HONOUR FOR DOCTOR WHO GREW UP IN BRIGG

A former Brigg resident has been awarded an honorary fellowship by a university in Yorkshire.
As a girl, Kirsty Nicholson lived at the Queen's Arms pub, on Wrawby Street, when it was run by her parents Bob and Sue - among the best-known 'mine hosts' in the area.
Now as Doctor Kirsty Edmondon-Jones, director of estates and facilities at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hopsitals, she has been awarded the honorary fellowship by Sheffield Hallam University.
This prestigious honour is reserved for exceptional individuals who have worked closely with the university to make an outstanding contribution to their given field.
Kirsty has been supporting the university's new Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, delivering guest lectures and promoting the opportunity for nursing and midwifery students to contribute to live research projects.
She is also part of a research team, funded by Oxford University, developing a new health monitoring device that can be used in the home.
Brigg Blog thanks proud dad Bob for passing on details of Kirsty's achievements while we enjoyed a weekend drink together on local licensed premises, and a chat about the good old days at the Queen's in the 1980s and 1990s.
However, we couldn't raise a glass of Queen's Arms brewed-on-the-premises Pondwater, Blanket Lifter or Brigg Bitter to Kirsty's achievements.
For it's many years since Bob served the last pints of these ales, made in his micro-brewery.
The Queen's later became the Fish Inn Restaurant, serving up gigantic portions of haddock, and later The Vines Restaurant/Cafe and Bar.
Pictured: Doctor Kirsty Edmondson-Jones (left) with her Research Fellowship award.