If you live in Brigg, like a quiz and think you are quite keyed up about the local community, read on...
A) Can you name Brigg's first 'first citizen'? By which we mean the initial Brigg Town Mayor, appointed from the ranks of the newly-formed Brigg Town Council. He served in office for 12 months, from spring 1974.
B) Who was Town Mayor when the Queen paid us a visit during her Silver Jubilee year, 1977?
C) When was former Royal Navy veteran Coun George Hewson our Town Mayor in the 1980s? Many townsfolk will recall his shop on the Newlands estate. North Lincolnshire Council was later to name its Station Road office block after him, as a lasting tribute to his hard work for the community.
D) When did Chris Gunnee, pictured above, serve as Town Mayor during the 1990s?
Brigg Urban District Council (1894-1974) had a Chairman, who wore a chain and carried out similar duties to a Mayor, including chairing meetings of the local authority.
ANSWERS
A) Coun Ken Pearce, Town Mayor for 1974/5.
B) Coun Bryan Robins, the Lincolnshire Times and later Scunthorpe Telegraph photographer, was Town Mayor in 1977 when the Queen visited.
C) Coun Hewson was Town Mayor in 1980/1.
D) Chris Gunnee was Town Mayor in 1982/3.
1 comment:
That's cheating, Nige.
You had the answers and you didn't even put them upside down!
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