April is the month when cricket returns - weather permitting - and the football and hockey seasons draw to a close. There won't be any sound of ball on willow at Brigg Rec this year - at least not courtesy of the Town Cricket Club, which will be playing home games at Brockesby Park for one more season before returning to the Rec in 2016, following major improvements to the facilities.
Hopefully our secondary schools will play a bit of cricket. At Brigg Grammar School, decades ago, the outdoor nets were got ready in April so young batsmen and bowlers could practise their skills ahead of matches against the likes of Clee Grammar, Boston and Lincoln.
The wonderful old wooden pavilion, built in 1929, had to be demolished some years ago, on safety grounds. It survived to give further service to Sir John Nelthorpe School after Brigg Grammar was written off in the mid-1970s. But in latter years it was very dilapidated.
last I heard they were playing at vale
ReplyDelete.....and some of the nostalgic sounds we rarely hear nowadays include....metal lids on metal dust bins....strategically placed lolly sticks in bicycle wheels...playing marbles......the sound of Swingball in the garden on a summer's day....mechanical typewriter...the ring of a traditional telephone..the rattle of a milk float before down.....a bacon slicer..the striking of a match.....flip-flops............
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