Thursday, March 29, 2018

THREE IMPORTANT MILESTONES COMING UP FOR BRIGG


There are three important milestones coming up for Brigg to mark.
The triple ahead was pointed out by Rob Biglands, headteacher of the town's Sir John Nelthorpe School (SJN).
He told guests attending the annual dinner of the Briggensians' Association at Elsham Golf Club that 2019 will mark:
  • 350 years' of education on the Grammar School Road site, formerly Brigg Grammar School, now SJN's Upper School.
  • 100 years since the establishment of Brigg Girls' High School.
  • 100 years since the First World War officially ended.
Brigg Blog is sure that all three events will be marked in suitable fashion, as the headteacher suggested during his speech to the Briggensians.
He made reference to a possible event in a marquee on the school field.
The High School was not initially located on Wrawby Road (now SJN lower school). It moved to this site in the 1930s.
The guns fell silent during the First World War in November 1918 but hostilities did not officially end until the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following June.

PICTURE ABOVE: Brigg from the air - by Neil Stapleton. 



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5 comments:

  1. Ken Harrison29 March 2018 at 09:42

    Tut-tut....WW1 Did not end in 1918....Nov 18th was the Armitice...essentially a truce sought by Gemany.
    The peace treaty, Treaty of Versailles, between the UK and Germany was not signed until late June, 1919.
    We did not make peace with Turkey until 1924...
    And the USA did not sign a peace treaty with Germany until July, 1921.
    Indeed, various peace treaties were signed by different billingerants permutations until the late 1920's....so depending on one perspective, WW1 ended an a variety of dates.
    Hence, some British war memorials are inscribed '1914-1918' - the start to the Armitice....others indicate, '1914-1919' the start to the signing of the WW1's peace treaty that officially ended hostilities between UK/Germany.
    Brigg monument contains names of those killed between 1914-1918 mostly....although about 2 casualties were added, presumably dying of war wounds, to circa 1921.

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  2. Ken Harrison29 March 2018 at 09:54

    Another 1918 event that should receive recognition....voting rights.
    Following Women's Suffrage, women over 30 who met certain criteria, were allowed to vote.
    And we must remember, Men's Suffrage - following the slaughter of WW1, about the 50 percent of men who were previously denied voting rights were now able to vote.
    In 1918 there was still disparity between the voting rights between the genders, but both genders benefited.

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    1. stewgreen30 March 2018 at 10:04

      Tut tut Ken, What counts to libEstablishment is what happens to libEstablishment
      - So libEstablishment ladies getting the vote in 1918 counts
      .. but working class men getting the vote counts
      - Same with abuse cases, events that happen in Holywood or medialand offices count, but things that happen on working-class-land don't.

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  3. Ken Harrison29 March 2018 at 10:07

    For info:
    Men's Suffrage started in the 1830's with the Chartists demanding one man, one vote...it took 80 years to achieve this aim ...all men over 21 were allowed the vote.
    Women's Suffrage (Suffragettes) started in 1898...it took 20 years for a proportion of women the right to vote.

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  4. Ken Harrison29 March 2018 at 16:23

    Essentially, Chartism was a working-class man's demand for political reform.
    The Suffragettes were a middle-class women's group for political reform.

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