Talk:Wilbert Awdry

message: Just bumped into this Hansard document while researching something else. There must be a way of incorporating it as it certainly boosts Awdry's notability rating!
The whole is a very long document spread over many pages, but the part in question is from a debate on "Passenger Services under Rail Privatisation" (note the date, 07/07/1995) starting at column 201 (here).
The reference to Awdry is later, on this page, at column 229:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-02-07/Debate-13.html
EdJogg 08:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241203/Why-grumpy-vicar-created-Thomas-The-Tank-Engine-ended-HATING-him.html (as already used in article) is a very sympathetic piece that contains many other facts that are of use to this and other related articles.
-- EdJogg (talk) 14:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm - personally I wouldn't consider the Daily Wail to be the most reliable and unbiased source out there - most of the facts in the article can found in Thomas the Tank Engine Man (which is probably where the article's author got them from). There's at least one blatant error I spotted immediately - Four Little Engines was not the one set on the mountain railway. —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 16:34, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, Sibley's book is the ultimate source, but it does no harm to have an additional reference, especially one which discusses the public reaction etc to the books and TV series. Also, this goes beyond the end of that book. Maybe 'facts' is not the right word, perhaps 'opinions' would have been better? -- EdJogg (talk) 00:34, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that I'm not the only one with this opinion of this paper - . —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 14:24, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
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