Work is now being done to the former Poundstretcher store building in Brigg town centre.
This is the location, in Wrawby Street, where it is planned to establish a Costa Coffee franchise.
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.....and Brigg becomes awash with coffee....
......but there's one thing lacking in the town, and perhaps elsewhere, and it's the shortage of a focus point for teenagers to meet and chat..
They're too young to go into the pubs and don't have the dosh to spend in the upmarket eateries...
Going back only a couple of years, there was the odd opportunity for them to go to a dance in the hall behind the Ancholme pub......but where do they go now?
It's certainly one age group that the town seems to have forgotten and it's talented members of this group who leave Brigg once they reach maturity for pastures new - could the experience of the lack of facilities, and boredom have a sublime influences on such decisions?
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