-fair structure.
While the police stood ready to shoot down [...]
