Queues built up outside shops – with bargain hunters snaking around the block at Primark in the Market Place.
Pub beer gardens were busy as drinkers downed their first pints in months and town centre streets were bustling with shoppers as non essential stores re-opened for the first time since January.
Barbers and beauty salons also had queueing customers – although not all businesses have re-opened.
Here’s a pictorial look at life in Doncaster town centre on the first day of lockdown easing.
6. Doncaster re-opens
It was a slow start for outdoor business at the Slug and Lettuce in Hall Gate. Photo: JPIMedia
8. Doncaster re-opens
There were queues outside the Lashious beauty salon in St Sepulchre Gate. Photo: JPIMedia
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