A comment made by Coun Nigel Sherwood at Monday nights' Annual Town Meeting about our Market Place Buttercross is deserving of a much wider audience - and Brigg Blog is happy to oblige.
Many readers will be aware that the early 19th century Buttercross has been refurbished, with a lift added to the upstairs room to make it accessible to those with mobility problems.
Coun Nigel, who was delivering the North Lincolnshire Council report to the town meeting, described the upstairs portion of the grade two listed building as fantastic - then suggested a lot of local people "won't even know it's there."
He was spot on with that comment. I well recall, many years ago, covering the story about Glanford Borough Council's plans to upgrade the Buttercross, and how much money was being lavished on the chandeliers and decor. But it was many years before I got the chance to visit the upstairs room - to attend an invitation-only art exhibition hosted by Brigg Sixth Form College.
The room certainly has a touch of the wow factor about it if a local company wants to impress clients at a business meeting, perhaps. It's available for hire from North Lincolnshire Council.
Thanks to Ken Harrison for the above picture from his collection; Brigg Blog took the one below - we think during one of the BASH Ghost Walks. It shows the upstairs room with the chandeliers turned on.
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The Buttercross's upstairs meeting room and the adjoining kitchen have been recently repainted and refurbished - and a lift has been installed.
Various activities were still going on at the end of last week.
.....following today's exceptionally good Passion Play, in which the drama switched from scenes and staging in various parts of the Market Place, a number of wheelchair-bound folk commented that owing to their sitting position and the need to travel between the scenes that they were not fully in a position to view and completely appreciate the drama.
May I consequently make the suggestion that in such-like future events, that the Buttercross's so-called meeting room be offered as a vantage point for disabled and wheelchair folks (and their carers).
The Buttercross has now a lift....while similarly, the proposed Phase 2 of the Heritage Centre project should include some of the rooms facing the Market Place in the Angel - this too has a lift and has the potential of being used as a advantage point for those being a bit shaky on their spindles..
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