NEW AIR VIEW PICTURES SHOW THE CHANGING FACE OF BRIGG & SOME HISTORIC SURVIVORS

Local man Neil Stapleton has kindly furnished Brigg Blog with some more of his popular panoramic air views.
The one seen above highlights the changing face of the town down the decades, showing some buildings which have survived since the 18th century and others constructed in the late 20th century and the current millennium.
A northerly section of the extensive Lincolnshire Wolds forms a backdrop - below which (left) we see the extensive Newlands housing estate, developed by Brigg Urban District Council in the 1930s. These homes to rent were built on land acquired from a brewery in Yorkshire.
Many people living in courtyard properties within the town centre were re-homed on Newlands either side of the Second World War.
Seen alongside, off Atherton Way, is a relatively recent addition - The Vale Academy (replacing Glanford and Westmoor school buildings, erected in the 1950s on Redcombe Lane and Grammar School Road).
In the 1970s, these sites were combined and developed as the Vale of Ancholme School (a comprehensive).
Centre right is St Mary's Church, showing the scaffolding currently in place.
Also in the middle of the picture are the Tesco store off Barnard Avenue which launched in January 1999 and Wilko's on Cary Lane which served its first customers in 2008 in premises formerly used by Kwik Save.
Seen below them are historic buildings within the town centre's conservation area, including Market Place premises formerly used as banking branches by Barclays (adjoining the southern end of Cary Lane) and NatWest, with its distinctive atrium visible on the roof.
The clock tower of the early 19th century Buttercross is also in shot, together with No 7 Market Place (at the top of Cary Lane).
This 18th century residence of distinction with typically-Brigg clay pantile roof was under threat of demolition in the early 1970s but survived after refurbishment during the era of Glanford Borough Council.
Having housed a ground floor cafe for many years and later become the headquarters of the South Humber Business Advice Centre and then Ian Cawsey MP, it is now used as offices by a local company.
The Angel complex is seen bottom left. Having been a coaching inn/the Angel Hotel, the building was converted in the 1990s to local authority use.
It now houses the town's Community Hub, Library, Brigg Heritage Centre and the Angel Suite function & meeting venue, as well as the popular Cafe Courtyard.
Visible beyond the tower of St John's Church is a three-storey former town house - later transformed for retail use on the ground floor.
World famous Woolworth's traded here for many years into the 1980s; today it is occupied by Martin's (newsagent and shop) and includes Brigg Post Office.
If any Brigg Blog followers are struggling to identify the green area (top left) it's part of the Sir John Nelthorpe School playing field.
Below is another recent bird's eye picture of Brigg town centre also shared by Neil.
View many more views of Brigg by Neil through this link to his YouTube video site...