BRIGG LIONS BEER FESTIVAL: MANY SUPPORTERS HOPE IT WILL RETURN

Brigg Beer Festival has been a mid-May highlight of the town's social scene since 1990 when the first was hosted by the District Lions Club in a temporarily reopened room at the Angel Hotel following its closure as a hostelry and prior to its conversion to office use by Glanford Borough Council.
There was no festival last year, following the arrival of the Coronavirus emergency. But with licensed premises being permitted to reopen for outdoor 'table service' from April 12, Brigg Blog thought we needed to run a check with the Lions about the possibility of a 2021 beer festival being staged this year.
The answer now received from the club - "for obvious reasons we haven't planned or discussed anything about the beer festival" - came as no surprise.
It's what many of us who have supported these enjoyable festivals down the decades expected to hear.
Venues have included John Reid Transport (off Atherton Way), the Nelthorpe Arms Barn (behind the pub, since closed, on Bridge Street) and Brigg & District Servicemen's Club.
The only place we could think of which might have proved suitable for a 2021 festival was Brigg Town Football Club's Hawthorns, with its outside beer garden and adjoining bench seating on the edge of the adjoining children's play area.
But with drinks having to be drawn from barrels at a temporary bar and then taken to the tables, this would have required many more volunteer staff being on duty.
Having to drink outdoors, probably in chilly conditions during the evening sessions, would have put some regulars off attending.
Scores of people in the Brigg area are hoping that the Lions will feel able to reintroduce their popular festival in 2022.

PICTURED: Happy memories of Brigg Beer Festivals held at John Reid Transport, the Nelthorpe Arms Barn and (latterly) Brigg & District Servicemen's Club.