ANNIVERSARY OF WELL-KNOWN BRIGG PUB'S CLOSURE

 

Today is the anniversary of Brigg losing one of its best-known pubs. So let's raise a glass in its memory.
Back on May 27, 2018 - a Sunday - the Nelthorpe Arms, off Bridge Street, served its final pints before closing for ever on economic grounds.
The familiar hostelry - housed in an 18th century building - was packed that evening (a bank holiday) as people called in to sink a pint or three for the final time.
The pub's best-known 'mine hosts' were Myles and Mary Scanlon, who ran the bar from the mid-1960s until the early years of the current century.
Many Brigg people then continued to call it Scanlon's, despite the fact it changed hands a number of times.
Following closure of the Nelthorpe Arms, North Lincolnshire Council granted planning permission for the building to be converted into residential use - a process which did not take very long to complete.
The pub began life as the Wheatsheaf, later becoming the Greyhound until a final change of name to the Nelthorpe Arms while Queen Victoria was still the reigning monarch.
For many decades it offered residential accommodation and was particularly popular with anglers who came from Yorkshire to relax on the banks of the Old River Ancholme - literally a stone's throw away.
Some of the outbuildings once allied to the pub remain in use, one being used as a kickboxing gym.
The former pub beer garden - overlooking the river - also remains.
These pictures were taken on the final night at the Nelthorpe Arms, Brigg.