Talk:Shrewsbury

The Poetry of Llywarch Hen as a source
These are used as justification for claiming the foundation of various institutions in Shrewsbury go back to the 6th century. However the poems are believed to have been composed in the middle of the 9th century: Welsh national biography. Llywarch was a prince of Rheged, not Powis, despite the tales being set on the eastern borders of the latter, possibly the home of the story-teller. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 15:57, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Progress report 2
I've now gone through every section and done my best to clean up and tidy things. I've added a lot of < > and other maintenance tags which will need to be worked through at some stage. It is still nowhere near Good Article status yet but I hope to get there eventually. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 15:52, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

GA review
Possibly a bit premature but I feel this could go for a GA review now. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 09:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Royal visits
An editor has been busy adding every mention of a royal visit he can find. I'm not sure this is really necessary as most such visits are hardly notable. Perhaps when attending a major event but not just routine visits. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 09:16, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted mention of Queen Mary visiting Shrewsbury in 1927 to reopen the English Bridge, and its sole citation, a photo of the reopening plaque which is misleading, the inscription being 'economical with the truth'. The bridge was SCHEDULED to be reopened in October 1927 when the Prince of Wales was to the visit the town but it was cancelled because the court, nation and town had gone into mourning for her brother the Marquess of Cambridge (erstwhile Duke of Teck) who had died at a Shrewsbury nursing home immediately before the Prince's visit. However, in what could be considered a technical rewrite of history, the plaque was allowed to go up declaring it was reopened by her, with the Queen's permission, because in the summer of that year she had driven across the newly completed rebuilt bridge in a visit she did make to the town accompanied by her brother although it was NOT at the time held as a reopening ceremony.Cloptonson (talk) 15:28, 8 February 2024 (UTC)