SEVEN Doncaster streets will be shut to allow residents to revel in the Royal wedding celebrations.
Residents on the roads have been given permission to seal themselves off from traffic on Friday to get out chairs and tables and mark the occasion with street parties.
A spokesman for Doncaster Council, which is in charge of closures, said: “We’ve had seven formal applications for road closures for the Royal wedding, all approved.”
It will mean motorists will not be able to access the streets affected in their cars and will have to use alternative routes.
Meanwhile, pubs and bars across the borough are also looking at celebrating the wedding.
Bars are putting in place red, white and blue bunting.
Staff at the Crown Hotel in Bawtry have already done their decorations ahead of the big day.
Katey Dent, sales manager at the venue, said: “We think it will be a great place for the community to come together to watch the wedding and celebrate Kate and Will’s big day.”
Bosses at Robin Hood Airport are expecting the television screens in their lounges to be showing the event.
Thursday 28 April 2011
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Lunchtime Summer Salad's @ The Crown Hotel Bawtry!
Chicken Caesar Salad
Pan-fried Chicken, bacon & Croutons on Caesar dressed salad leaves with grated parmesan
Scampi & Prawn Salad
Whole tail Scampi & Fresh Prawns on lime & coriander dressed salad leaves
Roast Pepper & Goats Cheese
Served on toasted Brioche with Balsamic vinegar and basil pesto dressed salad leaves
Egg Benedict
Poached Egg with grilled ham on a toasted muffin. Served with Hollandaise sauce & coarse Mustard dressed salad leaves
Yorkshire Blue Cheese & Mushroom
Pan fried flat Mushrooms; topped with Blue Cheese & Herb breadcrumbs with dressed salad leaves
...£8.95 Each
£11.95 with a Glass of House Wine
Served from 12p-2pm Monday-Friday
Chicken Caesar Salad
Pan-fried Chicken, bacon & Croutons on Caesar dressed salad leaves with grated parmesan
Scampi & Prawn Salad
Whole tail Scampi & Fresh Prawns on lime & coriander dressed salad leaves
Roast Pepper & Goats Cheese
Served on toasted Brioche with Balsamic vinegar and basil pesto dressed salad leaves
Egg Benedict
Poached Egg with grilled ham on a toasted muffin. Served with Hollandaise sauce & coarse Mustard dressed salad leaves
Yorkshire Blue Cheese & Mushroom
Pan fried flat Mushrooms; topped with Blue Cheese & Herb breadcrumbs with dressed salad leaves
...£8.95 Each
£11.95 with a Glass of House Wine
Served from 12p-2pm Monday-Friday
Tuesday 26 April 2011
Vulcan Mural at Doncaster Airport with The Crown Hotel Bawtry
The arrival back of the Vulcan aircraft to Doncaster has most certainly made its mark!
A mural has been painted on a wall at Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport, sponsored by The Crown Hotel in Bawtry!
Thursday 21 April 2011
The Vulcan Aircraft in back in Doncaster!
The Crown hotel has not wasted anytime by becoming an official sponsor of Vulcan to the Sky!!
The aircraft will be able available for the Public to view over the Easter holidays! Visitors will be able to see XH558 parked on a stand outside the viewing gallery, take photographs, try the flight simulator and visit the shop.
Visit thier website for more details http://www.vulcantothesky.org/!
Royal celebrations at The Crown Hotel Bawtry!
Photo: Left Sam Dowie and Right Paula Wigglesworth from the hotel put the finishing touches to the hotel.
The days are counting down….where will you be on 29th April to see Kate and Will’s tie the royal knot?
Don’t stay at home - why not come and celebrate in style at The Crown hotel in Bawtry! Preparations are underway, the bunting is up and Bawtry is shining sea of Union Jacks!
The Crown will be showing the Royal Wedding celebrations on the plasma TV in the bar area, and also offering a ‘Royal Food and Fizz’ package which includes a selection of the hotels amazing Yorkshire Tapa’s and a bottle of pink Prosecco to toast the happy couple (only £30 for 2 people).
