Talk:Frome/Archive 1

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I'm surprised at the lack of images here, if i get time at the weekend I'll pop into town and take a few pictures. --Mercifull (BattlestarWiki) 10:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Ha, Sims!! I thought you would be the only person sad enough to chronicle the wonderful Frome in Wikipedia. lol. Ironman 02:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, someone had to do it :D --Mercifull 10:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

No mention of the famous Cheese Show? Outrageous! I will have to pop something in when I am not working. Ironman 02:51, 18 August 2006 (UTC) My bad, I think it is the 'Cheese fair' comment in the final paragraph, bit disappointing for the best event in Frome, although I guess it no longer really is 'in Frome' is it?Ironman 02:54, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

This article is a great description of Frome in the period up to 1980. I left the place around that time but even I know that the "metal founding" and "art metal work" of Singers closed down years ago and the cattle market is held in the middle of nowhere outside a local village. Under "historic buildings", the Blue House should at least be mentioned (is this the "Edward VI school"?) There are new industries and mass building of commuter-type housing and a few new facilities. The main feature of the town centre for me is the conversion of once thriving shopping streets into quiet "heritage" residential areas. What about the fabled Frome tunnels and the unique industrial working class 17th century suburb of Trinity. Oh and there must be some decent pubs left (of which there were once so many)

Can someone who knows the place better than me contribute an update to the antique Encyclopeadia Britannica article? - from a Fromite in exile

Reorganisation and expansion of content
I have reorganised the content of this article in line with WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements. As you will see from the guideline page there is a lot more which could be added.&mdash; Rod talk 21:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Further expansion and class
I've expanded it some more, and I think this article certainly justifies C class now (maybe B?) Dmvward (talk) 13:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It is certainly improved and worthy of a C. To get it to B there are several sections which lack citations eg: 2nd & 3rd paras of History, all of Geography, Transport etc. It may also be possible to move the images from the Gallery to illustrate areas of the article.&mdash; Rod talk 16:14, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Why Frome, Somerset instead of Frome?
Frome redirects to this article. There is a Frome (disambiguation) to take care of all the other uses, so why not simply rename the article to Frome? If there are no objections then I'll do just that later in the week. --Simple Bob (talk) 09:15, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable to move to me - I think this is a historical artifact from 2006/2007.&mdash; Rod talk 09:55, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent idea. Mighty Antar (talk) 20:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Bridges with buildings
Following a recent flurry of edits the article now says "(making it one of only three bridges in the country which support dwellings, the others being Pulteney Bridge in Bath, and one in Lincoln)" and a reference for this was requested in an edit summary. This is a little complex. Pulteney Bridge has shops on it not houses - so do we go for Bridges with buildings on them? High Bridge, Lincoln does have houses on it, but what about others eg (& these are just local ones) The Town Bridge in Bradford on Avon which has a lock up on it or Cleveland Bridge in Bath which has "lodges" on it. Also which "country" is being referred to here: England or UK?&mdash; Rod talk 21:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Gosh, it is a bit complicated, isn't it. And what was once built as a dwelling may be no longer. Monmouth seems to have a gatehouse, hardly a dwelling. And many others, I suspect, have structures which could certainly be called "buildings". Until we have a clear WP:RS for any particular claim, I'd suggest this description is removed. Without a source it's just WP:OR. Perhaps mention could be made instead to the bridge's status as a listed building in its own right? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:04, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * How about "one of only three bridges in England which support shops or dwellings, the others being Pulteney Bridge, Bath, and High Bridge, Lincoln"? Moonraker (talk) 23:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm...the more it gets qualified, the less remarkable the claim is becoming, and one that we can't even verify. Is it really worth keeping in at all?  Peteinterpol (talk) 07:11, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Elvet Bridge seems similar, but makes no particular claims? Martinevans123 (talk) 08:17, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I have removed the uncited claim in brackets.&mdash; Rod talk 10:57, 23 November 2011 (UTC)