Doncaster City Town Centre High St, St Georges, Markets and Frenchgate shopping centre tour.
Its a year since I walked down from South Parade into town. The cycle lanes have now been finished. Doncaster has beautiful buildings, but there are few people.
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Fantastic documentation of Doncaster. I was brought up here and know the town very, very well. There was a dance hall at the very top floor of the co-op building that my parents went to regularly which is next door to Seventh Heaven which I went too a lot back in the 80s. I studied behind St George’s Church which used to be know as Doncaster Art College and was unfortunately boarded up for years when the university or the hub opened up nearby which you got on film. I’m sure they’ll be some haters here but personally Doncaster is a really, really fantastic town which I still love even though I live in Sheffield but it’s not a City.
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When did you record this mate?
I can remember when the 160 Town Circler bus from Doncaster Railway Station to Southern Bus Station vir Northern Bus Station
Not that busy….or is this the era of 'the new busy'?
Nobody ventures into town anymore unless its absolutely necessary.
Thank you Tim. Tuesday was a beautiful day, and you did Doncaster proud.
I weep for Rotherham tax payers.
How do you get town and city centres busy again?
Turn them into out of town shopping centres
Free parking and big name shops
Instead of letting them rot and turn them into housing estates
It's got a lot of potential to be fair
Love that they still have a lot of old buildings
Fantastic documentation of Doncaster. I was brought up here and know the town very, very well. There was a dance hall at the very top floor of the co-op building that my parents went to regularly which is next door to Seventh Heaven which I went too a lot back in the 80s. I studied behind St George’s Church which used to be know as Doncaster Art College and was unfortunately boarded up for years when the university or the hub opened up nearby which you got on film. I’m sure they’ll be some haters here but personally Doncaster is a really, really fantastic town which I still love even though I live in Sheffield but it’s not a City.
Excellent presentation video 🙂
Was this before lunch?
Tuesday anywhere is likely to be quiet .Wednesday to Saturday pubs an restaurants might get busy on pay days .
Lazarus Court, Silver Street and Hall Gate are nightlife areas, that's why they're dead in the daytime