MASKS STILL PREVAIL ON FREEDOM DAY IN BRIGG

During a shopping trip in Brigg on what was called Freedom Day we didn't see a single person inside retail premises without a mask. 

Many people on Monday (July 19) were also still opting to wear face coverings while in the open air on town centre streets, as a precautionary measure against the Coronavirus.
Government restrictions which had made mask wearing a lawful requirement within public indoor spaces were lifted yesterday, together with the social distancing rule.
However, the Government recommended and encouraged the public to show commonsense and still wear masks in what are described as crowded and enclosed spaces, although face covering is no longer mandatory.
Tesco is among the national retailers suggesting that customers should continue to wear in-store masks if they can, and there are signs relating to this near customer entrances.
Inside the Barnard Avenue store, which was not particularly busy by Tesco standards yesterday afternoon (Monday), staff wore face-coverings and we didn't see a single shopper failing to do likewise.
Many smaller Brigg outlets were still displaying signs limiting the number of customers permitted inside at any one time. Also evident were notices near some entrances telling people about face mask wearing and observing social distancing.
Clearly, many Brigg people intend to keep wearing masks in places where the law no longer requires them to do so.
Mask wearing has been with us so long during the Coronavirus emergency that it has now become second nature to reach into a pocket or bag for a face covering before stepping through the entrance.
The demand for masks - on sale at various Brigg retail outlets, example pictured above - looks set to continue for some time to come...