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Britain By Car - A Motoring History

Mablethorpe

A small seaside town on the Lincolnshire coast, with a long sandy beach.

In January 1953, the town was one of a number of communities on both sides of the North Sea engulfed by usually high tides. The flooding in and around Mablethorpe reached almost two miles inland and 42 people lost their lives.

Dr John Gilpin, who competed at the Sand Races in a 12 h.p Georges Richard, pictured, probably a couple of years earlier, in Bourne where he lived; source: Rex Needle, Bourne Local

Mablethorpe Sand Races

One of the earliest sand race meetings to be held in Britain.

Location
Mablethorpe Beach, alongside the sand dunes, on the northern edge of the town. 

Date
Saturday 19th August 1905.

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