@JT.
I lived in Retford for a few years as a child.
Do you remember the mot testing station on London Road next to the railway bridge ? It is now a hand carwash. It had a Medusa in the early 80s. The first game I ever played, or at least the first one I remember playing.
I also used to play Elektra in the "new" 1970s sports centre at Ordsall
Retford is a bit down on its luck these days. In the early 2000s the Labour Party geniuses levelled
- The 1970s sports centre - replacing it with an inferior one with no sports hall
- Freddie Milner's school
- Girls' High School
- Hallcroft Girls' School
- The Boys' Grammar is an OAP housing estate now
New schools funded with debt replaced the above four.
The fire station has been levelled and rebuilt too.
The Labour Party is legendary. Noone other than footballers or investment bankers can afford to knock down infrastructure and rebuild it down the road. But the Labour Party loves it
And unfortunately someone has to pay.