Doncaster Civic Trust

2025

All the meetings are at St Peter’s Church Hall in Chequer Road, Thursdays, at 7.30pm.

The accommodation has been completely refurbished, with new lighting and furniture, a big screen, a new floor, a new kitchen where tea, coffee and biscuits will be available, and effective heating.

Talks are open to members and their guests (members only for the AGM). We also welcome non-members who are considering joining the Trust.

​2023

21 September David Hornsby on “The Story of Elmfield Park” 

12 October Mandy Keating on “The Glasshouse, 90 Years of Pilkington in Doncaster” 

16 November AGM and “Old Doncaster Photo Quiz” by M Barnsdale & P Langford 

2024

25 January Brian Sprakes on “George Gilbert Scott and Lord Grimthorpe – An Unlikely Friendship” 

22 February Ian Morgan on “Footpads & Highwaymen”

21 March Dr Ann Featherstone on “The Victorian Fair – Freak Shows and Fisticuffs”

18 April TBA

All the meetings are at St Peter’s Church Hall in Chequer Road, Thursdays, at 7.30pm.

The accommodation has been completely refurbished, with new lighting and furniture, a big screen, a new floor, a new kitchen where tea, coffee and biscuits will be available, and effective heating.

Talks are open to members and their guests. We also welcome non members who are considering joining the Trust.

We are delighted to announce our schedule of fascinating talks for early 2023

12th January   Jackie Gladden on “Art Nouveau in Europe”.

23rd February   The Ginger Group with “New Plans for Doncaster Corn Exchange”.

9th March   Dr Ed Shaw of the Don Catchment River Trust – “All Hands on the Don: Transforming our river together”.

20th April   Martin Gorman of the Friends of Sheffield Castle “Discovering Sheffield Castle”.

7:30 pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, Chequer Road, Doncaster
Plenty of free parking available.
For members and their guests.
If you would like to join the Trust we will send you a programme.

15th September: Dave Fordham on ‘A nostalgic walk from Doncaster to Mexborough’

20th October:  Malcolm Barnsdale on ‘Old Doncaster Revisited’

17th November: Annual General Meeting, followed by Mark Waterhouse on ‘The Trust’s Art and Photography Competition – the Winners’ 

All meetings take place at St Peter’s Church Hall, Chequer Road, Doncaster
(Plenty of free parking available.)

The events are for members and their guests.

If you would like to join the Trust we will send you a programme.

We are optimistic that we can run a short winter programme for the remainder of this season. We are going to return to St Peter’s Church Hall in Chequer Road. The accommodation has been completely refurbished, with new lighting and furniture, a new floor, a new kitchen and best of all, new heating!

All meetings are on Thursdays at 7:30pm.

All events are for members only, please.

The seating is spaced out and drinks will not be available after the events to keep us apart and Covid-safe.

24 February: Annual General Meeting, followed by a video presentation of the digital, interactive Doncaster Town Trail by Mark Waterhouse

24 March:  Carol Hill on ‘The Soldiers’ Chapel, a masterpiece in miniature’’ on Orkney

28 April:  David Allott on Wentworth Woodhouse, the fine, grand Georgian House.

Important: Please Read

Levels of the coronavirus are still very high. We request that all members note that both the venue and the Trust request that everyone wears a mask please.

You may also wish to take a Lateral Flow Test that day as they are always useful before attending events.

There is always a risk that we may have to cancel any meeting at short notice. If we have to do so we will email you. If you are not on email or we do not have your email please do not attend any event without phoning first as you may have a wasted journey. We can then confirm to you if the event is going ahead.

Telephone numbers are:-

Peter:  01302 532202

Rowena:  01302 850620