The Friends of the Brigg & Lincoln Lines Rail Group is pressing for improvements on what is council-owned land.
A spokesman for FoBLL described this area as "a wasteground" with a number of issues, including fly-tipping and anti-social-behaviour.
The group feels it is unfair that the people it encourages to visit Brigg by train to support the town's local independent shops "keep seeing this eyesore" near the station.
The Friends are seeking local people's views. Get in touch via thebrigglinegroup@gmail.com
Older followers of Brigg Blog will recall the term "Station Approach" which described the road from Albert Street right through to the station buildings. There were still sidings then and a good shed/depot.
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The term, 'Station Approach' is also used in the historical account of when Carys Elwes displayed the Brigg Log Boat.
For about 20 years the Boat was on display, under cover, in 'Station Approach'....and this is not really near Albert St/Station Rd. Folks flocked from South Yorkshire to see the Log Boat at a 6d viewing fee.
The Boat was transferred to Hull Museum circa 1907, but the building remained.....it remained in situ as part of the Wards roofing firm...now the site of Golden Living...
In the late C19th.early C20th, the area was fairly open and a 'Station Approach' track led directly to the station.
Perhaps with the building of the vicarage ...old prep school et al, the route was diverted slightly to its present access via Station Rd.
While were on the subject of railways, it was the Elwes who didn't want a railway station in the town centre....
and they certainly didn't want the planned railway junction anywhere near Brigg - hence Wrawby junction and the development of Barnetby as a focus .....
In the realms of speculation, what would Brigg have been like if the town was the centre of a rail junction?
The railway arrived sometime b4 the development of Scunny started........
As a growing urban town, it would be unlikely for Scunthorpe to materialise so close to Brigg....perhaps Brigg would have become the centre of the steel industry......and perhaps it would have now rivalled towns like Sheffield......but it's all speculation; its destiny resting on the decision not to allow a proposed major rail complex near the town....
You honestly think Brigg would now have 540,000 population and be the 4th largest city in England,Ken? I think it would be more like Gainsborough personally.
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