I enjoyed delivering a talk on the History of the Lincolnshire Times (1867-1985) last night to St Hybald's Ladies' Guild, which meets at Scawby Village Hall. With the old weekly paper having its editorial offices at 57 Wrawby Street, Brigg, there were many references to our town. Among the audience were a couple of former residents of Brigg's Woodbine Grove prefabs during the early 1960s, plus Ann Campion, ex-Mayoress of Brigg and former teacher at Brigg County Primary. As some of the ladies had heard my usual Lincs Times talk before (delivered to BASH meetings in Brigg) I changed the format slightly. Following a shortened history of the paper and a few anecdotes, we looked at many old pictures from the past. As always, the tale of Wally, the office ghost, went down well. I even found a piece written about him by the late, great news editor Edward Dodd (about 30 years ago) and read that out to the gathering.
Doddy and Wally spent more time in the Brigg office than anyone!
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Have the ladies of Jaylaurs seen Wally, Scribs?
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