MICHELLE'S SINGLE HELPS BRIGG GIRL

Brigg area singer Michelle Palmer ‏has a charity single available  to help a Brigg girl fighting cancer. Find out more here.... 

If you are a Twitter user, follow @MPalmerSoprano  

BRIGG LIVE ARTS THIS AUTUMN

Brigg Live Arts has launched its programme of autumn events.
It has become part of the LiveLincs Rural Touring programme and will be venturing into the world of theatre during October and November
The Ugly Duckling,  Friday 30th October, from 2.30pm, Brigg & District Serviceman’s Club:  Inspired by the classic Hans Christian Anderson tale, the performance features the trademark hand shadow puppetry of Drew Colby (Finger and Thumb Theatre), live cello music played by Penny Callow, beautiful lights-scapes, whimsical humour and clever use of everyday objects guaranteed to take the imagination on a journey with the duckling. Suitable for ages 4+/family audiences. Tickets £6 adults/ £3 children
The Secret World of Charles Dickens: Mirth, Marvels and the Mysterious, Friday 6th November, 7pm, Brigg & District Serviceman’s Club: A humorous and mystifying show where Ian Keable reveals Dickens’s journey to becoming a magician and recreates his favourite tricks and the spooky practises of the Victorian psychics. It ends, as Dickens ended his show, with the production of a fruit cake! This show has had nothing but excellent reviews - ‘a cracking good night’. Tickets £6 each.
Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman,  Friday 27th November, the Angel Suite, 7.30pm: Marie carries the reputation of being one of the greatest Celtic harpists of our time and with the fantastic Chris Newman, on guitar, they have carved a niche in traditional and folk music that leaves them at the top of a wonderful mountain. Definitely not to be missed so get your tickets early. Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door.
Tickets for all the events are available from Brigg Tourist Information Centre, The Buttercross, Market Place. Call 01652 657053. For more information, and to reserve tickets,  call 01652 658995.





    

BRIGG OPERATIC PRESENTING CALAMITY JANE

The Deputy Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Coun Trevor Foster, will be visiting Brigg on  Thursday, October 29 to attend the Brigg Town Council Civic Charity Operatic evening performance of Calamity Jane at the Vale Academy, Grammar School Road, starting at 7.30pm.   

HELP US LOCATE STATUE SOLD IN BRIGG DURING 1980s

FROM SIMON CHURCH, IN AUSTRALIA

This is a stab in the dark ..... but does anyone recognise this black statue?
It was previously owned by my late father (Alfred), however it was sold at a DDM (Brigg) auction in the early 1980s.
I would be very interested in its whereabouts with a view to purchasing it back, if available.
I don’t believe it is extremely valuable but it does hold great sentimental value and is part of our family history, having been passed down over the years.
I recall it always sitting in our hallway at Victoria Road, Barnetby, when I was a young child.
I recently came across the attached photograph while sorting out my late parents' photos.
I'd welcome any reply or news on the statue, which, I believe is of the God of Agriculture.
The statue stands around two feet (600mm). Please email simon@churchosborne.com.au

BRIGG TAXIS IN THE TOWN CENTRE

We saw a friend emerging from this new taxi base in Brigg town centre the other evening.

It is handily located in one of the small shops on Elwes Street, close to Le Raj restaurant.

Some townsfolk won't have been aware it's there - until now!

OVERFLOWING BRIGG BIN SUGGESTS IT'S TIME TO REVIEW WEEKEND EMPTYING

Brigg Blog took this picture in Wrawby Street on Sunday morning.

You may recall that we ran a similar image a week  earlier showing an overflowing bin at the other end of our town's main shopping street.

We offer the latest picture as further evidence that it's time to review emptying arrangements at weekends.

BRIGG TALK WILL REVEAL WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE IN LATE 18th CENTURY LINCOLNSHIRE

There’s a fascinating  subject for the October meeting of Brigg Amateur Social Historians.

Torrington’s Tour of Lincolnshire 1791 will be revealed during an illustrated talk by Dr Brian Davy.

The meeting will be held at Brigg Servicemen’s Club, Coney Court, on Tuesday, October 6, starting at 8pm.

In the summer of 1791 the future Viscount Torrington toured Lincolnshire “with his nightcap in one pocket and a bottle of white brandy in the other.”

His journal, complete with port stains, has survived to tell where he went and who the aristocrat met along the way.

Admission to BASH meetings is free and everyone is welcome. There is no need to book in advance. Light refreshments will be served and a raffle held to help with costs.

The Servicemen’s Club is next to the town’s main car park.

KEYO BRIGG SPRINT TRIATHLON PICTURES

Competitors in yesterday's Keyo Brigg Sprint Triathlon 2015 swam, cycled and then ran. 
Rather than visit Ancholme Leisure Centre where the swimming took place, or concentrate on the cycling section, Brigg Blog went to the Market Place and Elwes Street to photograph the final discipline -  running.  

 

You can view dozens more pictures here...

And even more pictures here...

SURE SIGN THAT CHRISTMAS IN COMING TO BRIGG

The Santa's Attic Christmas shop is now open. As ever, Santa has parked his sleigh early at Brian's DIY, on the corner of Wrawby Street and Grammar School Road South. 
When Brian's festive section opens its doors it is always an indication that December 25 is not too far away.
The lower two pictures show another revamped ground floor section of Brian's store, adjoining the Christmas displays.