Talk:Ulverston
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I can't find any evidence that Rock and Roll music legend Bill Haley way born in the town, therefore I've removed this claim.--JBellis 20:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- I think you mis read the claim - it was his mother that the article mentioned. That said, I don't know if that's true either Robdurbar 20:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
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- acutally, a quick google search reveals this claim repeated quite a lot, so ill put it back in Robdurbar 20:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I wish to query the statistic that the population of Ulverston is 16,000: according to an article in a local newspaper, The Westmorland Gazette from less than 2 years ago, the then mayor, Norman Bishop-Rowe, was quoted as saying that "the population of Ulverston may only be just over 12,500". --Quizman1967 09:21, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- 11,210 per 2001 census. Lancsalot 09:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Naming conventions
In what way does this edit and especially this edit help to bring the article in line with the naming conventions? The conventions offer no opinion on whether 'historic borders' or 'traditional borders' is preferred, although it only offers examples of the latter. Morwen - Talk 11:46, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
- It probably makes very little difference whether 'historic' or 'traditional' is used. In terms of Wikipedia convention, it appears that 'historic' is the most normal term - Historic counties of England and Westmorlandbeing an example. Westmorland is referred to as 'Historic county of Westmorland', so that usage probably makes most sense. 'Traditional' would probably refer more to the usage of the term with reference to the area. Kendal is traditionally refered to as being in Westmorland for example. While some Ulvestonians may think the same true of Ulverston and its relationship with Lancashire, I would suggest it's probably much less pronounced, and certainly not a tradition. All in all, it doesn't really matter though. Neilajh 19:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
