Heading east, we cross the East Coast Main Line at Fenwick. 66 730 passes by (Creative Commons License).
Here's Fenwick village (Creative Commons License).
The Baxter Arms usually has a couple of cask beers waiting for you.
Further east, through flat countryside, to Sykehouse.
Here's Holy Trinity Church in Sykehouse.
The Three Horseshoes has long gone.
Sykehouse once had a station, on the H&B & GCR Joint. It never saw a passenger train.
A bus service to Doncaster was operated by Severn's of Dunscroft.
South now, to Fishlake (see the map here). This is Bank End in Fishlake.
Inside Fishlake church.
The village pub is the Hare & Hounds.
Nearby Stainforth was once just a village.
Stainforth was served by the canal, on its way to Keadby.
With the arrival of the colliery, Stainforth expanded rapidly. Here's Princess Avenue.
Sadly, Stainforth is a bit of a real ale desert. The King George closed in 1999.
The Fox didn't last much longer. It once served as the focal point of the local buses.
Stainforth was served by Reliance buses, based in the village.
Here's a Leyland Fleetline at the depot, not long before SYPTE took over.
Another bus operator based in Stainforth was Premier Coaches, owned by a certain Harold Wilson (no, not that one). Here are a few vehicles in the depot yard.
Roeville Coaches, who did not operate bus services, had a garage here too.
A forrmer bus, new as Doncaster Corporation no. 80, a Guy Arab I, was found in Stainforth in the hands of a showman.
We travel along Station Road now.
Many moons ago, here's the original two track level crossing at Stainforth & Hatfield station.
The rebuilt station in LNER times.
A similar view from around 1968, with the colliery on the horizon.
The signal box was on the platform.
A Wilfreda-Beehive minibus seen outside the station.
Today, the station is called Hatfield & Stainforth and is served by Northern, while Trans Pennine Expresses pass through.
I'll end this post here. We'll head for the Isle of Axholme next time.
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