MEMORIES OF BRIGG PUB THAT NOW HAS NEW OWNERS

The above picture follows on from Brigg Blog's post about the White Hart pub being bought last week by the Hospitality Management Company.
It shows not only the town centre pub hostelry as it was in the early 1970s but also nearby Gwen's Bargain Shop, which Brigg Blog followers of more senior years will remember well.
Can we call Gwen's a forerunner of today's pound shops?
The White Hart (also seen below in the early 1970s) appears to have a Bass Charrington  sign on its frontage - this company being a major player in the licensed trade.
The White Hart was bought by local man Ray Neall towards the end of that decade, and he set about extensive refurbishment.
How long has the White Hart been operating on Bridge Street?
It was listed as a tavern in Pigott's Directory for 1841, together with the Angel and White Lion Hotels.
Other local taverns at that time were the Ancholme, Black Bull, Brocklesby Ox, Coach & Horses, Cross Keys, Gladiator, Hammer in Hand, Hope & Anchor, Lord Nelson, Red Lion, Wheatsheaf, White Horse, William IV (Scawby Brook), Yarborough Hunt and Woolpack.
The term "tavern" back then was a wide one, including large pubs as well as ale houses, which were people's homes in which drink was served in one, or more, licensed ground floor rooms.