We delved into the archives to find these images of your grandparents and great grandparents keeping calm and carrying on with daily life despite the ever-present threat of German bombs.
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![Handling raw materials at Templeborough Steel works, now Magna, during the Second World War](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVkMGM1YjY3LWJjNTAtNDQ3Ny1iMzc0LTRjN2JiMTRlNDAyMDo3ZTlmM2Y0ZS02NDg4LTQ1NTAtYWQzYy02YjEwNmM3MzNmNjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. At the steelworks
Handling raw materials at Templeborough Steel works, now Magna, during the Second World War Photo: submitted
![King george VI at Doncaster Plant Works October 1941 with a blacksmith](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmJmYmUwMGE5LWRjMTItNDI4YS1iNzFjLWViNjQ2NjhiZDM4Mzo5M2Y4MzJiMS0yOTJkLTQxYzctYjdiYS1lMWIxN2UzZjAzYzM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Royal visit
King george VI at Doncaster Plant Works October 1941 with a blacksmith Photo: submitted
![Armourers servicing a Whitley](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc1MjRmMWM2LTAwMGEtNDE5MS04MWY4LWM0NDQ1MGY2NTNjNjpiMTNkMTU1My03YjAwLTRkNzMtODA1My01ZGYxZTc2N2ZkNjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Clearing up the wreckage after a bombing at Balby Doncaster](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM1Mzg1NmVmLWQ4OTMtNDYwNi04MTVlLTQ1Yzc1MjdhMTViYTo2NGJjMjcwNC01OGM4LTQzZmQtYjEwMC0yYTZmODZiYWM2YTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. Bombing at Balby
Clearing up the wreckage after a bombing at Balby Doncaster Photo: Submitted
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