Brigg survived the worst the so-called Beast from the East could throw at us in terms of snow and chilly east winds blowing in from Russia.
We can only hope these isn't a sting in the tail to come!
Some shops have had to close due to staff being unable to make it in to open up, while the Thursday market was cancelled by organiser North Lincolnshire Council. Surely a wise move in the circumstances.
There have also been school closures in and around Brigg.
We've had much heavier falls of snow than this in recent years - the issue has been wind-chill, making things feel much, much colder than the actual air temperature.
Thankfully, the refuse/recycling lorries were able to get here on Monday before the worst of the wintry weather arrived.
On Tuesday we met a post lady who was out and about delivering letters on foot and a few minutes later encountered a Royal Mail van making deliveries in the same area of town.
Snow-covered hats off to those hardly souls serving the public!
Our thanks also go to the staff at Hornsby's - an Ashby-based firm that, during more than 100 years providing local bus services, must have seen worse than this.
The No 4 service between Brigg and Scunthorpe kept running, though some journeys had a miss out the Broughton and go straight down the A18 to Forest Pines roundabout.
Here's a round-up of snow pictures taken this week by Brigg Blog.
Today (Saturday) the current temperature in Brigg is 2C (34F) which is slightly above freezing.
We aren't old enough to remember the really bad winter of 1947 but do recall, as a youngster in 1962/3, having our breath taken away while trudging through a wind-backed snowstorm en route to our cosy, coal-fired prefab on Woodbine Grove, close to Hawthorn Avenue.
Making our way on foot through Brigg streets earlier this week reminded us of that trek all those years ago.
Brigg Blog can only apologise for tempting fate with our post last week about the so-called Snowflake generation! View it here...
As expected, a number of football and hockey matches scheduled to take place locally have been called off.
We recommend finding a warm pub in Brigg tonight and reflecting on what's been a memorable week.
Please note that businesses pictured here showing closed signs have reopened since we took the pictures.
View 30+ Brigg snow pictures by Ken Harrison and read our review of the week when "The Beast" called on Brigg through this link...
Town Mayor Coun Sharon Riggall said: "Due to extreme weather conditions I have taken the decision to re-schedule The Great British Spring Clean in Brigg which was arranged for Saturday 3rd March. This will now be held on Saturday March 17th at 10am.
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| The weather to stay in bed! |
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| Icy weather - ice cream! |
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| Not the weather for sitting outside Wetherspoon's White Horse pub/restaurant. |
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| In its 175-year history, St John's Church, Brigg, had seen worse! |
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| A Hornsby bus in Cary Lane, Brigg. |
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| A chilly scene in the beer garden behind the Britannia Inn, Brigg. |
The winters of 47 and 63 are respectively often recognised singularly within one year.
ReplyDeleteOn both occasions, the devastation snow-shoes didn't really arrived until late January.
I remember the Winter months of 62 as bitterly cold, but mostly dry; there had been a somewhat isolated snow-storm in the SW- Cornwall/Devon.
But during the last week of January 63 the whole country was in the grip of Attic conditions with very heavy accumulations of snow that lasted until just b4 Easter.
I recall being on a train just b4 Easter, the snow had thawed rapidly, but the ground was still frozen creating flooding in fields surrounding the rail track..
The summer turned out very pleasant.