BRIGG THEN & NOW: WRAWBY STREET LOOKING TOWARDS CROSS STREET

 

 

Half a century separates these two views of Wrawby Street, Brigg, but all the buildings remain today.

Our 'then' picture - circa 1970 - features (right) Parker & Cladingbowl (haberdashery and clothing) and then a sweet shop, beyond which is Richardson's (newsagent & wallpaper stockist) managed by Winnie Cammack. 'Goodie' Binns ran this sweet shop for many years but we think it was in different hands 50 years ago.
On the left we see Bowen's (baker & confectioner) nearest the camera with its distinctive wheatsheaf emblem above, Waters (the butcher) and then The Little Shop (teas, snacks and gifts).
Beyond Cross Street (centre right) is Wallhead's Outfitters (founded in the 1890s and still trading today) with Harry Westcott's barber's pole evident beyond and George Mason's grocery shop facing the entrance to Grammar School Road (not 'South' in those days).
Note the much-used zebra crossing with its amber Belisha beacons either side of Wrawby Street when the A18 (eastbound) still passed through.
In the distance is the town's original Victorian police station and adjoining courthouse. The Barnard Avenue 'cop shop' was built by Humberside Police in the late 1970s.
Just visible on the right is part of a fish and chip shop operated by Coun Jack Wattam and his wife Florence in the 1960s. It appears to have been unoccupied in 1970.