by Andrew Gill | Aug 5, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, Places, Transport
In October 1909, an aviation meeting was held at Doncaster Racecourse. These were the early days of flying, the machines were primitive and their designers and engineers (often wealthy amateurs) learnt and adapted through trial and error. Such meetings were an... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 5, 2021 | Gallery, Places, Sport, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Cycling was as popular in the late nineteenth century (when this photograph was taken) as it is now. This happy band of cyclists is the ‘I.O.G.T.’ in Doncaster. We’ve not been able to find out what the I.O.G.T. was …. or is. I assume its main... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 18, 2021 | Gallery, Places
We are used to huge windmills scattered across the landscape producing electrical power. This one is a little older, with a different purpose. Located in Thorne, a market town near Doncaster, it would have been typical of its type, built by local craftsmen with... 