Us Doncaster folk are a special bunch - and don't we just know it.
From our obsession with the St Leger to our love hate relationship with Silver Street. These are the 21 things you'll only understand if you come from Doncaster – otherwise known as Donny.
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5. The Dome hill
If you were a teen in Doncaster in the last two decades you spent many a weekend at The Doncaster Dome either ice skating or dossing on the big hill with a McDonald's. Photo: Marie Caley

6. Cusworth Hall Music Festival
Did you know that Cusowrth Hall was host to a couple of music festivals? Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

7. Tish the goldfish
Doncaster was home to the world's oldest goldfish. Tish was born in 1957 and lived to be 43 years old. Photo: ANTHONY WALLACE

8. Louis Tomlinson
This global superstar grew up right here in Donny. He attended Hall Cross Academy. Photo: Christopher Polk

