That was pre-pedestrianisation and the riders wizzed along Wrawby Street, past the shops.
It was quite a spectacle!
Then being employed on the staff of the Scunthorpe Telegraph's sports department, we were assigned to cover the planning meetings held over many months, prior to the race.
These were overseen by Supt Maurice Garmston, of Scunthorpe police.
There was a pot of money made available to promote the Milk Race in communities to be visited by the spectacle.
So we suggested that Brigg Town Cricket Club put in an application.
This proved successful and a midweek match was held at Brigg Rec during the week that the Milk Race visited Brigg.
We enjoyed a buffet at the Black Bull after the game and the Milk Race Trophy was on display in one of the front windows of the hostelry for many years after that, giving continued publicity to the day when the Milke Race came to town.
The current Tour of Britain is the 20th century equivalent.
Brief reference was made to the Milk Race during the launch event held recently in the function room at the Buttercross.
Do you recall watching the Milk Race back then?
Pictures were taken on Wrawby Street by a Scunthorpe Telegraph photographer and have found their way into the paper's digital archive.
We are still selecting content for the Telegraph's weekly Nostalgia section and the monthly Nostalgia magazine and plan to post at least one of the pictures in a future edition.
We think Brigg Town Cricket Club's opponents for the Milk Race Trophy might have been the White Swan team.
Although then playing home games in Scunthorpe, it started out as Blue Circle, Kirton Lindsey.
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3 comments:
Yep, I can remember the Milk Race coming thro' Brigg many years ago.
I was standing in the then open ground floor of the Buttercross (now the TIC).
The actual event happened so swiftly, the vortex left by the poloton nearly tore me wig off!
Meanwhile, cycling events in and about Brigg have now become very frequent that's its become cyclic..
5th September also equals the date when kids go back to school after the summer holidays....pity!
Talking about milk....good thing to have with a hot curry; I always have a glass of milk with my madras--- very effective at cooling the mouth.
Secondly, its better than those expensive energy drinks; milk reduces muscle fatigue much faster and is again very effective at restoring energy.
And it doesn't matter whether you have skimmed to full cream the effect is the same.
So there was something to said for having a bottle of milk in school.....but probably would have been more beneficial in the afternoon than morning.
A guy I know said he always has a glass of milk when he gets indigestion; he thought alkaline as it contained calcium - told him milk was slightly acid and it would be best keep to indigestion tablets....or even a mint to ease most cases...
End of ramble on milk...
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