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Nigel Fisher: Email me with your views on life in Brigg. scoopfisher@aol.com WITH THANKS TO BRIGG TOWN COUNCIL FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE. More about what the Town Council does for our community can be found in the supplement within Brigg Matters, the newsletter distributed free to households. Double-click on my picture above to be taken straight to the online version of Brigg Matters.
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About Me
- NIGEL FISHER
- BRIGG, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, United Kingdom
- Nigel Fisher played almost 800 games for Brigg Town Cricket Club in a variety of leagues for 30 years up to 2004, also making appearances for Brocklesby Park. Since then he has umpired as a member of the Scunthorpe panel. He is results secretary of the Lincolnshire County Cricket League, chairman of the Broughton Evening League and supplies cricket content for the Scunthorpe Telegraph, the Grimsby Telegraph and the Lincolnshire Echo. He also penned the very popular and long-running In A Spin column, taking a light-hearted look at the game at local club level. Nigel welcomes your input.Please email scoopfisher@aol.com
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1 comment:
'Pop in for a look' - haven't they got any bevvies yet, Scribs.
The Nelthorpe Arms is obviously named after the Nelthorpe family and has, like SJN, the Nelthorpe Arms.
The original version of the arms depicts, The Bloody Hand of Ulster' - this is the red open fist.
This symbol is a contraversial in Ireland and, I notice locally the 'hand' has often been removed, or has changed colour.
The Red Hand is meant to relate to the chopping off of the left hand of an Irish rebel (although the hand in the arms is often the right hand) - the symbol was also used by groups, such as the Red Hand Group in the last 50 years.
As well as being a symbol in the Nelthorpe Arms.. the 'red hand' also appears in the coat of arms of the O'Neill's ----- by conicidence Roy O'Neil is the chairman of govs of SJN.
-End of local and national history-
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