BRIGG NOT WHAT IT WAS

You should never ask a lady's age, but Kath Smith (Sambrook), who has written to us about Brigg market long ago, is one of the town's senior seniors.
In an interesting letter, Kath wonders where all the stalls have gone, as obviously there are far fewer now than there were years ago.
She recalls visiting the market for Charlie Turner's sausages and pork pies, enjoying the delights of Staples' wet fish stall, and savouring fresh butter served by a woman in a beautifully starched white apron.
Kath and her family came to Brigg some 81 years ago from Worcester, and her father worked as a joiner for R M Phillips and Son, the local builder.
"Some remarked recently about Brigg not being the place it used to be," she says. "Of course it aint. Everything has changed - a lot of it not for the better."