BRIGG MATTERS TO JOSIE AND THE GLOSSY MAGAZINE TEAM

Free copies of the latest issue of the glossy, full colour Brigg Matters magazine are now being distributed to households and businesses across the town. And this not-for-profit community publication - produced by a team of volunteers - has now made a major addition to its team of contributors.
Josie Webb's Brigg Town Snippets is a page contributed by a well-known resident and features topics from the town's past.
Few people today can match Josie's knowledge of Brigg's past; she was a founder member of the Brigg Amateur Social Historians group (BASH) many years ago and has delivered a host of interesting talks - hopefully with more to come once lockdown is lifted.
We spotted Brigg Matters' chairman Ken Harrison with a trolley on Wrawby Street a couple of days ago - distributing 'hot off the press' copies of the Spring 2021 issue.
In his introduction to the latest edition, Ken welcomes Josie to the magazine's line-up, explaining that she is now its "local history contributor". He describes her as a local celebrity and social historian.
The 68-page Spring edition also features Brigg Food Bank, Danny Cassidy (Brigg's own Penny Farthing Man), a look at the fluctuating fortunes of Brigg's passenger train service, and many other topics.
Despite the current economic climate, a host of local businesses have placed adverts to help with the printing costs of this glossy community magazine which also circulates in some nearby settlements. 

It has an impressive print run/circulation of 5,000 copies. Brigg Matters can be contacted by email briggmatters@yahoo.co.uk and has a website www.briggmatters.co.uk
Just to make it clear: Brigg Blog is NOT part of the magazine's editorial team, although we do contribute pictures and information from time to time if invited to do so. Brigg Blog and Brigg Matters support each other but are unconnected.

PICTURED ABOVE: Josie Webb, local historian; part of the cover of the latest issue which features a painting by local artist Carol Morton - an article about her (by Ken Harrison) appears inside; Dan, Brigg's Penny Farthing Man; Brigg Food Bank volunteers.