Katey Dent Sales Manager commented “Having a Royal connection at the hotel, we think it will be a great place for the community to come together to watch the wedding and celebrate Kate and Will’s big day!”
She added “Booking is not required – please just call in – we look forward to seeing you then!”
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The days are counting down….where will you be on 29th April to see Kate and Will’s tie the royal knot?
Don’t stay at home - why not come and celebrate in style at The Crown hotel in Bawtry! Preparations are underway, the bunting is up and Bawtry is shining sea of Union Jacks!
The Crown will be showing the Royal Wedding celebrations on the plasma TV in the bar area, and also offering a ‘Royal Food and Fizz’ package which includes a selection of the hotels amazing Yorkshire Tapa’s and a bottle of pink Prosecco to toast the happy couple (only £30 for 2 people).
Katey Dent Sales Manager commented “Having a Royal connection at the hotel, we think it will be a great place for the community to come together to watch the wedding and celebrate Kate and Will’s big day!”
She added “Booking is not required – please just call in – we look forward to seeing you then!”
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Wednesday 20 April 2011
Crown Hotel Bawtry backs a winner with top female Jockey!
The Crown Hotel at Bawtry has backed a winner by sponsoring top leading girl jockey Kelly Harrison for the new Flat Season.
The region's renowned racing hotel is looking forward to being in the winner's enclosure with the Yorkshire born rider this summer, for Kelly will wear the distinctive Crown Hotel logo on her breeches in every race she takes part in.
"I'm delighted to be sponsored by The Crown," she says. "Every race meeting I ride at is televised so I'm looking forward to promoting such a fantastic hotel to millions of people.
"Having the support of The Crown is a great help to me as I establish myself among the professional ranks this season," she adds.
Kelly, 26, is competing on level terms with the likes of Frankie Dettori, six times former champion Kieren Fallon and record breaking girl rider Hayley Turner after completing her apprenticeship during the winter.
She had to reach the 95 winner mark to become a fully-fledged professional jockey and achieved that landmark by winning on John Potts at Wolverhampton in December - a victory that was celebrated with a champagne reception back at The Crown.
Craig Dowie, managing director of The Crown Hotel, adds: "We worked with Kelly on a number of projects last year and are very happy to extend our sponsorship agreement. She has already established herself as one of the most successful female jockeys in the history of the sport by riding over 100 winners and becoming a senior professional, and we are looking forward to being a part of her success through 2011."
Kelly took part in the racing themed evening hosted by The Crown for the Bawtry Business Club in January, and writes a regular column in the local Society and Lifestyle Magazine. You can keep up to date with her progress by following her on Twitter via crownhotel-bawtry.com.
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The region's renowned racing hotel is looking forward to being in the winner's enclosure with the Yorkshire born rider this summer, for Kelly will wear the distinctive Crown Hotel logo on her breeches in every race she takes part in.
"I'm delighted to be sponsored by The Crown," she says. "Every race meeting I ride at is televised so I'm looking forward to promoting such a fantastic hotel to millions of people.
"Having the support of The Crown is a great help to me as I establish myself among the professional ranks this season," she adds.
Kelly, 26, is competing on level terms with the likes of Frankie Dettori, six times former champion Kieren Fallon and record breaking girl rider Hayley Turner after completing her apprenticeship during the winter.
She had to reach the 95 winner mark to become a fully-fledged professional jockey and achieved that landmark by winning on John Potts at Wolverhampton in December - a victory that was celebrated with a champagne reception back at The Crown.
Craig Dowie, managing director of The Crown Hotel, adds: "We worked with Kelly on a number of projects last year and are very happy to extend our sponsorship agreement. She has already established herself as one of the most successful female jockeys in the history of the sport by riding over 100 winners and becoming a senior professional, and we are looking forward to being a part of her success through 2011."
