SHOPS, EATERIES AND OTHER BRIGG BUSINESSES 20 & 25 YEARS AGO

Some Brigg businesses serve the town for decades, while others come and go. That's the nature of things in the business world.
Since Brigg Blog launched in 2007 we've mentioned many new ventures, and have sadly reflected on some that have ceased trading.
Paul Hildreth's informative 'Movers & Shakers' feature in the latest issue of Brigg Matters magazine was in mind while we were taking a walk through the Market Place earlier this week, and his page set us thinking about how Brigg's range of shops today compares with the scene 20 and 25 years ago.
The lists that follow do NOT include ALL businesses that were then trading, but recall some that tended to advertise their services to the public.
Pictured above - by way of a Then & Now comparison - we see the Varlows fashion shop which was such a well-known feature of the western end of the Market Place for many years, and also the small businesses now occupying these premises near the County Bridge - Super Nails, Ellis's Hair & Beauty and County Antiques & Interiors.
Hopefully what follows will bring back some shopping memories for many Brigg Blog followers...

BRIGG BUSINESSES EARLY IN 2000

China Royal Restaurant, Bridge Street.
Grandad's Shed, 61 Wrawby Street
E&M Carpets and Furniture, Bridge Street
Mischief, 9 Chapel Court
Varlows Ladies' Fashions, Market Place
Smith Parkinson, Market Place, and with a sales site on "Tesco Roundabout."
Events, 8 School Court
The Wold Florist, 50 Wrawby Street
Sue Rhodes, 1 Wrawby Street
Apollo Recruitment Specialists, Pelham House, Bridge Street
Babes in the Wood, 2 Wrawby Street
Way In Ladies' Fashion Boutique, 12 Market Place
KingKom Ltd Mobile Phones & Accessories, 11a Market Place
Brian Parker (Agricultural) Ltd, Westrum Lane
Eclipse Hair, 8 Bigby Street
Brian's DIY, 24 Wrawby Street
Barnes & Son Watchmakers and Jewellers, 63 Wrawby Street
TJ's Private Hire
The Brigg Travel Centre, 19 Wrawby Street
Capps Electrical Retailers, 6 Albert Street
Britcliffe Carpets, 7 and 9 Elwes Street
TJS Models, 12 School Court
Scentiments, 19 Old School Court
Earnshaws, Bridge Street
Brigg Window Company, Bigby Road (showrooms) and Island Carr Industrial Estate
Frost's Garden Centre, Bigby High Road
The Fone Factory, 46 Wrawby Street
Paul Fox, 21 Market Place
Bell Watson, Wrawby Street
John Blanchard Domestic Appliance Repairs, The Briar Patch, Redcombe Lane
Cary Lane Taxis
Glebe Road Stores
Poundstretcher, Wrawby Street (seen here)
Paper Lincs, Grammar School Road and Spring's Parade
S & H Bhatti Newsagents, Bridge Street
Glebe Road Fishery
Scalinis Fish Bar, Wrawby Street
Boots, Wrawby Street
Pailthorp's Jewellers, Wrawby Street
Pickering's, Wrawby Street
Martin's, Wrawby Street
W Sherwood & Sons Cycles, Bridge Street (pictured below)
Dunham's Bakers, Bridge Street
Turner's Butchers, Queen Street
Safeway, near Spring's Parade
Tesco, Barnard Avenue
Kwik Save, Cary Lane
Peacock & Binnington, Bridge Street/Foundry Lane
Shaw's Outfitters, Market Place
Kar Restaurant, Old Courts Road
DDM, Wrawby Street


25 YEARS AGO  - 1995

Here are some businesses that were trading in the mid-1990s - grouped by location...
Wrawby Street: Ma's Restaurant, V.G. & M.J. O'Brien Opticians;  Janet's Linens, J.B. Wallhead & Sons, Way-In Ladies' Fashion Boutique, Alternative Fashion, Brigg Photolabs, Occasion Ladies' & Gents Clothing, Angela J. Bridal Boutique, The Pet Shop, Enchantica Alternative Fashions, S Mundey Butchers, Sue Rhodes Quality Fashions, Field's Quality Fruit, Vegetables and Flowers, Wise Guys Menswear.
Market Place: Smith Parkinson (Ford dealers), Cameo Shoes, A Sound Thing Music Shop, Shaw's Outfitters Ltd, Varlows Ladies' Fashions, Beta Buys, The Flower Garden, Cameo Shoes.
College Yard: Brigg Seafoods, The Tile Inn, Listers Ladies' Fashions.
Elwes Street: Britcliffe Carpets.
Albert Street: A. C. Capp (selling and repairing TVs and other appliances).
Queen Street: Penny's Wallpaper Shop.
Bigby Road: Monument DIY, Kitchen & Bedroom Creations.
Garden Street: Tee Time Golf.