Keith Hirst, Author at Bawtry Heritage

Children’s Heritage Photo Trail Quiz

Keith Hirst | 20 May 2024

We have created a Bawtry heritage photo trail quiz, with children in mind. It consists of images of prominent buildings in Bawtry, and poses questions about them. All of the sites are in the town centre and the trail could be easily completed in half an hour. The quiz sheet includes a simple map which shows all […]

Bawtry in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

Keith Hirst | 22 April 2024

Living in Bawtry in the 1950s, 60s and 70s What was Bawtry like to live in 50 years ago? Find out by going to our new item on our “Bawtry History” page. It’s near the bottom and consists of an audio file which contains the memories of some of our older residents – about schools, […]

The Hunt for Roman Bawtry

Keith Hirst | 20 March 2024

A major new project – The Hunt for Roman Bawtry Our “History” page includes two original papers on Roman Bawtry. You’ll see from those that we know there was a lot of activity in the area in Roman times – but what we don’t know is whether there was actually a settlement at what is […]

Bawtry – a Railway and Coal Town rather than a Market and Inland Port

Keith Hirst | 12 February 2024

In 1890 The Retford and Gainsborough Times ran a story about the opening of Bawtry’s new town hall – the building in Market Place which used to be a florist, and more recently an art gallery. The article is reproduced in a new paper on our history page. Details of the attendees for the opening, […]

Tall Tales and Horrid Histories from Bawtry’s Past

Keith Hirst | 11 February 2024

“Tall Tales and Horrid Histories from Bawtry’s Past” This is another new paper on our History page – but it’s not at all like the others. The title says it all! See more here:

New history paper “Bawtry and the Coaching Era”

Keith Hirst | 31 January 2024

There’s a new history paper on the Bawtry History page. It’s “Bawtry and the Coaching Era”, which was written by Mick Maguire. It describes how between 1650 & 1850 Bawtry found itself at the centre of a transport revolution with the emergence of road travel by stagecoach. The town played witness to the changes and […]

New competitions for 2024’s Bawtry Festival

Keith Hirst | 29 January 2024

In 2023 we ran a very successful children’s and young persons’ essay competition, with lots of contributions from Bawty Mayflower School and from the Air Cadets. We’re repeating, and expanding, our competitions in 2024. There will be another essay competition, where we will be looking for original essays or stories that tell some of Bawtry’s […]

History Fair

Keith Hirst | 29 November 2023

Local History Fair on 30th September 2023 Bawtry Heritage Group attended the Local History Fair at Doncaster Museum on 30th September 2023 which was organised by the Doncaster District Heritage Association. It was a great success sparking energetic discussion and showcasing our current activity to a broad range of people keen to view, and question […]

Bawtry Air Cadet’s essay on RAF Bawtry

Keith Hirst | 22 August 2023

Corporal Freddie McBroom, of 2008 (Bawtry) Squadron RAF Air Cadets wrote an essay about Bawtry Hall’s use as an RAF Headquarters duringand after World War II. He was the 11 to 15 year old winner of Bawtry Heritage Group’s Essay Competition which formed part of the Bawtry Arts Festival week in June 2023. The competition […]

Mayflower School children’s stories about Bawtry

Keith Hirst | 24 July 2023

As part of our contribution to Bawtry Arts Festival (17th to 24th July 2023) Bawtry Heritage Group arranged an essay competition for children at Bawtry Mayflower Primary School. The challenge we set was for them to write a story about anything related to the history of Bawtry. It could be about a building, or an […]