Shopping in 2020 is certainly a little bit different from the past two decades.
With the addition of social distancing and face coverings, the high street doesn’t feel the way it used to.
Here are photos of the hustle and the bustle to remind you what it used to be like.
If you want more retro then you can read Summer fun in Doncaster in the past or Can you see anyone you know in these old cricket photos?
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1. Alien visit
Al the alien took a trip to the Frenchgate centre in 1997. Photo: Steve Taylor
2. Having fun at the Frenchgate
Six year old Zoe Rawling from Denaby outside the Frenchgate centre in August of 2000. Photo: Steve Taylor
3. Icecream
Charlotte Beasley, aged seven from Conisbrough. Tucking into an icecream in the Frenchgate centre in 1998. Photo: Steve Taylor
4. Mobility scooters
Shopmobility is a shop that used to be in the Frenchgate Shopping Centre. This was taken in 1998. Photo: Steve Taylor