BRIGG BLOG ON THE HUNT FOR NEWS

Brigg Blog was on the ball on Saturday, spotting brand new signage that had just been put in place within the Conservation Area.
Our late morning views show the replacement pub sign which is now on display outside the Yarborough Hunt, on Bridge Street.
It's a colourful addition, featuring a huntsman in traditional red jacket.



 

Saturday night being pretty chilly, Brigg Blog was pleased to enjoy the warmth of a real fire at this hostelry.
A recent Saturday night discussion among some of the regulars centred on pikelets. Or should they be called crumpets?
We were divided over which term is favoured in Brigg.
At some point will a customer visit the pub with a pack of pikelets and a long fork and toast them over the fire? Or even take some chestnuts along.
The Yarborough is a rarity in Brigg these days - a pub that does not serve meals, although locally produced Pipers Crisps are on sale. However, some visitors take their own snacks along.
We spied the wrappings from a lemon drizzle cake there on our Saturday visit to the premises.
The estates of successive Earls of Yarborough acquired much land and property in this part of town over many years.
Our picture below, taken in the early 1970s, shows the extensive Yarborough Mills on the left.
After it had been demolished, a stone sign inscribed 'Yarborough Mills' found its way to the beer garden at the back of the Yarborough Hunt pub.
Also featured below is the former signage displayed at the hostelry for some years, so Brigg Blog followers can compare the old and the new.
The Yarborough Mills site has since been redeveloped for housing with the large Waters Edge estate being constructed.
It is in neighbouring Broughton parish, being a stone's thrown from the Brigg boundary.
 

A Ken Fisher Collection picture from the early 1970s, showing Yarborough Mills on the left. Barges called there on the New River Ancholme.

Former signage at the Yarborough Hunt, Brigg, pictured in September 2016