TALKING BRIGG HISTORY WITH THE INNER WHEEL CLUB

A Ken Fisher Collection colour picture dating from the 1970s showing Spring's factory on the right and Riverside House on the left - both now demolished. Most of Coun Ken's pictures were black and white (developed in his own darkroom converted from our council house coalhouse) but he did some in colour slide format. Thankfully, this one has survived.

We really enjoyed presenting a talk about Old Brigg and Scunthorpe to the Brigg Inner Wheel Club ladies on Thursday night during their meeting at Elsham Golf Club, where a very fine meal was provided before "Yours Truly" got to his feet for an hour-plus of nostalgia.
We passed round a host of old prints showing Brigg scenes of the past, together with some yellowing and decidedly dog-eared copies of the old Lincolnshire Times from our extensive collection.
There was a good response to a recent "find" of ours - a catalogue showing the products of Spring's factory in Brigg, which included a few surprises. Much more than preserves came out of this major place of employment. 
This catalogue had been saved by our dad, the late Coun Ken, and we only chanced across it a few hours before Thursday's talk.
In the end the lady in charge gave the pre-arranged signal to halt proceedings - at which point we had ploughed through most of the material on the presentation table but had yet to dip into a big box of pictorial goodies put to one side in case of need. They will have to await another occasion.
Time and current workload do not permit us to deliver as many talks as we once did, but this one had been in the calendar for some time.
It's still worth approaching us if your group or society has a spare date in the itinerary. Reasonable charges/expenses apply. Email scoopfisher@aol.com
We find passing round "original material" like old prints and papers goes down better than a Powerpoint presentation where the audience watches things on-screen, though we have delivered some of those.