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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5. Burgers
A group of girls enjoying their meals at McDonalds inside the Frenchgate Shopping Centre in 1998. Photo: Steve Taylor
6. Charity run
Tommy Joyce ran a maratan on a treadmill inside the Frenchgate in 1997. Photo: Steve Taylor
7. Bunny visit
Hope the Hare visited the Frenchgate centre in 1999 to promote the Earth Centre. Photo: Steve Taylor
8. Closing down sale
The Doncaster Sugg Sports shop shut down in November 2000. Photo: Steve Taylor