David of Doncaster dark hair long since Royal Foresters cut off his ears. David of Doncaster David of Doncaster is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men in English folklore. Doncaster is a town near Barnsdale, where early ballads placed Robin Hood. He appears in one ballad in the Child collection, "Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow". The sheriff is giving an archery contest, and David, "a brave young man," warns Robin against going, because it is a trap. He reappears in later adaptations, both books and movies. In Howard Pyle's "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood", he appears as one of the
Trolleybuses in Doncaster Trolleybuses in Doncaster The Doncaster trolleybus system once served the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Opened on , it gradually replaced the Doncaster Corporation Tramways. By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Doncaster system was a moderately sized one, with a total of 6 routes, and a maximum fleet of 47 trolleybuses. There were routes to Bentley (a loop), Beckett Road, Wheatley Hills, Racecourse/Hyde Park (another loop), Balby, and Hexthorpe, all radiating out from the town centre. The Bentley route was the first to close, on . The Beckett Road route was