Plan showing damaged areas of the Derbyshire Miners' Convalescent Home, Skegness

A convalescent home was established in Skegness in the late nineteenth century by the Derbyshire businessman Edward Terah Hooley for miners from Ilkeston who had been injured. The home was purposefully located on the coast to encourage relaxation and health in the miners. This would have been a very different environment to the landlocked and industrial Derbyshire they were used to.

The home was later taken over by the Derbyshire Miners’ Association who eventually built a new convalescent home in 1928. This new home provided accommodation for 120 men and 30 women. It finally closed in 2018 and was sold off to a local business owner in 2019. This plan drawn in 1953 shows areas that needed damage fixing or redecoration. You can easily see the separation between the men and women, but also the facilities offered to those staying there.