Doncaster Free Press could be set for board game

Your Doncaster Free Press could be set for its own space on the Doncaster Monopoly board.
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The manufacturers of the Doncaster edition of the well-known board game describe us as the ‘red hot favourite’ to be placed on the square usually taken up by Fleet Street.

Winning Moves UK, who producing the game under license from Hasbro, expect to have the Doncaster version in the shops in time for Christmas this year. They announced it would be created earlier this month.

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Fleet Street was the home of the UK national newspaper industry. Today it’s home to banks and coffee houses but it is still associated with the press.

A man reading the Doncaster Free PressA man reading the Doncaster Free Press
A man reading the Doncaster Free Press

Afolabi Omotola, custom games executive at Winning Moves UK, said: “We believe Fleet Street is the correct home for the Free Press, which we understand dates back to 1925, just before Monopoly was invented and around the same time as Fleet Street was in its heyday.

“Doncaster is blessed with great landmarks from the Racecourse to the Mansion House.

“We expect to be wonderfully spoilt for choice putting this game together.

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Others on the list had included places like Whitby and Chesterfield.

A number of towns across the UK have already been given their own versions of the game.

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