FIRST WEEKEND AFTER LOCKDOWN FOR TWO WELL-KNOWN BRIGG PUBS

 

 

Brigg bars are employing a number of different methods to comply with the government's people tracing system during the continuing Coronavirus emergency,
The Yarborough Hunt - one of the latest pubs to reopen - has opted for a card and registration system.
The first time a customer visits post-lockdown, he or she is invited to complete a card with contact details, including phone and email address.
An individual number is then allocated, which can be used to reserve seats for future visits to the Bridge Street hostelry, and when ordering drinks.
 

 

Saturday night (August 15) saw the Yarborough being illuminated by nearby Christmas lights on Bridge Street - we assume while further bulb and supply testing was being undertaken.
The Dying Gladiator also served its first weekend customers since late March. Visitors soon adapted to the social distancing measures that have been installed. A camera connected to a screen behind the bar allows staff to monitor the scene outside, on Bigby Street.
Andrew Devai's Snack Shack at the Gladiator - located in the beer garden - was operating over the weekend, offering burgers and other fast food to peckish punters.

 

 

Saturday was the last for the amiable relief landlord who has been keeping things ticking over nicely at the Britannia since it reopened from lockdown a few weeks ago. He will soon be returning to his own hostelry north of the Humber. We hope to post more about what's happening at this Wrawby Street venue in the near future, once details have been confirmed.
The Lord Nelson, in the Market Place, was doing good trade when we popped in briefly on Saturday night. Hand-pulled Old Mill Brewery Mild continues to be on offer (well worth trying). And our eye was also taken by the food menu which has a section for Seniors - at lower prices. Do we now fall into this category?

 

 

The Woolpack was going to be one of the local pubs staging VE Day (Victory in Europe) celebrations in early May, but the emergency meant this had to be cancelled with all hostelries in lockdown. However, landlady Sarah Hardy was among the local people who planted memorial crosses at the Monument on Saturday morning. She chairs the local Pubwatch group, representing licensees.
PICTURED: The Dying Gladiator; Andrew Devai behind the counter at his Snack Shack on Saturday night; Christmas lights under test opposite the Yarborough Hunt; Sarah Hardy after placing her cross at the Monument; the snug at the Yarborough (seen below), where people can meet up for a quiet chat over a pint - no TV, no background music!