Preparatory spadework of a legal and administrative nature having now been completed in Brigg, the town's new allotments site can proceed and provide land for green-fingered fruit and veg growers.
A North Lincolnshire Council contract to clear, level and prepare the ground allocated for the allotments will go out to tender next week (December 4) and on-site work is to start in late February, with completion by April 30.
Allotments will be available to tenants on the Woodbine Park site, near South View Avenue, from May 2021.
A project update was given by Coun Rob Waltham during Brigg Town Council's November meeting held on Tuesday night (November 24). The Town and North Lincolnshire authorities have been working together for many months but the Coronavirus emergency period has led to some delays.
The new plots, to be managed by the Town Council, will occupy part of the grassed-over children's park - replacing well-established allotments on Grammar School Road which occupy land earmarked for redevelopment.
With vehicular and pedestrian access from Preston Drive, an extensive estate of post-war prefab bungalows, known as Woodbine Grove, occupied the entire site which now forms Woodbine Park. The last of these temporary homes were demolished in the early 1970s.
Food for thought... The prefabs all had gardens (front, rear and sometimes side) and most of the tenants grew fruit and veg for the table. So the wheel is about to turn full circle almost half-a-century since the last sprouts and spuds were planted and apples and berries picked.
Brigg Town Council will continue to operate its allotments on Atherton Way/Redcombe Lane.
To find out more about taking on a 'grow your own' plot in Brigg, email enquiries@briggmarkettown.co.uk
PICTURED: Above - current land on Woodbine Park and some Grammar School Road allotments; below - Woodbine Grove prefab life in the late 1950s.
