AFGHAN FAMILIES RE-HOMED IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, BRIGG COUNCILLORS INFORMED

 
Some families from Afghanistan who have been welcomed by Britain are living in North Lincolnshire ... with more to follow in the district, Brigg Town Council's latest meeting heard.
Applications on behalf of many Afghans, fearing for their safety, have been accepted by the UK Government following the withdrawal of the US and UK armed forces.
During the Town Council's latest meeting, Coun Penny Smith asked Coun Rob Waltham how many Afghan families had been accommodated in North Lincolnshire.
The Leader of North Lincolnshire Council replied that three families had come to live in the unitary authority's area but he was not going to specify the locations beyond the district. A similar number of families were expected to join them.
Pointing out that North Lincolnshire Council no longer had responsibility for the social housing stock, he said he absolutely supported the re-homing of these Afghan families.
In the early 1970s, after many families of Asian heritage had been forced out of Uganda, some of them were housed temporarily at RAF Hemswell, in northern Lincolnshire, which was designated one of the intermediate transit camp.
A small number of displaced teenage boys were then accepted as pupils by Brigg Grammar School, under the headmastership of H. B. (Brian) Williams. Several joined our form. We recall they were very able academically and believe they had benefited from public school-type education in Uganda.
Their time as Brigg pupils was relatively brief; families which arrived in Hemswell later settled in various parts of the UK, particularly in the Midlands.
After 50 years it would be good to hear news of the boys from Africa who studied at BGS.