Talk:George Hudson

message: The last sentence of this article reads:
:..., he succeeded in overcoming the powerful landed interest which delayed the adoption of railways in England long after the date of their regular introduction into America.
Eh. That is certainly contrary to everything I've always understood. Most of Hudson's lines were built in the mid 1840s, by which time railways had most certainly been 'adopted' in England. I've never before heard anybody suggest that America had a significant railway network before that date, and hence some 20+ years before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Can somebody provide a source for this radical new interpretation of received railway history?. -- Chris j wood 12:50, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think the transcontinental railroad makes your point, since this project went way beyond anything that was even necessary in England.  You need to get data on a scale in the United States comparable to England, like what was happening on the East Coast and how connected towns were.  How was rail connectivity in the environs of the big cities in the United States proceeding compared to the U.K.?  Britannica can get it wrong, but nothing has demonstrated this yet.  So I have restored 1911's analysis.  I may look into what some other encyclopedias say. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 18:23, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Railway adoption in England long after introduction into America! 

message: I am deleting the dramatic phrase "and left to rot" from the end of the sentence relating to his remand in York Prison. Hudson would have been awaiting trial if he was on remand; it would not have been the end of the legal actions against him.Cloptonson (talk) 19:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you sure your point is correct here? I think at this time if you were imprisoned for debt that was it until someone either paid up or you died. I am no legal expert but the act referred to later on in that article changed the law so that debtors did not have to flee the country or face imprisonment. There and then I have no strong views on the "left to rot" phrase being deleted.--Davidvaughanwells (talk) 10:53, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleting metaphoric phrase

message: "In his defence he never named any of his co-conspirators although many of them turned their backs on him when the bubble burst."
How is this a defence?
108.180.71.196 (talk) 04:56, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Defence

message: There are various short form references to "Bailey 1995" but no full details for them to link to. Any one know the details that can be added to the article? Keith D (talk) 18:09, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference detail

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message: I am one of many of his great grandchildren one of his sons did survive long enough to have a son and that son provided the family tree to be bigger than ever so the Hudson's will never die and I am proud to be called a Hudson Gypsy 97 (talk) 19:10, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Did you manage to go to the play about his life put on at the National Railway Museum a few years back?--Davidvaughanwells (talk) 23:02, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The family tree 

message: The Early life section reads  '...there was also a payment of 12 shillings and 6 pence recorded in the Howsham poor book as being "received of George Hudson for bastardry".'  What does the word bastardry mean in this context? The only meaning I can find is that it's Australian slang for a contemptuous act, which I don't think applies to Victorian Yorkshire. 87.75.117.183 (talk) 02:21, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Does it mean he was paying towards an illegitimate chid?  Does this help? https://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Wroughton/Wroughton%20-%20Bastardy%20Payment%20Rules%20Under%20Poor%20Law.pdf [[User:Chevin} 07:17, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bastardry?