ONE MONTH SINCE BRIGG PUBS CLOSED LOCAL OFF-LICENCE SALES CONTINUE TO GROW

One month has now passed since local people enjoyed their last drinks in Brigg pubs before the government-imposed closure due to the Coronavirus emergency.
Town bars closed until further notice on Friday evening - March 23, 2020.
Given the circumstances, little advance notice was given about the ban but many people still visited local licensed premises for farewell pints.
Some pubs closed earlier than others on that final Friday - a sad time for licensees and bar staff whose work has since dried up
Our picture shows JD Wetherspoon's White Horse after the last customers had left that evening.
How or when the lockdown will be lifted or relaxed by the government remains unclear. But it has been suggested that bars might be among the last to resume normal service across the UK - perhaps not until autumn. Thousands of pints in barrels are being tipped away as they pass their 'use by' date.
However, sales of canned and bottled beer have grown for local shops and stores with the necessary drinks licence. And there are many of them.
Sadly, the town's last dedicated off-licence shop, on Springs Parade, closed many months ago.
It would now be seeing very long queues of thirsty customers keeping their distance from each other across the nearby car park!