FORMER BRIGG GRAMMAR SCHOOL PUPIL IN TOUCH FROM FLORIDA

Former Brigg Grammar School pupil Ron Harsley has emailed us to say he would like to get in touch with any old Briggensians of his era who are in south west Florida - "if there are any?"
Ron says: "I was executive vice president / general manager of a multi plant plastics manufacturer headquartered in northern Indiana for 20 years and, for recreation,  Master and huntsman to the Michiana foxhounds. Retiring to Florida in 1996, I spent many happy times on my boats “Foxhunter” and “Boadicea” in the Gulf of Mexico. Sadly, ill-health relegated me to playing bad golf regularly.
"I do enjoy reading about the Old Briggensians but sadly appear to be receiving less and less communications.
"I think I can count on one hand the accounts of old boys of my era. Maybe we are a closely guarded secret. Sheffs forever!"
Current email address:  cruisemaster@verizon.net
For the benefit of those who did not enjoy a Brigg Grammar School education, "Sheffs" were pupils allocated to Sheffield House - generally, those who lived in Scunthorpe, Broughton, Appleby and surrounding area. Inter-house competitions were held in swimming, cricket, football, etc. The other houses were Yarborough, School (boarders), Nelthorpe and Ancholme. With the exception of School House, there had to be some re-drawing of boundaries from time to time to ensure a roughly even number of boys in each. Originally,  pupils from Brigg made up Ancholme House, those to the east (as far as Keelby) were in Yarborough, while Nelthorpe comprised Scawby and villages to the south on the way to Lincoln. Sheffield, as we said, was mainly for Scunthorpe/Broughton boys.