Keigar Homes, the North Lincolnshire company with planning permission to build a new development on the former Glebe Road site in Brigg, has now responded to Brigg Town Council's views on the name to be used for this cul-de-sac, once the job is finished.
Keigar's original name was not favoured by councillors, and the firm has made a 'further suggestion' to be considered at Monday's meeting of the planning and environment committee, meeting in the Angel Suite at 6.45pm.
Despite paying big money for the site, Keigar is duty bound to consult town councillors about street names. And North Lincolnshire Council will also have to agree with the final choice.
Having heard Keigar had now started work on the site, I had a look the other day but couldn't see any signs to suggest things are up and running. However, despite the currently depressed housing market, it can't be long before the construction crews move in, as no firm can afford to sit on unrealised assets for long.
Personally, I think it would be been nice to name this street after a former headmaster of Glebe Road School, such as Bratley, Stocks, Wass...or Steve Pearce, the final head before it closed and switched to the new purpose-built facility down Atherton Way.
In Glanford Borough Council's time they didn't like to allocate 'tribute' street names while the recipients were still alive. But there were exceptions, such as Appleyard Drive, in Barton-Upon-Humber, named after Ted Appleyard, who today is still serving his beloved community with distinction, despite being 90-odd.
So will our new street off Glebe Road eventually become Old School Close? Or will some other name be selected? We shall have to wait and see.
To me, Reg Stocks Road has a nice ring to it. And it's not long since the new addition, off Horstead Avenue, was called Foxton Way, after long-serving Brigg GP Dr John Foxton, with members of the family being invited down for a look by the developers.
Reg was still headmaster when our year left Glebe Road in 1967, and I think he went on for a year or two after that before taking retirement.
Have you any views?
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