RAISING A GLASS TO BRIGG WAR HEROES EXACTLY 100 YEARS AFTER THE PEACE LUNCHEON OF JULY 1919

Brigg honoured its First World War heroes exactly 100 years ago.
They were the lucky ones who survived the conflict, described as a the war to end all wars.
Many of the survivors returned to the town having been wounded in action.
On July 19, 1919, as part of the Brigg Peace Celebrations, a Victory Luncheon was held at the Angel Hotel, starting at 1pm.
The organisers said it was given "in honour of our heroes."
Among those invited was our grandfather, Charles Ernest Taylor, then living in Happy Land, off Bridge Street.
Born in 1896, he served in the Lincolnshire Regiment and was wounded in action in 1917.
He became one of the first tenants of Hawthorn Avenue when Brigg Urban District Council constructed those houses in the 1930s and worked for Layne's garage, off Bigby Street, until well into the 1970s as a coach painter/signwriter.
A founder member of the Royal British Legion in Brigg during the 1920s, he laid the branch's wreath at the Monument war memorial as late as the 1980s.
He died in 1990, just short of his 94th birthday.
This year July 19 (today) falls on a Friday and some  of us will be visiting the Cafe Courtyard, within the Angel building, for a bite to eat and, from 1pm, raise a glass to the heroes honoured within the Angel building 100 years earlier.
Included in our family archive is the invitation sent to Charles Taylor by Gordon Williams, secretary of the Brigg Peace Celebrations Committee, in 1919.
Prior to joining up, Charles was a messenger at Brigg Post Office, then located off Wrawby Street. 
Brigg Heritage Centre launched a new exhibition yesterday (Thursday)  to mark the 100th anniversary of the Heroes' Luncheon/Peace Celebrations. It's still running and can be viewed in the centre's walkway. We suggest you take a look, as Sgt Taylor's medals and other memorabilia are on display.