Nowadays most folk do their weekly shopping at a large supermarket, Brigg residents being no exception. However, you only have to turn the clock back to the early 1980s for things to have been very different.
William Jackson Ltd, from the North Bank, caused a furore when they announced plans for Brigg's first supermarket(in the riverside premises now occupied by Lidl).
People were worried it would sound the death knell for many shops in Brigg. But, whatever the strength of local feeling, there were no real grounds for refusing planning permission - and the store got the green light from Glanford Borough Council.
Jacksons had a small-ish shop in Wrawby Street at the time - now occupied by Poundstretcher - which closed.
Back then we regarded the new Grandways store (as it was to be branded) as being big. But, by present day standards, it's not that large.
For people's shopping habits have changed - or, to be more precise, they have been changed for us by the likes of Asda, Tesco and Morrisons. Nowadays, Britons think nothing of jumping into the car to go shopping. Not very green, and certainly not as green as having them delivered by pedal power, as was once the norm (boy on bike!)
Older Brigg Blog readers will be able to draw on their memories to consider whether it was more enjoyable and cost-effective to shop at places like Instone's, George Mason's and Davis's compared with going round today's Tesco or Lidl.
Food for thought!
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