Kelly took part in the racing themed evening hosted by The Crown for the Bawtry Business Club in January, and writes a regular column in the local Society and Lifestyle Magazine. You can keep up to date with her progress by following her on Twitter via crownhotel-bawtry.com.
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Photo: Left to right: Craig Dowie Hotel Director Crown Hotel, Kelly Harrison and Simon Mapletoft At The Races Presenter and Racing PR for The Crown Hotel
Yorkshire Life feature Bawtry and The Crown Hotel Bawtry!
Bawtry has a habit of reinventing itself. From Roman settlement to port, from market town to stage coach stopover, it’s always on the move. Bawtry may stand on the River Idle but the townsfolk are anything but. Its latest incarnation must be the most remarkable yet. Bawtry has become a haven to the stars.
The South Yorkshire town, a few miles south of Doncaster, is not the first place you’d expect celebrities to hang out. That’s not to deny its abundant charms: this is a very pretty town, with history aplenty and a profusion of interesting shops and restaurants. But London’s West End it ain’t.
That hasn’t stopped a steady procession of famous names
making the trek to Bawtry. Some are connected to the world of racing, as it is home to some leading stables and the Northern Racing College is nearby.
And considering his Doncaster origins, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s love of the ‘simply glorious’ A631 road from Gainsborough to Bawtry shouldn’t come as a massive shock.
More surprising Bawtry fans include comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas, and pop superstars Boyzone. All have stayed at the Crown Hotel on the High Street.
‘The hotel has a great relationship with a secret local studio which famous bands and groups hire out prior to going on tour,’ explained the Crown’s sales manager Katey Dent. ‘In the past we’ve had groups such as Kasabian, McFly, Kings of Leon and Scouting for Girls. Boyzone came back to the hotel for the third time this year.
‘We were also the base for the BBC show Come Fly with Me while it was filming at Doncaster Airport. We had 50 BBC crew staying for two weeks including Matt Lucas and David Walliams. People really do not know who they are going to bump into in Bawtry’
Katey said the business community in Bawtry worked together for the good of the town. ‘The hotel, together with a few local bars like Coco Ice and Zini’s, have joined together to put in place “evening economy wardens” to ensure the Bawtry evening experience is a good one for guests and locals.’
As well as its guests, the Crown is known for its ghosts. Among them is said to be a waitress murdered by her jealous chef lover more than a century ago. She wanders the corridors crying, they say.
It’s no surprise that a town with such heritage should have its fair share of spectres. Last year archaeologists unearthed a dozen skeletons off Tickhill Road. The remains date from the 14th century when a hospital run by monks was located there.
St Nicholas Church dates even further back. It was founded around 1200, although it only became Bawtry’s Parish Church much later in Victorian times.
This is Pilgrim Fathers country – just up the road is Scrooby, home to the pilgrims’ leader William Bradford – and their minister, Richard Clifton, preached at St Nicholas. The link is commemorated in local names including the Bawtry Mayflower Primary School, and the Mayflower Sanctuary for dogs and cats.
Another notable building is the Grade II listed manor house, Bawtry Hall. Like the town, the hall has reinvented itself over the years. Originally built in 1778 as a family home for a mill owner, it was requisitioned by the War Office to become the northern RAF Bomber Command HQ. Bombing raids during the Second World War and the Falklands conflict were coordinated in the operations room.
Today Bawtry Hall leads an altogether more peaceful existence as a Christian conference and training centre.
Bawtry’s thriving Phoenix Theatre began life at the hall in 1932. Today its home is a converted chapel on Station Road. The theatre has its celebrity connections too: an active member is Rupert Atkinson, brother of comedy actor Rowan.
Thanks to its gift for reincarnation, Bawtry is clearly thriving. And it remains an excellent introduction to Yorkshire.
For many years it even boasted an address any son of the county would have envied: Number One Yorkshire. But some time back the post office re-designated that house as No 1 South Parade – one reinvention we could have probably done without.
