September the 4th saw the start of the new BASH season with a wonderful talk by Sue Allan entitled “Living in Hope”.
Sue’s talk was based on her book - a novel charting the true-life stories of three members of the Weatherup family of Ontario – her family. She told how she had managed to trace her family tree from England back to Canada and Ireland and used characters she found there as characters in her book.
Event report by Pat Parkinson
Meeting photograph by Phil Allen
NEXT EVENT
“Who Are The Mountbattens?”- a talk by Marilyn Roberts, October 2nd at 8:00pm at the Serviceman’s Club, Brigg
BASH Full Autumn/Winter Programme 2012:
Wednesday October 31st Halloween
BRIGG HALLOWEEN GHOST WALK
7 o’clock start from the White Horse Pub Tickets £3.00 each (children 7yrs
and under free) Tickets available from Brigg Tourist info at The
Buttercross. Tel 01652 657053
Tuesday November 6th
"THE GUNPOWDER PLOT"
An illustrated talk by Linda Hotchkiss
Tuesday December 4th
"WITH COURAGE AND SACRIFICE"
VIOLETTE SZABO S.O.E. 1921-1945
An illustrated talk by Josie Webb
About BASH:
BASH was founded in October 2003.
Its objective is to promote an interest and awareness in the local social history of Brigg and surrounding areas, and to support traditional and historical events in its locale. We have a variety of speakers covering a wide range of topics.
We hold meetings on the first Tuesday evening of the month (except for June, July & August this being our summer break) at the Brigg & District Servicemen’s Club, Coney Court, Brigg. Meetings start at 8pm.
There is no membership and all are welcome.
BASH SPONSORS:
* Brigg Fruit Veg & Flowers
* The White Horse Pub, Brigg
* Nisa Local on Queen St., Brigg
* Ink-IT (UK) of Brigg
* Safe At Home (Pet Care Services)
* Abbeycroft Solutions Ltd (Bespoke & Intelligent Cleaning)
* Old Barn Bed & Breakfast. Main Street, Cadney
* Brigg Beds
BASH is a member of Brigg Town Business Partnership
Visit BASH at www.briggbash.org.uk
We could legitimately call Brigg (and district) 'Brigg - The Gunpowder Plot Spot'....We have more than a fair share of Gunpowder plotters....
ReplyDeleteObviously, there are John (Jack) and Christopher Wright of Twigmoor, but Father Gerard took mass in Brigg.....and Sir Ambrose Rockwood - related to the Wright brothers, was maried to Elizabeth Tyrwhitt from Kettleby Hall....
Should we just think Brigg as a market town....which is only one aspect of its history?
For example, there is strong evidence that Brigg was the focus of a Bronze Age settlement and Civil War fortifications have been found in Brigg......