HAPPY TIMES AT THE TIMES TO BE RECALLED DURING BRIGG TALK

  

We'll be blowing the dust off our collection of old newspapers and black and white prints to deliver a talk for Brigg Amateur Social Historians at the Servicemen's Club, Coney Court, on Tuesday (February 2), from 8pm.
Founded when Queen Victoria oversaw an empire with territory across the world, the Lincolnshire Times weekly newspaper - known locally as the 'Ull Times, as it was printed in Hull by the city's Daily Mail - served this area faithfully until it closed in 1985. 
The paper's south bank base was at 57 Wrawby Street, Brigg (now home to our town centre computer shop).
If you want to learn more about the history of the paper, the people who worked for it down the decades and hear about a few amusing incidents, pop along. No need to book in advance. Admission is free,  refreshments will be provided by BASH and there will be a raffle.
When we chatted recently to BASH chairwoman Josie Webb, she suggested a good turn-out was expected for this talk.
It will be a night of nostalgia and we look forward to seeing some old friends and recalling happy times at The Times.
We'd better add that, at Josie's request, it will be an ILLUSTRATED talk. We'll have some images to project. 
Such technology was unavailable when we delivered previous talks for BASH - at the old White Horse (long before Wetherspoon's), the Ancholme Inn (since demolished) and latterly the Servicemen's.
We've got to be up early for work on Wednesday, so please accept our apologies in advance for not lingering too long after the talk has finished.
Our picture above shows a section of the front page of the final edition of the Lincolnshire and South Humberside Times in July 1985. We worked in the newsroom from January 1980 until January 1984, when promotion was achieved through a move to the Scunthorpe Telegraph.  But that's another story...