Talk:Mary Webb

message: The article makes no mention of Shakespeare or his influence, (unless it has to do with Shropshire), so I'm not sure why she has a category tag for Shakespeare; any explanations?--FeanorStar7 02:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it, although Shakespeare is noted amongst various works as an influence on Mary and is mentioned in passing in at least one of her works, I think the reason for the tag is probably the more mundane fact that Mary Webb happens to be the name of Shakespeare's Grandmother. Mighty Antar 19:42, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Connection with Shakespeare

message: I've removed this and the trivia section. The birds are Blue or Great Tits, which are one of the few species to lay as many as 14 eggs in one nest - as mentioned in Precious Bane. Mighty Antar 23:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canbottlin 

message: Added a reference to Cold Comfort Farm, which probably helped to Doom (as in Aunt Ada) Webb's literary reputation. Interesting that a great director, Michael Powell, still made a ravishing film of Gone to Earth, as John Schlesinger, director of the TV version of Cold Comfort, did of a work by Gibbons' other target, Hardy: Far From the Madding Crowd. --Straw Cat (talk) 19:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  You're right that "wickedly funny" may be NPOV and so I have removed it. Straw Cat (talk) 13:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

text: We often despise what is most useful to us. Aesop —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.220.201.90 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 27 June 2008
Please could whoever keeps deleting the section on Gibbons discuss the issue on this page. Straw Cat (talk) 11:59, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cold Comfort Farm

message: Mary Gladys Webb? http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/personnage/Webb/138954 . 94.30.84.71 (talk) 09:07, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added the Gladys in the text. She is certainly named Mary Gladys Webb on her gravestone in Shrewsbury Cemetery.Cloptonson (talk) 19:28, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: The school was opened in 1957 simply under the name of Pontesbury Secondary Modern School, although the cited source, a school website, appears to infer it was opened under the MWS name. It was only renamed the Mary Webb School during the years I was a pupil there (1970-76) but I cannot remember which year. It is now called the Mary Webb School and Science College.Cloptonson (talk) 22:10, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Your amendment is a better way to explain the school name link. I recall the "Shropshire Star" mentioning the forthcoming name change in addition to hearing about it within school. It was certainly called the Mary Webb School by the time I reached age 16 (1975)Cloptonson (talk) 05:28, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming of Mary Webb School

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