Talk:Livingston, West Lothian/Archive 1

"Deans South"?
The article states that Livingston Station is now called "Deans South". This is not true. Livingston Station was a Small village, Deans South was in fact a street that was added to Livingston Station in the early 60s. This was the first new houses in what we now call Livingston. The council changed the name of Livingston Station, Deans South inclusive, to Deans, this was much to the dismay of the "Station Locals". Some of the original Station houses are still in existance today, but the sad fact is, Deans South that was erected in the 60s, is to be totally flattened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.237.142 (talk • contribs)

You obviously know your stuff, why don't you edit the article to add and replace info as appropriate? Fraslet 18:56, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Deans south and Livingston station both now form parts of "Deans". Deans is the actual residential precinct and takes in Livingston Station, Deans South and Carmondean. Sources:


 * Livingston: the Making of a Scottish New Town
 * An Essay for Today: the Scottish New Towns 1947-1997

McWesty —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.27.12.180 (talk • contribs)

Bellsquarry
Bellsquarry wasn't included in the original plan for Livingston. it is only in the last 10-15 years that it is becoming subsumed. Previously Bellsquarry had seperate phone code outwith the livingston 4, which was changed to reflect it's growing interconnectedness with Livi. Even today, Bellsquarry is still onyl beginning to be physically connected. The new garish building of tacky McMansions on the Murieston backroad is beginning to join it in. --Brideshead 19:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Bellquarry was in the original plan. I can even source it from:


 * Livingston: the Making of a Scottish New Town
 * An Essay for Today: the Scottish New Towns 1947-1997

Both these books make reference to Bellsquarry being within the original designated area for the new town and have indicative plans showing this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.27.12.180 (talk • contribs)

Geographic Location Template
Why keep removing Bathgate? The guidelines for this template suggest including rough directions to neighbouring locations of the same "level", provinces with provinces, towns with towns etc and not mixing them. So including Bathgate the neighbouring town and roughly second largest settlement in West Lothian after Livingston is probably more apt than Glasgow or Edinburgh. Definitely larger than East Calder, West Calder, Broxburn etc... Use of pejorative terms like "diddy town" suggest a local with an axe to grind and hardly NPOV. I'd also say leave Glasgow/Edinburgh as they place it roughly in terms of the two major cities of Scotland. While we're at it East Calder is not geographically south east of Livingston, its east but due to the local road layout (mainly all from Edinburgh to southwest) theres not much access to many places southeast, though as the crow flies perhaps Penicuik might be appropriate? beardybloke (talk) 23:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

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