Brigg Matters Issue 68 Spring 2023

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I moved to Brigg at the end of August
2022 to start my new job for the Brigg and
Barton Methodist Circuit in September. My
role is as an outreach worker, particularly
in secondary schools. I have loved my time
here so far, Brigg has a very welcoming and
community feel, and so it has been easy to
settle in quickly.
Brigg Profile
I have come from graduating at Cliff
College, a theological college in the Peak
District, where I lived for three years whilst
I studied for my degree in theology. This last year, for
my postgraduate year, I have been living in Jersey as a
youth and community worker for a church there. It was
an amazing experience and I learned a lot from it, but it is
lovely to be back in the UK now.
To give a flavour of what I’ve been up to so far, it has
mainly been introducing myself and getting to know
people! Another teacher and I have started an art club,
on Thursday lunchtimes at Sir John Nelthorpe School,
where students are able to get creative and come to
The fishing pond in Manley
Gardens was dedicated to Charlie
Taylor in late October at a
ceremony attended by Charlie’s
wife, Pat, and his daughter, Dawn
Dean (née Taylor) who were
accompanied by Brigg MP, Andrew
Percy, ward councillors, and
friends and members of the Brigg
Syndicate Angling Club.
The angling club, formed in 1971 and
now in its 51st year, limits itself to 60
members. It has a waiting list of others
who wish to join and has a junior section,
but they must be accompanied by a
responsible person. The club has lots of
long-term members with Pat adding that,
until his very recent passing, Ken Pottage,
Charlie’s father-in-law, had been the
oldest member.
As a young lad, one of ten siblings, Charlie
was a keen fisherman and founded the
Anna George
chat. Art is a joy of mine and I have just
qualified as a Therapeutic Art Practitioner
for children and young people by CPCAB
which uses the arts to help express and
process emotions that might not so easily
be expressed verbally.
I have enjoyed helping Brigg Rotary
in some of their ventures at The Vale
Academy such as planting crocuses for
polio, mock interviews with students and
packing Christmas hampers. I have been to
Elsham Holme Farm and Wrawby Hall, to sing hymns with
the older folk there, and also making pastoral visits and
going to coffee mornings, anywhere where you can have
a good chat! I also spend time in Oikos, on the main high
street, where I am chaplain. It is great to be in the hustle
and bustle of Brigg.
My joy is getting to know and meet people and I hope to
make more connections in my time here. As I say, Brigg
has a great community feel to it, and it is a pleasure to be
a part of that.
Dedication of Charlie’s Pond
transcribed from notes kindly provided by Pat Taylor
Pat with daughter, Dawn,
and the specially-made sign
club after the then Brigg Urban
District Council leased the pond.
He remained the annually-elected
chairperson for 48 years until his
death in 2019.
It was intended to have the
ceremony some years ago, but
Covid deferred any proposed plans.
It was subsequently arranged to
coincide with the NLC’s handover
of a sponsorship cheque towards
the pond’s improvement. Pat said
emotionally, “The renaming of the pond
is a fitting tribute to a lovely man who I
was proud to call my husband. The pond
was Charlie’s pride and joy and when our
children, Carl and Dawn, were young,
we used to spend time picnicking on the
banks.”
The sign was made by Charlie’s brotherin-law,
Martin North.
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