UPDATES TO VERY RECENT BRIGG BLOG POSTS

Here are a couple of Thursday (June 17) updates to very recent Brigg Blog posts...

PETER THOMPSON: For those gathering by the roadside in the town tomorrow (Friday, June 18) to pay their last respects to the former Brigg teacher and sportsman on the day of his funeral, we have been advised of a slightly earlier time for the cortege to make its way along the A1084 and the A18 in Brigg. - 10am to 10.05am. Some of Peter's friends will be meeting at East Park, near the Monument, from 9.50am. When this updated information was received late yesterday we amended the times in our initial post. Peter moved to Caistor some years ago; after retiring from teaching he became a full-time photo-journalist covering the local area.

BRIGG MUSEUM FIRST SUGGESTED: Following our post about early calls in 2010 for the town to be given a museum, local resident Ken Harrison has been in touch to say: "The first edition of the About Brigg Newsletter - dated April 2001 and the forerunner of Brigg Matters - in the editorial section called for a community centre and a Brigg Museum to reflect the town's vast history. At the time, the About Brigg Newsletter was edited by volunteers of the Voluntary Action North Lincs (VANL). Past issues of About Brigg and Brigg Matters are now archived in the Brigg Heritage Centre. Under the present C-19 and the possibility of cross-contamination, their access is not available." (Ken is the chairman of the not-for-profit Brigg Matters magazine, produced by a team of volunteers),

ABOVE: East Park where Brigg-based friends of Peter Thompson (pictured) will be assembling tomorrow morning (Friday), and an exhibition at Brigg Heritage Centre. This facility opened in June 2012 in the Angel building following many calls for a local museum to be established.