Talk:Welwyn Garden City

message: I think this section is in danger of growing into a laundry list and some of the interesting facts are debatable. European markets for example. A lot of towns have these. I think much of the information needs separation into a section regarding Welwyn Garden as a garden city itself - quotes from professors for example. I started to prune but then thought I'd put it out to fellow wikipedians... :) Snecklifter 19:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Interesting Facts

message: How do you pronounce "Welwyn"?  Is it just well-win? Maccoinnich 18:22, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
:In London its pronounced "Welling" but might be pronounced differently locally. MRSC 19:10, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The correct pronounciation is as the last comment states - without the second 'w': 'Well-in.  It shouldn't be pronounced Well-win, Welling, etc. Howie ☎ 17:33, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

message: Looks like a disused one north of Panshanger. When was it active? 213.205.240.50 (talk) 12:52, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Airstrip

message: Somebody has marked that all of the interesting facts are needing citation, as a resident of WGC I can confirm that all of these are true. The only one that may stary from the truth is the bit about the European Markets, they occur more on a seasonal basis, once every 3 months. Is citation still needed seeing as that I, a resident cant confirm these?
: I think citations are still needed for the commercially relevant facts, and it would be nice if someone could find a source that proves the (seemingly obvious) reason for the naming of the Howard Centre. Also, it would be good to have the date when the visiting markets started. Alf Boggis 12:53, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations Needed? 

message: Note Roche has recently moved operations out of Welwyn Garden City and the 88,000sq ft site is not vacant
Should that be now vacant...? Though last I heard, Roche was still there. Also did the Sainsbury's development go ahead as planned in November 2006? Alf Boggis 12:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No the development did not go ahead, it is under review by Sainsbury's, allegedly because Tesco is pushing for planning permission to develop a supermarket on land they own near the old Shredded Wheat factory. I have removed the reference (IMO it is of dubious encyclopaedic interest anyway). Satyricon uk 06:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Local Companies 

message: This may be superfluous, but I noted this sentence "...founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City" as humourous. [Unintentionally sounding secretive as to the "experiment"]. Not that I want it removed.
Willieboyisaloser 17:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Letchworth Garden City "Experiment" 

message: I removed this sentence: "The townsfolk of Hatfield would also welcome the opportunity to become independent of WGC,"  because no source is given for this statement about the supposed opinions of Hatfield residents concerning the creation of a Welwyn Garden City parish council. Marshall46 (talk) 12:26, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hatfield 

message: I changed "city in Hertfordshire" to "town in Hertfordshire".  It is a Garden City, but not a city.  Marshall46 (talk) 13:01, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Town or city? 

message: This nice quote has no source and I cannot find one, so I have reluctantly removed it: "Welwyn Garden city was described as "one of modern Europe's greatest success stories in town-making" by Cambridge professor of architecture Andrew Saint."  Marshall46 (talk) 15:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andrew Saint 

message: This statement has no citation: "The Times newspaper said: "Welwyn Garden City made The New Towns Act possible."  Could someone with a subscription to The Times archive look it up, please?  There was an editorial on the subject on 3 January 1948.  Marshall46 (talk) 08:26, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have found it - and the full quotation is rather more interesting: "Welwyn [sic], though far from perfect, made the New Towns Act possible, just as Hatfield, by its imperfection, made it necessary." Marshall46 (talk) 10:09, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Times" citation 

message: Let someone correct the link for some specific one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.193.160.244 (talk) 13:57, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  which Kings Cross? 

message: Should each company in the list not have a citation next to it to confirm it's in the town? Govvy (talk) 11:46, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Businesses 

message: Unless citations are given next to names of people on the list then the list should be deleted. Govvy (talk) 12:54, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people list 

message: This also lacks citation and maybe deleted because of that. Govvy (talk) 12:53, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular culture section 

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