BRIGG SHOP: ONE SHOULD STOP, CALL IN AND TAKE A LOOK

A Brigg shop is being given a new look - inside and out.
The One Stop Shop - Atkinson Avenue Stores - is on the Springbank housing estate.
An application having been submitted for advertisement consent to erect various new signs on the front of the premises, Brigg Blog paid an afternoon visit earlier this week to take a look and a picture or two.
Workmen were present outside. And when we decided to venture inside to make a purchase or two, shop fitting work was also proceeding.
We were told the shop was then closed. However a subsequent new media post has informed customers: "Your fresh new store will be open on Saturday, February 29th. Work in progress - please bear with us."
The application for new signs was submitted by One Stop Stores Ltd.
Brigg Town Council was consulted about the proposals, which were discussed at a meeting of the Planning & Environment Committee, with North Lincolnshire planners, as ever, having the final say.
Advert consent was requested to replace existing signage with one facia sign, one aluminium composite panel sign, one push/pull & window manifestation (the descriptive term used) and one lockable poster case.
After our family moved from a Woodbine Grove prefab to Central Square (early in 1963) we used to visit what was then known as a general store on Atkinson Avenue over many years.
The Lilley family operated it for a considerable time and we sometimes called in before, or after, footballing kick-a-bouts or summer games of makeshift cricket on the narrow grassy area between South View Avenue and the Rec Ground.
This play zone was then bordered by a high metal fence with barbed wire on top to deter kids from climbing over to retrieve 'lost' balls. The fence was erected by Brigg Urban District Council.
It was still there in the Glanford area but is no longer evident today (the North Lincolnshire authority now manages the Rec).
If Bonzo, a notorious and very large dog which lived on the Springbank estate, showed up while football was being played in the 1960s, the kids climbed the fence to try and keep a safe distance from the pooch. So the barbed wire on the top actually impinged on our health and safety!
These pictures show the One Stop Shop on Tuesday afternoon (February 25) while refurbishment work was underway.
Can anyone say, with any certainty, when a shop was first established at this location on the Springbank estate?
UPDATE, 12.20pm SATURDAY: After this post had been shared on Facebook, a comment was kindly posted saying the initial Atkinson Avenue shop was operating in 1958 with a Mrs Haynes and her son in charge.