MUSEUM FOR BRIGG?

Brigg deserves to have its own museum.
That was one of the suggestions to arise out of a public meeting in the town.
Fifty public-spirited Brigg people gave two hours of their time to help in a long-term project designed to establish a blueprint for future development of the town.
They attended an open forum organised by the team drawing up Brigg's first Community-Led Plan, which is being overseen by Brigg Town Council with funding obtained through the North Lincolnshire unitary authority.
The museum idea was relayed to be meeting at Demeter House School, in Bigby Street, by Coun Andrew Markham, who said he thought it would be an excellent move, given Brigg's interesting history.
Noting that Barton had a museum, he said: “There's a lot of history in Brigg. It would be great if we could get it done.”
Ken Harrison, from Wrawby, then pointed out Brigg’s history did not start, as some people think, when the Market Charter was granted early in the 13th century.
He said people lived in the area in Bronze Age times – and made reference to many interesting items still underground, notably in the Island Carr part of town.
Tom Glossop, who is continuing to work on this project despite retiring from the Town Council, outlined the aim of the Community-Led Plan, which is part of a government initiative for small communities.
"It will form the blueprint for our future," he said.
Tom told the audience that they, and other residents, now had the opportunity to be part of shaping the development of the place in which they lived.
"I am absolutely delighted to see so many of you here tonight," he added.
"We want you to come up with your ideas."
Tom said they needed people's opinions about what was felt to be good, bad or missing in Brigg today. And also to hear what members of the public wanted developed in the future.
In a lengthy session, organisers of the Community-Led Plan then took note of people's views and chatted to them about their aspirations for Brigg.
Some of these suggestions were then outlined to the audience, promoting a number of questions and comments.
A huge amount of information was recorded on many topics, ranging from a wish to see the recreation ground improved to developing river use and getting an improved train service.
There was support for improving traffic flows along the A18, cutting down abuses of the pedestrian area and improving parking and even reducing the speed limit between Brigg and Wrawby to 30mph.
The comments received will be added to those already gleaned from presentations made to small groups in Brigg, of which more will soon be undertaken.
Team leaders from the Community-Led Plan who addressed the public forum were Ken Harrison, Brigg town councillors Lesley Whitehand, Sheila Boughey, Andrew Markham, Jane Kitching and Jackie Brock. Other councillors were offering support, including Ann Eardley and Alec Depledge. (Hope we haven't missed any out!)
An extensive selection of Ken's recent pictures of Brigg streets, buildings and places of interest were projected onto a large screen throughout the meeting - on a continuous loop.
The Community-Led Plan team's visits will include:
June 21: Carers' Centre, Redcombe Lane, from 1.30pm.
June 25: Angel Courtyard, on farmers' market day, from 10am.
July 22: Tesco store.
August 9: Brigg Garden Centre.
There is no strict time limit for drawing up the Community-Led Plan – it could take a year or even 18 months.
You can now visit Brigg People (using the link below) to see a gallery of pictures from the Community-Led Plan’s open forum.



brigg people pictures


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