Talk:Alfred Wainwright

Merge with Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells
I don't think there's enough in either article at present to justify retaining the split. It's impossible to write about AW without discussing the guides, so it doesn't make sense to farm them off into their own article. In any case much of what could be said about the style of the guides applies to his other work as well. To be honest both articles are pretty mediocre at the moment; it would be much easier to develop one quality article on AW with an extended section on the guides. Blisco 17:26, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Struck out as both articles now have plenty of content, though there's a lot more that needs to be said (and probably plenty that could be cut). --Blisco 12:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Year of first marriage
If the statement, "In 1923 he also met and married his first wife" is correct he married at 15 or 16. Did he? Brandon97 22:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, 1931. Thincat 13:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Broadcasts
I've removed the separate "DVD release" section which someone recently created, and added the text to the end of the para about the "Wainwright walks" TV series, but this isn't really "influence", so someone might like to create a new "Broadcasts" section with this and info about the earlier TV appearances? PamD 16:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Did it myself - but someone might like to go into more detail about the 1980s TV programmes. PamD 21:53, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Chris Jesty
This guy needs his oen page. The task he is undertaking is immense. Docsquee (talk) 10:49, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Parents' names
A now-indefinitely-blocked user added AW's parents names in this edit, 3 June 2011, and this was tagged as citation needed in that month. An IP has today changed the names. Neither edit had any edit summary or source.

Has anyone got a reliable source for AW's parents' names? I'm going to remove them for now. Pam D  22:01, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

First sentence of "Influence" section is badly situated and irrelevant
"Wainwright died in 1991 of a heart attack. According to his biographer Hunter Davies, he failed to leave anything to his son Peter, the product of his first, unhappy marriage."

Hi, I don't feel that this is important or appropriate as the first sentence in the section on his influence.

I have moved it to the end of the section on "life" but it could perhaps be removed altogether? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Missannafjmorris (talk • contribs) 19:24, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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Legacy
In the article it states that, according to Hunter Davies, AW left his house and its contents to his son Peter. I don't think this was the case, and I don't think Hunter Davies wrote that. In fact AW left most of his estate to the animal rescue shelter which he and Betty founded. According to Hunter Davies, Peter, who sadly died a few years later, received nothing at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.12.6.35 (talk) 11:28, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yup, and thank you very much for pointing this out. I am looking at Davies right now and have altered the article accordingly. I think the editor who put that in had not read far enough - Davies says that he had left Peter the house at one time but in the final version of his will Betty got the lot and poor Peter got sweet FA. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 13:08, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hunter Davies / Lakeland Book of the Year
A source says that AW won the 1985 Lakeland Book of the Year (I'm working on that article): "Previous winners of the Lakeland Book of the Year have included Alfred Wainwright, 1985;...". That was presumably for a book published in 1984. Does anyone know which, with a source? Was it Fellwalking with Wainwright with Derry Brabbs? I thought someone here might know. Next stop the Wainwright Society. Pam D  10:15, 21 May 2020 (UTC)