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The South Yorkshire town, a few miles south of Doncaster, is not the first place you’d expect celebrities to hang out. That’s not to deny its abundant charms: this is a very pretty town, with history aplenty and a profusion of interesting shops and restaurants. But London’s West End it ain’t.
That hasn’t stopped a steady procession of famous names
making the trek to Bawtry. Some are connected to the world of racing, as it is home to some leading stables and the Northern Racing College is nearby.
And considering his Doncaster origins, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s love of the ‘simply glorious’ A631 road from Gainsborough to Bawtry shouldn’t come as a massive shock.
More surprising Bawtry fans include comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas, and pop superstars Boyzone. All have stayed at the Crown Hotel on the High Street.
‘The hotel has a great relationship with a secret local studio which famous bands and groups hire out prior to going on tour,’ explained the Crown’s sales manager Katey Dent. ‘In the past we’ve had groups such as Kasabian, McFly, Kings of Leon and Scouting for Girls. Boyzone came back to the hotel for the third time this year.
‘We were also the base for the BBC show Come Fly with Me while it was filming at Doncaster Airport. We had 50 BBC crew staying for two weeks including Matt Lucas and David Walliams. People really do not know who they are going to bump into in Bawtry’
Katey said the business community in Bawtry worked together for the good of the town. ‘The hotel, together with a few local bars like Coco Ice and Zini’s, have joined together to put in place “evening economy wardens” to ensure the Bawtry evening experience is a good one for guests and locals.’
As well as its guests, the Crown is known for its ghosts. Among them is said to be a waitress murdered by her jealous chef lover more than a century ago. She wanders the corridors crying, they say.
It’s no surprise that a town with such heritage should have its fair share of spectres. Last year archaeologists unearthed a dozen skeletons off Tickhill Road. The remains date from the 14th century when a hospital run by monks was located there.
St Nicholas Church dates even further back. It was founded around 1200, although it only became Bawtry’s Parish Church much later in Victorian times.
This is Pilgrim Fathers country – just up the road is Scrooby, home to the pilgrims’ leader William Bradford – and their minister, Richard Clifton, preached at St Nicholas. The link is commemorated in local names including the Bawtry Mayflower Primary School, and the Mayflower Sanctuary for dogs and cats.
Another notable building is the Grade II listed manor house, Bawtry Hall. Like the town, the hall has reinvented itself over the years. Originally built in 1778 as a family home for a mill owner, it was requisitioned by the War Office to become the northern RAF Bomber Command HQ. Bombing raids during the Second World War and the Falklands conflict were coordinated in the operations room.
Today Bawtry Hall leads an altogether more peaceful existence as a Christian conference and training centre.
Bawtry’s thriving Phoenix Theatre began life at the hall in 1932. Today its home is a converted chapel on Station Road. The theatre has its celebrity connections too: an active member is Rupert Atkinson, brother of comedy actor Rowan.
Thanks to its gift for reincarnation, Bawtry is clearly thriving. And it remains an excellent introduction to Yorkshire.
For many years it even boasted an address any son of the county would have envied: Number One Yorkshire. But some time back the post office re-designated that house as No 1 South Parade – one reinvention we could have probably done without.
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Wednesday 6 April 2011
King of Jazz
HAVING dominated the inaugural season of the Racing Post Yearling Bonus scheme with juveniles, trainer Richard Hannon and agent Peter Doyle struck at Doncaster to land another £10,000 prize - this time with a three-year-old.
King Of Jazz showed no inconvenience at being off the course for 309 days when storming home to win the crownhotel-bawtry.com Maiden Stakes, a race that had attracted criticism for host course Doncaster for being below Horsemen's Group tariffs levels. The seven-furlong race attracted two fewer runners than last year.
King Of Jazz, a son of Acclamation, runs in the colours of Justin Dowley and Michael Pescod. He was bought for £48,000 by Peter Doyle at Doncaster in August 2009. Consignor Fernham Farm had bought King Of Jazz as a foal for €40,000. Neither bonus race at The Curragh was won.
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