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Old 26th Nov 2012, 22:33
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Fairdealfrank
 
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Quote: "DSA is about two miles from Nottinghamshire; is nearer to the Major Oak than EMA; Robin Hood had connections with Barnsdale in north Doncaster and Loxley in Sheffield. Haven't exactly seen tourists flocking here just because of the name though! The statue of him at the airport is superb - shame we haven't got a few more passengers to see it."

Thanks for the info, johnnychips. Never realised that DSA is so close to Notts, thought Finningley was north of Doncaster, thanks for the geography lesson!

Also had no idea that there's a statue of Robin Hood at the airport. Have to see it soon!!

BTW, a nice line in redistribution of wealth, was Robin Hood the world's first socialist?

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