TINTAB BENEFACTOR WAS RETIRED BRIGG POLICE OFFICER & COUNCILLOR

Following Brigg Blog's recent post about the origins of the Tintab (Tin Tabernacle) shelter on East Park, information has come to light about the man who donated it to the town in the 1930s.
During their recently-held November meeting, town councillors approved future repainting and tidying up of the shelter and discussed the possibility of restoring a plaque or plaques (no longer legible) explaining who donated the structure for public use and perhaps also a biblical verse regarding the term Tabernacle.
Ken Harrison, chairman of Brigg Matters Magazine, has since been in touch to say the shelter was donated by Lambert Andrew (not Andrews).
Ken says he was related to Sister Ellen Andrew(s) who was killed in action on the Western Front in 1918 (they are thought to have been cousins).
"Ellen was born ANDREW, but a spurious 's' was added by default when she enlisted into the Army Nursing Service," Ken explains. "She is buried under 'Andrews'."
Turning to the generous benefactor of the shelter, Ken adds: "Lambert Andrew was a retired senior police officer, and was a member of Brigg Urban Council."
Ken says he can remember seeing a plaque on the structure in the early 1980s, and it is believed the plaque is still there under 'new' woodwork' A metal detector may help to locate it.
Ken puts forward theories about the origin of the name...
1. Inside one section (allegedly) was a biblical inscription relating to the Exodus and the use of the Tabernacle (religious temp shelter) during exploits in the desert.
2. Folk from then nearby Workhouse going to the shelter during a break and taking out tabs (roll-ups) from their tobacco tins for a smoke; colloquially, this practice being known as 'tintab'.
Ken suggests that some members of Lambert Andrew's family still live locally,
If so, Brigg Blog wonders whether anyone has a picture of Councillor Lambert they are prepared to share? Would the council like to incorporate it into a dedication plaque, if this idea proceeds at some point in the future?
Brigg Workhouse was abolished in 1930 - together with many other survivors across the UK.
Lindsey County Council then took charge and established the Crosslands Hostel (residential home).
In the early 1970s, while Lindsey social services was still running the establishment near the Monument, we recall the bus run by the Brigg Branch of the Grimsby Town Supporters' Club making a special stop on Wrawby Road, near the courthouse/police station, to pick up a disabled resident of Crosslands who had mobility issues, on the way to home games at Blundell Park, and drop him off again after matches.
Older Brigg residents will also remember men from Crosslands sitting in the shelter, as Ken suggests, to watch the world go by and, in many cases, enjoy a roll-up or two.
PICTURED: The Tintab shelter viewed from the other side of Wrawby Road. There used to be a zebra crossing near here which Crosslands residents used to make their way to and from the shelter.