David Layne is kindly scanning in and emailing some family archive pictures to Brigg Blog.
Older readers will remember Layne's extensive garage, in Bigby Street.
The firm was founded well over 100 years ago and its premises in Brigg not only sold cars to the public but also did servicing and provided hand-painted lorry bodies to local businesses.
Our grandfather, Charles Ernest Taylor (1896-1990), of Hawthorn Avenue, worked well into his 70s, as he was a specialist signwriter/coach-painter.
He was a founder member of the British Legion and the Servicemen's Club and laid a wreath on Remembrance Sunday at The Monument for many years, having survived the First World War and later been a sergeant in the Home Guard during "the second lot."
This picture shows founder of the firm, G.H. Layne (front passenger) Ruth Isabella Elizabeth Layne, back seat, left side.
Next time you are walking along Bigby Street, stop off near the Dying Gladiator's beer garden entrance and look left. On the wall of the small housing development nearby you will see a sign within the brickwork marking the location of Layne's premises, and the founding date.
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