Friday 8th December 2017
On This Day in Doncaster History more»1688: King James II changes the town's charter again, giving Doncaster it's 3rd mayor in a year! 1864: Father of computing, mathematician and inventor of algebra George Boole, who taught in Doncaster, passed away in Cork. 1912: Cadeby Colliery disaster relief fund set up to support families and widows. 1981: The Doncaster Power Signal Box (PSB) officially opened to help British Rail modernise. 2012: The middle 2 cooling towers at Thorpe Marsh Power Station is spectacularly demolished. 2012: The last 2 cooling towers at Thorpe Marsh Power Station is spectacularly demolished. |
12 Years Ago Today Stainforth FE Centre relaunched as Doncaster College East.
27 Years Ago Today Suspected IRA bomb in Doncaster was a bird hitting power lines.
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