HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO WETHERSPOON'S IN BRIGG

Customers of the White Horse pub and restaurant in Brigg town centre have very good reason to raise a glass today to mark the fifth anniversary of this Wrawby Street hostelry launching as a JD Wetherspoon outlet.
The firm invested heavily in refurbishing and extending the original 18th century hostelry over many months before opening the doors to customers for the first time on January 27, 2015.
Since then it has been the most used hostelry in town, with people coming from far and wide to enjoy its low-priced drinks, morning breakfasts and other meals from the menu well into the evening.
The decision to provide the impressive south-facing beer garden at the back, complete with tables and chairs, proved a masterstroke.
During the warmer months of the year, it's THE place to be in Brigg for many, many people.
If you're a bit hard of hearing like us, Wetherspoon's pub is not the place to go for a quiet chat with friends over a pint - unless you visit after 10pm. That's because the venue is so busy.
But that apart, the only drawback is the absence of on-site parking, particularly for people arriving by car in the evenings for meals.
Some of them use the town's main cark on Old Courts Road and walk down Wrawby Street to 'Spoons' but others seek out the limited spaces available on nearby streets closer to the pub, which means they are unavailable for other visitors to the town centre.
There's no doubt that Wetherspoon's has brought many people into Brigg who might not otherwise paid us a visit. And we know, from talking to many people, that some of them shop in Brigg before or after visiting the White Horse, while some of the pub's drinkers move on to other town centre watering holes.
Our overall conclusion is that the national pub chain's creation has been good for Brigg as town. If Wetherspoon's had not taken over the original White Horse, would it it still be going today?
PICTURED ABOVE: The front of the pub a couple of days before it opened to customers in 2015.