Saturday, September 30, 2017

BRIGG BLOG COVERS UNUSUAL TOWN CENTRE SURVIVOR


Older Brigg Blog followers may recall decades ago when  Smith & Sons traded as ironmongers in the Market Place.
The premises were near where Ladbroke's is today - on the left of the picture above. 

The extensive range of items provided by Smith's included metal manhole covers.
The survivor pictured below can still be seen today on Market Lane - literally a stone's throw from the place that supplied it, possibly to Brigg Urban District Council.

The Smith & Sons lettering is still readable despite being open to the elements for many years, close to the later Smith Parkinson garage, which became Grimley-Smith's offices and now house the HQ of Brown & Co.



1 comment:

Ken Harrison said...

If my local history is accurate, Smith was the sleeping partner/financier to Parkinson to form the Smith Parkinson garage.