OLD BRIGG SURVIVOR ON NEW STREET

Here's a New picture of an old sign that has survived against the odds in Brigg. There used to be many blue and white enamel street signs like this throughout the town centre and beyond, but most of them were removed early in the current millennium and replaced with black and gold versions in a Civic Society initiative.
This one - high up on a domestic property where New Street meets Albert Street - was left in situ and is still with us today.
An extensive review of Brigg streets was carried out in the 1860/70s by the Local Board - some names being changed, including those carried by several town centre courtyards.
Is this sign on New Street a survivor from the Victorian era?
Another blue and white nameplate in a lofty location was also left in place on Garden Street where it meets Queen Street, and is still there today.
The name New Street has always struck us as being a rather surprising choice. With Albert Street and Princes Street adjoining, why didn't Brigg's decision-makers select another royal name for what became New Street? Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were not exactly short of children!
Brigg Blog was interested to see a recent post on social media suggesting that a local resident is thinking about trying to form a modern day Civic Society.
Our archives show that 99 people attended the original civic society's first meeting, held at St Mary's Church Hall on September 20, 1990. Membership later peaked at 159. However it eventually became "an ageing society" with only one member of the committee below the age of 70. Unable to attract younger members prepared to manage it, the society's winding up "became inevitable" and this duly followed at a Special General Meeting held in October 2007. It had done a great deal of good work in the town.