WINNERS OF TWO MAJOR BRIGG ANNUAL AWARDS CHOSEN

The winners of two major Brigg Town Council awards were chosen at the authority's latest monthly meeting, held this week in the Buttercross.
Julie Taylor receives the Joseph J. Magrath Trophy for public voluntary service to the community.
The Town Council's Building Award goes to the Kennedi Boutique for its refurbished premises on Wrawby Street - Aimee Waudby's well-established fashion business having relocated from the Market Place.
The Town Council says Julie is being rewarded for her efforts as a volunteer, especially for all the voluntary hours she gave as "a key partner in the successful Covid Vaccination roll-out programme in Brigg."
Kennedi's award is "to recognise its commitment to Brigg in the refurbishment of the shop on Wrawby Street, enhancing the area."
These trophies will be presented during Town Mayor Coun Brian Parker's Charity Civic Dinner on Saturday, March 5.
In keeping with a council and press agreement going back many years, Brigg Blog delayed announcing the award winners for some days to ensure those chosen had been officially notified.
The voluntary service award is in memory of Joseph J. Magrath, the long-serving Clerk to Brigg Urban District Council and (from the mid-1970s into the 1980s when he retired) Brigg Town Council's first Clerk. His connections with local government in the town began in the 1930s, and he was the proud recipient of the OBE.
The Civic Building Award was introduced in 1984 "in recognition of a feature which is best considered to have improved the appearance of the town during the previous year."  The winner receives a circular plaque to be displayed on the premises.

 

PICTURED: Julie Taylor (top left), Aimee Waudby and the Kennedie premises on Wrawby Street, Brigg. Aimee is seen celebrating her Brigg business's 10th anniversary in May 2017.