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Can other users please stop removing information before they have checked its accuaracy. E.g. i posted the news on Wizz Airs new twice weekley service to Wroclaw starting in February 2008, and someone has reverted it - even though it's true. Now, all be it i am not to good at adding references for proof but i would appreciate it if people would not revert edits or deleate them without evidence.
EDIT: Problem has been resolved. Information is back.
Finningley WAS located in the West Riding of Yorkshire - it must be a very long time ago that Finningley village was in Nottinghamshire. I was wrong about this - Finningley WAS in Notts prior to 1973
The actual Finningley RAF base may have straddled the Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire border prior to the 1973 reorganisation of local government - certainly the airbase just before it closed, although wholly then in South Yorkshire, straddled the pre 1973 border.
The original Robin Hood legends were set in Barnsdale Forest, not in Sherwood Forest - these were later legends that became popular in the 20th century. Indeed the name Robin Hood for pubs etc, and even settlements, is widespread in South and West Yorkshire.
Robin reputedly died in Kirklees priory, near Brighouse, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. A grave purporting to be his grave is in the grounds of the priory.
The entire parish of
Finningley was part of
East Retford Rural District until 1974.
Morwen -
Talk
21:17, 10 December 2005 (UTC) - I cannot locate the relevant reference.
And no; the village of Finningley is clearly shown as in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the 1" to 1 mile OS map of 1963. Sorry. Er - well - sorry again. I have now made a much more careful study of that map (actually 1961) and note that the village of Finningley was in Nottinghamshire. The village of Blaxton, roughly 1 mile due North of Finningley WAS in the West Riding, and is now in South Yorkshire/Doncaster Met. As soon as the A614 leaves Finningley heading North, it crossed the boundary into the WR. About 1/3 of a mile on (and so 2/3 of a mile from Blaxton) is an unnamed settlement, which once had a railway station and a pub (the pub may still be there). I do not know if this settlement was classed as part of Finningley or not. Finningley itself, though, was in Notts.
Perhaps a Rural District Council could straddle a county border (but this seems unlikely). And what is meant by a parish - this is usually an ecclesiastical term? In the local government sense, the "parish" would have been East Retford Rural District - since rural districts and urban districts and parish councils are all non-statutory councils.
As I said, what do you mean by the parish of Finningley?
I stand by my use of the term non-statutory. Statutory councils are ones that must exist by law. Parish and Town Councils (and Urban Districts and Rural Districts in the past) are PERMITTED by statute, and not REQUIRED by statute). Something is only statutory if it is required by statute.
- the above reference is to a campaigning body who believe in "traditional" counties. As I said, in 1066 or whenever, Finningley might well have been in Nottigub, but from 1974 it is in Donny; and immediately prior to 1973 the village, if not the airbase, was in the West Riding. - See above - I was wrong about this. Sorry.
Yes - all what you say above is correct. I have noted furhter above that I was wrong. I wonder if the station that I refer to above was actually Finningley station? If it was, then it was in the WR. Once again, sorry about letting my confusion about the actual village of Finningley cause an unnecessary discussion,
Whoops - sorry about the 1973 bit! However, the South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council Elections were held in May 1973, so I could not imagine the Councillors having no powers until 1 April 1974 - they would have taken over the PTE (Passenger Transport Executive) in 1973, surely, (I understand that these bodies were set up by separate earlier statutes - and still exist) and probably the relevant part of the Police and Fire Authorities for the West Riding; In Nottinghamshire's case, there would be nothing to take over as the "shire" counties continued as they were (I think) - but the police and fire (and public transport) coverage would have switched from the Nottinghamshire force/brigade to the South Yorkshire services.
Education, bin emptying, housing and so on would have presumably transferred from Nottinghamshire, and East Retford Rural District to Doncaster Met on 1 April 1974 - but the elections to Doncaster Met weren't until May 1974 (I think) - if so, how did they administer the Mets in the meantime? (I assume that Bassetlaw came into being at that time).
