Talk:John Summers High School

July 2005
This is the image of John Summers I added to the article. But the fascists deleted it! It's encyclopedia nazism, I tell ya! Uberisaac 10:17, July 22, 2005 (UTC)



The article currently states: "The School is named John Summers High School in acknowledgement of those people who brought industry to the banks of the Dee and sustained it with their ingenuity and hard work."

The sentence is clearly nonsensical: How does "John Summers" refer to "those people who brought industry to the banks of the Dee"? Do you think it might have been named after a man named John Summers?

It's disengenuous at best. I believe the school was named after a writer named John Summers who was born in Rumni, South Wales, in 1928.

He was a colunist for the Sunday Telegraph, but went on to write thoroughly dreadful bilge glorifying the Soviet Union and criticizing the west, America and England. Which, I am guessing, is why the high school is loathe to admit their namesake. Particularly in hindsight, even his townspeople can recognize what a dishonest hack he was.

At any rate, some fact-checking is in order and a less absurd sentence needs to replace the current joke. Say it was named after a "progressive" local writer, John Summers. A link on his name to a new article is in order, if the namesake is as I suspect.

Thanks, Kirez

Kirez, I doubt it was named after the writer you mention. The school was more likely named for the Steelworks company John Summers and Sons- hence the reference to the people who brought industry etc.

Ta Steve

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i have done as you asked.


 * I know messing around is fun, but wouldn't it be better to add some real information about the place? Kappa 21:13, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality and Information
This page has most likely been edited by someone at the school so I've added the check neutrality tag. In addition, we need to look at adding information surrounding its future closure, improving the language and its links to the writer John Summers or John Summers & Sons - apparently it's still disputed locally who or what gave it its name. I'll edit myself if I get time in the near future. Ryankonkolewski (talk) 04:47, 10 June 2017 (UTC)