BRIGG BENEFACTORS SO GENEROUS

Brigg benefactor of the early 20th century, Alderman Harry Stamp, will be remembered with gratitude in the weeks ahead as the man who funded the Monument war memorial.
This is because November 2018 will see the 100th anniversary of the guns falling silent in the First World War.
However, we should not forget the generosity of Alderman Joshau Davy in ensuring town youngsters, over many decades, have had a safe place to play.
A plaque on a stone plinth at the Davy Memorial Playing Field, between King's Avenue and Bigby Road, explains that Brigg Urban District Council purchased the recreational area but its maintenance was funded by rents from properties given by the late Alderman and Magistrate in memory of his beloved wife.
With large crowds in attendance, the Monument was dedicated at a dignified ceremony  on Sunday, June 15, 1919.
Alderman Stamp was chairman of Brigg Urban District Council 1915-1919 and had a business in the town centre.
Was Davy Crescent - housing provided by Brigg UDC in the 1950s - named after Alderman Joshua?
If so, there's surely a good case for honouring Alderman Harry in similar fashion almost 100 years after he donated the war memorial.
Stamp Street has a good ring to it and would right what appears to have been an oversight.
In  1900,  Councillor Joshua Davy (not yet an Alderman) persuaded the Brigg workhouse guardians to allow talking at meal times by the residents!
Children from council estates in Brigg who visited The Davy Memorial Playing Field in the 1960s always called this green area Bigby Swings. Strange, really, as we spent most of our time using the large slide which faced the railway line!
Football kick-abouts would be halted when the level crossing gates clanked shut to road traffic and we would dash to the wooden fencing to trainspot, hoping for a surviving steam loco rather than a modern diesel.