As an atheist who believes people have souls & along with the knowledge that we all have loved or will love someone who dies before you. This place of worship is idealy placed as it was in Roman times & before that the Celts who will have also placed offerings & praises to the spirits here. Its £3 to take lots of photos of the magnificent stained glass window's which obviously try to convey the greatest story ever told to a non literate congregation. There is high & low church represented & an organist who evokes a depth of feeling of being Spiritualized.
I have attended my Uncle Michael's funeral here & my degree graduation ceremony in business computing, where I was photographed & appeared in the Doncaster Free Press throwing my mortar board hat outside the Minster. Yes this place of worship certainty plays a significant place in my life...
Read moreArchitecture is quite nice, but they did have 200 years to build it, so that's probably par for the course, to be honest. Have kept my eye on the place for a while to see if they do any special offers on certain days, but sadly not. My favourite takeaway does free garlic bread on orders over £20 Monday-Thursday, so it is a little disappointing to see you don't get an extra 25% redemption or anything like that for going on a weekday. Sunday's seem quite popular, though, and there are free wafers and wine, which does look lovely. I also met a nice vicar nearby which I am led to believe is not unrelated. All in all worth a visit, especially if you like sandstone architecture or...
Read moreIt's a great church. If you look closer round the outside of the church, you will see the hidden imp. But what I dont like of what Doncaster have done about this church is that they call it the minister as we are no city and not big enough to be a city. It church will always be called in my eyes St George's Church, not the minister as years ago it was always called St George's church as they used to have st George and the dragon statue outside near the church. And as it's a nice church to look at, Doncaster is killing its surrounding and making Doncaster a drown graded town to what it used to be like...
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