Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Belle Vue Zoological Gardens

Belle Vue Zoological Gardens

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 2, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 11:24, 13 May 2014 (UTC)



Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, opened in 1836. The brainchild of John Jennison, the park was intended to entertain the genteel middle classes, with formal gardens and dancing on open-air platforms during the summer, but they soon became one of the most popular attractions in Northern England. Jennison set out a small amusements area in Belle Vue during the 1870s, which was expanded in the early 20th century to become what was advertised as the "showground of the world". Popular rides included the 60 mi/h Bobs roller coaster and the Scenic Railway. Grand firework displays were given from 1852 and there was an annual Christmas circus from 1922. The Kings Hall, opened in 1910, housed the Hallé Orchestra for several years and hosted concerts by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash and Led Zeppelin. At its peak Belle Vue occupied 165 acre and attracted more than two million visitors a year. The zoo closed in September 1977 after its owners decided they could no longer afford losses of £100,000 a year.
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 * Main editors: Malleus Fatuorum, J3Mrs, WebHamster
 * Promoted: 2010
 * Reasons for nomination: opened in June, could be any free day in June
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:56, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, despite being one of the biggest contributors to the article and well known for being reluctant to appear on the main page. I make an exception in this case though, because I finished the article off for WebHamster, another one of those chased off this project because he was perceived not to fit in with the Californian culture of civility. If it does appear on the main page then I hope he'll see it and think "I wrote that!" Eric   Corbett  22:14, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Is it Bobs' or Bobs rollercoaster? The article has both. Bellemora (talk) 11:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * It's Bobs, now fixed. Eric   Corbett  14:58, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Support for all of the above reasons and because it's a cool article!  Montanabw (talk) 19:44, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, high quality, most fascinating article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)