Talk:Romsey

message: I have removed the pronunciation note from the beginning, mainly because it is not noteworthy and is very distracting in the opening sentence. But also, I have lived and worked in Romsey for several years and have never, ever heard anyone say "Rumsey". Even the reference given admits it hasn't been commonly pronounced that way for 60 odd years. It appears to be a relic of a now dead local accent. sjmtlewy
I've lived around here for a few decades and I do occasionally hear it being pronounced that way, or maybe "Rhum-zee".  I tend to regard it as pretentious hyper-correctionism, but who knows?  Anyhoo, someone has given that version to Garmin, as my satnav uses it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.1.13.111 (talk) 17:57, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: In December 2005, some scoundrel operating from 81.159.213.137 (no, that's not me) added the following.  Although  Robinh quite rightly reverted to a more sensible version, I thought that these paragraphs are worth keeping, as they do show the social divide which exists in Romsey, and no doubt in other English market towns.Gwaka Lumpa 14:16, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: :In December 2005, some scoundrel operating from 81.159.213.137 (no, that's not me) added the following.  Although  Robinh quite rightly reverted to a more sensible version, I thought that these paragraphs are worth keeping, as they do show the social divide which exists in Romsey, and no doubt in other English market towns.Gwaka Lumpa 14:16, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent History

message: I live in Romsey, and this hasn't happened in years, thus I removed it. The part about it happening on a certain shop's roof is baseless speculation, and has no part in this article. 80.189.64.221 20:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The Santa Thing

message: i put "Samuel Upton" in on people who were born in romsey, and it seems to have been taken out, along with the page about this great man. i'll have to replace it again and make the page again, has no one ever heard of him?! 
You're dead right... no one has ever heard of him
What are you talking about, Samuel Upton is a well known commedian.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.106.72 (talk) 16:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: People born in Romsey

message: I have changed the population from 18,000 to 13,000 not because there has been a Stalinist purge in the quiet Hampshire countryside but because the only source I can find (Hants CC) gives that number.  It doesn't say whether this is the 2001 census figure.  Can anyone prove a more accurate figure? --Dilapidated 10:21, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: I have lived in Romsey for 25 years and have never heard of this legend.  Can anybody corroborate it?
Scrunge999 (talk) 10:35, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Wolfie T

message: :Romsey today appears to be in sound economic health. Whilst there is significant commuting out of the town for work - particularly to Southampton and Winchester, and also, to some extent, London - it could not be described as a dormitory town.
:Whilst heavy industry in the town has long since declined, three industrial and trading estates focus mainly on service industries and small-scale manufacturing. Three major scientific and high technology employers — Roke Manor Research, Southampton Science Park and IBM — have large establishments in the nearby countryside.''
This is a very odd pair of paragraphs. Who says that Romsey appears to be in sound economic health? Is anywhere in Britain in such a state? 
And who says that Romsey could not be described as a "dormitory town"? With "significant" commuting to all those places, it sounds quite reasonable to suggest it might a dormitory town.
Finally, when did Romsey ever have any "heavy industry"? Steel mills? Coal mines? Aluminium smelters? Shipyards? (Ok there was Berthon's boatyard. But that was tiddly.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.78.87.215 (talk) 09:19, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sound economic health", "heavy industry"? 

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