Talk:Crewe

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 * 1) Add a few more photos.
 * 2) Substantially expand the sections, both in content and in number (see WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements for guidance.)
 * 3) Trivia sections are a bad idea and are generally discouraged. The content of this section should be omitted unless it can be referenced and cited properly as well as being dispersed amongst the other sections (see previous point).
 * 4) References and Citations for crucial for an article. Cite sources using Footnotes, and get guidance for referencing and citations in general at WP:V and WP:CITE.

DDStretch   (talk)  17:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Limerick
Crewe appears in the following limerick, which can be found in Roald Dahl's Matilda, though I'm not sure if Dahl is the writer of the limerick or if it was a popular limerick that he incorporated into the book:

"An epicure, dining at Crewe, found quite a large mouse in his stew,

said the waiter, 'Don't shout,

and wave it about,

or the rest will be wanting one, too!'"

I thought this should probably be mentioned in the article but wasn't sure where to put it. Any input would be welcome. --Thiebes (talk) 15:49, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

South Cheshire College
South Cheshire College is located on Nantwich Rd. Crewe and is the most successful FE college in the UK. On what basis? Cite, please! -- Arwel (talk) 00:15, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, as I am sure Arwel & other Crewe residents know, South Cheshire College is actually located on Danebank Avenue, which is off Nantwich Road (A354). The college has won a large number of awards, see http://www.s-cheshire.ac.uk/new_scc/spotlight/awards/ for details. South Cheshire College did come top in the 2004 Ofsted report for colleges of further education. This can be found on http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20135-2054602,00.html

Hope that helps - Shaft121 12:06, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Polish
I've never been to Crewe but I gather that it has a large Polish population, I think the largest in Cheshire. Should this be mentioned? I've added that the RC church has a Polish mass. Ausseagull (talk) 12:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Merge of Bedford Street
I don't believe that these articles should be merged. There is enough information on the street to warrant it's own entry - Shaft121 12:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Not sure if the article about Bedford Street is particularly interesting anyway. It does not appear to be a particularly remarkable street. I'd definitley leave it out. --Alsager boy 12:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Agree. Delete, merging any significant details into main Crewe article.Paul W 13:04, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I merged Bedford Street, Crewe into the Crewe article, and then put the orginal article up for deletion. Looking at it again, I can see no reason why it should crop up in the Crewe article, as it is not particularly notable, and no one has managed to give any reasons why or citations of it to back up the claims about it. So, I've unmerged it, and made that point in the comments for deletion. DDStretch   (talk)  15:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

The Railway Age
Shouldent this article mention the Railway Age railway museum. It is after all Crewe's main visitor attraction. G-Man * 13:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

A Possible project (or sub-project) for Cheshire
I think a project or a sub-project (within the UK geography project) dealing with the whole of Cheshire would be a good idea. I have taken as a precedent the project about Cornwall, which any project dealing with Cheshire could hope to aspire to, since this project has constructed Featured Articles about Cornwall-related things. So, I've listed a proposed project concerning Cheshire on Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals. I think it can easily co-exist with WikiProject UK geography. I would not want to diminish or withdraw from this other project. If you are interested in contributing to this proposed project, please add your name to list at the appropriate place. If you think it might be better placed as a sub-project of the existing UK Geography Project, please say so on that project's talk page, here, and let us discuss it. Many thanks. DDStretch   (talk)  02:02, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

8 Hours From Paris
Could somebodyinclude information on this critically slated (by critics from Crewe anyway) film that showed a fictional day in the life of people from Crewe? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814092/ - 62.172.185.126 (talk) 12:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced material
The following is unsourced information:

While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 03:32, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The Limelight, Crewe is a live music venue, established in the mid 1990s. With three floors, the Annex Bar and Music Cafe, the club has a capacity of over 900. From humble beginnings (with mainly tribute bands) the club is now one of the North's top venues.
 * Crewe has a fast growing population of workers from Poland who, with their families, have migrated to south Cheshire after Poland's accession to the European Community. Polish immigrants have also had a strong presence in Crewe since the days of World War II, hence the long-established Polish Working Mens Club on West Street, Crewe.
 * Generations of British children learned the distribution of positive trigonometric values around a circle using the mnemonic All Stations Through Crewe: all of them in quadrant 1, sine in quadrant 2, tan in quadrant 3, and cosine in quadrant 4.

Workgroup on improving the article
Ok. I have sourced info about the origins of the name, together with a source for a "riddle" that I was told by my father which refers to the history of its name: "That which is Crewe is not Crewe, and that which is not Crewe is Crewe." (done at the koment from memory) It involves the civil parish of Crewe Green which was, at the time, the paruish of Crewe, and it will also involve material about the origins of the names "Monks Coppenhall" and "Church Copenhall" which were the twin townships of Coppenhall Ancient Parish, which was the location of the original "Crewe Colony", the town of Crewe and the later borough until it started to expand more into adjacent parishes. I'll add it shortly. The history section needs to be worked on a lot, as do all the other sections. DDStretch   (talk)  00:46, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Crewe Green
The change of name occured in the 1980s, not exactly sure when.Alsager boy (talk) 14:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've checked it, added a missing reference, and the reference does confirm it was actually 1974. I think unless a more reliable source can be found which provides the verification and can be cited stating otherwise, the year of 1974 should remain. What source are you using for the idea that it was the 1980s? I've also emailed the parish council to see if they can shed any light on the date.  DDStretch    (talk)  16:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I think the name change happened when the parish boundary change order was made on 1 April 1990. Need to look at the Borough Council minutes Alsager boy (talk) 14:02, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Economy
I have marked the Economy section as requiring citation. It is also pretty disjointed and confused. I will try to get round to tidying it up.  Pixie2000  (talk) 18:30, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Crewe Town/Parish Council
If Crewe is due to get its own town/parish council, it could merit having its own page, as other local councils do. Election results themselves in detail do not belong on this page, and as council candidates have been selected they should be taken to a new page. Cooltrainer Hugh (talk) 03:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, I removed a lot of information from the section; it was probably added by a local Labour Party member, as it seemed so largely focus on their parliamentary candidate for 2015. Cooltrainer Hugh (talk) 03:16, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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Welsh name in the leade
If anyone is interested, there is a discussion underway on the Oswestry talk page. This article has been mentioned a number of times. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 21:44, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Population - edit warring
User:2A02:C7C:9893:F200:144B:C12B:4D:26C2 - please stop removing the sentence about the population of the civil parish without explanation. The information has a citation from a reliable source. Paul W (talk) 09:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)