The blob does indeed mark where the station was, and there is talk of opening a station for the airport (in the days of the Finningley air show, I understand that they used to open a temporary station, presumably to the west of this station - or they may have temporarily reopened the exisiting station). I presume an airport station would, likewise, be to the west, almost within the airport area.
I notice that your map has the airfield as disused. I assume therefore that your map is around the mid to late 1990's as I think it was only then that the airbase closed - certainly I remember the last air show was not so long ago.
Apparently the air base finally closed in April 1996. I am reasonably sure that there was an airshow in 1994, but do not know if there was one in 1995.
I cannot find any further information about when the Met Counties were actually set up, as obviously even their abolition (1986 I think) more or less predated the internet - certainly wide use of it.
Some interesting points, thanks. I have logged in properly this time (having previously been idenitified only by computer number - the 212 ..... one and the 86 ...... one are both me). And sorry again for adding my 2p worth when it was really only 1p worth because I remembered stuff wrongly - I hadn't realised that ALL the Councillors had been elected in 1973 and formed "shadow" authorities. So, some district councillors (a third) must have served 5 years - 73 to 78, with a third serving 2 years - 73 to 75, and a third 3 years 73 to 76 with no elections in 74, and the 77 elections being the "all-out" county elections again.
As I have family and friends in that general area, I might try and go to where the station is supposed to be and have a look; though I suspect any new one would be nearer to the actual airport, even virtually within the airport site. Knowing the Long Eaton area reasonably well, I realise that the proposed station for "Castle Donington" airport (as I knew it) is quite a way from Nottingham East Midlands airport.
Am I right, by the way, that the airport is in Leicestershire, but the nearest city is actually Derby, so that there was some controversy about the Nottingham name? Derby claiming the name on proximity, and Leicester (or Leicestershire) on 'political' administrative area grounds.
Another by the way - the village Hayfield Green is a new creation (I think). My wife went to Hayfield school, but the area where the school was, was, I think, classed as Branton. Hayfield may have been a name of a small Hamlet; but Hayfield Green is a new name as far as I am aware. I wonder if Hayfield Green is either a new housing estate or an estate of former MOD houses that have been sold off, or a combination of both - I rather suspect the last, and again, if I get chance, will go and look.
Finally?
I am still intrigued by your comment about the Parish Councils being a requirement, and wonder whether it is something that was never specifically repealed or amended, but is somehow or other contradicted elsewhere - I wonder if it has been tested in court and found that it has been somehow superseded?
And I note that you have drawn the pre 1973/4 border accurately on your more recent map. Do I assume that you have another source showing the border?
lake garda as a destination is surely incorrect as it does not actually 'fly to lake garda' it must be either brescia airport or verona airport?
As most of the history of Doncaster Airport is included in RAF Finningley should these two articles be merged as: it is effectively the same airport BUT RAF Finningley was effectively a different operating airport, 'Robin Hood' is just on the same site. So should the articles be merged or should a separatye history section be added to the current article, what do people think?
I feel, during the reading of this article, too much enthusiamsm about the opportunity of this airport, and to much pride when compared to other near airport (that are explicity called competitors). -- AnyFile 14:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
The history of RAF Finningley was between the years 1935 to 1996, the history of DSA started 2005. I think they should be kept seperate with a link between them both.
