1. Harriet Maria Vernon (nee Whitehouse). Biography

Harriet Vernon (9 October 1858–11 July 1923) was an English actress and singer of the Victorian era who appeared regularly in music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime in the 1880s and 1890s. #doncasterisgreat 2. In a career that spanned five decades, her final appearances were in 1923. Vernon also toured internationally, appearing in New York, Johannesburg and Berlin. #doncasterisgreat #doncasterhistory #mydoncaster

1. History of St. Leger, Doncaster.
Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four. 2. The St Leger is the final leg of the English Triple Crown, which begins with the 2000 Guineas and continues with the Derby
The event was devised by Anthony St Leger, an army officer and politician who lived near Doncaster.

1. Charlie Williams MBE was born on 23rd September, Royston, a small mining village in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, also Charles, had come to Britain in 1914 from Barbados, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers. 2. After the First World War, his father settled in Royston, where he sold groceries from a horse and cart, and married a local woman, Frances Cook.