Talk:Llandrindod Wells

I have added some local pronounciations and nicknames common nicknames/shortenings of the towns names to the page. I have heard this used by local very often. Not many Llandodi's can pronounce the Welsh Ll correctly so it is usually rendered as just l or as a k sound, and more rarely as a kind of ch sound. ElystanMawr (Talk)

I added the community events calendar for Llandrindod Wells; a not for profit venture which aims to ensure that residents of the town are aware of what happens in the town and when but this has been removed. Interested in views on this.Doddiary (talk) 09:07, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Why did you remove the Dod Diary contribution? The Dod Diary is a new event diary supported by the Town Council and the Town Trust (Dewi Fawr) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dewi Fawr (talk • contribs) 15:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I've added a lot from what I know personally about the town (I grew up there and frequently visit it).

I removed the link to a cafe in the town since that seemed to be pretty much spam: the cafe is recent (I hadn't even noticed it on my last visit) and I suspect the link was put in to promote it.

I know that I (or someone) need to check whether it was actually Tom Norton who originally owned the Automobile Palace and acquired the collection of old bicycles.

John Stumbles

So Llandod has no pubs then, so how would you describe the Middleton Arms then?


 * Doesn't the Middleton have rooms? Maybe the "no pubs" thing was one of the fables I grew up with then (I was more of a Llanerch boy myself :-)). It's probably best to take out the whole bit about pubs/hotels rather than have it as 1 pub - that's rather lame, isn't it? John Stumbles

Good point. Nevertheless, interesting article for an intersting town. Less stuffy than a lot of other places' entries.

Thomas Jones
Phileasfox's bit about Thomas Jones needs checking. The National Library of Wales gives his dates as 1742-1803 and The Grove Dictionary of Art says "(b Trevonen, Powys, 26 Oct 1742; d Pencerrig, Powys, 9 May 1803)". This would make for a very "early contribution[] to the impressionist movement" and puts him well before "the height of Llandrindod Well's fame as a Victorian Spa Playground".

--John Stumbles 23:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Photos?
Does anyone have some photos we can use? - 2 or 3 would be ideal, eg. one showing the architecture, one of the lake, and maybe onw of Temple Gardens bustling with people and tents in Victorian Week. Bards 06:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Tourist brochure
A lot of this article sounds like a tourist brochure! Needs toning down and getting rid of stuff which doesn't really tell the global wikipedia reader anything really relevant and noteworthy about the place, IMNSHO.

--John Stumbles 15:26, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

OK I've rewritted it. I notice there was a bit about an indoor bowling centre: where's that then? I'm not aware of it? --John Stumbles 11:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * A nice rewrite, John. Though I think that the apparent absence of pubs should not be underplayed. The first time I went there I almost panicked! -- Picapica 11:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I made a mistake writing that bowling was indoors, John. It does look a lot better now, especially with the photos. But I notice you've taken out the walking clubs. I believe there is also a walking festival in September - or am I confusing that with something else? Bards 22:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

The Walking festival is around the third week in September, link on the article doesn't seem to work, information nearer to the time on www.llandrindod.co.uk (user: llandoddies) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Llandoddies (talk • contribs) 22:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * John - I've found that indoor bowling centre. It wasn't a mistake after all. Here you go, Radnorshire Indoor Bowling Centre. It is adjacent to the pavilion, near the outdoor bowling greens. Bards 22:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks folks: I've been inspired (?) to rewrite it yet again! --John Stumbles 09:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Victorian Week article
I've moved the text of Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival back into this article as it was looking a bit lost and folorn off on its own there :-) The Festival article is now a redirect to the appropriate part of this article.

I suggest that if and when the Festival text gets big enough that it threatens to overwhelm this article, then we move it into its own article and have something like

"main article Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival" followed by a briefer summary in here. (That seems to be the Wikipedia way to do it, as exemplified by many other articles.)

--John Stumbles 23:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I only hived it off so that it could be added to the festival-related categories. But your way is a better way of doing it. Bards 12:53, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Fairground attractions at VicFest
I'm reverting the change from

to

since 'typically' allows for items that are not present in all samples. If the fairground stuff isn't back in a year or two then let's revise the article then.

(Off Topic: I'm sorry to hear they didn't have the rides this year: the view over the town from the top of the big wheel is quite something!)

--John Stumbles 23:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

OpenStreetMap of Llandrindod Wells
OpenStreetMap recently mapped most of Llandrindod. There are a few minor things missing which I'm sure locals will spot and add.

Map Here - CC-By-SA

-- Firefishy (talk) 05:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

false information
I've been reading the information provided on the Llandod page and in the features section was startled to read that we have acquired a red-light district. Now whilst I'm sure this has given someone a bit of a laugh I feel that it's inappropriate to have this sort of childish misinformation on Wikipedia. How does one address this issue and correct this please? Fartleberry (talk) 12:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Citations needed
I've done a bit of a clean up, removing subjective adjectives and clarifying/removing a few of the more questionable statements. A problem that remains prevalent throughout the article is the lack of clear inline citations. There are many rather bold statements made without any evidence to back them up.

Politics
I also deleted the politics section as it added nothing of note and had not a single verifiable fact. It would be nice to see this section back up, but preferably containing something focusing on County Hall rather than speculating on Llandrindod's supposed political significance.

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Ll approximation. I hope those fighting in edit history see this.
Very simple post here! Those approximating the ll as kl, I want to make it very clear that I agree with using the correct ipa symbol and not an approximation. However, if you really want to be persistent in trying to use alternatives, may I suggest thl? it might sound a bit awkward to pronounce but it really does appear in words (consider athlete, breathless and even the town Bethlehem) personally I always articulated the thl in these words as the Welsh ll sound and only recently realised it! It might not be perfect, but it’s wildly closer than the unwieldy kl sound (which is extremely different to the ll and never fails to enrage me when people use it as an alternative) CitrusSoEpic (talk) 15:40, 12 September 2023 (UTC)