"NEXT TRAIN'S GONE!!"

I've stolen the title from a quote in Will Hay's comedy, "Oh Mister Porter". You'll see why when we get to Brigg railway station, but in the meantime, we'll arrive in the village of Barnetby le Wold. Here's a postcard of Kings Road.

 

The Railway pub in the village is shut for ever.

However, the Whistle & Flute, next to the station, is still serving pints.

Barnetby station, seen here in GCR days, circa 1910, is an important junction.

Here's Barnetby, photographed in the early 1970s.

There's plenty of freight passing through Barnetby. 56056 is westbound, in 2002.

A class 60 heads in the opposite direction.

EWS (DB) and Freighliner class 66 locos are a common sight these days.

Trans Pennine and East Midlands run the passenger services.

In the distance, looking west, is Wrawby Junction, whre trains towards Market Rasen, Brigg and Scunthorpe go their separate ways. The semaphore signals have now gone.(Derek Hoskins - Creative Commons License).

We approach Brigg along Wrawby Road.

This is Bridge Street.

The bridge itself, crossing the River Ancholme.

Brigg Market Place.

Brigg railway station in 1961, when it had a decent train service (Ben Brooksbank - Creative Commons License).

Today, the station is served by just one train in each direction, Monday to Friday. The signal box survives to control the level crossing.

Brigg does have a few pubs. The Brocklesby Ox is no longer one of them.

Another one that's gone, the Queens Arms, seen when it had its own brewery in 1998.

Luckily, the good citizens of Brigg have a free house, the Yarborough Hunt, to serve them decent beer.

A quick trip over to the small town of Caistor, as it's market day. If you're lost, here's the map.

There's also a big wedding taking place.

Oh dear, another lost pub, the Nickerson Arms at nearby Rothwell. This postcard is now the only reminder of it.

Now we head for North Kelsey Moor, but the Queens Head is now closed.

In North Kelsey itself was the Royal Oak, another one gone.

Fortunately, the Butchers Arms is still in business.

That seems to be a good place to end this post. Next time, we'll be heading back to the Trent.