-- Derek 11:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
As the airport appears to be owned by Doncaster Sheffield Airport Limited and licenced as Doncaster Sheffield, I propose that this article should be renamed/moved as Doncaster Sheffield Airport. MilborneOne 21:47, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
As far as I can see, the airport has NOT been renamed. The website still refers to the airport as Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. As far as I can tell, this is an erroneous move, and if people can not at least show evidence for this move, it should be reverted to its title in general usage (as per the logo) Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. M0RHI | Talk to me 22:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I noticed this page after starting at
Wikipedia:Requested moves and casually following wikilinks from users to pages and so on. Found my way here eventually. Anyway, while I'm not particularly bothered about it, if Robin Hood Airport is the official name then:
Regards, -- DeLarge 16:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
SempreVolando the links in place have been there for over 2 years without a problem. Both the EGCN link and Veterans link provide useful information which cannot be found elsewhere. I do not own either website but realise what value they have to readers. For some reason in the last three months since you took it upon yourself to be the self styled page editor you have not taken issue with the links and so it seems you are now just nitpicking at the page. Neither lnik is spam so they should be left alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Willuk 2k ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Unfortunately after several weeks there has been no further contribution of opinion on these links from other users, so I have removed both the EGCN and RAF links from the article on current consensus. Any future comments or opinions on this issue please discuss here first. Thanks. SempreVolando ( talk) 21:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
DumZiBoT ( talk) 05:15, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the Thomson Airways listing in the Scheduled Airlines section of Destinations, because these flights are no longer Scheduled flights, they are high frequency charter flights and some may operate throughout the whole year. However this in my opiniong does not make them scheduled flights because you cannot book one way flights, and you must originate from Doncaster Airport, ie. you cannot say as an expat return from Spain from Alicante to visit your family in Doncaster, however you did used to be able to do this when the airline was Thomsonfly.com, a scheduled airline, however this is no longer the case.
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.216.130.153 ( talk) 12:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Your statement is completely untrue. I have just been onto the thomson website located at ( http://flights.thomson.co.uk/) and was able to book a one way flight from Alicante to Doncaster exactly as you said I couldn't.
I suggest you should try this yourself and validate your own opinions before stating untruths
Here is an abridged extract of plain text from the screen....
Select Select your flights Close Outbound
Alicante (ALC) to Doncaster Sheffield (DSA) Outbound Tue, 20 Jan 09 20:50 TOM 4654 22:50 Change datesNew Search
1 Adult £ 24.99 Taxes & Charges £ 2.50 Total £ 27.49
Select this flight Our internet fares offer a standard £5 / EUR7.50 / US$10 discount compared to our call centre fares. Please click here for a step-by-step guide to booking online. Please read our booking conditions before proceeding. If you wish to book a larger group than offered on this website, please click here for details.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.85.166.94 ( talk) 23:02, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
I have added easyJet under "Hub for" despite people removing it. easyJet themselves have recently confirmed Doncaster to be a "virtual hub" which is essentially the same thing, just without a crew base. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.216.15.22 ( talk) 21:29, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I don't feel strongly about the title, but this section needs to be beefed up and split into a separate article. It's a landmark case for freedom of speech in UK, there's been a strong reaction not just from twitter users, but from the press as well. It's been going on for almost a year and further appeal is guaranteed. 113.197.195.1 ( talk) 01:24, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
I've moved this to Twitter Joke Trial. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:54, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
Is there a railway station here? This link suggests that there is. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 21:30, 3 January 2011 (UTC
There is no railway station near the airport the closet railway station is Doncaster and there is a bus service i believer between doncaster station and the airport. miniwillde ( talk) 20:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I know that the EGCN link has been controversial in the past but i think that these websites would add to the article and provide general interest to readers wishing to find out more.
1. http://www.fodsa.co.uk/ 2. http://www.dsaf.co.uk/index.html
Thanks Wilbur2012( talk) 11:15, 18 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wilbur2012 ( talk • contribs)
Intresting that there is no reference to the original Doncaster Airport which held the record for being closest to the town it served. It was across the road from the race course and nect to Doncaster Rovers Football Club.
Shame really as it was a nice little airport that was the assembly home of the Gruman light aircraft in Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.242.9 ( talk) 15:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
Do we really need the 3 maps that have been inserted in the article or will a single one in the infobox do. I reverted an IP adding these but was reverted so thought that I would ask others over this. Keith D ( talk) 16:25, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Maybe you should leave it be, 3 maps are better than one? Stonecutter9 00:44, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Maybe it would make more sense to use the UK map instead of the provincial one, it's hard to tell where exactly the airport is. Stonecutter9 05:44, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Some silly boy had though that Vilnius is in Poland. Not anymore. -- Jaankar ( talk) 13:26, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
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When we can buy shares for this robinhood airport ..? 92.27.41.109 ( talk) 00:46, 1 December 2022 (UTC)