SURVIVING SIGN REMEMBERS WHEN BRIGG SHOPS WERE WORRIED

This sign from the 1970s can still be seen above the door of a business in Wrawby Street, Brigg.

Keep Brigg on the Map was a campaign to promote the town and its shops and help secure their future prosperity.

When the M180 opened in Brigg a lot of  traffic from the A18 by-passed the town - cars as well as trucks. These vehicles contained potential customers for a good many town centre businesses.

In the early 1990s the creation of the inner by-pass through construction of the new Ancholme Way Bridge and the realigned Barnard Avenue also meant less vehicular traffic passing by Brigg town centre businesses, with the creation of a pedestrian area. 

That  led to some concerns about  loss of passing trade.

Hindsight being a wonderful thing and Brigg today being a retail success story, it may be difficult to comprehend that a campaign was felt necessary to keep the town on the map all those decades ago. 

Can you recall former occupiers of the sizeable shop premises pictured below?  

George Mason (grocers) and Linsports (sports/leisure goods) spring to mind from the 1960s,  1970s and possibly 1980s.